Putting a Canadian Face
on Learning Disabilities (PACFOLD) is a groundbreaking
applied research study that started in 2004 by the Learning Disabilities
Association of Canada, (LDAC) with a $302,000 contribution from
the Social Development Partnership Program – Disability
component. The opinions and interpretations in this study are
those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the
Government of Canada.
Led by a team of top Canadian researchers headed
by co-principal investigators, Dr. Alexander M. Wilson, Director
of the Meighen Centre at Mount Allison University, in New Brunswick
and Adele Furrie, an Ottawa-based expert in disability statistics
and joined by researchers Dr. Elizabeth Walcot-Gayda, Postdoctoral
Fellow at the University of Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Dr.
Catherine Deri Armstrong, Department of Economics of the University
of Ottawa, and Andrew Archer, an information data retrieval expert,
the goal of the research was to find out what it means to be a
child, youth or adult with learning disabilities in Canada.
This three-phase project with its focus on knowledge — obtaining,
quantifying and disseminating, provides a better understanding
of the impact of learning disabilities on the lives of Canadian
children, youth and adults, and what their challenges are.
The PACFOLD Study is unique because it represents
the first time any disability organization in Canada has requested
access to Statistics Canada data surveys. Ten different datasets
were examined — the most comprehensive look ever at the impact
of living with a learning disability (LD) in Canada.
In this section you will find the Executive Summary
and the Highlights of the research study along with a backgrounder
on the various data sets from Statistics Canada that were used
in the study. |
ENGLISH |
Executive
Summary |
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Highlights
on Study |
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Background
on the Datasheets – CHILDREN |
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Background
on the Datasheets – ADULTS |
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FRANÇAIS |
Résumé |
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Points saillants |
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Introduction aux
series de données de l’ACTA – enfants |
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Introduction aux
series de données de l’ACTA – adultes |
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