This article uses a comic program to graphically summarize a collaborative action research project that brings together York University researchers and elementary school teachers at Joyce Public School in northwest Toronto to experimentally develop multiliteracies pedagogies in a context of emergent literacy education. The project, which has been…

Describes Sistering, a daytime drop-in program in Toronto for isolated women. Contends that the program's competence-oriented practice framework provides the nurturing and education the women need. The women are seen as individuals capable of learning effective ways of coping. (JAC)

Progress of the children involved in a Canadian day care project is reported, focusing on the day-to-day interaction of the children and any changes in their overt behavior patterns. Particular emphasis is on the adjustment of the inner-city youth to the problems produced by the cultural and economic deprivation of their environment. A brief…