Join CLN and our guest panel to explore how CALP-funded organizations are currently using ‘Skills for Learning’ instruction to support adult learning.  The CALP Policy Manual describes Skills for...

ECALA is pleased to be working in partnership with Tribal Chiefs Employment & Training Service Association and Norwood Child and Family Resource Centre to offer a Class 7 Train the Trainer event. Tribal...

ESL Tutor Training Participants will learn to design task-based lessons that address learner interests and needs while providing language input, opportunities to practice language skills, and feedback. Event...

Intercultural Communication and Pragmatics Participants will be provided an overview of intercultural communications and introduced to the role of a cultural bridge. Participants will also be introduced...

Lesson Planning Made Easy Lesson plans are essential to successful teaching and learning. But, lesson planning can feel like an overwhelming task when there are so many demands on a teacher or tutor’s...

Working with Trauma Affected ESL Learners This workshop is for instructors, tutors, and program staff who work with English language learners. In this workshop, participants will learn to define trauma...

I am very fortunate to have been spending time with elders from many different nations and communities. I have been hearing many elders speak about connections - connections to the land and knowing where...

Welcome back to the 2018/19 CALP year which will surely be filled with inspiration, innovation, meaningful connections and fulfillment! I hope you all had a break and a chance to recharge. On this, my...

Foundations for Task-Based Teaching In this workshop, participants will gain an understanding of what task-based teaching is, how it works in practical terms and why it is important in the context of...

Please note Registration is now closed. This course will support CALP-funded staff, volunteers and system partners to develop a personal understanding of the effects of stress, loss, trauma and grief...

*Registration is now closed.  This course will support CALP-funded staff, volunteers and system partners to develop a personal understanding of the effects of stress, loss, trauma and grief on others,...

Registration for this training is now closed. This course will support CALP-funded staff, volunteers and system partners to develop a personal understanding of the effects of stress, loss, trauma and...

This course will support CALP-funded staff, volunteers and system partners to develop a personal understanding of the effects of stress, loss, trauma and grief on others, with emphasis on self-care and...

For those of you who do not know me, I am the Indigenous Liaison for the Community Learning Network. I am Metis from Peavine Metis Settlement and I have more or less spent the majority of my life in the...

“We are all connected”   Most of us have heard this phrase, and some of us have used it, but what does it mean? In Indigenous culture the meaning of kinship extends far beyond “relationship...

I developed this method of teaching writing while I was an instructor in a developmental education program for adults. There was a wide range of learner levels in the program, ranging from people who...

Beginning November 25th, The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence raises awareness and advocacy for ending the violence against girls and women in Canada.  Gender-based violence has a profound...

Supports & Resources There are many different ways to do a community needs assessment, so you should think about what will work best for your community and your CALP. Also, there are resources available...

Meet the CLN Provincial StaffLisa Dickner, Executive DirectorP: 780-485-4926 Ext. 1I joined the CLN team in 2009 as a very part-time Regional Resource Network Manager and quickly decided that...

Here’s what I often tell new practitioners: “There are only two things I know for sure about teaching adult literacy: 1) You will probably not get rich…..  2) but you will be rewarded.” I was...