Preferences of Residents in Four Northern Alberta Communities Regarding Local Post-Secondary Programming

• Published in: The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
• Main Authors: Fahy, Patrick J., Steel, Nancy, Martin, Patricia
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Athabasca University Press (AU Press) 2009
• Subjects: Distance delivery; remote education; northern Aboriginal education in Canada; socioeconomic factors in learning; Canada; Fox Lake; Mackay; Wabasca; Chipewyan
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1067866ar; https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v10i3.673

The western Canadian province of Alberta has used some of the proceeds from exploitation of its extraordinary natural resources to make available a range of post-secondary training and education opportunities to residents. While these provisions appear comprehensive, this study examined how well the...