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Vocational Education & Training in Canada
Updated March 2015
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Ault, D. (2005). Selling Postsecondary Education: The Role of Private Vocational and Career
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Barabasch, A., & Watt-Malcolm, B. (2012). Teacher preparation for vocational education and
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Bosch, G., Chatest, J. (2009). Vocational Training: International Perspectives. Routledge.
Bosch, G., and Charest, J. (2008). Vocational training and the labour market in liberal and
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Boutin, F., Chinien, C. (2009). Canada: generic sustainable development skills for the workplace.
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Bratton, J., Helms-Mills, J., Pyrch, T., & Sawchuk, P. (2004). Workplace learning: A critical
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Broek, S.D., Buiskool, B.J., Hake, B. (2010). Impact of ongoing reforms in education and training
on the adult learning. Research voor Beleid.
Bush, T., and Smith, E. (2007), Group training organizations: Bellwethers or shepherds? Paper
presented at 10th Conference of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research
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Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) (2010). “High School to Apprenticeship Transition:
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Canadians for 21st Century Learning and Innovation (2012). C21 Canada Presents: Shifting
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Cappon, P. (2014). Think Nationally, Act Locally. A pan-Canadian strategy for education and
training. Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE).
Coates, M. (2009). Canada Launches Major Vocational Training Initiative for Developing
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Conference Board of Canada (2002). Solving the Skilled Trades Shortage. Toronto: The
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Connelly, G., Blair, G., Ko, A. (2013). It’s Their Future: A Pan-Canadian Study of Career
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Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. (2008). The Development and State of the Art of
Adult Learning and Education (ALE). Report for Canada. Canadian Commission for Unesco.
Doern, B. (2010). “Polytechnics” in Higher Education Systems: A Comparative Review and Policy
Implications for Ontario.” Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
Fenwick, T. (2006). Work learning and adult education in Canada. In T. Fenwick, T. Nesbit, and
B. Spencer (Eds.), Contexts of adult education: Canadian perspectives (pp. 187-197). Toronto:
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Ferrer, A.M., Riddell, W.C. (2002). The role of credentials in the Canadian labour market.
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Heintz, W. and Taylor, A. (2005). Learning and work transition policies in a comparative
perspective: Canada and Germany, in K. Leithwood, D. Livingstone, A. Cumming, N. Bascia, and
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Hoachlander, G. (2008). Bringing industry to the classroom. Educational Leadership, 65(8): 2227.
Laporte, C., and Mueller, R.E. (2013). The completion behaviour of registered apprentices in
Canada: who continues, who quits, and who completes programs? Empirical Research in
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Lehmann, W. (2007). Choosing to Labour? School-work transitions and social class. Montreal,
McGill-Queens University Press.
Lehmann, W. (2005). I’m Still Scubbing the Floors: Experiencing Youth Apprenticeships in
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Livingstone, D., and Raykov, M. “Union influence on worker education and training in Canada in
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Lynch, K.G. (2013). Canada needs to improve access to trades training. The Globe and Mail Nov.
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Masdonati, J., Lamarna, N., Jordan, M. (2010). Vocational education and training attrition and
the school-to-work transition. Education & Training. Vol. 52 Iss. 5, pp. 404-414.
Ministry of Advanced education (2002). Discussion Paper: A New Model for Industry Training in
British Columbia. Victoria: Government of British Columbia.
Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sports (2010). Vocational and Technical Training in Quebec:
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Molgat, M., Deschenaux, F., & LeBlanc, P. (2011). Vocational education in Canada: do policy
directions and youth trajectories always meet? Journal of Vocational Education & Training.
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OECD, (2010). OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training Learning for Jobs. OECD
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Ovey, D. (2013). Should Canada have a national education and training strategy? National Post.
Payeur, C., Emond, N. & Caron, L. (2003). Towards a Regional Approach to Alteration Education
and Training: The Case of Quebec. In Schuetze, H. and Sweet, R. (Eds). Integrating School and
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Pilz, M. (2012). The Future of Vocational Education and Training in a Changing World. Springer.
Prasil, S. (2005). Registered apprentices: The class of 1992, a decade later. Research paper (Cat
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Smaller, H. (2000). Vocational Education in Ontario’s Secondary Schools: Past, Present – and
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Spencer, B. (2002). Labour education in Canada today: A PLAR report. Athabasca: AB: Centre for
Work and Community Studies, Athabasca University.
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Stewart, G. (2010). Apprenticeship Training in Ontario: Literature Review and Options for
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Taylor, A. (2010). Opportunities and constraints related to vocational education and
partnerships in Canada. Canadian Council on Learning.
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in Canada. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Work and Learning. Roskilde,
Denmark.
Taylor, A. (2008). “You have to have that in your nature”: Understanding the trajectories of
youth apprentices. Journal of Youth Studies, 11 (4), 393-411.
Taylor, A., and Watt-Malcolm, B. (2007). Expansive learning through high school apprenticeship:
opportunities and limits. Journal of Education and Work. 20(1), 27-44.
Taylor, A. (2007). Pathways for youth to labour market: An overview of high school initiatives.
Prepared for Canadian Policy Research Networks, Ottawa, ON.
Taylor, S.K., and Creech, H. (2012). Technical-Vocational Education for Sustainable Development
in Manitoba. IISD Report.
Tobin, B. (2002). All in Good Time. Toronto: Penguin.
Tremblay, M. (2013). Mathematics Education and Vocational Training Programs in Quebec.
Thesis, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.
Watt-Malcolm, B., and Taylor, A. (2007). “Get them young and train them right”: Negotiations
in a VET partnership. The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 20(2), 57-70.