SENIORS INDEPENDENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM (SIRP)

This program is designed to encourage and support research on the health and social issues affecting seniors' independence.

For more information contact: Rebecca Bélanger SIRP Coordinator Community Health Division Health Services Directorate Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1B4 (613)954-8089

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MAIRI ST. JOHN MACDONALD SCHOLARSHIP FOR WOMEN RETURNING TO LEARNING

This $500 scholarship, offered by the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW) is offered every year to help a Canadian woman return to school to complete her high school education.
Applicants must:

• be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants,
• not have attended school full-time for at least three years
• be in a program leading to high school completion
• be at least 19 years old

For more information and to receive applications, write to: CCLOW 47 Main Street Toronto, Ontario M4E 2V6 or call (416) 699-1909

CANADIAN WOMEN IN HISTORY: A CHRONOLOGY

by Moira Armour and Pat Staton

This chronology has over 1600 entries and is 173 pages in length. Organized by date from 1007 to 2020, there are 43 classifications ranging from 'Abortion' to 'Workplace Hazards'. Compiled principally from the publications of Canadian women historians and from archival materials, the chronology is a wonderful reference tool for researchers, students, educators, organizers and journalists.

For more information or to purchase the chronology, write Green Dragon Press 135 George Street S. Toronto, Ontario M5A 4E8 or call (416) 368-1747

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OLDER, STRONGER, WISER

National Film Board of Canada film recounts the lives of five older Canadian Black women who have struggled for and celebrated their strong commitments to Black cultural heritage in Canada. These are women, the film tells us, who "Because they were black and because they were women, their stories have been hidden from us.' This wonderful film reveals to us the power of women's work and Black women's struggles.

Available from the National Film Board of Canada, or order it from your local library. Available on video.

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SMALL EXPECTATIONS: Society's Betrayal of Older Women

Published in 1984, this book by Canadian author Leah Cohen, is a wonderful examination of what it's like to be a woman growing old in Canada. Chapters include: Self-Image and the Cult of Sexuality; Older Women and Health: The Hazards We Face; Living at the Edge: Older Women and Housing; Violence Against Older Women; To Be Old, a Woman and Poor; along with many personal profiles.

Small Expectations: Society's Betrayal of Older Women, by Leah Cohen (McClelland and Stewart, 1984), available in paper back, $5.95.

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COMMUNICATING IN PRINT WITH /ABOUT SENIORS

Published by the Seniors Secretariat, Health and Welfare Canada, this booklet provides easy-to-follow information about how to produce text for seniors. It is available from the Minister of Supply and Services, Government of Canada, Ottawa K1A 0K9. There is no cost .