EDITOR'S NOTE

POETRY

     Leona Gom is the new poetry editor at Women's Education des femmes. With her help, we will make poetry a regular feature of the magazine. Leona is the author of five books one of which won the 1980 Canadian Authors' Association Award for test poetry book of the year. She was an editor of the literary magazine Event for 10 years, and is now writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She has just published her first novel, Housebroken, which has just won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Submissions can be sent to our editorial office at 47 Main Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4E 2V6. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope if you wish your work returned.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    Our thanks to contributors Jody Ann Manley, Freda Bradley, Doris O'Keefe, Pam Tranfield, Zoë Landale, Terry Dance, and Susan Witter. Special mention goes to Joan McFarland for conducting the interview, as well as writing an article and book review. Thank also go to Mark Rubin, , Owen Fitzgerald, W. Farr, T.J. Deel, the N.F.B. and O.I.S.E. library for the wonderful pictures.

    Many thanks go to Elizabeth Amer, editorial and production coordinator on the last three issues, for making the magazine look good and one we can all be proud of.

    We gratefully acknowledge the financial contribution of the Women's Program, Secretary of State.

GOVER Cover photo: Graphic arts student, by Mark Rubin, courtesy of George Brown College.