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ALCN Ripples Newsletter - January/February 2022

Submitted by Leone Wheeler on February 28, 2022 - 09:40

In this newsletter, we welcome Benita Parsons and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and Caroline Jones and the City of Canning to our network. We also welcome Dr Donna Goldie, Townsville City Council, and farewell Judith Jensen, who worked tirelessly promoting Townsville’s learning community with PASCAL and ALCN for many years. We also say a big thank you to Jac Torres Gomez, who has been seconded to another area of Wyndham City Council for a short while.

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GUNi Newsletter February 2022 - Call for contributions for the UNESCO WHEC2022, GUNi World Report Special Issue, and more!

Submitted by Susan Kelly on February 25, 2022 - 11:09

Here is the the latest news from GUNi (Global University Network for Innovation):

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PASCAL Conference 2022 - Tampere - 20-22 June - Registration and Programme

Submitted by Jari Stenvall on February 22, 2022 - 07:24

We are pleased to announce that the full programme and registration for the 16th PASCAL International Conference - Learning and Crises: Future-proofing City Responses, hosted by Tampere University is now available on the Conference website.

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We are delighted to welcome the city of Thrissur, Kerala, India to PASCAL's Learning Cities Networks (LCN)

Submitted by Mike Osborne on February 22, 2022 - 07:09

Thrissur is called the ‘Cultural Capital of Kerala’. Thrissur city hosts a large number of academic, research, training institutions supporting the learning needs of a wide range of people. Thrissur is a city that celebrates diverse skills and cultural activities. One of the leading businesses in the city is jewellery. Estimates suggest that the city produces 30 percent of India’s gold jewellery. This has earned the city the unofficial title of ‘Gold Capital of India’.

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Reminder ¦ Climate Just Pedagogy – what lessons have we learned? - Virtual Workshop, 2 March 2022, 16:00 (GMT)

Submitted by Shirley Walters on February 22, 2022 - 04:20
Mar 2 2022 16:00
Mar 2 2022 18:00
Europe/London
*** VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ***
PIMA, CASAE, ALA, MOJA and SCUTREA
Worldwide  Worldwide

Over the last eighteen months PIMA (PASCAL International Members Association), in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education (CASAE), Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in Education of Adults (SCUTREA), has led a series of Climate Justice and Adult Learning and Education (ALE) webinars and has produced a special edition of the its PIMA Bulletin 39 (Nov 21) which captures climate justice themes and gives examples.  With recurrent intensified climate events, yet no apparent sense of urgency in many regions, we wish to deepen the dialogue and educational actions.