Hume Global Learning Village (Australia)
“The Hume Global Learning Village is an innovative new partnership that links learning providers from across Hume City including five libraries and the mobile library, local schools, neighbourhood houses and learning centres, the Hume Global Learning Centre, Visy Cares Learning Centre, Kangan Batman TAFE, local businesses and Victoria University.” An article in Literacy at Work by Vanessa Little entitled “It takes a village to educate a community” describes one Australia city’s vision “to be a learning community where people embrace learning as a way of life – for all their lives – and value learning as the key to strengthening individual and community well-being.” Little spoke about the project at the Adult Literacy Forum presented by the Council of Ministers of Education in June 2006 in Prince George.
This article can be found here (page 19).

Vancouver’s VitalSigns® 2006
The Vancouver Foundation has released the inaugural edition of Vancouver’s Vital Signs, its first check-up on Vancouver’s wellness and livability. Available in print and online, this colourful resource gives the city a grade for learning (B), livability, diversity, work, getting started (migration), the gap between rich and poor, housing, safety, arts and culture, belonging and leadership, health and wellness, and environment.

Are Parents Investing More or Less Time in Children?
Gauthier, A; Smeeding, T; Furstenberg, F. Are parents investing more or less time in children? Trends in selected industrialized countries. Policy brief III. NB: Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy, May 2006.
Parents in the 1990s devoted one hour per day more to child-related activities than parents in the 1960s, according to authors of this Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy policy brief. The study looks at historical trends in parental time in 16 industrialized countries.