The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour sponsors a union-based literacy program called Workers' Education for Skills Development (WEST). At the time of the research there were approximately 12 workplaces involved - most of them with male-dominated unions. WEST trains the course leaders who then get work- release time to tutor other workers in their union. Two of the three women involved as course leaders decided to focus on why so few women had been involved in the program. They attended training sessions, talked with women and men, and reflected on their own experiences during a very eventful year. They produced a poster: "Union-based literacy programs empower women workers when they pay attention to women's lives." Nicole Jessop produced a personal reflection on her involvement in the project, "Gaining confidence through woman- positive literacy work." Debbie Heagy also wrote an article, "Taking chances, making choices: Reflections on a year of woman-positive activity."

The Rabbittown Learners Program in St. John's, Newfoundland, is located in the community centre of a public housing complex. There are 284 homes in this complex and the five women staff at Rabbittown decided to visit each one at least twice to find out why women were not coming to the program. Working in pairs, they took a questionnaire door-to-door. The program coordinator kept a journal throughout this time and the staff participated in two day-long sessions to work with their experience. Frances Ennis used this material to write an article, "Uncovering fear and isolation in Rabbittown: A woman-positive literacy project." This program had to shut down at one point because they had no funding and staff had been working for six months without pay. They re-opened with interim funding, but that funding will also run out soon.

In Fort McMurray, Alberta, Keyano College offered a course called Aboriginal Women and the Workplace. The twenty-four week program was funded by Canada Employment Commission and focused on employability skills - particularly the Grade 12 equivalency certificate required by employers in that community. Nancy Steel, the literacy coordinator, wanted to explore working with women and decided to offer a writing workshop as part of this course. She hoped to increase women's confidence as writers by providing the opportunity for them to explore their experiences as Aboriginal women. They produced a newspaper - Native women write now - that contains many examples of their writing. Nancy also explored what happened to her own ideas about woman-positive literacy practice through her journal. As the president of the Alberta Literacy Workers Association, she is continuing to work through some of her thoughts.

In Guelph, Ontario, Action Read is the only community-based program. Working with fifty-five learner/tutor pairs and several groups, the five-woman collective has one staff member who works specifically with women. During the research, the program published two books: a collection of writing from the women's group and one woman's life story. Anne Moore decided to document he experience with the women's group, reflecting on a series of difficult questions that highlighted issues from her seven years' experience as a feminist working in literacy. She wrote an article, "Taking space for women-positive literacy work."