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Community Learning Networks
Table 3.1
Nova Scotia CLNs
| CLN |
Location |
Organization |
Interview
with Contacts |
| Marine
Learning Centre |
Cornwallis
Park |
Bay
of Fundy Resource Centre |
Arthur
Bull |
| Virtual
Community Resource Centre |
Dalhousie
University,
Halifax |
Chibucto
Community Net |
David
Murdoch |
Virtual Communnity Resource Centre
The Virtual Community Resource Centre (VCRC) has its roots
in the Canadian community freenet movement that developed in Canada in the early
1990s. Part of the philosophy behind the movement is that knowledge resides
not only with the people, but with documents and software technologies, so that
it is must be available to meet community needs. Once community needs are identified,
services are then delivered within a collective co-op model rather than a CAP
training centre approach.43
As one of the few virtual CLNs both in the region and in Canada, VCRC has a
strong relationship with one of its partners the Department of Mathematics and
Statistics at Dalhousie University. The major sponsor is the CAP ChibuctoNet.
Other partners include the government of Nova Scotia, Tele-Communities Canada
and the British Columbia Community Net Association (BCCNA). Commitments range
from financial funding to in-kind commitments.
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