Suggests programs to increase effectiveness of academic orientation and bibliographic instruction for adult university students. Adult enrollment patterns in Canada and characteristics of adult students which have implications for orientation and bibliographic instruction are examined. Eighteen footnotes are included. (EJS)

During the 1930s in Canada, the senior levels of government and local agencies initiated educational programs to help people cope with the distress and demoralization resulting from the depression. Programs originated in eleven major areas: technical-vocational education, night schools, relief camps, educational relief measures outside camps, self…

This guide, which was developed for Canadian literacy teachers, contains practical guidelines for including people with intellectual and other disabilities in literacy education. The foreword examines the problems caused by various barriers that have traditionally excluded intellectually disabled individuals from literacy programs, and the…