We have been very busy as a group over the past several months preparing and organizing two projects - one on non-traditional work and a forestry project. We are presently awaiting new on the approval of our grant applications for these projects if we are successful eight jobs will be created for the coming months.

Yukon

We participated at Careers Day at F.H. Collins Secondary School in April in Whitehorse and were able to spend a very enjoyable day answering questions and handing out materials on non-traditional employment and on women and work. Our draw for a donated portable stereo was one of the highlights of the day.

Our members have also been very busy in the community individually. Sue Cowan has been elected as Vice-President of the Yukon Teachers Association, Marjorie Keyser has been selected to represent the Yukon as a performing artist, Betty Irwin has been doing guidance class demonstrations on electronics, and Janeane MacGillivray is the only Canadian participant on a U.S. tradeswomens trip to Russia.

Prince Edward Island

On March 30 and 31, women's groups and organizations of P.E.I. including CCLOW sponsored a women's festival entitled, "A Slice of Life". Information booths, displays, workshops, films and slide presentations on a wide range of topics were presented. The festival concluded with a cabaret of women's talents on Saturday evening.

CCLOW, CRIAW, The Women's Study Committee - University Prince Edward Island and the Prince Edward Island Advisory Council on the Status of Women have made a joint submission to Secretary of State for a 6-part lecture series titled, "The Voices of Women" for the fall and winter of 1984-85. Speakers of national and international prominence have been approached and topics will include the arts, politics, sports, sexual harassment and pornography.

Two members are making a presentation to the Fraser Commission on pornography and prostitution May 7th, 1984.

On June 19, 1984, in Charlottetown, Greta Hoffman Nemiroff, Director of the New School College, and CCLOW's Quebec Director, is presenting a workshop entitled, the politics of. Romantic Love". This workshop examines how expectations of romantic love differ from men and women .

Alberta

The major focus of the Women's Educational Research Project in Edmonton is the study of learning opportunities for women in Alberta. Project workers have been very busy tabulating of the 500 questionnaires returned from the 4,000 mailed out across Alberta. Personal individual interviews with over 100 women have already been completed. A draft report will be ready by June providing a clear understanding of the reality of women's education in Alberta. The women working on the project are "sorry that it is ending" and hope that the material they have gathered will continue to be worked with through a much more detailed analysis they also invite people to attend the workshop on their findings that they plan to give at the CCLOW Conference in August.

As part of the University Extension Women's Program, the Project members presented a session on" Does education lead to employment? Opportunities and barriers for Women". Another session on "Better jobs or no jobs: how microtechnology will affect women" was presented on behalf of CCLOW by Donna Anthony. Donna also presented sessions on this topic to the Social Action Committee of the United Church in Edmonton and at the Working Women's Conference in Calgary. Sandy Susut is retiring as Alberta Director and welcomes the new energy of Ardelle Dudley as the new Director.

Saskatchewan

The CCLOW Saskatchewan network continues to work on several key projects relating to women's learning in Saskatchewan.

The release of our study "Impact on Women of the National Training Act;" March 19 received local press coverage but failed to elicit the attention of the national media. (The study is now available through CCLOW Publications to any interested members.) A more detailed report on the study is contained elsewhere in this issue.