Women's Education des femmes,
a feminist connection
to the world of learning and education, is published by the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women.

CCLOW gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Women's Program, Status of Women Canada and the National Literacy Secretariat,
Human Resources
Development Canada.

National Office Staff

Executive Director
Joanne Lindsay

Administrative
Co-ordinator
Maria Cordeiro

Summer Staff 1998
Sara Glencross
Donna Sampson

Translator
Anne Minguet

Production/Layout
Luciana Ricciutelli

Web site:
www.nald.ca/cclow.htm

CCLOW 1998/99
Board of Directors

President, Cheryl Senecal
c.senecal@sk.sympatico.ca
Past President, Catherine O'Bryan
peiliteratcy.alliance@pei.
sympatico.ca
President-Elect, Catherine Cookson
ccookson@istar.ca
Treasurer, Betty Butterworth
bbutter@interlog.com
CCLOW Representative to National Women's Reference Group on Labour Market Issues Pat Webb
explorer@freenet.carleton.ca
Alberta Director, Betty Donaldson
edonalds@acs.ucalgary.ca
British Columbia Director, vacant Manitoba Director, Roberta Bishop
roberta@ptcs.mb.ca
New Brunswick Director, Barbara Guy
barbarag@nbnet.nb.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador Director, Gail Gosse
ggosse@northatlantic.nf.ca
Northwest Territories Director, vacant Nova Scotia Director, Suzanne Bailly
ac746@chebucto.ns.ca
Ontario Director, Jo-Anne Stead
jstead@magma.ca
Prince Edward Island Director, Doris Macdonald
DOMacDonald@scgw.sc.
hollandc.pe.ca
Quebec Director, Linda Shohet
Ishohet@dawsoncollege.
qc.ca
Saskatchewan Director, vacant Yukon Director, Pam Evans
catevapv@yukoncollege.
yk.ca

National Office Volunteers
Zainab Ahmed, Sara Glencross, Shelley D. Patterson, Theodora Polog, Carmel a Pugliese, Donna Sampson, Katherine Tiller, Aberash Woldegiorgis

Editorial Committee
Christine Bennet-Clark, Betty Donaldson, Danielle Dumas, Barbara Guy, Joanne Lindsay, Marie Munro, Catherine O'Bryan

Mission Statement

Founded in 1979, the Canadian Congress of Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW) is a national, voluntary, feminist, social justice organization with networks in every province and territory. CCLOW focuses on improving educational and learning opportunities to overcome discrimination based on gender, age, race, class, ethnicity, ability, and sexual orientation. CCLOW supports formal, non-formal, lifelong and experiential learning, and adult education based on feminist principles of equality. Its membership is committed to the empowerment of women through equality of access, planning, participation, and results in all our education and training sectors.

To advance women's equality, CCLOW carries out the following activities both locally and nationally, in collaboration with others:

• researches women's learning issues;
• advocates for the improvement of educational and learning programs;
• develops programs and learning resources, creates and implements innovative learning models, and supports the development of women-centred curriculum;
• organizes public education activities;
• distributes women-positive learning resource materials including literacy curriculum resources, research findings, and policy briefs;
• actively participates in coalition groups including the National Women's Reference Group on Labour Market Issues, the Fair Share Campaign, and the Gang of 23.

CCLOW further recognizes that equity in education and training must go hand in hand with par equity, employment equity, the recognition of and respect for diversity, and the re- structuring of work and family life.