Upcoming and Current Événements CELEBRATIONS CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT EDUCATION is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 1985. The Association exists to promote life long learning and to help our country become a true learning society. The theme they have chosen is, "Learning Turns Your Life On." Events are scheduled across Canada from February through October. Contact CAAE, 29 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5R lB2 for information (416-964-0559). MCGILL UNIVERSITY continues the celebration of its Centennial. For souvenir items visit or write the McGill Bookstore; the Royal Cdn. Mint has struck the Women's Centennial Medal (one troy ounce) which is available for $50.00 (plus tax). A diverse program of events continues through May '85. Contact: The Women's Centennial Comm. Office, Rm. 10, 3450 McTavish St., Montreal, Quebec, H3A lX9 (514-392-8048). TORONTO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 1985. Festivities begin with a dinner on Sat., Jan. 19 at the Royal York Hotel. For details of their events, contact: Miss Isabelle Hopwood, 47 Thornc1iffe Park Dr., Apt. 1615, Toronto, Ontario, M4H 1J5. CONFERENCES EDINBURGH, APRIL 9-12, 1985 BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES, Tenth Anniversary Conference. Three major themes will be considered at this conference: Ten Years of Canadian Studies in Britain; Canada Since 1885: unity and disunity; and The Scots and the Irish in Canada. For further info contact: Centre of Canadian Studies, 21 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD, Scotland. NATIONAL COALITION OF CANADIAN WOMEN'S GROUPS: International Peace Conference. Regional Conference is planned across Canada in the spring of '85. To contact your regional coordinator, write to the Coalition at Rm. 9-10, Seton Annex, 166 Bedford Hwy, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 2J6. UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, SASKATOON FEB. 27 - MAR. 1, 1985 TIME AS A HUMAN RESOURCE, An International Interdisciplinary Conference. Topics include: The Concept Time, The Time of One's Life, and Time Use and Societal Values. Registration Fee: $100.00. Contact: Prof. D. Clark, College of Law, Univ. of Sask., Sask. S7N 0W0. GUILD INN, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO JANUARY 4-6,1985 WORKING WOMEN'S EQUALITY RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP. Convened by Organized Working Women. Develop strategies for Equal Pay for Equal Value. $160.00 for OWW members /$175.00 for non-members. Contact: OWW, Suite 426,366 Adelaide St.E., Toronto, Ont., MSA 3X9 (364-2161). QUEEN ELIZABETH HOTEL, MONTREAL MARCH 20, 21, 22, 1985 NATIONAL CANADIAN ACLD CONFERENCE The Quebec Assoc. for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities hosts the '85 Congress. Contact: GEMS, P.O.Box 997, Snowden, Montreal, Quebec, H3X 3Yl. MONTREAL, APRIL 24-27,1985 - IYY INT'L FED. FOR PARENT ED. & SOCIETY DE RECHERCHE EN ORIENTATION HUMAINE The subject is, "Contested Parents, Rejected Youth." Contact: 2l20,rue Sherbrooke Est, Bur.21z,Montrea1, H2K1C3. |
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