In this study, commissioned by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), the authors explore the learning experiences of older adults. They point out that learning characterizes older adulthood as much as it defines the childhood years, but receives far less attention and systematic investigation.
This is a collection of stories and poems written by members of the Sydney Writing Circle, a group that is supported by the Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton County in Nova Scotia. The Sydney Writing Circle continues to flourish. Each Tuesday afternoon members meet to share their writings, to engage in writing activities, and to lend encouragement to each
other.
This collection of stories is the culmination of a project undertaken in 2004 by The Word On The Street in partnership with the Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy and the National Literacy Secretariat. It follows up on the 2002 project pilot "Land That I Dream Of." The stories in this book have been written by adults in literacy programs in Toronto.
Tales From The Island is an anthology of work produced by the members of the Sydney Seniors’ Writing Circle. A few of these selections were previously included in other publications, but most were written since October 2006 and are published here for the first time.
This document has been designed to guide the reader through the fundamental steps in proposal development and writing. Ways to seek out funding sources, techniques for writing effective grant/foundation, research, and business proposals as well as the importance of writing clear goal and objectives statements are highlighted
This powerpoint presentation outlines all the “do’s and don’t’s” of proposal writing, as well as provides information on developing and defining all the important components of a good proposal - from Goals/Objectives to the Budget to Evaluation.
In 2003, in collaboration with Blue Metropolis, The Montreal International Literary Festival, The Centre for Literacy presented the fifth annual Grassroots: Community Writing and Arts event.
The 2002 Grassroots: Community Writing event was once again part of the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival. The festival theme was the architecture of language. The Centre for Literacy brought together storytellers and writers who have written and published in community-based settings rather than inside institutions, and who have built bridges among verbal, oral, and visual literacies.
