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Partners
Many partnerships
are possible in this work, such as ACTEW, the National Women's Reference Group,
and consultants working in the literacy and employment field. Other
organizations such as the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, the
Canadian Labour Congress, and Women in Trades and Technology are also possible
partners in this work.
Funding
Materials
development may be funded through the National Literacy Secretariat or
provincial governments. Policy analysis may be funded as research work through
private foundations. It may be possible to recover some of the costs of this
work through subscription fees to newsletters, digests, and journals that are
developed to distribute information. Further research may be funded through
SSHRC grants or through provincial ministries.
Recommendations
- Determine the need for a paper outlining the theory and
benefits of workplace/workforce learning and literacy programs. Undertake
secondary research and promote findings, as necessary.
Preliminary
work in this topic area should be networking with people active in workforce
and workplace basic skills delivery. The goal of this work is to provide an
education and advocacy tool for practitioners.
- Articulate and promote best practice models.
CCLOW may be able to best articulate how to make this delivery model most
effective for women students.
- Analyze government education and training policies and
their impact on women with low literacy skills.
A comprehensive
analysis of employment policy and its impact on women could be both a strong
advocacy tool for better policy and a strong promotional tool for CCLOW as a
national organization. It could also generate media interest.
Conclusion
The articulation
of best practice models, which create safe and supportive environments for
women to learn (with or without other family members), would be a welcome
contribution to the field. These models, grounded in theory and developed by
practitioners, should be promoted across the country. The network of women
connected to CCLOW may provide a good base for the dissemination of this work.
There is a need for a national group to advocate on behalf of
women's learning in the context of employment. Though other national advocacy
groups exist, CCLOW should explore the opportunity to take on this role.
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