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Monday, March 26, 2012

International Adult Learners' Week (IALW) in Canada from March 24 to April 1. 2012 theme is, 'I am still learning.'


The Canadian Commission for UNESCO is again this year inviting Canada's Ministers of Education and its other lifelong learning partners to celebrate International Adult Learners' Week (IALW) in Canada from March 24 to April 1, 2012.

IALW was officially launched by UNESCO on September 8, 2000. Its founders understood that the most effective way to underscore the importance of lifelong learning was to give adult learners themselves the chance to express their views, describe their challenges, and document their success stories. IALW has been celebrated in Canada since 2002.  

The theme for 2012 is I am still learning.  Read more at  http://www.nald.ca/annualevents/ialwc