B. the obstacles which accrue from the policies, practices and attitudes of one agency involved in providing educational and training programs for women. We chose to focus on the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission and its various divisions. Other agencies could have included:

• boards of education
• community colleges
• universities
• governmental ministries of education/further education/ etc.
• private schools
• community agencies

C. the accessibility a woman has to learning opportunities based on conditions and characteristics which exist within her life style, her life conditions, and/or her personality. We chose to focus on those conditions and characteristics which label a woman as "disadvantaged". Other topics could have included:

• responsibility conflicts
• time, money and energy available for distribution
• self-concept
• attitudes toward education and educational institutions
• motivation and reinforcement
• learning related to life stages and life crises

This section was eventually omitted through lack of time.

Time did not permit any further investigation. However, we have included in the bibliography accompanying this unit, a number of sources which could suggest starting points for future work.

One area which was not examined and which is of particular concern to CCLOW members is that of funding: funding to individual participants, to individual programs, to agencies and institutions, within agencies and institutions, and so on. This proved to be beyond the scope of this report and beyond the resources of this writer. We would like to recommend that CCLOW develop a workshop to focus on the many facets of this area of policy development. It seems clear that every educational/training/learning decision ultimately becomes a short-term budget decision; and every budget decision is in reality a long-term value statement about education/training/ learning and the policies which govern those activities.

The remainder of this unit focuses on the specific process used in developing the report; some general comments and problems; some personal comments from this writer; and a summary.