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Jim Silver
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Adult Education Key to Northern Economic Development
Large development projects are coming soon to northern Manitoba. Education—some now underway; some the missing piece so far—will be crucial in determining who benefits.
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We Have to Grow our Own
Economic development in Manitoba’s north requires increased investment in adult basic education.
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Adult Basic Education Keeps Youth out of Crime
A recent study by Marni Brownell and colleagues at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, titled “Crossover Kids in Manitoba: The Intersection of the Child…
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Public spending on Adult Education brings big returns
October 23, 2025 For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One): A new study published today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba finds that public…
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The fiscal benefits of adult basic education in Manitoba
Adult basic education produces important fiscal benefits in Manitoba
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Oct 16 Brandon: Adult Basic Education in Western Manitoba – growing the benefits. Oct 23: report launch Winnipeg
Adult basic education is a highly effective program that can transform people’s lives. Research shows that it reduces poverty, promotes reconciliation and supports economic development.
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Time to End Tax Cuts and Invest in Public Services
The cumulative impact of decades of regressive tax cuts has created the severe social, economic, and environmental problems seen daily in Manitoba. Tax cuts are…
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Investing in us
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 3, 2024
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Adult Basic Education in Manitoba: “It’s Like, Life Changing!”
What could lead people to say such things as, “I can physically, like on every level, physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, feel myself changing and transforming,”…
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Small steps not enough in adult education
It seemed for a moment as if adult basic education’s time had finally come. Premier Wab Kinew spoke publicly about its important role in moving…
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Time to give adult education a boost
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 26, 2023
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The Missing Piece in Health and Education
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 1, 2023 Although recent media coverage of our healthcare and education problems here in Manitoba has been…
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