1. Hon. Gregory Sorbara, Minister, Training Women for the Work place (Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Skills Development, June 1987.

  2. Canadian Association of Adult Education, Analysis of the Statistics Canada Adult Education Survey, Toronto, CAAE, 1984.

  3. Hon. Gregory Sorbara, Minister, Breaking New Ground, op. cit.

  4. Economic Council of Council of Canada, Innovation and Jobs in Canada (Ottawa: Supply & Services Canada, 1987.

  5. See for example, Kathleen Hamilton, "Business Joins the Literacy Battle: Positive Signs amid Hesitancy" (Lifelong Learning 1:1, June 1987).

  6. See Hon. Greg Sorbara, Minister, Training Women for the Work place, op. cit., p. 27.

  7. Devereaux, M.S. One in Every Five: A Survey of Adult Education in Canada (Ottawa: Statistics Canada/Secretary of State, 1985).

  8. Alison Read Tom, "High Hopes and Small Changes: Explaining Conflict in a Women's Job Training Program" in Jane Gaskell and Arlene McLaren, eds., Women in Education: A Canadian Perspective (Calgary: Detselig, forthcoming).

  9. Colin Ball, Centre for Employment Initiatives, London, England, personal communication, July 1987.

  10. See Avebury Consulting and Research, op. cit.

  11. Economic Council of Canada, op. cit.

  12. See for example, Lin Buckland, "Education and Training: Equal Opportunities or Barriers to Employment" in Judge Rosalie Silberman Abella, Commissioner, Research Studies of the Commission on Equality in Employment, Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1985).

  13. Manitoba's position with respect to the November 1986 Consensus paper may be a small step forward in this regard. See Appendix 5.

  14. In a 1985 report, the European Management Forum described Canada's performance in skills development generally as mediocre and ranked Canada 10 th among the 21 OECD countries.

  15. Gita Sen and Caren Grown, Development, Crises and Alternative Visions: Third World Women's Perspectives (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1987).

  16. Dawn Elliot, Toronto, Ontario, personal communication, August 1987.

  17. See for example, Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (New York: Seabury Press, 1974) and the publications of Institut D'Action Culture (IDAC), Geneva, Switzerland.

  18. Patricia Keayes, Nanaimo, B.C., personal communication, August 1987.

  19. Lise Julien, op. cit.

  20. See "The Cedar Glen Declaration" in Women's Education des Femmes, Spring 1987, pp. 13-20.

  21. See for example Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Ten Years Later (Ottawa: CACSW, 1979); CACSW, Fine Balances: Equal Status for Women in Canada in the 1990's (Ottawa: CACSW, 1987).

  22. See for example, Avebury Consulting and Research, op. cit: Heather Henderson, op. cit.

  23. CCLOW is currently participating in a coalition of women's groups mounting a public campaign to express concern about the implications of the Meech Lake Accord for women (September 1987).

  24. See, for example, Diane Bellemare, "A Full Employment Policy for Canada," Conference Paper prepared for the New Democratic Party of Canada, no date available.

  25. Avebury Consulting, op. cit.


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