Marian Exmann, Women's Centre coordinator at Douglas College, has received Challenge '85 funding to hire 3 students to compile a "Guide to Employment & Business Opportunities for Women" in the greater Vancouver region. The guide will outline some of the "basics" in how to secure employment, develop your own business, etc., and will emphasize collective strategies for women to enhance employment prospects. The guide will be available in fall '85. For more information, contact: Marian Exmann, Douglas College, P.O.B. 2503, New Westminster, B.C., V31 5B2; (604) 520-5486.

Jan Pow at Fraser Valley College has completed an "Employment Orientation Curriculum Guide," on contract to the Ministry of Education. The curriculum identifies the various components central to the employment orientation programs currently operating in B.C., and is an attempt to pull together the "best" from each of those programs. For more information about the curriculum, contact: Jan Pow, Counsellor, Fraser Valley College, 34194 Marshall Road, Abbotsford, B.C., V2S 119; (604) 853-7441. Susan Witter has been involved with a group of B.C. adult educators, working to collect documentation outlining the crisis in adult education in B.C. brought on by the B.C. government "restraint" program.

Susan has collected information on women's participation in B.C. adult education activities. That documentation shows that there's been a decline in women's participation in all part-time adult education activities, including: adult basic education, English language training, vocational upgrading, general interest, and community education programs. 1983-84 enrolment data submitted by colleges, institutes and school districts in B.C. shows a decline of 28,000 participants over 1982-83 enrolment data. Women's participation in part-time, adult education activities constitutes over 70% of this decline. For more information, contact: Susan Witter, Assoc. Dean of Cont. Ed., Fraser Valley College, 34194 Marshall Road, Abbotsford, B.C., V2S lL9; (604) 853-7441.

Janet Patterson has been heavily involved with CRIAW (Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women) B.C.'s Monitoring Project.

The project was initiated in early 1984 to monitor the impact of B.C. government "restraint" measures on women in post-secondary education in B.C. The first stage of the research, providing base line data for the years 1979-82, is now complete and the base line report will be available in June 1985. The second stage of the research, monitoring the impact of "restraint," should be underway by the fall, and will focus on the 1983- 85 period. For more information, contact: Mary Lynn Stewart, CRIAW-BC, c/o Women's Studies Dept., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., V5A lS6; (604) 291-3150.

Adrienne Montani works with Surrey Delta Immigrant Services Society which has just received Canada Works funding for their 11-month project, Employment Information for Immigrants." The project aims to collect and produce a collection of materials, including: employment orientation, occupational profiles, job search information, local resources for upgrading and other support services, etc. Introductory materials, at least, will be translated into four languages: Panjabi, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Polish. By April 1986, an annotated catalogue of their materials will be available to anyone interested, and copies of their materials will be available at cost. In the meantime, the Society is searching for relevant material that may already have been produced elsewhere. If you have any suggestions, or want more information about their project, contact: Adrienne Montani, Surrey-Delta Immigrant Services Society, 12370 - 98th Ave., Surrey, B.C., V3V 2K3; (604) 585-2933.