ILC Alberta

While ILC was originally formed in Alberta, this marks the first time the company has taken an active role in shape that province’s publishing future.

“Alberta is Canada’s wealthiest province. It also has the best IT infrastructure in the country – possibly in North America,” stated ILC CEO Randy Morse. “Unfortunately, most young Aboriginals in Alberta are not fully participating in the province’s rapid growth. K-12 test scores for Aboriginal students are so low that the provincial government and Aboriginal organizations have agreed not to publish them. This is a disastrous state of affairs, and it has to change,” Morse added.

“There’s a lot at stake here,” he continued. “Too many young First Nations and Métis students are having a terrible educational experience. They end up without the skills and self-confidence necessary to lead happy lives and make a positive contribution to their families and communities. And let’s be clear, this isn’t simply an Aboriginal problem – in the next 15-20 years, Aboriginals will make up almost 50% of Alberta’s population under the age of 25. All Albertans have a very real stake in ensuring that our rapidly growing Aboriginal population has every opportunity to contribute to keeping Alberta’s economy healthy and strong, and its social fabric intact.

“Chief Daniel Paul and his fellow Paul First Nation councilors understand this – that’s why they have joined with us in creating ILC-Alberta. We were pleased to host several (now former) Government of Alberta cabinet ministers recently in Spokane, introducing them to political leaders from the Washington Legislature who are working closely with ILC-Alberta’s sister company, ILC-Washington, in that state to create a new generation of web-based learning resources for Washington’s 1 million K-12 students. Chief Paul and I look forward to working with the new government of Premier Stelmach to launch a similar project in Alberta,” Morse concluded.