Editors:  Dorothy Lucardie, Colin McGregor, and Colette February

Technical Assistance: Phuoc Khau and Leslie Cordie

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Message from the President - President Shirley Walters

 

Editorial - Dorothy Lucardie, Colin Mc Gregor, and Colette February

 

Letters From:

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• Australia

 

Agenda 2030 and Lifelong Learning: Time to recognise the power of informal learning

Bruce Wilson

Abstract

​In September 2015, the UN adopted its Agenda to 2030, emphasizing lifelong learning as part of Goal 4 on Education. The Jean Monnet Network project at RMIT has fostered international collaboration to explore innovative learning partnerships that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

​​Keywords: lifelong learning, Sustainable Development Goals, Jean Monnet Network

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Learning from wildlife catastrophe in the Australian Black Summer Fires of 2019-20

Steve Garlick

Abstract

​The Black Summer bushfires in Australia (2019-20) resulted in the loss of an estimated three billion wild animals, prompting Steve Garlick and his wife to create Possumwood Wildlife. Garlick outlines how rescue and rehabilitation efforts can be enhanced through ethical, interdisciplinary approaches.

​​Keywords: bush fire, wildlife casualties, rescue, climate change

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• Scotland

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Community Learning and Development in Scotland

Colin Mc Gregor

Abstract

In July, the Scottish Government published "Learning for Life," a report from the Independent Review of Community Learning and Development (CLD). Colin McGregor, who visited Scotland in June 2024, discusses insights from his meetings with adult educators Michael Osborne and Fiona Boucher, highlighting the review's findings and comparing them to the CLD sector in New Zealand.

Keywords: community Learning and development, adult education, future directions

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• Canada

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Ingenuity of B.C. Public Health educators and gold medal efforts in the midst of COVID

Roger Boshier

Abstract

​​Roger Boshier, a long-time Canadian resident, discusses his experience of receiving a COVID vaccine in March 2021 while reflecting on the broader context of the pandemic, including Japan's postponement of the 2020 Olympics. He highlights the creative, democratic, and transnational connections that were crucial to Canada's efforts in combating COVID-19.

​Keywords: COVID, Canada, Japanese airlines, Olympics

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Life Deep Learning Articles

 

The meaning of "lifedeep learning" - A personal reflection

Han Soonghee

Abstract

Han Soonghee examines the multidimensional spatiality of lifelong learning, life-wide learning, and life-deep learning, using the COVID-19 pandemic to illustrate learning as a complex system encompassing temporality, spatiality, and existentiality. He emphasizes that these three dimensions are interconnected, functioning as an integrated system that supports and complements one another.

Keywords: lifelong learning, life wide learning, life deep learning, learning systems

 

Lessons from my personal learning journey

Karlyga Myssayeva

Abstract

​Karlyga Myssayeva reflects on her challenging yet insightful educational journey, starting at age eight in a small primary school in Kazakhstan and extending to prestigious universities in the USA and Europe. Guided by the principle of "Live and learn," her path has been shaped by social changes and her evolving worldview.

Keywords: personal learning journey, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union, education system

 

20/20 rear vision: Reflections of a lifelong learning learner, teacher and researcher

John Benseman

Abstract

John Benseman reflects on his fifty-year career in education, spanning children's schooling, adult teaching, and research, highlighting his commitment to creating positive learning experiences. Along with his contemporaries in the 1970s, he aimed to reform rigid educational structures and curricula to foster a more equitable and just world through learning.

Keywords: education, Lifelong learning, career, teaching

 

Memoirs of a diabetic survivor

Jo-anne Campbell

Abstract

Jo-anne Campbell describes how writing a book about her significant health challenges facilitated her life-deep learning, as she navigated extensive surgeries and profound physical and mental changes. By documenting her journey, she gained valuable insights that helped her integrate her experiences into her daily life.

Keywords: life deep learning, life-long learner, health journey, diabetes, diabetic awareness

 

Learning in leisure

Dorothy Lucardie

Abstract

​Dorothy Lucardie revisits her master's research, which examined adult learning within the context of everyday life rather than organized activities. She highlights that leisure, often overlooked as a learning opportunity, shares commonalities with adult learning—such as awareness, intentionality, consciousness, and reflection—leading to unintentional, informal learning experiences that reflect the characteristics of life-deep learning.

Keywords: leisure, adult learning, informal learning, life deep learning

 

Reflections:

 

​​Review of Bulletin 46 Climate Justice Special Issue - Colette February

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New PIMA Members

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