WOMEN'S EDUCATION DES FEMM:ES, a
feminist connection to 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.
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EDUCATION des
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This special issue of Women's Education des A
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 gratefully acknowledge the continued support of the
Secretary of the State, Women's program.
DEDICATION
Despite their successes, on December 6, 1989, 14 women
were counted out of careers in engineering when they were killed by Marc Lepine
at the University of Montreal's École Polytechnique. Men's violence
against women in Canada, so often hidden when it occurs daily in our homes, on
our streets and in our institutions, suddenly became a tragically public
massacre. This WEdf special issue on girls and young women's interests in
science and technology is dedicated to Genevieve Bergeron, Hélène
Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud
Haviernick, Barbara Maria Kleuznick, Maryse Leclair, Maryse Leganière,
Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Ameault,
Annette Turcotte and all other victims of male violence. We mourn their
absence.
CCLOW is working for change by bringing together the
voices of students, educators and researchers talking about their efforts to
transform the social practices of science and technology. Girls' and women's
aspirations must be taken seriously; we must not be counted out of science and
technology. In future we will be counted in.
GUEST EDITOR
Jan Clarke is an independent social researcher who has
studied scientific, technical, and trades occupations across Canada. In her
current involvement in graduate studies in Sociology at Queen's University in
Kingston, she is pursuing interests in women and work and the social impacts of
science and technology. Her earlier education and training in molecular biology
led to several years of work in medical and scientific research.
DÉDICACE
En dépit de leur réussite, quatorze jeunes
femmes qui prévoyaient faire une carrière d'ingénieures
ont été assassinées le 14 décembre 1989 par un
certain Marc Lépine à l'École polytechnique de
l'Université de Montréal. Ce numéro spécial de WEdf
consacré aux sciences et à la technologie et à
l'intérêt que les filles et les jeunes femmes y portent est
dédié à 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, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault,
Annette Turcotte et toutes les autres victimes de la violence masculine. Elles
nous manquent toutes.
Le CCPEF s'efforce de faire changer le cours des choses
en donnant la parole aux étudiantes, aux chercheuses et aux
éducatrices dont l'objectif est de transformer les coutumes sociales
régissant les sciences et la technologie. II faut prendre au
sérieux les aspirations des filles et des femmes. À l'avenir,
nous occuperons une place non négligeable.
RÉDACTRICE INVITÉE
Rédactrice invitée Jan Clarke fait des
recherches sur des questions sociales de façon indépendante et a
étudié entre autres les professions scientifiques et techniques
ainsi que les métiers spécialisés dans tout le Canada.
À l'heure actuelle, elle s'intéresse dans le cadre
d'études de troisième cycle à l'Université Queen's
à Kingston, à la femme, au travail et aux conséquences
sociales des sciences et de la technologie. |