to the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) Essential Skills site.
This site provides an exchange network on Essential Skills for member institutions and their partners. It features:
A description of the nine Essential Skills;
A description of ongoing and completed Essential Skills projects, with links to materials and tools developed for these projects;
A database of Essential Skills resources and tools;
A forum for exchange and collaboration with colleagues from across the country to address common challenges and forge new partnerships. The forum also links to a virtual library on Essential Skills;
Other resources such as links to related sites;
As part of the national project Working with the Community, the Call for proposals for initiatives from colleges working in ES with Aboriginal people, immigrants or Francophones outside Québec has been launched. The deadline for submitting proposals is November 15th 2009.
