YOUNG CANADA TELEVISION
Young Canada Television/Télé-jeunesse Canada plans to provide an alternative channel, offering a unique viewing experience to young people (ages 2 to 24), in English and French. This coast-to-coast service will encourage young people to express themselves and reinforce a positive self-image. Young Canada Television needs support from interested individual subscribers in the form of a letter to your cable company stating your desire to have both channels available and your willingness to pay $1.00 extra per month. Please copy Beth Sulman, YCT/ TJC, National Film Board, 1 Lombard St., Toronto, Ont. M5C 1J6. Final CRTC hearing in Ottawa - October 29.

WOMEN AND LEGAL ACTION-PRECEDENTS, RESOURCES
AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE

Published by the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women; 1985; 200 pp.; $4.95 prepaid, plus 10% postage and handling. This book surveys landmark Canadian legal cases in which women have attempted to win their rights by contesting laws. Parallels and examples from the American experience, which could be useful to Canadian women, are drawn to assess the structures and mechanisms most suited to conducting legal prosecution in Canada under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Order from: Cdn. Council on Social Dev., Pub. Dept., POB 3505, Sta. C, Ottawa, Ont. K1Y 4G1.

"WHAT WILL TOMORROW BRING…" A STUDY OF
THE ASPIRATIONS OF ADOLESCENT WOMEN

Published by the Canadian Advisory Coundil on the Status of Women; 1985; 177 pp.; $4.95 prepaid, plus 10% postage and handling. Adolescents are experiencing changing moral standards, profound changes in family structure, and difficult choices in values and lifestyle. They are expected to rely on adults for advice - adults raised in a society considerably different from that of the present. This study, based on interviews with 15-19 year-olds, provides valuable insights into their hopes and priorities. Available from: Cdn. Council on Social Dev., Pub. Dept., POB 3505, Sta. C, Ottawa, Ont. K1Y 4G1.



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