[Advisors] news from N.S. & Ontario

[michael gurstein]

The current buzz word is "e-skills"... A lot of countries/the EU are =
wedging
their re-training programs into e-skilling programs...
http://www.ecdl.org/files/cepis/20091106035314_BuildingE-skillsfortheInfo=
rma
t.pdf

I haven't seen that terminology used in Canada but making a case for =
using
community facilities for e-skilling might be one way to go.

M

-----Original Message-----
From: advisors-admin@tc.ca [mailto:advisors-admin@tc.ca] On Behalf Of =
Marita
Moll
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 4:42 PM
To: Brian ors@tc.ca
Subject: Re: [Advisors] news from N.S. & Ontario



Hi Brian

Maybe we should be promoting a program that bundles libraries and CAP=20
sites together in a federal literacy program -- digital and otherwise.

  I wouldn't assume this government is out of touch.  They are just=20
using what has become a convenient argument for them, and one that=20
many of their supporters will buy without really thinking about=20
it.  It is a pattern that works very well.  Insinuating that crime=20
rates are high, they have just successfully passed a draconian crime=20
bill to reduce crime when the crime rates have been steadily dropping=20
for years.

There's little place for rational thinking in the policy world these =
days.

Marita

At 01:54 AM 20/12/2011, Brian Beaton wrote:
>Marita ... Does that mean that the government is going to fund public=20
>libraries in every community so public access is available in small=20
>remote and rural communities where no libraries presently exist (I=20
>doubt it[smiles])? The present funding model for public libraries make=20
>them unsustainable and unavailable in most remote and rural=20
>communities.
>
>This statement by Clement just further demonstrates how out of touch=20
>this government along with most people are with what is happening in=20
>the rest of the country outside of their comfortable urban=20
>environments.
>
>Brian Beaton
>K-Net Services Coordinator
>Keewaytinook Okimakanak
>Box 1439, 115 King Street
>Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B9
>T: 807-737-1135 x1251
>F: 807-737-1720
>IP and ISDN video conferencing
>E: brianbeaton@knet.ca
>W: http://knet.ca
>
>On Mon, December 19, 2011 3:30 pm, Marita Moll wrote:
> >
>
> > Hi folks.  I heard from Eric Stackhouse in Nova Scotia.  Their=20
> > organization is writing to Peter Mackay and Eric will try to meet=20
> > with Mackay over the holidays.  But Mackay has noted before that IC=20
> > doesn't see the fit with CAP anymore -- same argument we got in our=20
> > meeting with IC.  It's going to be tough going to keep the program=20
> > alive another year.  On the positive side, N.S. has good support=20
> > from their provincial partner (Economic and Rural Development and=20
> > Tourism) and strong political support at the MLA level.
> >
> > I also heard from Nora Fountain who had a quick chat with Tony=20
> > Clement.  She was met with the suggestion that CAP had nothing to do =

> > with the federal government now -- that it was all handled by=20
> > libraries. Although she pointed out to him that even his closest=20
> > site was not a library site,  it was not a situation in which she=20
> > could keep pressing the point.  But she did tell him that we=20
> > (Telecommunities Canada) would be in touch to talk about the need=20
> > for a nation-wide champion. She said he was open to hearing more. =20
> > So, since Norah has opened that door, I guess we should walk through =

> > it.
> >
> > On the library issue, we need to go to any meeting with any minister =

> > and make it clear in any letters any of us write, that the=20
> > "libraries are taking care of it" line is really misleading.  We=20
> > will have to recover the statistics we put together during the last=20
> > crisis and share them around again.  One I remember clearly was that =

> > this line of reasoning would wipe out all sites in PEI.
> >
> > Marita
> >
> >
> >
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