Celebration of International Adult Learners’ Week
April 2-9, 2011
WHEREAS: Literacy is everyone’s right to full participation in society.
WHEREAS: Adult learning and literacy events are advocacy tools for raising the profile of adult learners and lifelong learning; mobilize individuals to take advantage of the multitude of learning opportunities open to them; and serve as a reminder that adult learning can be a powerful instrument for change.
WHEREAS: Adult learning and education are part of sustainable development through effective policy, good governance, financing, participation, inclusion, equity and quality. These are necessary for adults to exercise their right to education.
WHEREAS: The City of Wetaskiwin, together with community organizations and education institutions, is
working to remove barriers to learning by providing learner-oriented programs and to promote
the responsibility and right to literacy and lifelong learning.
working to remove barriers to learning by providing learner-oriented programs and to promote
the responsibility and right to literacy and lifelong learning.
THEREFORE: I, Mayor Bill Elliot, on behalf of the City of Wetaskiwin, do hereby proclaim the week of April 2
to 9 as Celebration of International Adult Learners Week.
to 9 as Celebration of International Adult Learners Week.
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Mayor Bill Elliot
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