Across Canada, there are people applying PLAR knowledge and skills in human resources, in community agencies, in professional associations and regulatory bodies and in academic settings. In Canada’s 20-year history of developing and implementing a wide range of Prior Learning Assessment and Qualifications Recognition services, the field of practice and the role of the practitioners […]
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A program of portfolio development as a base for leadership training and capacity building The Prior Learning Centre in Halifax has used its skills and learning portfolio development program as a base for leadership training and capacity building. PLAR Practitioner candidates first undertake their own portfolio development process, in a facilitated group setting over thirty […]
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Identifies, inventories and transfers a trades person skills A web based system for persons with trade skills that enables them to look at other trades where there skills can be applied. Skill charts (DACUMS) outline practical and knowledge skills required for each trade based on national standards. With over 79 trades and 7,000 skills identified […]
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An initial ‘snap-shot’ web-based scan of post-secondary educational institutions policy and procedures related to PLAR to identify pan-Canadian benchmarks and provide information to prospective learners. As more individuals come to Canada with industry and workplace training and skills development, and as the culinary sector struggles to raise the bar of professionalism and safety in the […]
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In November 2009, a group of key stakeholders from across Canada came together at the CAPLA Fall Focus in Toronto to discuss the concept of the competency portfolio as a learning management tool. The purpose of this paper is to share the knowledge brought forth in this session, to learn about current opportunities, identify key […]
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A call to action Report by CAPLA’s RPL Standards Working Group Development Date: Nov. 2009 Author(s): Lauren Waples Contributors: Carole Daley, Graham Debling, Gail Hall, Martha Ireland, Gaelyne MacAulay, Grant MacTavish, Tim McRoberts, Phillip Mondor, Lois Morin, Leah Moss, Don Presant, Susan Simosko, Ron Torgerson, Deb Blower, Bonnie Kennedy Download
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