NEW BRUNSWICK REPORT

by Joan McFarland

The New Brunswick group held a potluck supper and business meeting in Fredericton on June 25th, at which the three of us who attended the NAC Annual Meeting reported on the meetings. As an outgrowth of reported directions of the June Board meeting in Toronto, we decided to form a consciousness-raising group on women's learning, composed of some of our members and other interested women. The group has already met twice and members say the discussions have been useful. We submitted our formal proposal for the re-entry program for women in non-traditional occupations to CEIC on June 26th. We are still waiting for a decision.

Irene Healey of the Secretariat for the Advisory Committee of EIC contacted us about a project they are doing on Family Responsibilities of Workers. We have agreed to meet with them when they come to New Brunswick in the fall.

Finally, we are pleased to have a new member in our provincial group - Dorothy MacKeracher, formerly the Treasurer of CCLOW, who has recently moved to Fredericton from Toronto.

PEl REPORT

by Heather Orford

On June 4th, CCLOW and the P.E.I. Advisory Council on the Status of Women sponsored a workshop entitled "Part-time Work and Job Sharing" given by Janice McLean of Algonquin College. Twenty five people attended the workshop - local members of CCLOW, employment counselors from women's and disabled outreach programs and coordinators from re-entry programs for women. The workshop was very well received.

Carol Connick wrote and presented a brief on be- half of CCLOW to the National Liberal Task Force on Post-Secondary Education on May 27,1986 in Charlottetown.

The P.E.I. Director of CCLOW made a presentation, to the Select Standing Committee on Education, Community Affairs and Justice of the P.E.I. Legislature on July 15, 1986. Fourteen members of the Provincial Legislature were in attendance. The presentation was a response to the Federal Government's proposed changes to the Criminal Code provisions on obscenity.

NEWFOUNDLAND REPORT

by Dorothy Robbins

Women's groups in Newfoundland and Labrador are exploring ideas for funding under the program of the CJS. A number of groups have received funding or are applying for Job Development Projects and the Advisory Council on the Status of Women has two Re-entry Projects underway. Two groups of women are training for jobs as plasterers/painters/paper hangers. Another two groups are involved in a classroom and practical approach to developing entrepreneurial skills and business ideas. The Association for New Canadians is sponsoring a re-entry program for immigrant women, which offers them the opportunity to upgrade training they received in their country of origin.

The Labrador Native Women Association held their annual general meeting in Northwest River, Labrador, on July 22-23. Education and training, employment opportunities and child care were major topics on the agenda. The annual provincial conference of local status of women councils and other women's groups is scheduled for November, hosted this year by the St. John's Status of Women Council. Plans are also underway for the second lobby of the three political parties (P.C., Liberal and NDP) by women's groups at the legislature in St. John's.