On December 5, 1996 Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council*
(SSHRC) President Lynn Penrod announced the creation of five
large-scale research networks in education and training.
The networks involve more than 140
researchers at universities across Canada working closely
with representatives from some 150 community organizations,
private sector companies, international research
enterprises, and representatives of various provincial
government departments and school boards.
It is hoped, through these networks,
that determining 'what works' will help prepare Canadians to
benefit from future economic growth. The five major topics,
or areas of study are:
1. Learning factors and
outcomes
2. Providers of vocational
and professional education and training
3. Means of education and
training delivery
4. Education and Training
Outcomes
5. The structures and
processes of education
The five networks were chosen from
among 47 grant applications in a national competition
adjudicated by a review committee. Each network selected a
related topic for study. The networks (and their host
universities) are:
1. The
Research Network for New Approaches to Lifelong Learning
(NALL) (Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto)
2. The
Labour Training Research Network*
(York
University)
3. The
Network for the Evaluation of Education and Training
Technologies * (McMaster
University)
4. The
Western Research Network on Education and Training*
(University of British Columbia)
5. The Education, Training
and Employment Research Network (Université du Québec a
Montréal)
SSHRC's grant to the five networks
totals just over $5.6 million. Each of the five networks
receives approximately $225,000 per year for up to five
years.
SSHRC*
is the key national research agency investing in the
advancement of human knowledge and skills that Canada needs
to continue building the quality of its social, economic and
cultural life.
