a
poetry like arson
by Linda Wikene
Johnson
a
poetry like arson
creeps into my hands
how will you stop me
you can't watch me every minute
I'm
good with matches
and
want every page
in
flames
every heart
burning
every eye
on
the licking fire
torching
the words
flickering down
the
page
criticism is kindling
applause is
gasoline |
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The first two both have extensive annotated film and
print bibliographies and resource sections along with suggestions for day to
day activities. Regretfully, the WITT curriculum relied heavily on mimeographed
sheets developed by instructors many of which have been lost in the turnover.
OTT tries to incorporate some of that borrowed and
footnoted material in the resources section of appropriate skills units, and
provides an eighteen week sample curriculum. Also of significant use to
instructors would be the Toronto YWCA's Discovering Life Skills With
Women, a four volume set.
Even if the Province of Ontario does not want
out-of-province resources, it would do well to use the model of a practical
course manual to standardize curricula, ensuring the delivery of basic
developmental training to women seeking bridging or pre-trades training.
Instructors familiar with these programs can always be more creative, but for
those who are new to the field a more detailed map is often useful.
Operation Access is available from ACTEW,801
Eglinton Ave. W., 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ont., M5N lE3, (416) 783-3590: Part I
$13.00, Part II $13.00, Part III $8.00; Part I & 2 $20.00; Part
1,11,&111, $24.00; Part I & III $15.00.
Marcia Braundy is a union carpenter and employment
equity advocate. She has developed and instructed WITT courses at
colleges in British Columbia and, and recently edited Surviving and
Training: Women in Trades and Technology and Employment Equity, a
compilation of presentations made at the WITT conference in October of
1988. . |