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This chapter attempts to identify the important issues confronting Canadian adult education practitioners with a view to questioning the implications these issues have for unifying or diversifying the adult education field and as a way of identifying and contemplating future directions. A survey using a questionnaire was conducted using a sample of adult education practitioners. The issues identified by the survey were: global problems and development; accessibility and learner diversity; educational policy and leadership; learning theory advances and applications; visibility and credibility of field; technology; and retraining and career transition. Respondents to the survey also offered a variety of suggestions and strategies for future directions that included: systems and interdisciplinary approaches; a commitment to community-based and participatory approaches to development and research; recognition of and advocacy for the social mission of the field; and a higher profile.