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=520  2\$aA useful starting point for a discussion of learning and skills is the report of the Expert Panel on Skills (Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Science and Technology), Stepping Up - Skills and Opportunities in the Knowledge Economy (http://acst- ccst.gc.ca). [...] It also pointed to the larger challenges we face, as the Expert Panel observed: Today, the 'supply' of learning must be continuously available and easily accessible to 'demands' by parents and families of very young children, and by older children and young adults, disadvantaged groups, and the incumbent work force. [...] Are the skills most needed in a knowledge-based economy and society those typically associated with a traditional vocational approach to training? Or in a future where life-long learning is expected to be the norm, does a broad 'generalist' education offer the most solid foundation? The relative merits of vocational versus general education have been debated since the 1950s. [...] The socio-economic barriers to learning are also evident in the 'digital divide.' Households in which computers and the Internet are used tend to be wealthier and better- educated. [...] The Advisory Committee for Online Learning (a collaboration between Industry Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education) recently articulated the importance of creating a culture of life-long learning as a foundation to building a civil and prosperous society.

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=245  14$aThe failure of global capitalism :$bfrom Cape Breton to Colombia and beyond /$cTerry Gibbs and Garry Leech.

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=505  0\$aIntroduction : the impossible dream -- The rise and fall of industrial capitalism in Cape Breton -- The Cape Breton radicals -- From confrontation to collaboration -- dismantling the compact -- The era of industrial decline -- Back to the future -- Colombia in the era of neoliberal globalization -- The path to neoliberalism -- Plan Colombia and U.S. intervention -- Natural resources and human rights -- Canada and Colombian coal -- The human cost of free trade -- The new economy in Cape Breton and Atlantic Canada -- The call centre phenomenon -- The anti-union strategy -- Canada's energy policies in the era of free trade -- The social fallout -- The failure of community economic development -- The need to challenge global structures -- Alternatives to global capitalism -- A Venezuelan alternative : the Bolivarian revolution -- The environmental challenge -- A Colombian alternative : Las Gaviotas -- Local and global linkages -- Conclusion : we have met the enemy.

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=520  \\$aWhat do Cape Breton and Colombia have in common? Coal, for one thing. Coal mining was the backbone of Cape Breton's industrial economy for more than one hundred years, but the last mine was closed in 2001 when the province's utility company took advantage of neoliberal globalization by importing coal--from Colombia. Colombia and Cape Breton represent the loss of well-paid, unionized industrial jobs as a result of neoliberal globalization--the economic hegemony that allows multinational corporations in the global North, primarily North America and Europe, to exploit the natural resources and cheap labour of the global South: Latin America, Africa and Asia. But the commonalities between Cape Breton and Colombia do not end with coal, there are numerous connections directly related to the capitalist system: militant labour struggles, repression, economic insecurity, population displacement, social inequality and environmental devastation. The Failure of Global Capitalism uses the examples of Cape Breton and Colombia to illustrate the harsh realities suffered by people throughout the global North and the global South under neoliberal globalization, particularly with regard to socio-economic and environmental issues. Ultimately, it exposes the failure of industrial capitalism, and looks toward more sustainable and egalitarian alternatives.

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