REPORT ON THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD/EDUCATORS' FORM
ON WOMEN'S STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
MONTREAL, APRIL 20 - 22, 1986

Copies available from: JoAnn Harrison, National Education Officer, The National Film Board, D5, P.O.Box 6100, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3H5. As part on an ongoing program to revitalize exchanges between filmmakers and educators, the NFB recently hosted a forum on women's studies in secondary school. Educators, and family life and women's studies coordinators from several provinces met with NFB women filmmakers. They explored major factors affecting the self-image, attitudes and expectations of today's female high school students, the status of women's studies in secondary schools, and how filmmaking and film utilization can help generate attitudinal changes and challenge the status quo. This report documents their discussions and recommendations.

WOMEN AND MEN:
INTERDISCIPLINARY READINGS ON GENDER

Edited by Greta Hofmann Nemiroff. Fitzhenry & Whiteside August 1986. Paperback ISBN 0-88902- 6419. Women and Men is an interdisciplinary collection of essays on gender by thirty eminent Canadian scholars, artists, and activists. The book provides an in-depth examination of how gender is experienced at various stages and aspects of contemporary life. It explores the differences and similarities between the sexes from the philosophical, psychological, sociological, spiritual, historical, aesthetic and political points of view.

FIRST CONTRACT
WOMEN AND THE FIGHT TO UNIONIZE

By Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge. Published 1986 by Between The Lines, 229 College Street, Toronto, Ontario H5T 1R4. Te1:(416) 597-0328. ISBN 0-919946-70-4 (bound). ISBN 0-919946-71-2 (pbk.) $34.95 cloth. $16.95 paperback. First Contract tells the story of working women - at home and in the workplace - and their struggle to organize into unions and win "first contracts." Using a combination of full-color photomontages and fictionalized interviews, artists/authors Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge reveal the very personal side of the labour process: the anger, fears, and conviction, the conflicts that arise with families and friends, and the growing sense of strength that comes from the experience of organizing and taking action. "The contribution that women have to make to trade unions is a revitalization of the labour movement. This book is a celebration of that revitalization."

WE CAN DO IT! A PEACE BOOK FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES

Order from: Marvin Melnyk Associates Ltd. P.O. Box 220, Queenston, Ontario LOS 1LO. Tel: (416) 262-4964. Price: $2.00. ISBN 0-919597-07-6. "What I think about all the nuclear weapons stuff is that I didn't do it, I didn't start it, there is no way I can stop it, and it's not fair." Those are the words of a ten year old Vancouver girl.

We Can Do It, A Kid's Peace Book helps parents and teachers create a dialogue with children about their fears of war and their hopes for peace in a manner that is constructive and empowering. The images and concepts presented in this book are carefully chosen to be informative, positive, and non-threatening. WE CAN DO IT promotes in children the belief that they are not powerless, and that by their actions and words they can and will effect a change.