The pilot research project reported on here was conducted between October 2005 and March 2006 on one campus of one of Ontario's 24 colleges. The college is located in an urban centre in southern Ontario. The main focus of this pilot study was the exploration of issues of accessibility and accommodation for students with disabilities as they engage…

This paper describes the Self-Help Information Service (SIS), and summarizes data evaluating the program. Associated with a generally focused information and referral service (I&R), SIS was designed to facilitate research on self-help groups. Its specific goals were to develop and maintain a telephone referral service disseminating self-help…

A scan of the experiences that colleges have had with school/college programs and/or projects was conducted in the fall/winter of 2005-06. The scan was conducted under the leadership of Vice Presidents Academic of the Ontario colleges of applied arts and technology. The purpose of the scan was to gather input so that it could be compiled and made…