WOMEN IN TRADES Women in Trades wants to support tradeswomen, identify problems, and create solutions; work with other groups who support women in non-traditional roles; encourage women of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, and the disabled, to careers in trades; shift the attitudes of policy makers towards accepting women in non-traditional careers; create a co-operative environment among tradeswomen, unions, employers and management. REGULAR MEMBERSHIP: open to women who are working in non-traditional jobs. ($15.00) ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP: open to groups or individuals supporting W.I.T. ($25.00) STUDEN/UNEMPLOYED MEMBERSHIP:: ($5.00) SUSTAINING FRIEND: for those able and willing to contribute more. Our Registered Charitable Organization status is applied for, and donations will be tax deductible. Women in Trades, c/o Times Change, 22 Davisville Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4S 1E8 Telephone: (416)653-2213. "AN EVALUATION GUIDE FOR WOMEN'S GROUPS" The guide outlines specific techniques that can be used in evaluation. It deals with such questions as: What work will be the focus of the evaluation? Who will be involved? How will decisions about the group's participation be made? How will the group be kept informed about the process and what does the group want to learn from the evaluation? A must for women's groups, fenders and evaluators alike. ISBN 0622145-1-0. Order from Women's Research Centre, 1666 W. Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V6J lX6. GROUNDWORK Adult Basic Education in BC prisons Groundwork highlights the work Fraser Valley College is doing with the federal correctional institutions in the Fraser Valley. The college has expanded its services to include literacy and life-skills programs instructed by faculty who teach in five federal correctional institutions . The instructors believe that prison in: mates, like all other adults, have the right to : "a second chance" in basic education. The communities they serve in the Fraser Valley have a larger percentage of inmate citizens than do most other communities in B.C. Susan Witter, Associate Dean of Continuing and Developmental Education at Fraser Valley College says that basic education is important, needed and expected in the lives of prison inmates if they are to have that second chance in their lives on the outside. She believes that basic education contributes to rehabilitation for many inmates, and that for others it is a humanizing approach that respects the inherent dignity and worth of the individual. Subscriptions and some back copies are available from the Adult Basic Education Association of B.C., 11091 - 72nd Avenue, Delta, B.C., V4E 1Y4. "WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY KIT" The kit is a collection of materials designed to stimulate discussion and add to the development of an analysis of women's roles in the economy. It includes an introduction, a list of grounding assumptions on women and the economy, articles which address women's work in the home, in the community and in the work force and an annotated reading guide. For more information, contact Jean McIntosh at (604)734-0485. Order from Women's Research Centre, 1666 W. Broadway, Vancouver, B.C., V6J 1X6. "PLANNING OUR FUTURE: DO WO HAVE TO BE POOR?" This booklet presents four scenarios of women's lives to illustrate Canada's various pension schemes. The proposals presented are intended to help increase women's knowledge of the pension issue and to facilitate discussion among women's groups and policy makers. Available from the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 110 O'Connor Street, 9th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5M9, Tel:(613)992- 4976. |
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