ABSTRACT
Canada, a large country with a relatively small population, typifies the difficulties of recognizing patterns, currents, structures and mechanisms in its approach to lifelong learning. Although Canada is one large landmass, a more appropriate metaphor for the Canadian learning system would be an archipelago with many islands (Myers and de Broucker 2006; Jones 2001). Different jurisdictions are responsible for education and various types of institutions provide formal learning: autonomous universities, a heterogeneous brand of non-university post-secondary education institutions, and a private sector with its work-related training programs and courses.
