RESOURCES/RESSOURCES

(see above)

This resource provides a view of a range of curriculum development approaches, using case studies and checklists. $20.

De-schooling Our Lives
New Society Publishers
P.O. Box 189 Gabriola Island, BC, VOR lXO
(604) 247-9737
(604) 247-7471 fax

Edited by Matt Hern, this book looks at the problems surrounding the public school system and poses alternatives such as community learning networks, home schooling, democratic/free schools, and others that will provide an environment for healthy, intellectual growth in children.

Antifeminism in the Academy
Routledge 29 West 35th Street
New York, NY, 10001-2299
(212) 244-3336
(212) 563-2269 fax

Edited by Vèvè Clark, Shirley Nelson-Garner, Margaret Higonnet and Ketu H. Katrak, this book is a collection of work by writers, academics and activists in response to the current anti-feminist backlash in the academy. $23.95 paper.

Women in Trouble: Connecting Women's Law Violations to their Histories of Abuse
Fernwood Publishing Co. Ltd.
P.O. Box 9409, Station A
Halifax, NS, B3K 5S3
(902) 422-3302
(902) 422-3179 fax
Errol_Sharpe@bbs.mmcs.com

Sociologist Elizabeth Comack looks at the stories of twenty-four women incarcerated for a range of offences and reveals the connections between their experiences of abuse since childhood and the nature of their law violations. She also examines whether the prison experience is of any assistance to women in changing their lives.

The Endometriosis Source book
Contemporary Books
2 Prudential Plaza, #1200
Chicago, IL 60601-6790 USA
(312) 540-4500
(312) 540-4657 fax

This definitive guide to current treatment options, the latest research, common myths, and coping strategies is compiled by Mary Lou Ballweg and the Endometriosis Association. $14.95.

Improving the Quality of Life of Girls
Association for Women in Development
1511 K Street NW, #825
Washington, D.C., 20005 USA
(202) 463-0180
(202) 463-0182 fax

This book explores the constraints limiting the quality of life of girls and recommends programs and policies for improving their health, education and social well-being. $11.95 + $3 shipping (US funds).

Women's Space: The Canadian Women's Internet Guide
RR#1
Scots burn, NS BOK 1R0
(902) 351-2283

A quarterly magazine of women and the Internet, including Internet Web sites
and mailing lists of interest to women. $ 15/year.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women

Department of Canadian Heritage
Human Rights Directorate
Ottawa, ON, KIA OM5

Submitted to the United Nations September 29, 1995, this fourth report is intended to encourage Canadians to become familiar with the measures adopted in Canada to ensure the implementation of this convention.

The Strength of Links: Building theCanadian Women's Health Network
c/o Women's Health Clinic
419 Graham Avenue, 3rd Floor
Winnipeg, MB, R3C OM3

This working document is based on the consultation meeting held in Winnipeg in May of 1993 where women representing about 70 organizations across Canada launched the Women's Health Network.

Women of Color: Organizations &
Projects: A National Directory

Women of Color Resource Center
2288 Fulton Street, #103
Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA
(510) 848-9272

This source contains the names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and key staff people in 200 organizations actively mobilizing women of color. Available as a book $8.95 (US funds) or on disc $19.95 (US funds).

Young Women Talk Dis/Ability
DisAbled Women's Network, Ontario
123 Edward Street, #1112
Toronto, ON, M5G lE2
(416) 598-2488
(416) 598-2462 TTY
(416) 598-2433 fax

This paper is for young women with disabilities as well as for their friends,
families, teachers, care givers and others.

Bodies of Knowledge: CriticalPerspectives on Disablement and Disabled Women
Women's Press
517 College Street, #233
Toronto, ON, M6G 4A2
(416) 921-2425

Submissions have been collected for an anthology of new and reprinted material on disablement and disabled women, edited by Shelley Tremain. Expected publication date is fall 1997.

June Geraniums
CRIAW
151 Slater Street, #408
Ottawa, ON, KlP 5H3
(613) 563-0681
(613) 563-0682 fax
criaw@worldlink.ca

CRIAW is marking the twentieth anniversary of the organization with a poster reproduction of June Geraniums painted by Mary Pratt in 1976, the year CRIAW was founded. Copies of the poster are available directly from CRIAW Board members for $15, or from the national office for $20 (including shipping and handling).



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