Defining Canada's Needs for a Nationally Funded Network of Adult Literacy and Essential Skills Organizations – a Consultation
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- Department: ESDC
- Who Attended: Academics with expertise in LES, adult learning and/or workforce development; Adult learning centres; Colleges; Employer associations; member organizations of the OLES pan-Canadian network; Organizations representing Aboriginal groups; Organizations representing learner groups from diverse demographic backgrounds, including immigrants; Organizations representing official language minority communities; Representatives from provincial/territorial government departments concerned with workplace training and LES; and, Workplace education and/or workforce training organizations
- Contact: Office of Literacy and Essential Skills
The objective of this consultation was to give OLES a sharper picture of the key literacy and essential skills (LES) functions, or priority areas of focus, that the federal government should be supporting through a pan-Canadian network