Victoria News

While we in the hinterland are on holiday, thank goodness others are carrying on with the work at the national level. During May/June, incredible activity developed around several projects. Joan Looy represented CCLOW at the B.C. NDP caucus meeting on education and training. We are providing questions for all political candidates - election soon! Etta Connor organized some instructors and students from Camosun to participate in the production of a Knowledge Network feature for instructors using the Ministry of Education Employment Preparation Guide. Susan Witter, Joan Looy and others were responsible for the production of the guide. On July 8, CEIC funding was approved for the T.I.P. (Trades Immersion Program) and Techworks (Orientation to Technologies) offered at Camosun College. Lobbying paid off, but more importantly, networking through CCLOW kept the information flowing through the various community and government systems. Several of us have been to conferences across the country this summer so that we will have much to share when we meet again in September.

Victoria Report

Uppermost concerns in the past few months of the "re-founding" year in Victoria have been the development of a network (and mailing list) and responding to the Employment Equity / Canadian Jobs Strategy policies. While the contact person is still Etta Connor, she hopes to have a strong steering committee with a new contact person in place by the end of September. The next general meeting is set for the Thursday, September 18th, 7:30 pm at the Y on Courtenay.

CCLOW members made a new banner and were joined by their families in the walk from Jonathon Rogers Park to B.C. Place Stadium to show their support for nuclear disarmament. Some of the members participating in the walk are shown in this photograph: (left to right) Nancy Moser, Janet Patterson (B.C. Director), Sarah Armstrong, Heidi Moser, Katrina and Bronwen and Ruth Armstrong, Sheila McFadzean, Brenda Pengally and May Archer. CCLOW members also walked for peace in Victoria on April 26, 1986.

Photo: B.C. - CCLOW members in Vancouver's
Annual Peace March, Apr. 27, 1986