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Land-Based Learning: Reconnecting with Nature for Education Faye Beauchamp In this day and age where digital screens dominate daily life, the concept of land-based learning...

CALP Connections: May 2025 Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities, Symposium Survey and Evaluations, Years of Service Recognition, and more... Upcoming PD Symposium...

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2 Spirit (MMIWG2S): Incorporating Awareness into Adult Learning Faye Beauchamp, Indigenous Liaison The crisis of Missing and...

Teaching Digital Skills Day On April 8, 2025, CLN hosted a day of virtual learning focused on teaching digital skills! CALP staff from across the province joined in to...

CALP Connections: April 2025 Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities, Symposium Update, Call for Outstanding Contribution Award Nominations, and more... 2025-2026...

National Indigenous Languages Day Faye Beauchamp, Indigenous Liaison Tanshi nitotemak Hello my friends, Tanshi Kiyawow How are you? National Indigenous Languages Day National...

Ethical AI Use for CALP Staff Laureen Guldbrandsen, East-Central Regional Support Staff Have you ever wished you had more time to focus on your learners instead of lesson...

What Is So Important About PIAAC? Rebecca Still, Literacy Specialist A Crash Course on Large-Scale International Adult Literacy Surveys You may have heard the statement that...

CALP Connections: March 2025 Upcoming Professional Development Opportunitues, Symposium Update, Call for Outstanding Contribution Award Nominations, and more... Symposium...

"Pink Shirt Day" from an Indigenous Perspective Faye Beauchamp, Indigenous Liaison Tansi everyone! I hope you are all doing well, keeping warm and that you were able to spend...

Symposium: Mark Your Calendars! by Pat Halewich, PD & Events Specialist Exciting News: Registration for Literacy and Learning Symposium 2025 Opens Soon! We’re thrilled to...

CALP Connections: February 2025 Call for Outstanding Contribution Award Nominations, Upcoming Professional Development Opportunitues, Symposium Update, and more... Call for...

Trauma: It's what's inside that counts by Cheryl Lovstrom, Central Regional Support Staff I believe I will always remember my first attempt at a trip outside the house during...

Stay Connected on the CALP Portal! by Ellen Rodgers, CLN Program Support The CALP Portal is ringing in the new year with a fresh new look! With an intuitive layout and...

CALP Connections: January 2025 Explore the New CALP Portal!, NorQuest College Invites CALPs to Participate in Project and more... Upcoming PD Symposium 2025 Update Explore...

I love a good resource. Preferably in print. Ideally my own copy. I like to mark it up: adding highlights (the more colours the better), underlining, and flagging the good...

I look forward to this time every year as I find great joy in being prepared, shopping, and giving gifts! Wholeheartedly I would agree with the saying “it’s better to give...

To say 2024 has been a whirlwind so far would be a serious understatement. Looking back at the past 10 months, I am reminded of waiting for a prairie freight train to pass....

Last summer, our CALP sent, like every other CALP, our Annual Report 2022-2023 to our funder, Advanced Education, and surprisingly it came back with a very positive review...

I had the privilege of talking with Bonnie Caron, the Literacy Specialist at Project Adult Literacy Society (PALS) about book clubs. I have previously worked with Bonnie and...