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This National Resource Directory of Aboriginal Literacy
Programs is the first directory of its kind in Canada. It's purpose is to
gather critical–core information about the operations of Aboriginal
literacy programs throughout Canada — from east to west to north. It is a
comprehensive, representative sample of Aboriginal literacy initiatives
operating in both urban, rural and remote regions of the country. Under the
direction of a group of passionately committed, resource-strapped, often
isolated and always busy literacy coordinators and practitioners, these
Aboriginal literacy programs offer learners and students opportunities to
reacquaint themselves with the challenges of learning. These programs are
almost always learner-centred, operating in a welcoming and nurturing
environment that moves at the pace of the learner, recognizes the integrity of
the whole person, and attempts to remove the negative baggage and experience of
previous institutional education experiences. This resource directory is meant to serve as a thread of
contact among these "diamonds in the rough", serving, it is hoped, as
a point of convergence, as an opportunity to share information and learn from
the vast depth of experiences which comprise the important arena of adult
learning within Aboriginal communities.
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