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Upcoming Conference at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) in June

RETHINKING WORK AND LEARNING:
RESEARCH FINDINGS AND POLICY CHALLENGES
Sunday, June 4th & Monday, June 5th 2006
OISE/UT Auditorium
252 Bloor St. West (St. George subway stn.)
Toronto, Ontario


The conference “Rethinking Learning and Work: Research Findings and Policy Challenges” will present research and address inequalities in adult learning policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT).


“There are widespread claims about gaps between workers' skills and the needs of a knowledge-based economy but there has been little prior research actually studying this relationship”, says Professor David Livingstone, head of the Centre for the Study of Education and Work at OISE/UT. The Canadian and international researchers brought together for this conference have done pioneering work on specific aspects of learning in current workplaces.

There are sessions on immigrant workers, older workers, workers coping with tech change, and the recognition of workers' previously "invisible" skills (such as uncredentialled workers, housework, volunteer work). Outstanding international researchers from the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia will come together with Canadian researchers, mainly from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council network on the Changing Nature of Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL).

The conference features a performance by Motown Diva Lynn Marie Smith on the Monday. There are workshop sessions, a Sunday social event, and an exhibitor marketplace.

For more information, call (416) 923-6641 ext. 2392 or visit http://www.onestep.on.ca/conference.

WALL is a Collaborative Research Initiative funded by the SSHRC and is a project of the Centre for the Study of Education and Work at OISE.
www.wallnetwork.ca

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