Networks' Datebook

...with an international focus

April 4-7, 1997
Association for Language Learning Conference: Language World -

Manchester,UK
Org.: Association for Language Learning
Contact: C. Wilding at ALL, 16 Regent Place, Rugby CV21 2PN, UK.

April 16, 1997
The Third Annual Meeting of the Adult Numeracy Practitioners Network

(ANPN) - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Org.: ANPN and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Contact: Esther D. Leonelli, ANPN Numeracy list moderator, Community Learning Center, 19 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA,
Tel. (617) 349-6363
Fax (617) 349-6339
E-mail: edl@world.std.com
WWW: http://www.std.com/anpn/

April 20-22, 1997
1997 International Family LiteracyConference -

Louisville, Kentucky
Org.: National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)
Contact: Carmel Mackin, NCFL, Waterfront Plaza, Suite 200, 325 West Main Street, Louisville, KY40202-4251 USA
Tel. (502) 584-1133,
Fax (502) 584-0172

April 27-29, 1997
Second Annual Workplace Learning Conference - "Workplace Learning: Shaping the Future" -

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Contact: Call Toll-free in the U.S. or Canada: 1-800-446-0399 or Tel. (608) 265-3542 or (608) 263-0631. Information requests may be faxed to (608)262-3050. Or through the WWW: http://www.cew.wisc.edu/html_docs/conf/workplace/wrkplace.htm

May 28-31, 1997
Commission on Adult Basic Education

-Detroit, Michigan
Org: COABE
Contact: Gloria Grady Mills
COABE '97 Conference Co-Chair
c/o MACAE Office
530 W. Ionia St, Suite D, Lansing, MI 48933
Tel. (810) 340-6841
Fax. (810) 340-6821

June 3 - 7, 1997
Joint International Conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities and the Association for Literary & Linguistic Computing

(ACH-ALLC '97) - Kingston, Ontario
Org.: Queen's University
Contact: ACH-ALLC '97 Department of Computing and Info. Science, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6.
E-mail: achallc97-admin@qucis.queensu.ca
WWW: http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/achallc97

June 14- 19, 1997
Annual World Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education: Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia / Educational Telecommunications

-Calgary, Alberta
Org.: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
Contact: AACE Conference Office, Charlottesville, VA
Tel. (804) 973-3987,
Fax (804) 978 7449,
E-mail: AACE@virginia.edu
WWW: http://aace.virginia.edu/aace

June 26-29, 1997
"Expanding the Conversation on Reflection : Innovative Practices, New Understandings, Current Challenges"-

Montreal, Quebec
Org.: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Association of Teachers of English in Quebec and The Centre for Literacy of Quebec
Contact : NCTE Professional Development Services, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 USA
Tel. 1-800-369-6283
Fax: (217) 328-0977
Email: pds@ncte.org

July 14-18, 1997
5th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V) - "Adult Learning : A Key for the Twenty-first Century" -

Hamburg, Germany
Org.: UNESCO
Among the major themes of the Conference are :
1. Adult Learning and the Challenges of the 21 st Century
2. Improving the Conditions and Quality of Adult Learning
3. Ensuring the Universal Right to Literacy and Basic Education
4. Promoting the Empowerment of Women through Adult Learning
Contact:UNESCO Institute for Education, Feldbrunnenstr. 58, D-20148
Hamburg, Germany
Tel. +49-40-448041-0
Fax +49-40-4107723
E-mail: uie@unesco.org

... with a national focus

May 4-6, 1997
Conference Board of Canada
"Reaching for Success: Business and Education Working Together"

- Calgary Alberta
Org.: Conference Board of Canada
Contact: Dina Derenzis, Conference Board of Canada, 255 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M7
Tel. (613) 526-4249 or 1-800-267-0666
Fax (613) 521-0661
E-mail: registrar@conferenceboard.ca

May 15-17,1997
Canadian Association for Community Education - 13th Annual National Conference : "Bridging the Gap : Learning Together in the Community"
-
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Org.: Youth Justice Education Partnership
Contact : Community Education Coordinator, Higher Education,Training & Adult Learning, P.O. Box 2000, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Tel: (902) 368-5982
Fax (902) 368-6144
E-mail: dranderson@gov.pe.ca

May 20-23, 1997
8th Annual Prior Learning Assessment Conference
-
Belleville, Ontario
Org.: Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA)and First Nations Technical Institute
Contact: Paul Zakos - Chair, Conference Planning Committee, PLA '97,York Road, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, ON K0K 1X0
Tel. (613)396-2122
Fax (613) 396-2761
Email: fnti2@connect.reach.net

May 22-25, 1997
Laubach literacy of Canada - Annual General Meeting and Biennial Conference -

Winnipeg, Manitoba
Org.: LLC
Contact : Karen Boscamp, Margaret Underhill School Room 102, 25 Regina Place, Winnipeg MB R2C 0S5
Tel. (204) 224-9099.

June 1-3, 1997
Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) Annual Conference1997 -

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Org.: ACCC
Contact : Gail Mulhall, ACCC Conference Coordinator,
Tel. (613) 746-5916.

June 18-22, 1997
Canadian Library Association AnnualMeeting -

Ottawa, Ontario
Org.: Canadian Library Assocation
Contact : CLA, 200 Elgin Street #602, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L5
Tel. (613) 232-9625
Fax (613) 563-9895

June 24-26, 1997
Summer Institute - "Literacy and Technology : Continuing the Debate"

-Montreal, Quebec
Org.: The Centre for Literacy in cooperation with Georgia Tech Satellite Literacy Program
Contact : The Centre for Literacy
3040 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC H3Z 1A4
Tel. (514) 931-8731 ext. 1415
Fax (514) 931-5181
E-mail: literacycntr@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
WWW: http://www.nald.ca/litcent.htm

...with a provincial focus

April 8-10, 1997
Learner Volunteer Forum

-Milltown Area, Newfoundland
Org.: Newfoundiand & Labrador Rural Development Council/Central-Eastern Literacy Outreach Office
Contact : Wayne Hallet
Tel. (709) 882-2841

April 19-20, 1997
Springboards '97
- Longueuil, Quebec
Org.: Association of Teachers of English in Quebec (ATEQ) and Quebec Reading Association (QRA)
Contact : Linda Allen
Tel. (819) 563-0770
Fax (819) 820-0500

April 24-26, 1997
OADE Conference
-Kitchener, Ontario
Org. : The Ontario Association for Developmental Education
Contact : John Wade, Rosemount School, 80 Burlington, ON N2B 1T5

April 27-30, 1997
AACE Spring Conference - "Leading Together : Fostering Success in a Diverse Learning Community"
-Kananaskis Alberta
Org. : Alberta Association of Continuing Education (AACE)
Contact : Dianne Conrad, Facuity of Extension, 93 University Campus NW, U.of Alberta, Edmonton AB T6G 2T4,
Tel. (403) 492-1501
Fax (403) 492-1857
E-mail: dianne.conrad@ualberta.ca

April 29, 1997
Wise and Witty Wednesday Professional Development Workshop: "Convergence of Education Delivery Modes: How Do We Manage for Greater Efficiency?"
-Truro, Nova Scotia
Org.: Centre for Continuing and Distance Education
Contact : CCDE, P.O. Box 550 Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 5E3
Tel. (902) 893-6666
Fax (902) 895-5528
E-mail: conted@cox.nsac.ns.ca

April 30 - May 2, 1997
3rd Annual Alberta Regional Consultation on Career Development: "Building Tomorrow Today"
-Edmonton, Alberta
Org.: Human Resources Development Canada - Edmonton
Contact : Audrey Stechynsky, HRDC - Edmonton
Tel. (403) 495-2348
Fax (403) 495-6736

May 26,1997
Golf Day for Literacy in Quebec

-Ste-Sophie, Quebec
Org. : Literacy Partners of Quebec
Contact : LPQ, 3040 Sherbrooke Street West, Room 4B1, Montreal QC
H3Z 1A4
Tel. (514) 931-7434,
Fax (514) 931-5181
E-mail: jbrandeis@nald.ca

June 8-10, 1997
Great Teaching Seminar '97
-Penticton, British Columbia
Org. : The Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology
Contact : Diane Morrison at CCTT,
Tel. (250) 387-6378.

June 12, 1997
Adult Basic Education Association
Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting
-Hamilton Ontario
Org.: ABE Association of Hamilton-Wentworth
Contact: Cyndi Ingle at (905) 527-2222

June 12 - 14, 1997
Vitalize '97
-Calgary, Alberta
Org.: Wild Rose Foundation
Contact: Call (403) 422-9305

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