The overarching theme for the conference is Leveraging Learning for Regional Development: Northwestern Ontario, Canada and Beyond. Papers, workshops and presentations are invited on the following sub-themes (pending approval by the conference planning committee): Learning Cities and Regions - Learning Regions and Local and Regional
Economic Development and Employability - Creating Capacity for Socio-Economic Participation
(Social Capital Development) - The Effectiveness of the Learning Region Model in
Enhancing Social Cohesion - Learning Needs of Regional and Municipal
Authorities and Agencies - Economic Benefits and Social Stability in Lifelong
Learning Regions - Profiting from the Knowledge Society at the
Regional Level - Implementing Models of Lifelong Learning
in Cities and Regions
Institutional Responses to Lifelong Learning - Lifelong Learning and Public Policy Research
- Assessing, Recognizing and Accrediting
Lifelong Learning - Impacts and Opportunities: Utilizing
Demographic Trends in Program Planning - Access, Motivation and Barriers: Prerequisites
for Lifelong Learning - Increasing Student Retention and Graduation
Rates for Non-Traditional Students - The Changing Faces of Post-Secondary Education
- Effective Strategies for Knowledge Transfer
Organizational Partnerships and Learning - Partnerships in Lifelong/Lifewide Learning:
Developing and Maintaining Learning Communities - Reaction or Response: Institutional, Business,
and Workplace Responses to the Need for
Lifelong Learning - Inter-Institutional and Inter-Cultural Transitions
- Building Pathways to Certification: Developing the
Potential of Trained Workers and Professionals - Creating Opportunities: Preparing Facilitators,
Organizations and Institutions for Lifelong
Learning - Workplace Training
- Lifelong Learning for Changing Career Paths
- Learning for a Lifetime: The Personal Benefits of
Lifelong and Lifewide Learning
Learning in a Global Milieu - Different Agendas for Different Futures
(knowledge-based economy, resource sector
employment, etc.) - Multinational vs International Education: Regional
Responses to Globalization (Learning in the Global
Economy) - Inter-regional and International Recognition of
Trade and Professional Qualifications - Multicultural Learning for Effective Leaders
- Indigenous Approaches to Lifelong Learning
- Inter-Cultural and Inter-Ethnic Learning
ICT's in Learning - E-Learning in the 21st Century
- The Role of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) in Developing Social Capital - Strategies for Utilizing Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) - Partnerships for Infrastructure
Development
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