TASK FORCE ON PUBLIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN, PRELIMINARY REPORT, JULY 1983.

The task force was established in August 1982 by the Metropolitan Toronto Board of Commissioners of Police. This report is a draft and will not be finalized without further input from the public. It takes the format of six separate reports with recommendations from each of the working Committees: Pornography and Advertising; Support Services to Victims; Policing; The Criminal Justice System; Urban Design; and Public Education.

Women's Networks in Canada, a 230 page how-to organizational guide provides information on formation whether for career women, single parents, professionals, the ecology-minded, people interested in skills exchange and so on.

Cheques should be made payable to UBC.

It's Your Choice: A Personal Guide To Birth Control Methods For Women...and Men Too! by Robert A. Hatcher and others.

Written by reliable family planning specialists, this book offers clear, up-to-date instructions for using each birth control method safely. $4.50, Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada, 200-151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Onto KIP 5H3.

Denise Lemieux et Lucie Mercier. La recherche sur les femmes du Québec: bilan et bibliographie. Institut Québécois de recherche sur la culture. "Instrument de travail" no 5. 1982. 336 pages. $14.25.

Dans le contexte des réflexions et questionnements actuels sur les rôles sociaux des femmes et sur leurs pratiques culturelles passées et présentes, le besoin se manifeste de mettre au service d'un public diversifié, des outils de recherche donnant rapidement accès à l'information. Cet ouvrage vise un tel objectif puisqu'il rassemble plus de 2,200 titres d'études multidisciplinaires contenant des données et des analyses sur l'histoire des Québécoises et les changements actuels de la condition féminine. Cet inventaire bibliographique est accompagné d'un bilan analytique de la recherche esquissant une synthèse des principaux thèmes développés jusqu' ici et indiquant de nouvelles avenues.

FILMS

I WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER. This 28 minute documentary film, directed by Academy Award-winning director Beverly Shaffer was produced by Studio D of the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE).Though the film will be of interest to adults, it was made specifically to encourage teenage girls to consider engineering as an attractive career option. At present, women account for less than 2% of Canadian engineers. The film is presently available for purchase previews. It will be available to the general public as of October 1983.