BC Legislature - Education Committee, 38th Parliament

ICARE tutor program See Colleges, individualized community adult reading education program under Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
ICT See Information and communication technology
Immigration

Adult education programs for immigrants, inclusion of curriculum on Canadian society (Guenther, V.) 9:1755

Connecting skilled workers with employment, Skills Connect for Immigrants program (Lee) 14:1105 (Lennig, L.) 8:1130-1135 (Rettie, C.) 14:1105

English-as-a-second-language programs See Education

Immigrants to B.C., Canadian-born children requiring English-as-a-second-language education See English-as-a-second-language students under Education

Immigrants to B.C., profile (Friesen, C.) 9:1715, 9:1725

Immigrants to B.C., role in economy and society (Friesen, C.) 9:1715-1725 (Polak) 9:1725 (Uppal, P.) 13:1110

Literacy of immigrants to B.C.

Afghan immigrants, literacy levels (Fazeli, M.) 9:1835

assessment See Assessment of immigrants under Literacy

challenges, adult learners of English (Lennig, L.) 8:1125-1130

challenges, youth learners of English (Lennig, L.) 8:1135

differing language training requirements of immigrants to B.C. See English-as-a-second-language programs, differing training requirements of immigrants to B.C. under Education

issues (Boraas, J.) 6:1045, 6:1055 (Chard, Y.) 9:1630-1635 (Goyan, P.) 3:1115, 3:1130-1135 (Polak) 3:1130-1135

language benchmark system (Boraas, J.) 6:1110-1115 (Kozakiewicz, N.) 8:1140 (Lee) 6:1110 (Lennig, L.) 8:1130

literacy (Brink, S.) 10:1330, 10:1340-1350, 10:1400, 10:1420 (Jarvis) 14:1110 (Nuraney) 10:1420 (Rettie, C.) 14:1055, 14:1110

programs (Brink, S.) 10:1340, 10:1350-1355, 10:1410, 10:1420 (Lee) 2:1230, 6:0845 (Polak) 2:1225 (Schofield, J.) 2:1235 (Thomas, A.) 3:1040-1045

programs, government funding (St. Jean, C.) 8:1055

public perception of government funding of programs (Chard, Y.) 9:1635 (Polak) 9:1635 (Routley) 9:1640

targeted funding programs (Polak) 4:1655 (Rubenson, K.) 4:1655

Public inquiry on immigration (Friesen, C.) 9:1725

Settlement programs and services, funding (Fleming) 14:1100 (Friesen, C.) 9:1715-1725 (Lee) 9:1725 (Polak) 9:1720 (Rettie, C.) 14:1105 (Thorne) 9:1725

Income

Equity, relationship to literacy in Canada and elsewhere (Rubenson, K.) 4:1645-1650

Income assistance

B.C. Benefits program (James, T.) 8:1110 (St. Jean, C.) 8:1055

Eligibility, change in age of dependents (Sinclair, J.) 8:1255

Eligibility, role in literacy of immigrants and cognitively disabled adults (Bayes, S.) 8:1035

Employment programs

integration with literacy programs (Boraas, J.) 6:1100, 6:1115 (Kolsteren, I.) 8:1145 (Polak) 6:1100

Recipients

access to education system (Abraham, F.) 12:1725 (Gagnon, L.) 11:1125 (Krieger, B.) 9:1740 (Leach, K.) 11:1055-1110 (Macdonald) 11:0945-0950, 13:1150 (Mayencourt) 11:0955 (Olsen, L.) 13:1140-1150 (Polak) 11:1105, 13:1150 (Scott, S.) 11:0945-0950 (Siegrist, F.) 12:1825 (Sinclair, J.) 8:1255 (Timbres, M.) 12:1705 (Toews, L.) 9:1705-1710

access to training programs (Thomas, A.) 3:1030

support for recipients with low literacy and education (Galway, L.) 6:1200

System, challenges for low-literacy clients (Joyce, M.) 8:1050-1055 (Randall, N.) 14:1040 (Wilson, B.) 11:0905

India

Literacy programs, application of information and communication technology (Farrell, G.) 5:0925

National Literacy Mission, experience with levels of literacy (Farrell, G.) 5:0915

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Education funding for on-reserve families (Saunders, T.) 12:1750

Industry Canada

Community access program (CAP) (Cliff-Marks, J.) 13:1040 (Polak) 13:1040 (Wassing, A.) 13:1020, 13:1050

Information

Health information See Health

Information and communication technology See Information and communication technology

Information and communication technology

Application to employment and learning, use on first nations reserves (Gosnell, J.) 12:1605, 12:1620

Application to learning

application (Farrell, G.) 5:0940 (Horgan) 5:0935

cases See also particular locations

(Farrell, G.) 5:0925-0930

distance learning in remote and rural communities (Cliff-Marks, J.) 13:1040 (Polak) 13:1040 (Wassing, A.) 13:1040

trends (Farrell, G.) 5:0915-0920

Definition (Farrell, G.) 5:0910

Equipment, maintenance (Farrell, G.) 5:0945 (Routley) 5:0945

International Adult Literacy Survey

Report on levels of literacy and illiteracy in B.C. and elsewhere See Literacy levels, studies under Literacy

International English Language Test System (IELTS) See English-as-a-second-language students, language skills assessment under Education
Internet See Computer technology
Invergarry Learning Centre, Surrey, B.C.

Activities (Weinstein, L.) 9:1645

Funding (Thorne) 9:1650-1655 (Weinstein, L.) 9:1655

Instructors, working conditions (Guenther, V.) 9:1755

Programs, accessibility (Thorne) 9:1655 (Weinstein, L.) 9:1655

Irons, Penelope

Aboriginal Mother Centre Society

activities 8:1215-1225

funding 8:1225

mandate 8:1210

relationship with other first nations groups 8:1225

First nations, urban population, recommendations on programs and services for first nations women 8:1220

Literacy

literacy education, cultural relevance 8:1210-1220

relationship of poverty and ill health with literacy 8:1215-1225