BRITISH COLUMBIA

Women and Words/Les femmes et les mots is a country-wide conference to be held in Vancouver in July, 1983. It will be a meeting of women working with the written word in both traditional and alternative frameworks including writers, editors, publishers, critics, printers, typesetters, academics, playwrights, librarians, distributors, booksellers, translators, educational and cultural organizers.

The conference will provide a forum for women to celebrate our strengths, discuss our differences and exchange our skills and knowledge. The organizers hope that it will provide an opportunity for cross-cultural exchange among women from Quebec as well as native and ethnic women from each of the provinces and territories.

The organizers invite suggestions for papers, panel discussions, workshops and interviews relevant to our themes: feminism (the con- text); power and alternative structures; doing it! (developing work strategies); traditions and new directions. Deadline for submissions is January 1st, 1983. For guide- lines write to:

Women and Words/Les femmes et les mots Anthology Committee, Box 65563, Station F, Vancouver, V5N 4BO

Become a member of the West Coast Women and Words Society and receive updated information about the conference. Individual memberships: $5.00, supporting: $10.00, sustaining: $25.00.

West Coast Women and Words Society now has an office which is located at 1200 Hornby, Vancouver, V6Z 2E2. Telephone (604) 684-2454/ 2455. They're happy to report that their membership is currently 150 after four months time.

The National Association of Women & the Law are holding their 5th Biennial National Conference: Women In the Workforce: Affirmative Action and Parental Benefits, on February 23 to 26th, 1983 ath the Empress Hotel, Victoria, B. C.

To insure that you receive program and registration materials, phone or write:

Women in the Workforce, University Extension Conference Office, University of Victoria, P.O. Box, 1700, Victoria, B. C. V8W 2Y2 (604) 721-8475.

ALBERTA

The Dinner Party, created by artist Judy Chicago and produced in collaboration with 400 workers, will be on display in Calgary for 12 weeks from December 3rd, 1982 to January 27th, 1983 at the Glenbow Museum.

Tickets are limited and should be purchased early. They are available at Alberta BASS ticket outlets and at the Glenbow Museum. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Wednesdays. Call 264-8300 ext. 279 for more information.

The University of Alberta in Edmonton is sponsoring a workshop entitled: It's Your Nerves, Women's Use of Alcohol and Minor Tranquilizers, on February 22 & 23rd. The fee is $50 per person. For further information contact: The Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, 82 Avenue and 112th St. Edmonton, Alta. T6G 2G4.