2007 PCERA Symposium
The 2007 PCERA Symposium was held on January 29-30, 2007 at the Delta Ottawa Hotel, Ottawa.
At this year's symposium, the aim was to share effective provincial/territorial literacy practices and policies, highlighting how policy-relevant research and data can be used to assist policy makers to develop action plans for improving literacy in their jurisdictions. The symposium included a session focusing on literacy issues from an Aboriginal perspective.
The focus of the event was on connections between data/research and policy. "Best practices" were examined to see how research and data can help to identify the elements that make those practices effective. A further purpose of the event was to inform future decisions about PCERA research activities relating to literacy, by identifying key research questions and priorities that are of pan-Canadian interest.
The presentations at the Symposium were as follows:
- Reflections on the policy utility of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey - Scott Murray (Statistics Canada)
- Data and policy: a direct connection- Gerald Morton (Ministry of Education, British Columbia)
- Developing a data-informed approach for the Ontario Literacy and Numeracy Strategy - Carol Campbell, Joel Clodman, John Comper (Ministry of Education, Ontario)
- Literacy in the workplace - Satya Brink (HRSDC)
- A demographic perspective on the IALSS results - François Nault (Statistics Canada)
- Pan-Canadian data sources and tools relating to literacy - Tamara Knighton (Statistics Canada)
- Making waves: implementing successful literacy strategies - Krista Vokey (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- The use of data to develop and evaluate programs to address the change in the overall performance of students in mathematics between grade 3 and grade 6 - Lee Kubica (Yukon)
- How research and statistics have influenced policy development in the area of adult literacy - Barbara Wynes (Manitoba)
- IALSS and the renewal of the Northwest Territories literacy strategy - Barbara Miron (Northwest Territories)
- Moving forward: increasing access to adult literacy programs in Newfoundland and Labrador - Cindy Christopher (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Considerations relating to issues of Aboriginal self-identification - Helen Robinson-Settee (Manitoba)
- Considerations relating to issues of Aboriginal self-identification - Brent Munro (British Columbia)
- The use of data for the evaluation of the Northern Teacher Education Program (NORTEP) - Ray Smith and Collette Robertson (Saskatchewan)
- Research on Student Retention and Academic Success in Québec - Diane Charest, Gilbert Moisan, and Julie-Madeleine Roy (Quebec)
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