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McLaughlin, Hooley – Education Canada, 2003
Preparations for a Canadian exhibit in a Paris museum prompted reflections on how the adversity encountered in Canada's northern wilderness has fostered Inuit inventiveness and creativity. Anecdotes of other people's adaptations to harsh conditions illustrate that inventiveness is universal to the human condition. Perhaps the best example of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Creativity, Eskimos, Experiential Learning
Mrazek, Charmaine – Education Canada, 2001
In the rural regions of Nova Scotia, the Network for Children & Youth of Eastern Nova Scotia is attacking the problem of service fragmentation. The network addresses the multiple factors of health that contribute to the well-being of populations by coordinating the efforts of the 37 member agencies. Accomplishments and practical rules for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries
Sawh, Natasha; Charron, Jocelyn – Education Canada, 2003
The access to postsecondary education that is offered to students in rural areas differs significantly from the access available to urban students. An overview is given of the various factors and structural obstacles influencing rural access to postsecondary education, including aspirations, college preparation, socioeconomic characteristics of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Aspiration, College Preparation, Community Characteristics
McGreal, Rory – Education Canada, 2002
In the past, small states and provinces were outclassed by big metropolitan regions in the quest for economic development. However, small outlying regions, such as New Brunswick, Canada, can now compete with big urban centers since information technology has made higher education a global enterprise through online courses. Various countries and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation
Lataille-Demore, Diane – Education Canada, 2003
A training and teaching tools development project aims to help multigrade classroom teachers in remote areas of Ontario. The project presents multiple instructional strategies, such as collaborative learning, differentiated teaching, and subject integration. Sixty teaching activities, created and tested by teachers, are contained on a CD that will…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation, Material Development
Baker, Chris – Education Canada, 2003
Canadians identify education as key to economic opportunity and advancement, yet rural areas experience teacher shortages, school closings, and extended transportation times. A growing native population in the North needs teachers with cultural and linguistic qualifications. Advantages of rural areas are close communities, good school-community…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Distance Education, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Press, Harold; Galway, Gerald; Collins, Alice – Education Canada, 2003
Newfoundland and Labrador has many rural communities, low literacy rates, high unemployment, declining enrollment and population, and teacher shortages. Policy responses have been to consolidate schools, increase rural teacher pay, increase teacher recruitment, implement distance learning and distance professional development, intensify…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consolidated Schools, Distance Education, Educational Change
