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• Read to Me! Foundation Inc
• Peter Gzowski Foundation for Literacy
• Canadian Council on Learning
• The Winnipeg Foundation
• The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation

• To help support a child's learning from birth;
• To support parents as their children's first and most important teacher;
• To encourage a healthy learning environment in the home; and
• To encourage book sharing between parents and children as a means to facilitate bonding, talking, singing and other language activities which support early development.

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient: 

• PGI (Peter Gzowski Invitationals) Tournaments are now held in every region of the country bringing substantial new funding opportunities to local literacy service providers.
• The reach of the Peter Gzowski Invitationals' awareness raising initiatives also now extends from coast to coast to coast and includes stakeholders in every sector of the country's society and its economy.

In support of its mandate to promote knowledge exchange and inform Canadians on learning issues and outcomes, the Canadian Council on Learning in 2006-2007 accomplished the following: 

• Released its first State of Learning Report, encompassing chapters on early childhood learning, learning in school, adult learning, Aboriginal learning, health and learning, and a special focus section on literacy.
• Issued the first ever comprehensive report on the Post Secondary Education Sector to be undertaken in Canada.
• Published an extensive survey of Canadian Attitudes Towards Learning.
• Released the internationally recognized pan-Canadian Composite Learning Index, the first of its kind, which tracks progress in learning at the community and national levels.
• Developed ground-breaking models to measure learning progress in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities in consultation with Aboriginal learning professionals, community practitioners, researchers and analysts from across the country.
• Increased the accessibility of information on learning through innovative use of new media technologies, such as a regular electronic publication, Lessons in Learning, as well as an e-bulletin (The Learning Link), serving a rapidly growing audience as measured by internet traffic and document downloads from the Canadian Council on Learning website.

• Completed the establishment of five national Knowledge Centres, bringing together leading academics, practitioners and stakeholders to engage in knowledge exchange and dissemination of exemplary practices in the following areas: Aboriginal Learning, Adult Learning, Early Childhood Learning; Health and Learning; and Work and Learning.
• Sponsored national and provincial knowledge exchange initiatives (symposia, conferences, roundtables, workshops) on key learning issues.
• Launched the on-line peer-reviewed journal: Journal of Applied Research on Learning. [ URL: http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/Journal/Journal.htm ]
• Fostered the development of knowledge on learning through its adjudication and support of research projects, the establishment of a research-in-residence program, the release of State-of-the-Field Reviews identifying effective practices, gaps and strategies in each field of learning, and publication of a catalogue of provincial/territorial data on learning as a resource for research.

For more information please see: 

http://www.ccl-cca.ca/NR/rdonlyres/265354CD-301C-4A62-B7DE-656B3BDDE104/0/FormativeEvaluationSept2006.pdf

• Income generated by the fund is allocated as grants to qualifying community Family Literacy Programs across Manitoba as well as to programs in the 20 branches of the Winnipeg Public Library.
  See Annual Report for full disclosure.

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient: 

• Awarded 98,886 bursaries averaging $3,000 to post-secondary students based on financial need.
• In 2006, 3,098 millennium excellence entrance and national in-course excellence awards were awarded, valued at $4,000 or $5,000, depending on the type of award.
• Continued implementation of program improvements recommended as a result of the Foundation's mid-term review, including introduction of millennium access bursaries for low-income or Aboriginal students. Negotiations were completed with all provinces and territories in 2006. In 2006, some 20,597 access bursaries were awarded with a cumulative value of $39.4 million.
• Research program into the determinants of access to higher education and the effect of current student financial assistance programs on students' behaviour - completed the following in 2006:
  • Continuation of Millennium Research Series and other publications (10 publications issued in 2006);
  • Implementation of five Millennium Pilot Projects (longitudinal research projects on means to improve access and persistence) including two new projects agreed to in 2006;

Note: Results and figures are based on the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation's fiscal year which runs from January 1 to December 31.