a history of curriculum services canada

2005-2006
venture that many partners had already agreed to be part of, and the Inukshuk Fund (Fido/Rogers
Wireless), whose main focus is the creation of relevant educational content for remote
communities, were highlights. An Expression of Interest was being developed in response to a
call by Inukshuk Internet Inc.
Finally, the meeting was given statistics for evaluations and approvals regarding the Liste
Trillium List, as well as a brief description of additional projects (e.g., for the Ministry, gap
analysis of 16 courses of study comparing previous curriculum with revised curriculum).
Between October 2005 and April 2006, the Executive Director’s reports indicated that RFPs
continued to be a strong focus. In addition, meetings were held with Microsoft regarding
possible collaboration on the Gateway Project, followed by meetings and communications to
solicit 19 partners for the project.
Over this period the following were among business development activities: Fundraising
proposals for TCF; negotiations and meetings with le CLÉ concerning contract revisions and
alignment of Liste Trillium List responsibilities; meetings at the Ministry regarding such
business as Trillium operational issues, evaluation of resources for the Bullying Prevention
Program; and webcasts (e.g., with Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat).
Between October and December, team meetings were a significant dimension of activities with
various potential clients, for ongoing review of all evaluation reports, on re-organization of
supplementary resources on the web site to enable searching. Between December 2005 and
February 2006, activities included a planning session to set out a critical path for Gateway and to
finalize contract requirements with Canadian Heritage. On the Human Resources (HR) front, the
Executive Director and Gina Melvin had ongoing meetings with an HR consultant regarding the
review of alignment of policies and contracts with the Employment Standards Act, plus
subsequent revision to some contracts.
The Curriculum Resource Services report for December 2005 included the following activities:
continued work with the Ministry in preparing materials (Math TIPS) to support implementation
of the revised curriculum for Grades 7, 8, 9 and 10 Applied Mathematics; assisting the Ministry
in developing content for and maintaining the web page Leading Math Success and a web page
focusing on literacy Grades 7-12; and, with the College of Massage Therapists and Ministry of
Training, Colleges and Universities, developing standards for evaluating massage therapy
courses. Regarding the Curriculum Foundation (TCF) Teacher-Developed Projects, mentoring
continued for four projects on the year’s theme “Literacy and the Arts” – projects to be posted as
they are completed.
Elaborating on the Executive Director’s comments, Evaluation Services provided statistics (to
November 24, 2005) for activities related to Liste Trillium List and reported ongoing liaison
with the Ministry, le CLÉ, and publishers. Since the transfer of supplementary evaluations to
Evaluation Services in September 2005, seven were in progress and four completed. Additional
projects included the first evaluation of a Spanish resource.
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