BC Legislature - Education Committee, 38th Parliament

Tait, Grace

Aboriginal Mother Centre Society

activities 8:1220

funding 8:1225

Teachers

Adult educators

working conditions (Guenther, V.) 9:1755-1800

Adult educators, training (Timbres, M.) 12:1700

Learning round table See Education

Literacy instructors

professionals and volunteers (Miller, D.) 14:0940, 14:0950 (Routley) 14:0950

supply (Farrell, G.) 5:0950-0955 (Polak) 5:0945-0950

training (Lindstrom, S.) 12:1935-1945 (Olafson, G.) 12:1945 (Polak) 12:1945

Literacy workers (Faris, R.) 3:0940, 3:0950 (Polak) 3:0950

Training (Cubberley) 10:1640 (Cunningham, S.) 12:1805-1810 (Jarvis, D.) 12:1810 (Lee) 10:1650-1655 (Macdonald) 12:1805 (Polak) 10:1245, 10:1630, 12:1805 (Smith, G.) 10:1250 (Wood, F.) 10:1605, 10:1640-1645

Technology See Computer technology; Information and communication technology
Teck Cominco Metals Ltd.

Workplace literacy tutoring program (Cliff-Marks, J.) 13:1155

Television See Media
Thomas, Audrey

As subject

experience in literacy advocacy 3:1015-1020

Advanced Education Ministry

literacy coordinator, staffing levels 3:1100

role in adult literacy programs 3:1015-1020, 3:1040

Corrections system, former inmates, availability of income assistance benefits 3:1030-1035

Education

adult basic education, tuition fees 3:1040

English-as-a-second-language programs, government funding elsewhere 3:1045

English-as-a-second-language programs, tuition fees 3:1045

First nations, literacy of first nations people 3:1035

Fitzpatrick, Alfred, comments on education of immigrants 3:1020

Frontier College, literacy and ESL training, establishment 3:1020

Immigration, literacy of immigrants to B.C., adult literacy programs 3:1040-1045

Income assistance, recipients, access to training programs 3:1030

Literacy

adult literacy

challenges for adult learners 3:1020-1030, 3:1040-1045

relationship with K-12 education system 3:1020

community-based services 3:1100

definition, scope of skills 3:1020, 3:1055, 3:1105

education, child and adult learners 3:1020, 3:1030

education, pragmatic approach 3:1035

funding, funding in B.C. and elsewhere 3:1100

government promotion of literacy 3:1025

interministerial consultation and collaboration 3:1030-1035, 3:1055-1100

levels, studies 3:1025, 3:1040-1050, 3:1105

performance measurement 3:1105

programs in B.C. and elsewhere 3:1030-1035

relationship to lifelong learning 3:1025

Movement for Canadian Literacy, involvement in adult literacy advocacy 3:1015

National Literacy Secretariat, responsibility for federal literacy programs 3:1015, 3:1105

Seniors, literacy of seniors 3:1035-1040

Sussman, Susan, comments on language skills of immigrants 3:1040

United Nations Literacy Decade, campaign 3:1025

Thompson, Wendy

Comments on seniors literacy in book on developmental fitness (Rootman, I.) 5:1040

Thorne, Diane (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

Children, early childhood development

early learning

programs, funding 6:0850

Education

English-as-a-second-language programs

relationship to adult basic education 8:1105-1110, 9:1655

graduation rate 6:0855

students

readiness to enter education system 6:0850-0855

Education Committee

terms of reference, scope 2:1240-1245

witnesses, potential witnesses 2:1245

Employment and unemployment

job creation in B.C. 6:0855

Globe and Mail

article on funding of language and settlement services for immigrants to B.C. 9:1725

Government

programs and services

literacy programs, ministerial responsibility 9:1640

Immigration

settlement programs and services, funding 9:1725

Invergarry Learning Centre

funding 9:1650-1655

programs, accessibility 9:1655

Literacy

adult literacy, relationship with K-12 education system 2:1240

literacy secretariat 9:1640

programs, accessibility 9:1705

programs, accessibility, advocacy and assistance 8:1110

programs, performance measurement 5:1045

Literacy, relationship to employment 8:1300

School district 41 (Burnaby)

parenting and family literacy centres, establishment 8:1240

Seniors

literacy of seniors, role of isolation and poverty 5:1045

Surrey

adult education programs 9:1655

Timbres, Marcia

College of New Caledonia, adult basic education programs 12:1700-1710

College of New Caledonia, adult basic education students, participation in college activities 12:1705

Education

adult basic education

programs, volunteer adult literacy tutoring program 12:1710, 12:1720

student assistance program 12:1710, 12:1720

English-as-a-second-language programs, relationship to adult basic education 12:1710

graduation rate 12:1700

Income assistance recipients, access to education system 12:1705

Literacy

adult literacy, motivational factors for adult learners 12:1705

funding, federal funding 12:1700

funding, grant application process 12:1710

stigma of low literacy 12:1710-1715

School district 91, partnerships with first nations and College of New Caledonia 12:1705

Teachers, adult educators, training 12:1700

Toews, Lynda

Education, adult basic education, funding 9:1700

Education, adult basic education, funding, enrolment cap 9:1700, 9:1710

Education, English-as-a-second-language programs, English language services for adults program 9:1705-1710

Education, English-as-a-second-language programs, funding 9:1700-1710

Education, special education and special needs 9:1700

Income assistance, recipients, access to education system 9:1705-1710

Literacy, government policy 9:1710

Literacy, programs, accessibility 9:1705

Surrey, adult education programs 9:1700-1710

Surrey, population growth 9:1700, 9:1710

Surrey, transit services 9:1705

Trade unions

Labour relations in B.C. and elsewhere (Polak) 4:1715 (Rubenson, K.) 4:1700-1705, 4:1715

Role in adult literacy (Blunt, A.) 6:0945 (Mayencourt) 4:1700 (Nuraney) 4:1700 (Rubenson, K.) 4:1640, 4:1700

Trades

Training See Skills training

Transit services

Service in rural areas and small communities See Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area

Twiss, Diana

Advanced Education Ministry

grants for literacy programs 4:1555

Capilano College

literacy programs

effectiveness 4:1540

funding 4:1545

funding, compliance audits 4:1610

staff 4:1605

workplace education programs 4:1545

Education

adult basic education, accessibility 4:1605

Literacy

funding, grant application process 4:1555

programs 4:1610

support for students and teachers 4:1535

programs, performance measurement 4:1550-1555