Saanich Indian school board
- Adult basic education programs, funding (Kirby, D.) 14:1025
SAGE (Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement) program See Courses and programs, postgraduate programs for first nations students
under Post-secondary education
Saskatchewan
- First nations, impact of urban reserves on local economy (Blunt, A.) 6:0955
- Literacy, link to health status See Link to health status, B.C. and elsewhere under Literacy
Saunders, Marc
- Economy, knowledge-based economy and society, role of literacy 12:1855
- Education, school libraries, funding 12:1910
- Libraries
- Literacy
- literacy education, holistic approach 12:1855-1905
- literacy education, learning materials, identification and selection 12:1900-1915
- Prince George, Magic Bus mobile community services program 12:1855-1900, 12:1920
- Prince George Public Library, literacy initiatives 12:1910-1920
- Prince George, urban aboriginal strategy 12:1855
- South Fort George Family Resource Centre, programs 12:1920
Saunders, Teresa
- Education ministry, adult graduation diploma program 12:1730, 12:1740
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, education funding for on-reserve families 12:1750
- Lheidli T'enneh First Nation, conditions and services on reserve, education programs 12:1735, 12:1745
- Literacy, adult literacy, relationship with K-12 education system 12:1740
- Literacy funding, grant application process 12:1730-1745
- School district 57, Centre for Learning Alternatives 12:1730-1745
- School district 57, partnerships with community and College of New Caledonia 12:1730-1735
- Workers, literacy in the workplace 12:1740
Scandinavia
- Adult education and lifelong learning (Rootman, I.) 5:1025
- Community-based adult education (Rubenson, K.) 4:1640
- Long-term educational leave (Rubenson, K.) 4:1640
- Trade unions, labour relations (Rubenson, K.) 4:1700, 4:1715
- Trade unions, role in adult literacy (Rubenson, K.) 4:1640
Schofield, Josie
- As subject
- involvement in summarizing submissions to committee (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 4:1405
- Capilano College, adult literacy programs 2:1220
- Education Committee
- Education, school boards and districts
- family literacy programs and initiatives 2:1215
- Immigration
- literacy of immigrants to B.C., adult literacy programs 2:1235
- Literacy
- adult literacy
- relationship with K-12 education system 2:1240
- programs 2:1220
- programs elsewhere 2:1230
- Mitchell, Linda
- presentation to Education Committee 3:1140
- Seniors
School boards/districts See Education – School boards and districts
School district 36 (Surrey)
School district 40 (New Westminster)
- Role in Elizabeth Fry Society literacy programs (Bayes, S.) 8:1025
School district 41 (Burnaby)
- Parenting and family literacy centres
- benefits to caregivers, children and parents (Hassan, S.) 8:1230-1235 (Qui, B.) 8:1230-1235
- costs (George, D.) 8:1245 (Rustad) 8:1245
- description and services (George, D.) 8:1235-1245
- establishment (George, D.) 8:1245 (Thorne) 8:1240
- food, availability in program (George, D.) 8:1245 (Rustad) 8:1245
- funding (George, D.) 8:1240-1245 (Routley) 8:1245
- integration in schools (George, D.) 8:1245-1250 (Lee) 8:1245-1250
- vision (Hassan, S.) 8:1230
School district 57 (Prince George)
School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)
School district 91 (Nechako Lakes)
- Literacy programs (Lindstrom, S.) 12:1935 (Olafson, G.) 12:1925 (Rustad) 12:1945
- Partnerships with first nations and College of New Caledonia (Timbres, M.) 12:1705
Scott, Sharon Jo
- As subject
- experience as ESL instructor 11:1000
- Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, programming, relevance to B.C. first nations 11:0955
- Computer technology, computer literacy, programs 11:0935
- Cuba, literacy 11:0945
- First nations
- culture, oral culture 11:0935
- literacy of first nations people, culturally relevant learning materials 11:0950
- literacy of first nations people, programs in B.C. and elsewhere 11:0940-0945
- Income assistance, recipients, access to education system 11:0945-0950
- Literacy
- adult literacy, motivational factors for adult learners 11:0940
- funding, grant application process 11:0945
- funding, grant application process, federal-provincial role 11:0950, 11:1000
- literacy education, personal relevance 11:0940, 11:0955
- programs, magazine reading program 11:0935-0950
- programs, tutoring programs 11:0940
- Media, television, literacy programs 11:0955
- Northwest Community College, Prince Rupert campus, literacy programs 11:0940
- Prince Rupert, literacy programs in area 11:0935-0940
Select Standing Committee on Education See Education, Select Standing Committee on
Self-esteem theory See Education of first nations people, theoretical models
under Education
Selkirk College, Castlegar, B.C.
Seniors
- Literacy of seniors
- Literacy programs
Servants Anonymous Society
Siegrist, Frank
- Economy, gross domestic product, relationship to literacy levels 12:1820-1825
- Education of first nations people, barriers and challenges in education system 12:1810
- First nations literacy, culturally relevant learning materials 12:1815
- First nations literacy, relationship to socioeconomic status 12:1810
- Income assistance recipients, access to education system 12:1825
- Justice system, first nations issues 12:1815
- Literacy, link to employment retention and productivity 12:1810-1815
- Literacy, programs, attrition and retention of learners 12:1825
- Prince George Native Friendship Centre, literacy programs 12:1815
- School district 57, partnerships with first nations, community and College of New Caledonia 12:1815-1820
- Skills training, need 12:1815
- Skills training, supply of skilled workers, impact of economic cycles, literacy and labour mobility 12:1820
SILC See South Island Learning Community (SILC)
Sinclair, Jim
- Income assistance
- eligibility, change in age of dependents 8:1255
- recipients, access to education system 8:1255
- Labour
- migrant labour in B.C. 8:1305
- work on literacy issues 8:1300
- Literacy
- Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
- access to education and apprenticeship programs 8:1250
Siska first nation
- Learning communities projects (Faris, R.) 3:0925
Skills Connect for immigrants program See Connecting skilled workers with employment
under Immigration
Skills for Life strategy See Literacy initiatives
under United Kingdom
Skills training
- Apprenticeship programs See Training programs below under this main heading
- Need (Siegrist, F.) 12:1815
- Role of student literacy (Rustad) 12:1620
- Supply of skilled workers (Athaide, D.) 9:1605
- Supply of skilled workers, impact of economic cycles, literacy and labour mobility (Hughes, H.) 14:1010 (Macdonald) 12:1820-1825, 13:1150 (Olsen, L.) 13:1150, 13:1200 (Routley) 13:1200, 14:1010 (Siegrist, F.) 12:1820
- Training programs
- integration with literacy programs See Programs, integration with skills training and community work under Literacy
- programs for first nations people (Gosnell, J.) 12:1605, 12:1615-1620 (Routley) 12:1615
- programs for high school students (Beuschel, R.) 12:1635
- programs for immigrants (Routley) 13:1115 (Xiao, B.) 13:1110
Smith, Graham
- As subject
- Economy, economic theory, equity 10:1220-1225
- Education, education of first nations people
- First nations
- Literacy, adult literacy, government strategies 10:1250
- Literacy, learning communities, role in literacy of first nations people 10:1210, 10:1235, 10:1300, 10:1310
- New Zealand, education and literacy initiatives for Maori population 10:1210-1255
- Palmantier, Monty, participation in Education Committee meeting 10:1245
- Post-secondary education
- courses and programs, postgraduate programs for first nations students 10:1230-1245, 10:1300
- universities, colleges and institutes, first nations institutions 10:1255-1300
- universities, colleges and institutes, role in first nations education and literacy, accountability 10:1240, 10:1255
- Teachers, training 10:1250
Social programs and services See Welfare
Society
- Concept of equity in society and relationship to social policy See Economic theory under Economy
Songhees First Nation
South Africa
- Multiculturalism (Wood, F.) 10:1550
South Fort George Family Resource Centre, Prince George, B.C.
South Island Learning Community (SILC)
Special education See Special education and special needs
under Education
St. Jean, Carol
- Education
- adult basic education, tuition fees 8:1055
- English-as-a-second-language programs
- accessibility, barriers to immigrant students 8:1055
- differing training requirements of immigrants to B.C. 8:1055
- English language services for adults program 8:1100
- programs for immigrant high school and post-secondary students 8:1055-1100
- role of family 8:1105
- tuition fees 8:1055
- Immigration, literacy of immigrants to B.C., programs, government funding 8:1055
- Income assistance, B.C. Benefits program 8:1055
- Literacy, programs, accessibility, advocacy and assistance 8:1055
- Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes, colleges, role in adult literacy 8:1100
Stock, Richard
- As subject
- personal experience with special needs son in education system 9:1820-1830
- Education
- special education and special needs 9:1820-1830
- students, use of restraints on students for behavioral control 9:1825-1835
Street people See Homelessness
Students See Education
Substance abuse and addiction
- Literacy of substance-abusing and addicted people (Bayes, S.) 8:1030
- Prevention and treatment services, link to family literacy (Lacerte, P.) 6:1230
Suicide
- Suicidal ideation, relationship with literacy See Relationship with mental illness under Literacy
Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement (SAGE) program See Courses and programs, postgraduate programs for first nations students
under Post-secondary education
Surrey, B.C.
Surrey Public Library
- Whalley branch literacy outreach program (Krieger, B.) 9:1745
Surrey school district See School district 36 (Surrey)
Sussman, Susan
- Comments on language skills of immigrants (Thomas, A.) 3:1040