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File consists of research material for a short film on the experience of the Portuguese community with the education system, including articles and studies on issues in British, American, and Canadian education systems.

File consists of: a document outlining the objectives for a film script which describes issues which the Portuguese-Canadian community facing when encountering the Canadian education system; an outline of the script; a first draft; a translation of the first draft; and a preliminary final draft.

File consists of an edited and final version of a short film script with the working title "Understanding the Educational System," created by PIN.

File consists of research material for a short film on the experience of the Portuguese community with the education system, including articles and studies related to the Toronto Board of Education.

File consists of the text of a presentation to the Special Parliamentary Committee on the Participation of Visible Minorities in Canadian Society, titled, "Coalition of Visible and Invisible Minority Parent Groups call for End to Racial Discrimination in Schools and for Laws to Guarantee French and Heritage Language Instruction." The presentation was delivered by Shamsher Grewal on behalf of: the South Asian Origins Liaison Committee, the Organization of Parents of Black Children, the Chinese Parents' Association, the French Language Advisory Committee, and the Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Ukrainian representatives to the Heritage Languages Advisory Committee of the Toronto Board of Education.

File consists of records related to the production of a short film, "Crescendo e aprendendo" [Growing and Learning]: including, draft interview questions; meeting notes, minutes, and agendas; lists of members who participated in the film; and invitations to a film screening, 6 April 1998.

File consists of: correspondence with the Ontario Trillium Fund; a project charter for "Reversing the Cycle: A Participatory/Action Research community project addressing the academic underachievement of Portuguese-Canadian Youth;" drafts of the project charter; and related material.

File consists of the records of the Portuguese Canadian Coalition for Better Education, including correspondence, agendas, draft versions of a project proposal, "The Mentoring/Tutoring Programme: It takes a whole village to raise a child," submitted to the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and related materials.

File consists of material related to the Community University Research Alliance - Bridging the Solitudes Colloqium, titled, "School to Work Transitions of Marginalised Youth at College and University: A Bridge too Far?" held at York University, 22-23 October 2004.

File consists of the agenda of a meeting of the "On Your Mark" Advisory Committee, 22 January; and a document prepared for the meeting which lists the number of enrolled students in the program by school.

File consists of material related to the Tutoring/Mentorship Project. File includes a documents which describe the resource requirements of the project and a sustainability plan; the agendas of the Steering Committee of the project; a project outline of the "On Your Mark" Tutoring Program established by the Portuguese-Canadian Coalition for Better Education; information about the student participants in the "On Your Mark" Tutoring Program; notes; and correspondence.

File consists of correspondence with the Portuguese Canadian Coalition for Better Education, the meeting minutes of PIN's Youth Committee, held 30 August 1994, and related material.

File consists of records of the PIN Adult Education Committee, including meeting minutes and a script for the documentary video, "Adult Education: A Right and a Necessity," by John Cordeiro.