This issue examines selected topics in vocational education in Canadian community colleges. It focuses on the central themes of community college and industry partnerships, vocational education assessment, and vocational and workplace education pedagogical models. Articles include: (1) "Industry and Colleges: Key Partners in Meeting Canada's Skills Challenge," by Perrin Beatty, which examines the increasing demand for Canadian community colleges to supply readily employable, skilled workers and the challenges in finding more effective partnerships to increase efficiency between industry and education; (2) "TOWES [Test of Workplace Essential Skills]," by Conrad Murphy and Michael Herzog, which looks at the TOWES and its value as an educational and industry assessment tool; (3)"Workplace Education That Works," by Donna Allan, which is a report from Lethbridge Community College about its programs and services in vocational education; (4) "It's not Rocket Science-but Someone Has to Fix the Space Shuttle," by Michael Kidney and Sue Boutlier, which looks at the ways in which community college vocational education instructional programs can work effectively with private partners to increase student learning outcomes; (5) "GM-Niagara College Partnerships: An Evolution from Training to Learning," by Bea Clark, which chronicles the development of a partnership between General Motors (GM) of Canada and Niagara College; and (6) "Applied Research Transfer to the Workplace through Training and Learning-A Brief Example," by Chantale Perreault, which summarizes findings from a case study of how a new degree program can increase the quality of a vocational education program. (ND)