Quebec

We are now reassessing our plan to provide some educational material about incest. The best way for us to present this material would be an noted inventory of those services available to adult incest survivors through the social service and education networks of Anglophone Quebec. This is consistent with the terms of Secretary of State grants. Although this plan is in the preliminary stages, we are optimistic that a project will emerge.

In keeping with our interest in encouraging young women to participate in CCLOW, we were delighted to send Vicki Kearns as our delegate to NAC's Canadian Women's Economic Summit.

Québec

Nous réévaluons actuellement le plan que nous nous proposons de suivre pour produire du matériel éducatif sur l'inceste. II semble que la meilleure voie a adopter - voie qui est conforme aux termes des subventions du Secrétariat d'Etat - est d'explorer un répertoire annote des services offerts aux survivants et survivantes adultes d'actes incestueux, dans le cadre du réseau anglophone des programmes sociaux et d'éducation du Québec. Bien que notre plan n'en soit encore qu'à un stade préliminaire, nous espérons qu'un projet en naîtra.

Toujours soucieuses d'encourager les jeunes femmes à participer au CCPEF, nous avons délègue avec grand plaisir Vicki Kearns au Sommet économique des femmes canadiennes organise par Ie CCA.

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan CCLOW members can finally see the fruit of our efforts to establish an effective learning centre for women. The Bridging Program for Women accepted its first group of students May 14. Primarily funded by CEIC (about $500,000) with limited support from the Government of Saskatchewan, this program offers training to women with the goal of attaining economic independence through further education or employment.

A staff of 9 is currently working at the project, and 3 or 4 more will join them in Sept. We are a national demonstration project and hope to serve about 200 women in the next 10 months. On the basis of our planned success, we hope that CEIC will then set up other similar projects throughout the country.

There will be an official opening including a joint signing ceremony on June 5. Although Flora MacDonald had hoped to be present, she will be represented by V. Lynne Pearson, Director-General of CEIC Saskatchewan Region and a strong supporter of this project throughout its development and implementation. The provincial government will be represented by two ministers: Gordon Currie, Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower and Gordon Dirks, Minister of Social Services. We hope a large number of local women's groups will also be on hand and CCLOW will be well represented.

The Bridging Project has consumed the major part of our energy for some time now. We have decided to recoup our energy at our June meeting and become involved in new local activities as soon as we can.