Mandate

The Instructional Resources Unit supports equitable access to educational library resources and services to improve the teaching and learning process and the continuum of life-long learning for all Manitobans.

The Unit provides:

• Manitoba Kindergarten to Grade 12 educators with curriculum implementation support, educational research, and professional learning resources
• Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth staff with essential library services, including desktop e-access to online periodicals and research databases
• teachers-in-training with library services and resources in preparation for teaching
• print disabled students with alternate format materials in Braille, large print, audio, and electronic formats
• the general public with library services to facilitate parental involvement in education
• Library support for Departmental initiatives, including Aboriginal education, inclusive education and multicultural education
• support for the development of school libraries, the implementation of resource-based learning, and copyright education
• archival resources, including pre-1980 approved textbooks and Departmental publications, to teachers, the general public, and researchers.

The Robert Fletcher Building
1181 Portage Avenue

All of the activities of the IRU focus on the following educational outcomes: the
improvement in teaching practices and student learning; the increased use of
educational research and practice to improve decision making in the classroom
and in educational administration; and an increased emphasis on resource-based
learning as an educational model in schools.

The IRU also acts as a depository centre for all the Department of Education,
Citizenship and Youth's publications.