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The  Adult Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian Council on Learning has just released six short videos celebrating adult learning – these short but very engaging  videos are well worth viewing and sharing with students in your program.

In Adult Education in the Fishing Industry a fisher in the Magdalen Islands  talks abut returning to school  and about some of skills needed on a fishing vessel today.

In PLAR – Working to Reduce Poverty an adult education instructor in Newfoundland talks about the many positive effects of Prior Learning and Recognition (PLAR)  in the lives of adult education students.

Challenging Literacy Prejudices through Theatre profiles the work of a  theatre group in Quebec to open up the question of how people living with lliteracy challenges can exercise their rights.

Adult Literacy through Family Workshops describes a simple but very effective project in Nova Scotia involving parents and children  working together on writing.

Young Adults in the North Share their Stories shows how young people in the NorthWest Territories  worked collaborative in aliteracy program to create their own publication, A Place All My Own.

The Benefits of PLAR in Canadian Universities describes how universities across the country are coming together to learn how to apply PLAR  and enable adults to return to learning.

The videos can be viewed on the Canadian Council on Learning – Adult Learning Knowledge Centre site and on  YouTube

Enjoy!!!