The COVID-19 pandemic as a major crisis in adult education in Quebec: Chronology of events and impact on student attendance

• Claudel Lamoureux-Duquette ^[1] ; Virginie Thériault ^[1] ; Pierre Doray ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Quebec at Montreal

     University of Quebec at Montreal

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• Localización: New seeds for a world to come: policies, practices and lives in adult education and learning: Proceedings of the 10th ESREA Triennial Conference University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education 29 September- 1 October 2022 / coord. por Laura Formenti, Andrea Galimberti, Gaia Del Negro, 2023, ISBN 978-88-5526-918-6, págs. 227-234
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  • This paper aims at understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adult education in Quebec (Canada).More specifically, we look at how the Adult General Education (AGE) sector has been impacted regarding student attendanceand the composition of their student body. We look at significant internal and provincial management events during the pandemic,and their impacts on AGE in Quebec. We used a mixed methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative analyses. Inour discussion of the findings, we explore the potential implications of these changes for adult education, and what the management of the pandemic tells us about the place of AGE in Quebec.