CCLOW Across The Provinces

Yukon

Pam Evans, the Yukon Director of CCLOW is representing CCLOW on the organizing committee for a conference in Whitehorse, September 24th - 26th entitled: Survival in the '80's. The conference will cover a wide variety of topics relevant to Yukon women, many related to employment. Pam will co-lead a workshop on Microtechnology at the conference. In a regular newsletter to her membership, Pam reported on the issues discussed at the "Future is Now" conference on women and microtechnology that she attended in Ottawa in June. Pam is also a contributor to the Yukon Status of Women newsletter.

British Columbia

Claudette Everitt, B.C. Director of CCLOW, has kept in touch with members across the province with a regular newsletter. The B.C. women sponsored a very successful networking conference in the spring and participated in a conference on Women and Work. Claudette represented CCLOW on a televised program and an open-line radio program on Women and the Chip.

Alberta

A sub-committee of CCLOW in Alberta met recently and submitted a brief to the Labour Canada Task Force on Micro-Electronics. The committee also presented a CCLOW brief to the CEIC Advisory Council currently undertaking a survey on 'The Employment Impact of New Technologies'. Four hundred and fifty questionnaires on part-time work have been distributed in Alberta for the Commission of Information on Part-Time Work. The Alberta CCLOW hopes to present a paper to the task force when they are in Edmonton in September. Regarding the National Training act ... CCLOW was notified at the last minute to meet with Lloyd Axworthy in Edmonton. Sandy Susat attended and raised questions around women and the impact of micro-technology. She also expressed dismay that no other, women's organizations had been invited to provide input. Alberta CCLOW is attempting to establish formal contact with the regional CEIC person in the province.