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FAMILY LAW IN CANADA: NEW DIRECTIONS

Edited by Elizabeth Sloss for the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women; $4.95; 234 pp.; soft cover; November, 1985. This book is a selection of papers prepared for a forum on family law, sponsored by the Council in the spring of 1985. Papers examine family law in relation to the tax system, the Charter, custody, reproductive technologies, surnames, and marital property among other topics. Papers deal with issues in both federal and provincial jurisdictions, as well as the 'grey area' between.

TRANSITION LEARNING

A new quarterly journal, co-produced by Mount Saint Vincent University and the Atlantic Association of Cooperative Education; $20 annually; softcover; book format; Vol. 1 no's 1 and 2, 1985, 436 pp.
This ambitious journal is designed to bridge the gap in communication among those "directly involved in aiding individuals in their transitions between learning and working and among persons with a scholarly interest in the process." The first volume contains original and reprinted articles on a variety of topics. Volume 1 no. 2, focus on themes of Education-Industry Cooperation and Challenges to Conventional Wisdom.

ITS YOUR CHOICE: WOMEN IN NON-TRADITIONAL JOBS

By Sheila Amato and Pat Staton; For advance publication order information, write Pat Staton. Rm. 8-106. O.I.S.E. 252 Bloor St. W., Toronto. M5S 1V6.
This unique publication uses interviews and pictures to present information on alternative career choices for women. It is intended for use in classrooms, guidance centers, libraries, employment centers and for individual use.

PORNOGRAPHY: A FEMINIST SURVEY

By Margaret Smith and Barbara Waisberg; $4.50; 31 pp.; Boudicca Books, Toronto, Ontario; Nov., 1985. An annotated bibliography which is organized in four sections dealing with sexuality, social construction of perception, perspectives on pornography and control of pornography. It documents recent feminist material and puts differing view-points in context.

LA BANQUE DE CHERCHEUSES DE L'ICREF

C'est un service informatisé de curricula vitae de chercheuses féministes qui, dans divers domaines, travaillent à l'amélioration de la condition des femmes au Canada. Vous êtés journaliste? Artiste? Professeure? Vous faites de la recherche-action au communautaire? Vous êtes une femme d'affaires? de Sciences? Inscrivez-Vous! Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes, 151 Slater, Suite 408, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5H3; (613) 563-0681.

THE CRIAW BANK OF RESEARCHERS

The computerized database of C.V.'s of feminist researchers working in various fields and committed to the advancement of women in Canada. If you are a journalist, artist, teacher, action or community researcher, business woman or scientist doing research...Register Now! Write to Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of women, 151 Slater, Suite 408, Ottawa. Ontario, K1P 5H3; (613) 563-0681.

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL: THE DIMENSIONS OF
OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION BY GENDER IN CANADA

By Gale Moore; CRIAW paper no. 12; $5.00, Suite 408, 151 Slater St., Ottawa K1P 5H3. This paper uses Canadian, British and American examples to analyze the problems surrounding the measurement of occupational segregation by gender.