Canadian Council on Learning

The Canadian Council on learning today released its final report titled, What is the future of education in Canada. In its swan song, the CCL charges that Canada is slipping in terms of its educational performance relative to other countries....

"In many domains of learning across the life cycle, we are falling behind competitor countries, both in established and emerging economies. In some fields in which we began with a head start, we have lost the initiative and the lead."

Go to:

http://www.ccl-cca.ca/pdfs/CEOCorner/2010-10-11WhatistheFutureofLearninginCanada.pdf>

Plagiarism

A few points may be helpful:


http://www.chronicle.com/article/Toward-a-Rational-Response-to/128611/

Ending my term

Thanks to all faculty and staff for support and encouragement - and yes, challenges - during the past year. It's been a privilege once again to serve as Dean. The circumstances surrounding that remain too sad. We continue to miss and mourn Dave Dibbon, our Dean (2008-10).

I look forward to creating some new projects for myself during administrative leave (2011-12).

Best to all.

Alice

Dr. Dale Kirby Comments

Check it out. Dr. Kirby comments on reduction of spending on education by NB government.

http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1414370

Mistaken Point Exhibit

I am proud to announce the launch of the Mistaken Point Exhibit at the Johnson GEO Centre. Visit our newest permanent exhibit - a cast of the 500 million year old fossils at Mistaken Point.

In partnership with the ROM, Oxford University, Queen's University, this amazing exhibit will rock you.

Alice


Alice Collins
Chair, Johnson GEO Centre Board of Directors

Ontario Deans' Web site

You may be interested in some of the topics on this site.

http://oade.cou.on.ca/_bin/whatWorks.cfm

Transition Study

You may be interested in this study on youth transition.


http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dkirby/CURA_Transition_Study_Update_2011.pdf