Resources

Publications

The British Columbia Women's Access Association has put together the Women's Access Resource Manual (WARM), a resource manual aimed at teachers, counsellors and community helpers who work with women. The range of topics covers career counselling, employment trends and non-traditional employment systems survival, feminist counselling and publications, skills training, violence, funding sources and more. To order send cheque for $10.00 to 7ARM, c/o Douglas College Women's Centre, Box 2503, New Westminster, B.C., V3J 5B2.

Resources for Feminist Research has published Women and Education I, the first of two issues dealing with education and women. This comprehensive compilation includes extensive resources on curricula and materials, networks, current developments, work in progress, as well as bibliographies and reviews of useful publications in the field Available for $5.00 from Resources For Feminist Research, 8-110, OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, MSS IV6. In addition, Women and Education II should be available very soon, and will include reviews of books on gender and schooling, a special issues section examining the topics of education, the labour and the family, and non-traditional education in rural communities.

CCLOW has added two new publications to its list recently. The National Training Act: It's Impact on Women by Heather Henderson is an overview of participation in categories of training programs, by sex and province, for 1981-83. The decline in female participation is analyzed and recommendations offered - $5.00 individuals, $8.00 institutions. Bill C-12 is a presentation made by CCLOW to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs on federal financing of post-secondary education. Recommendations include attaching "strings" to transfer payments and establishing national standards on access - $2.00. See inside cover for address.

The Canadian Advisory Council on The Status of Women has recently launched new publications. Love, Marriage and Money focuses on the financial rights and responsibilities of the spouses within marriage and discusses the relevant economic consequences as they may relate to property, custody, support payments, and pensions upon divorce or death- Juggling a Family and a Job examines parental benefits (job protection and compensation, maternity, paternity or adoption leave) as legislated by federal, provincial or territorial jurisdictions, and possible ways to improve existing legislation.

Voices From The Shadows: Women with disabilities Speak Out by Gwnyeth Matthews explores in a series of interviews the lives and experiences of disabled women in Canada. Employment, parenting, education, sexuality, housing accessibility, and social and government assistance are addressed. Includes bibliography and referral list. $8.95. The Women's Press, 16 Baldwin Street, Toronto MST 1L2.

Learning for Life: overcoming the separation of work and learning, The report of the National Advisory Panel on Skill Development Leave to the Minister of Employment and Immigration is now available. It contains proposals and plans of action, immediate and long term, in two critical areas. It recommends policy for combating illiteracy and establishing a national priority program to promote educational leave. At the heart of the 29 page report is a proposal and plan for establishing "an earned right to time and adequate income to engage in learning of their choice for all who have made a contribution to Canadian Society." Contact CAAE, 29 Prince Arthur Ave., Toronto M5R 1B2 (416) 964-0559.