ERIC Number: ED274830
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 60
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Building the Social Movement. Papers from an Invitational Seminar (Montreal, Canada, June 4-6, 1986).
British Columbia Univ., Vancouver. Centre for Continuing Education.; Canadian Association for Adult Education, Toronto (Ontario).
Thirty leaders from six Canadian social movements were invited to participate in an invitational seminar that was designed to explore strategies for building stronger collaboration among social movements in the Canadian community. This collection contains the following papers from that seminar: "Building the Social Movement: An Introduction," by Anne Ironside; "Building the Social Movement: An Overview," by Ron Farris; "Why Women Must Take Control of Their Own Learning," by Joan Brown-Hicks and Lisa Avedon; "Defogging the Economy," by James Laxer; "Learning and Culture," by John Macfarlane; "Recreating a Partnership between the Adult Education and Co-operative Movements," by Ian MacPherson; "Environmental Citizenship," by Bea Olivastri; "Adult Learning and the Peace Movement," by Murray Thomson; "Adult Literacy and the Literacy Movement," by Cathy Wright; "Impressions of the Seminar," by Ian Morrison; and Post Script (summaries of the recommendations of the six seminar working groups, which were prepared by Anne Usher, Pat Langridge, Lynn Burton, Paul Dampier, Grace Milashenko, and Morley Campbell). A seminar agenda and list of seminar participants conclude the document. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Citizenship Education, Coordination, Cultural Education, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Females, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Postsecondary Education, Social Action, Social Agencies, Social Mobility, Social Services
Centre for Continuing Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A4 Canada ($9.50).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: British Columbia Univ., Vancouver. Centre for Continuing Education.; Canadian Association for Adult Education, Toronto (Ontario).
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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