CCLOW - Herstory - Page 2

1971-1975 The early beginnings

1971	An advisory committee of women adult educators was formed
1972	CAAE approached the advisory committee of women adult educators
1973	Workshops held in Toronto and Saskatoon
	Canadian Committee on Continuing Education for Women (CCCEW) established as a project of CAAE
1975	Network links re-kindled during International Women's Year

1976 - 1979 Networking across the country
...from committees to founding congress

1976	Janet Willis hired by the LOW project to conduct a national research project on women's learning needs
1977	National meeting held in Winnipeg to present research results and establish a goal for the developing organization: to promote learning opportunities for women in Canada in order to increase their participation in the economic, social, and political life in Canada.
1978	Mary Corkery hired as first National Coordinator
	First CCLOW newsletter published as Connections-CCLOW News
	CCLOW published study, Roadblocks to Women's Learning: Issues for Advocacy by Dorothy MacKeracher
1979	Founding Congress held in Banff, where Mairi St. John Macdonald was elected first President
	CCLOW networks began to take shape in British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia
	Skills Bank developed as tool for CCLOW members to connect with each other
	CCLOW published its first study on women and literacy entitled Adult basic education for women: A model for policy development by Dorothy MacKeracher


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