August 14-21,1987, Val-Morin, Quebec

CANADIAN WOMEN' S WRITING RETREAT

Women writers of English fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction prose and translators working from French to English, will be able to take intensive workshops. Well known Canadian women writers will conduct morning writing workshops and afternoon discussion groups. There will also be a panel discussion led by representatives of the Canadian publishing industry.

The retreat will not be devoted solely to work. In the Laurentations, Far Hills Inn offers hiking, swimming, boating, tennis, squash, billiards, and just plain relaxation.

For further information, please contact Debra Martens, c/o Centre for Continuing Education, Dawson College, Victoria Campus, 485 McGill St., Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 2H4. Tel. (514)931-8731 local 6102; or call Greta Hofmann Nemiroff at (514)931-8731 local 6075.

August 17,18 and 19, Montreal, Canada

WOMEN, MANGEMENT AND TRAINING

The research and intervention group, Women, Management and Business was founded at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Montreal, in 1981. Its main objective is to help the integration of women in the commercial, social, political and economic life, at the local as well as the national level and in all sectors of the country, in private as well as in public businesses.

The August 1987 World Conference aims at gathering together people from allover the world interested and involved in similar re-search and management training activities for women. It will be a unique occasion to discuss and exchange winning concepts and formulae related to the education and training of women in management. For further information contact: Women, Management and Business, Research and Intervention Group, École des Hautes Études Commerciales, 5255, avenue Decelles, Montreal, Quebec, H3T lV6, Tel. (514)340-6630,340-6626, or 340-6336.

Call for Papers

September 24 - 26, 1987, Toronto, Ontario

THE CANADIAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT: WHAT IS IT
WHAT IS IT IMPACT

Wendy Wortsman

A bilingual conference on the women's movement since the 1960's, organized by York University's Women Studies Research Group invites proposals on the following topics: the roots of the second wave of the women's movement and struggles within the movement; the effect of relations with the state and other institutions on the development of the movement for example, Canada's involvement in the UN Women's Decade; the priorities of the women's movement; case studies of key issue. Contact: Sue Findlay, Canadian Women's Movement Conference Group, 128 Founders College, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, M3J lP3. Tel. (416)736-5380.