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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Women's EDUCATION des femmes

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.



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