- Do you believe that other persons/organizations/interests should
be invited to the next Atlantic region Workplace/Workforce Institute? If so,
would you identify them below?
- Funding sources (possible funders) - ACOA, etc.
- Learners - suggestion: have learners do a presentation on the advantages
& pitfalls of such training
- Ministers of Education
- Individual groups/non-union who have projects and not affiliated with
Federation of Labour
- Volunteer worker who has gone through, or is in, a program
- No suggestions - great cross-section of people invited
- Community groups leaders e.g., Chamber of Commerce , Literacy Council
chairs
- Practitioners
- Regional literacy coordinators
- Good mix of numbers of labour/management/practitioners/educators - 20
from each province is a very good number
- Small business or labour groups
- In the 'call to action', should other issues and initiatives be
considered by the four provinces? If so, identify them below.
- How to better share resources we already have
- E.I. changes
- A united call for stable, long term funding
- Government should reduce barriers to learning for E.I. recipients (i.e.,
travel, childcare, cost of attending literacy courses)
- Set goals and develop an action plan - celebrate the joint efforts
- Partnerships - promotions and programs
- Representation at the Council of Premiers for Atlantic Canada
- Possibly sharing what has worked so well in Atlantic Canada (including
rural workplace education programs) with other parts of Canada
- I am in agreement with the issues presented
- We must collectively "showcase" our successes to date and
collectively urge government to participate in a greater way toward literacy
program delivery