This document grew out of a Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) consultation organized by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2005. The meeting saw the establishment of working groups to concentrate on health-related issues for identified priority groups, including adults with low literacy skills and immigrants and refugees.
This document grew out of a Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) consultation organized by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2005.
This fact sheet provides a quick summary of the consultations carried out by the Adult Working Group (AWG) of the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre to identify themes, gaps and needs for adults living in rural and remote areas of Canada. Participants included adults and service providers from Inverness, Nova Scotia; Seaforth, Ontario; and Fort Liard, Northwest Territories.
This fact sheet provides a quick summary of the consultations carried out by the Adult Working Group (AWG) of the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) to identify themes, gaps and needs for Canadian adults with literacy challenges.
This fact sheet offers a quick summary of the consultations carried out by the Adult Working Group (AWG) of the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) to identify themes, gaps and needs for adult immigrants and refugees living in Canada.
Participants included adult immigrants, refugees and service providers from Vancouver, British Columbia; Regina, Saskatchewan; Toronto, Ontario; and Montreal, Quebec.
This fact sheet offers a quick summary of the consultations carried out by the Adult Working Group (AWG) of the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) to identify themes, gaps and needs for adult living with HIV/AIDS.
Participants included adults living with HIV/AIDS and service-providers from Edmonton (AB), Montreal (QC) and different parts of Nova Scotia.
This document grew out of a Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) consultation organized by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2005. The meeting saw the establishment of working groups to concentrate on health-related issues for identified priority groups, including adults living with HIV/AIDS.
This report is based on consultations held in Montreal (QC); Edmonton (AB); and Truro (NS).
This document grew out of a Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) consultation organized by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2005. The meeting saw the establishment of working groups to concentrate on health-related issues for identified priority groups, including adults with low literacy skills and immigrants and refugees.
From a working forum for health, literacy, and early childhood practitioners
This report includes more than 30 promising practices submitted and approved by the delegates attending a two-day forum entitled “In from the Margins: Promising Practices and Possibilities for Health and Learning,” held in Richmond, B.C., in March 2009.
The authors note that the promising practices appear as they were submitted and have not been evaluated by the working groups that organized the forum.
This report provides a detailed account and analysis of a two-day forum entitled “In From the Margins: Promising Practices and Possibilities for Health and Learning,” held in Richmond, B.C., in March 2009.
The authors say they hope this report can be a resource for other organizations trying to address the health of marginalized adults and their families.
