Nova Scotia

Janet Willis, first Executive Director of CCLOW and currently a Human Resource Consultant, presented a workshop on "Women and Organizational Change at the April meeting of CCLOW. This workshop drew together the ideas concerning women in organizations which were presented at previous CCLOW programs by members Patricia Morris, Claudine Lowry, and National President Lisa Avedon. Janet helped CCLOW members identify organizational structures and their impact on women. She also facilitated a lively discussion on strategies women can use to overcome some of the organizational barriers that thwart them in achieving their goals.

On April 17, CCLOW was represented in Halifax when the Public Legal Education Society hosted a celebration in honourf Section 15 of the Charter of Rights.

The May meeting of CCLOW was held in conjunction with the Atlantic Provinces Association for Continuing University Education Spring Forum at Dalhousie University. CCLOW members were invited to meet with Judge Rosalie Abella to discuss employment equity for women. CRIAW joined us in this discussion. Following this meeting CCLOW members explored ideas for the upcoming fall conference.

A number of CCLOW members participated in the annual CLANS (Continuing Learning Association of N.S.) conference held in Halifax in May. This year's conference theme was "Young Adults: Issues and Initiatives."

The N.S. CCLOW network is considering an organizational restructuring. The purposes of the proposed restructuring are designed to assist the Provincial Director with her responsibilities and to involve as many of the CCLOW members as possible in CCLOW activities. To these ends a troika structure has been proposed consisting of the

Provincial Director, a provincial liaison position and a local (Halifax) chair position. The Provincial Director would continue with her current responsibilities. The provincial liaison person would assist the Director by networking with existing CCLOW affiliated groups and related women's groups in the province, identify provincial issues for action, and research and act as a representative on the Advisory Council on Adult Education. The local chair would provide support for the Provincial Director by networking with local members, identifying and recruiting new members, coordinating local meetings with the support of the program committee and assisting with special projects and programs. In addition, the program committee would remain active and a new committee, the special project committee, would be constituted to identify, initiate, organize and carry out research projects.

The June meeting of CCLOW will be hosted by CCLOW member Kaireen Vaison. An outdoor picnic in her backyard is planned subject to the weather. Janet Willis and Mairi Macdonald, CCLOW's first National President, will put together a program on the history of CCLOW.

Yukon

Yukon CCLOW sponsored an evening presentation on the experiences of a woman recently returned from a trip to India. Twenty-five people attended.

In addition, a networking evening was held to promote CCLOW and to share information about local activities. We were pleased that a number of women who had not previously attended a CCLOW meeting turned out. A new Executive was elected for CCLOW Yukon.

A proposal has been submitted for funding for a videotape presentation of a collection of interviews with the women profiled in the booklet, Yukon Women: Non-Traditional Occupations. To order the books write to: Lillian Maguire, 21 - 9th Ave., Whitehorse, Yukon, YlA 4H2, enclosing $2.00.