Agenda

TUESDAY, June 17, 2003 Faculty Club, Arts Bldg
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Wine and Cheese
	· Greetings · Launch of Literacies, the new Canadian journal in the research in practice field

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2003 Various Rooms, Education Bldg
8:30 - 12:00 noon	Concurrent Courses (Participants must pre-register)
	Arts-Based Research with Joe Norris Feminist Approaches with Jenny Horsman Literacy Practices with Mary Hamilton Getting Started on Research in Practice with Marina Niks
12:00 - 1:30 p.m Faculty Club, Arts Bldg.	Lunch
1:30- 3:00 p.m. Various Rooms, Education Bldg	Workshops
	· Violence and Learning: Taking Action (VALTA)-Learnings from the Changing Practices Project Fay Begg, Heather Ward, Janet Bauer and Mary Norton · The Voice Activated Computer Literacy Project Bill Day · Practical Research Approaches for Communities Barbara Burnaby · Reading Policy Zoe Fowler · What Makes Literacy/ABE Instructors Effective in their Practice Evelyn Battell, Diana Twiss, Judy Rose, Betsy Alkenbrack Marina Niks, Bonnie Soroke
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:20 - 4:30 p.m.	Inquiry Sessions
	· The Role of Academically Trained Researchers in Research in Practice Anneke van Enk and Marina Niks * this session meets for 90 minutes · Student Participation in the Research Process Nora Randell · Understanding Learning and Literacy in a School Board Employment Preparation Program Christine Johnson-Pinsent · Sharing Research and Reflections: the journal needs you ! Tannis Atkinson and members of the Editorial Committee · Is literacy viewed as an accessibility issue among community services that do not have a literacy program? Audrey Gardner

THURSDAY, June 19, 2003 Various Rooms, Education Bldg
8:30 - 12 noon	Concurrent Courses ( Participants must pre-register)
	· Arts-Based Research with Joe Norris · Feminist Approaches with Jenny Horsman · Literacy Practices with Mary Hamilton · Getting Started on Research in Practice with Marina Niks
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Faculty Club, Arts Bldg	Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Various Rooms, Education Bldg	Courses cont’d
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Various Rooms, Education Bldg	Workshops
	Reading Our Work: Implications for practices from researching literacies as social practice Tracy Defoe Process of Empowerment: A Struggle of Strategy Bill Fagan Letters Home from South Africa Betsy Alkenbrack Doing Freedom: Ethnography of an Adult Literacy Centre Bonnie Soroke The Myth of Objectivity: Whose Knowledge is it? Nancy Jackson
6:15 - 9:00 p.m.	A Newfoundland and Labrador Evening
	· Supper and live entertainment

FRIDAY, June 20, 2003 Various Rooms, Education Bldg
8:30 - 12 noon	Concurrent Courses ( Participants must pre-register)
	· Arts-Based Research with Joe Norris · Feminist Approaches with Jenny Horsman · Literacy Practiceswith Mary Hamilton · Getting Started on Research in Practice with Marina Niks
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Faculty Club, Arts Bldg	Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Various Rooms, Education Bldg	Concurrent Workshops/Inquiry Sessions
	Ethics in Practitioner Research (Inquiry Session) Nancy Jackson Supporting Inquiry Work: what do we know? what do we do? Janet Isserlis Blurring the Lines between research, teaching, and action Elsa Auerbach Staying Connected: Canadian Researchers in Practice (Inquiry Session) Bonnie Soroke and others TBA Electronic Conferencing as a Tool for Research: Youth Literacy – What works (Inquiry Session) Diana Twiss and Sandy Middleton
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Education Bldg E-5005	Learnings - Report back to the Large Group

SATURDAY, June 21, 2003 Education 5005
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.	Researchers in Residence
	· Delegates meet with conference resource people about their individual research questions and/or projects. Please sign up for a time slot inside this session, or negotiate an alternate time with the resource person.
10:30 - noon	Small Group Discussions and Planning
	· Report back to the Large Group
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.	Institute Closing

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