Ontario

In May, Audrey Swail was elected as successor to Bette Pie as the Ontario Director of CCLOW. In April and May, CCLOW in Toronto sponsored a series of one day workshops on women and micro-technology held at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. The Port Elgin network has been very active including the establishment of a new group for their area called Planning Committee for Rural Women. They sponsored a "Women in Transition" workshop and have set up an annual 'Discovery' Series of study days. In Kenora, a group of women are meeting to try to establish a women's centre to aid women re-entering the work force. Networking efforts are underway here and in other parts of the province. The Kitchener-Waterloo group is meeting around the issues of mature women in post-secondary education.

Quebec

In recent months CCLOW in Quebec has been working on three main projects. On April 17th members sponsored a very successful conference in Montreal-entitled "Quebec 1982 Resources for English Speaking Women. Approximately 200 women attended. It was opened by a keynote address "Keeping Our Options Open" by Greta Nemiroff, Quebec Director of CCLOW. Workshop topics included: Resources and Options for Older Women, Options for Women at Home, Learning Opportunities for Rural Women, Second Language Training for Women, Women as Volunteer, Why Women's Studies?, Women in Non-Traditional Jobs, and Language Training and Job Creation for Rural Women.

In cooperation with Powerhouse Gallery, a feminist gallery in Montreal, CCLOW organized a series of historical lectures on women and religion, philosophy and art. On April 24th, CCLOW in Quebec cosponsored a bilingual conference billed as Microtechnology & Women's Employment: Impacts, Problems, and Policies for the Future at McGill University. The conference was extremely successful and very well attended. Heather Menzies, author of Women and the Chip, and Pat Armstrong, a sociologist and author of The Double Ghetto, were the main resource persons.

As a result of the poor coverage given to this conference by the Montreal Gazette, the only English paper in Montreal, a letter of protest was sent from CCLOW to the editor of the paper. The letter contained a resolution which strongly criticized the Gazette for its failure to publicize and cover the conference.

New Brunswick

Following the resignation of Therese Melanson, Ellen King was elected as the New Brunswick Director of CCLOW. Ellen has a wide range of experience as an educator. She is presently working as the Policy Coordinator for the Status of Women with the Government of New Brunswick. Ellen strongly supports CCLOW's bilingual policy and intends to promote CCLOW to both French and English speaking women. As well, she plans to hold workshops on sexual harassment in the school system and to continue networking in the province.