AGENDA

"LITERACY IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY:
A FOCUS ON PRACTICE"

October 13 - 16, 1987 Toronto, Ontario

The International Council for Adult Education, with several other adult education, literacy and labour organizations and the Secretary of State, are sponsoring an international seminar entitled "Literacy in the Industrialized Countries: A Focus on Practice." The program is to include dialogue with practitioners the world over, as well as workshops on the practice of literacy in Toronto. A National Literacy Seminar will be held on October 16, 1987 on the theme "Literacy in Canada - The Next Decade." For more information, contact the Conference Office, OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1V6, (416) 926-4711.

"GALAXY'87:
Lifelong Learning for the 21st Century"

October 21-23, 1987
Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

Presented by the Ontario Association for Continuing Education (OACE), GALAXY'87 will take a futuristic look at community education needs and programs from the perspective of the adult learner. For more information contact: OACE, 175 St. Clair Avenue West, Room 24, Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P7.

FAMILIES AND THE ECONOMY

October 29-31,1987
International Plaza Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.

The fifth annual conference of Family Service Canada (FSC) will have workshops on: National Income Program for Children; Feminization of Poverty; An Economic Perspective on Spousal Abuse; and The Family Life Impacts of Long Distance Community Employment. The conference will be preceded by three special interest sessions: on October 28 sessions will be held on "National Employee Assistance Program" and "Building a National Family Life Education Network", and on October 29 a session on "Aids: A Community Responsibility" will be held.

Conference fees are $180 for FSC members and $210 for non-members. For more information contact the FSC's National Office at (613) 728- 2463.

THIRD INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST BOOK FAIR

June 14 -21, 1988
Montreal, Quebec

Every two years since 1984, women involved in feminist publishing meet at an International Feminist Book Fair. The first fair was held in London in 1984, the second in Oslo in 1986, and the third is being planned for June, 1988 in Montreal. Bringing together editors of books, magazines and newspapers with writers, translator, distributors and booksellers from around the world, the International Feminist Book Fair provides a unique forum for feminists to discover each other's work and to make feminist authors known to a wider audience. The event permits exchange across continents, languages and disciplines. Conferences, readings and panels are to be held during the week.
To receive further information, write: The Third International Book Fair, 420 Rachel Street East, Montreal, Quebec, H2J 2G7, or telephone (514) 844 3277.

"NO MORE SECRETS !"

Conference on Child Abuse
Call for papers

No More Secrets, a national conference on child abuse, is scheduled for May 24 - 27, 1988 in Toronto. The conference will challenge current counseling theories, public mores and state responses, focusing on the sharing of feminist theories, practices and experiences that will impact on professional work with incest survivors, children of alcoholics, battered children and adult survivors of incest. For information and registration, write: Community Resources and Initiatives, 303A Melita Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6G 3X1. Submit proposals by September 10, 1987.