Ron Faris

Administration

PASCAL Theme(s):

Lifelong Learning

Province:: Alabama
Country:: United States

Canada

Title:

First name:

Ron

Last name:

Faris

President, Golden Horizon Ventures
Associate Executive Director, National Literacy Secretariat, Federal Department of the Secretary of StateExecutive Director of Continuing and Community Education, B.C Ministry of Education
Since 1998: Bridging leading-edge interdisciplinary theory and practice related to development of place-based learning communities i.e. neighbourhoods, villages, towns, cities and regions by developing and applying both learning-based community development and learning-based formative evalution models
Fostering collaboration between First Nation (Aboriginal) and non-First Nation communities in both rural and urban learning communities
Community mapping of learning resources in emerging place-based learning communities
Graduate Teaching, “Place-based Learning Communities “ in the Leadership and Adult Education program of the Faculty of Education, University of Victoria

Interests/Expertise:

Learning communities

Recent research/consultancy:

2013 Presenter at the UNESCO’S 1st International Conference on Learning Cities in Beijing and a subsequent community forum in Hangzhou.
2006-2007 - Formative evaluator of the South Island Learning Community (SILC) project focused on use of learning technologies to foster basic literacy in collaborating First Nation and non-First Nation communities and the development of an associated learning-based evaluation model
2006 – Knowledge expert for the Vancouver Learning City Initiative.

Recognitions, positions, memberships:

Ph.D. Educational Theory – University of Toronto
M. Ed Educational Administration - UBC
B.A. Economics and Political Science – UBC
Charter President (1971)- Saskatchewan Association for Lifelong Learning
Executive Committee member , Canadian Association for Adult Education

Selected publications:

Faris R (2006) Reports for the Vancouver Learning City Initiative - ””Learning Cities:Lessons Learned”:and “Learning Cities: An Annotated Bibliography”
Faris, R and Wheeler L. (2006) “Learning Communities of Place” A paper presented at the 2006 Learning Communities Conference, Brisbane.
Faris R (2005) “Lifelong Learning, social capital and place management: a Canadian perspective”, in Rebalancing the social and economic: Learning, partnership and place, (eds Chris Duke, Mike Osborne and Bruce Wilson), NIACE, Leicester.
Faris R and Martin J (2005), “Learning Communities and Regions in British Columbia and Victoria State: Applying the Stem Cell of Lifelong Learning in Theory and Practice”, Paper prepared for the United Nations’ International Conference on Engaging Communities by Prof. John Martin and Ron Faris, Brisbane.
Faris R (2004) “Lifelong Learning, Social Capital and Place Management in Learning Communities and Regions: a Rubic’s Cube or a Kaleidoscope?” PASCAL Hot topics paper
Faris R and Martin J (2004) “The Likelihood of Learning Communities: A Canadian Australian Perspective”, A paper presented at ACSANZ Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney,
Faris, R (2001) “The Way Forward: Building a Learning Nation” Discussion paper on a conceptual framework for learning communities for the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
Faris, R and Peterson, W (2000) “”Learning Based Community Development” Discussion paper on a new model of community development that leads to creation of learning communities for the then B.C. Ministry of Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers
Faris, R (1998) “”Learning Communities: Cities, Towns and Villages Preparing for a 21^st Century Knowledge-Based Economy”