Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-151) and index.

Aboriginal adult education: combating poverty and colonization -- Circles of healing and transformation: Aboriginal women and adult education -- We are the angels of change: thoughts on Aboriginal adult education -- Tools for building our freedom -- Healing the spirit first: Aboriginal second-chance learners in three inner city programs -- It's the WEC way: transformative social work education -- To walk in both worlds: Ma Mawi goes to university -- "Getting on the BUS": reflections on the first cohort of a transition to university program -- Sharing our life stories: transformative writing and learning -- Adult education as community development: the case of Lord Selkirk Park.