Still struggling for Better Child Care Ten years ago day care advocates presented the Ontario government with the document Day Care Deadline: 1990. This conference will assess the current crisis in child care and discuss ways to move toward an accessible, subsidized, high quality, non-profit system. For registration information contact Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, 500A Bloor Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1Y8, (416) 538-0628, Fax: (416) 538-6737. Reporting Classroom Based Research in Ontario This conference includes sessions on gender differences in mathematics learning, gender differences in occupational and educational plans, learning disabled students, adult female students and their experiences with violence, etc. For information contact OERC, 979 Finlay Avenue, Ajax, Ontario, L1S 3V5 (416) 428-6622, Fax: (416) 686-9231. . Men Organizing Against Pornography This first North American conference, co-sponsored by the New York based National Organization for Men Against Sexism and Brother Peace, will foster and fortify men to speak out and oppose pornographers who claim to speak for men. In Canada, contact: Brother Peace Ottawa, P.O. Box 4465, Station E, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B4. Challenges in Child Care The 3rd annual Administration Connection conference and Trade Show will provide opportunity for child care administrators, board members, and directors to exchange information with child care professionals from the Atlantic provinces, other parts of Canada, and the eastern United States. Justice: Extending the Vision Workshop themes include: family and sexual violence, victims as witnesses, victim offender continuum, research, skills for service providers, caring for ourselves, and program management. For information contact: Shelley Rivkin, Justice Institute of B.C., 4180 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., V6R4J5, (604) 222-7251. Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology
This conference will discuss educational and training needs and workplace barriers, and will produce a report on recommendations for change. For information contact Evelyn Vingilis, c/o Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell Street, 4th Tower, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, (416) 595-6017. 7th International Congress on Mathmatical Education
A look at mathematics education in most parts of the world, at the responsibilities and achievements in the field, at problems to be identified, and at innovative strategies. For more information contact: 7 Congress, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, G1K 7P4, (418) 656-7592, Fax: (418) 656- 2000. |
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