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Gavin Moodie; Leesa Wheelahan – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
This paper argues that colleges anchor their communities by developing knowledge and skills within their region; establishing links and exchanges outside the region; contributing to civic, political, cultural, and social activities and networks in their region; developing facilities and amenities used by the community; and, contributing to their…
Descriptors: College Role, School Community Relationship, Postsecondary Education, Cooperation
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Walker, Judith – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2008
This paper examines a recent government initiative aimed at raising adult literacy levels across the Canadian province of British Columbia by 2010. Through analysis of policy documents and interviews conducted with policymakers, analysts, researchers and practitioners, the author argues that the current focus on adult literacy in British Columbia…
Descriptors: Community Development, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy
Association of Canadian Community Colleges, 2009
This report was created in conjunction with the Association of Canadian Community College's (ACCC) review of the federal government's contribution to reducing poverty in Canada. Colleges and institutes are fundamental partners in the socio-economic infrastructure and development of their communities. Colleges deliver a comprehensive array of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Poverty Programs, Research Reports
Lewis, Michael – Learning (Canada), 1995
Discusses community economic development (CED) and its importance as an approach to fighting poverty, an important dimension of any discussion of sustainable development. Offers the best examples of CED from the Canadian experience. (JOW)
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Poverty
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Miller, Marilyn – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2008
This article presents the findings of a study that explored the role and impact of continuing education on rural revitalization. A community development approach, academic expertise, and a university's resources were used to assist the citizens of Montmartre, Saskatchewan, to establish Centre 48, an arts and continuing education centre. Courses…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Community Development, Continuing Education, Continuing Education Units
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MacAulay, Scott – Community Development Journal, 2001
Contrasts activities and organizational structures of two Canadian community development initiatives: the Antigonish Movement and the Family of Cape Breton community development corporations. Finds ideological differences in the view of property and profit, governance and accountability, and role of education. Concludes that Antigonish is more…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Control, Community Development, Economic Development
Card, B. Y. – Education for the Disadvantaged Child, 1973
Interprets the efforts to reduce poverty and socio-cultural disadvantage in the Lesser Slave Lake Region, one of Canada's foremost case studies in rational planning and development. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Development, Disadvantaged, Economic Development, Educational Development
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Harris, Elayne M. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1997
Learning is a byproduct of encounters with everyday phenomena such as television, and the hidden curriculum of television is of great significance to marginalized groups. The influence of broadcast and narrowcast television on a rural Canadian community's capacity for economic development illustrates how marginality is learned and reinforced…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Gates, Gary J. – Education Canada, 2004
The growing dominance of the creative economy challenges cities and regions to move beyond the impulse toward "big ticket" economic development strategies like stadiums and convention centres and consider increased support for community-level strategies that encourage social and cultural diversity. Vibrant street scenes, eclectic…
Descriptors: Creativity, Economic Development, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Bryden, John M. – 2000
There was a notable transition in the nature, content, and administration of rural policies in many developed nations in the 1980s and 1990s. These changes concerned issues of governance and institutional framework, the definition of "development," and policy goals and content. A key question, however, concerns the extent to which shifts…
Descriptors: Community Development, Decentralization, Developed Nations, Economic Development
Shuttleworth, Dale – Education Canada, 1984
Explains and illustrates features of community economic development (CDC) organizations using two Canadian examples (Learnxs Foundation, Inc., and Learning Enrichment Foundation). Proposes CDCs as a way to improve youth employment and community development. Discusses youth employment programs in Germany, Austria, Britain, and the United States and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Jensen, Kenneth D. – 1974
The development of Arctic Canada's resources has historically been guided by two contrasting administrative approaches: one favoring the free play of profit motives in a laissez-faire market economy and the other the coordination of development through formalized government planning. In both approaches, Eurocanadians are the dominant figures,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, American History, Collective Settlements, Community Development
Charbonneau, Yvon – 1979
Humans, not things, are of primary importance when talking of development. All over the world, two separate, contradictory types of development may be seen: the first, centered on man, the second, on wealth. One of the ways in which man can gain control over his own future is through the school. It is essential to find out which type of…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Change Strategies, Community Development, Economic Development
Sowder, Ellie Mae – 1967
A comprehensive case study is presented of the Antigonish Movement in eastern Nova Scotia. Originally founded to combat poverty and exploitation, it has functioned since 1929 under the extension department of St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish. The Movement brought education into the lives of ordinary working people and introduced group…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Cooperatives, Discussion Groups
Buchanan, Gary; Murray, Eloise – Small Town, 1995
The Canadian city of Lloydminster created an agency to promote import replacement by matching consumer needs of schools and other institutions with local suppliers via monthly newsletters, open houses, reverse trade shows, and a computerized database of regional businesses. Dollars retained in the community, new jobs, and development of local…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Information Services, Developmental Programs
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