Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to make a statement today about the Native Women's Training Centre in Inuvik. This centre has been active in the community of Inuvik for almost a decade and has an excellent record of students completing their studies. Students completing the program at this centre have gone on to permanent job placements, apprenticeship programs, and further education at the college level.
There is a real demand for basic adult education programs in the north and particularly in the western Arctic. This demand is for programs which meet the needs of the whole person and the Native Women's Training Centre is doing its best to address this need. For the 1992-93 program year the Native Women's Training Centre in Inuvik is delivering a multi-faceted program which accommodates 16 full-time students and 2 part-time volunteer students. The program is open to all adults over the age of 17 and is comprised of four components: life skills, academic upgrading, basic job readiness, and job placements.
The Life Skills Program offers students alternative methods of communication and different ways of coping with day-to-day living. The core of the academic program is English literacy and strong emphasis on reading, writing and mathematical skills. The centre strongly believes that all learning must be relevant to the learner, and as a result the students utilize writing to recount personal experiences and attempt a variety of writing formats, as well as some projects involving going out into the community to research issues of importance to the students. This year, with the assistance of students, aboriginal languages are being incorporated into the language program. Students who speak an aboriginal language bring in new vocabulary for other students. Future projects will involve publishing stories in English, in Inuvialuqtun and Gwich'in. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to continue.