WOMEN'S EDUCATION DES FEMMES, a feminist connection of the world of learning and education, is published quarterly by the Canadian Congress for learning Opportunities for Women, a national organization that promotes feminist education and the empowerment of women.

Editorial Board
Shauna Butterwick (Chair) Dilys Kluthe
Debbie Wise Hanis
Norma Lundberg
Dianne Roy

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Christina Starr

Translation
Anne Minguet-Patocka

Word Processing
Loralee Elliot
Maime Huggins

Poetry Editor
Leona Gom (this issue) Margaret Christakos (current)

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Women's EDUCATION des femmes

This special issue of Women's Education des femmes is published with the generous financial assistance of Science Culture Canada, Employment and Immigration Canada, the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario, and Ralston Purina Canada Inc. We also acknowledge the continued support of the Secretary of State, Women's Program.

DEDICATION

Like the first, this second issue in the two-part series on girls and women in science and technology is dedicated to:

  Geneviève Bergeron
  Hélène Colgan
  Nathalie Croteau
  Barbara Daigneault
  Anne-Marie Edward
  Maud Haviernick
  Barbara Maria Kleuznick
  Maryse Leclair
  Maryse Leganière
  Anne-Marie Lemay
  Sonia Pelletier
  Michele Richard
  Annie St-Arneault
  Annette Turcotte

and all other victims of men's violence. We mourn their absence while we also work for change.

GUEST EDITORS

Rachelle Sender Beaumamp has a Ph.D. in biology. She has been, since its inception, director of programs for the Women Inventors Project and just recently resigned to take up studies toward a doctorate in medicine at the University of Toronto. She was, with Lisa Avedon, a co-founder of the Women Inventors Project. Lisa is a former CCLOW president. Her educational background is in sociology, psychology, and adult education, and she is currently a Senior Manager. Adjustment Programs, at the Ontario Ministry of Labour.

REPRINT POLICY

In the interest of the widest dissemination of material, WEdf encourages readers to reproduce material from the magazine for the purposes of education and learning, with the proviso that we be notified of such use. For other purposes of reproduction, such as reprinting material in another publication, we ask that permission be requested from the Editor.

CORRECTION

In "Sewing Shirts," a poem by Jancis Andrews in the last issue (vol.9 no.1) the seventh last line should read "all hope hangs only by a thread".

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The cover graphic was created by Magic Lantern Communications for their video series on Women in Science.



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