P.E.I. REPORT
by Heather Orford

C.C.L.O.W. - P.E.I. is one of the groups co-sponsoring three major legal information workshops in rural communities in P.E.I. in the fall of 1986. The purpose of the workshops will be to introduce women to their legal rights and responsibilities and to update rural women on the latest developments and possible future trends in laws concerning them. C.C.L.O.W. - P.E.I. is also one of the co-sponsoring groups for a Child Care Conference to be held in Charlottetown in April, 1986. This conference will address problems facing families in both rural and urban areas in P.E.I. and will raise the public awareness of the economic impact of child care on families. The target group for the conference is primarily parents! These workshops and the Conference will be funded through Secretary of State.

Members of C.C.L.O.W. - P.E.I. are presently participating in an Advisory Committee to a re-entry project for women funded by C.E.I.C. Holland College developed the training proposal for the 20 week course with work site placements on both traditional and non-traditional areas.

On Christmas Eve the P.E.I. Director of C.C.L.O.W. was presented with a $5,000.00 cheque by Orville Buffie, Director General, C.E.I.C. -- P.E.I. Region. Employment and Immigration Canada will fund a four part series of lectures, workshops and a panel presentation on employment related issues. Topics to be addressed are :

1. Women's Response to the Canadian Job Strategy February 24, 1986
2. Power and Burn Out in the Work place May 26, 1986
3. Job Sharing and Part-time work June 4, 1986
4. A Feminist Approach to Employment Counseling, Fall 1986

The series will start in February, 1986 and run through the fall of this year.

ONTARIO REPORT
by Janice McLean

In Ottawa the CCLOW network meets monthly (usually followed by informal discussions in a local pub). In November, Pat Webb sponsored an evening to explore the topic of transforming educational institutions in this information age, and in December Lin Buckland hosted a brunch with CCLOW members each invited to bring along another interesting woman. The January focus was a presentation of data concerning women in the Ottawa-Carleton area by age, education, language, income, etc., which will become a fact sheet to assist in assessing women's learning needs, opportunities and barriers in the region. Individual correspondence with local MP's concerning nominations to the LACs continues.

CCLOW Ottawa's request to make a presentation to the Board of Governors of Algonquin Community College has been rejected, and concern with the lack of public accountability of the governors of Ontario's community colleges is growing. Both the City of Ottawa and the Regional Government now refuse to select nominees for the Algonquin Board. The Council of the City of Ottawa has decided that, since the Council of Regents selects the Governors, it should be accountable directly to the public for its choices.

Congratulations to the Ottawa Women's Resource Centre which is about to open its doors - a number of CCLOW members have certainly worked hard to bring it into being!

In Toronto, I met with the CCLOW steering committee in November. Following their December and January meetings, they decided to create an information bulletin on issues and activities related to women's learning in the Toronto area. It is to be an information clearinghouse coordinated by Mieke Nyenhuis. If you have information to contribute please call her at 233-7100. (PS my thanks to Ann Fitzpatrick for all of her organizing efforts for the Toronto group.)

In Cornwall, CCLOW members are active under the Women's Network umbrella. The bridging program for women submission for CEIC Innovations funding is still wending its way through the approval levels. A twelve member LAC in the Cornwall area has been formed. six of whom are women. At least one woman nominated by the group has been invited to sit on this LAC. In December, the network held a dinner with speaker Marion Dewar (former Ottawa mayor) which drew 90 women.

As Ontario Director I have:

• met with local CEIC staff responsible for Entry and Re-entry projects,
  
  
• co-sponsored an evening of discussion and slides by Ottawa women
  who had attended the Nairobi forum,
  
  
• had on-going liaison with NAC southern Ontario representative
  Lynn Kaye, concerning the Bill C-62 on employment equity,
  
  
• attended a fund-raising gathering sponsored by the Mayor of
  Ottawa in support of LEAF,
  
  
• attended the first day of the consultation between Federal and Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Margrit Eichler presented an excellent paper examining the mythical old model of the family, the present reality, and important social changes directly affecting the family. I would certainly encourage anyone interested to ask the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women for a copy of it,
  
  
• and, since it was in Ottawa, I represented CCLOW at a meeting
  of national women's groups concerning funding.