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11. At Odds with Science? (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1991 • vol. 9 no.2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Georgina Feldberg
Collection: Research Materials
This article discusses women's representation in medicine, mathematics, science, engineering and the technologic trades and the perception by some that scientific work is not women's work.
The article is written in English and is accompanied by a summary written in French.
Added: 2004-02-11
12. Best Thing That Ever Happened: Choosing Engineering, The (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991 • vol.9 no.1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Kim Mikkelsen
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, a woman discusses her choice of the pre-dominantly male profession of engineering as her career.
The article is written in English with a summary in French.
Added: 2004-02-11
13. Bridges to Equity (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1991 • vol. 9 no.2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Elizabeth Bohnen, July Klie
Collection: Research Materials
This article is about the “BRIDGES to Equity training program (BRIDGES)”, an employment equity measure developed by the City of Toronto, designed to help women employees move from their traditional jobs into trades, technology, or operations within their own organization.
It is written in English with a summary in French.
Added: 2004-02-11
14. Daughters of Invention (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Rachelle Sender Beauchamp
Collection: Research Materials
This article features The Daughters of Invention workshops developed by the Women Inventors Project.
Added: 2004-03-26
15. Design and Information Technology in the Elementary Classroom (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991 - Vol. 92, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Sheila Rhodes
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author discusses offering design and information technology in Ontario's public school system.
Added: 2004-03-29
16. Female Scientists Are Real People! Introducing Girls to Science Careers (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Andra McCartney
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author discusses a Science and Technology Careers Workshop held in Peterborough, Ontario in 1990. More than forty girls in grades 9 to 11 from Ontario participated in the three-day workshop where one of the main emphases was an attempt to break down the barriers caused by gender stereotyping.
The presenters posed questions to encourage students to think about gender and science such as: How many famous women scientists can you name? Why are there so few? What is the ratio of male science teachers to female science teachers at your school? Why? Are science and emotions compatible?
Added: 2004-07-28
17. Foreigners to the Culture: Women in Trades and Technologies (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1991- Vol. 9, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Kate Braid
Collection: Research Materials
In 1983, women made up about three percent of the apprenticeable trades and slightly more of the technologies. This number had barely increased from ten years before. It seems, that although there is an increase in the number of women entering the trades and technologies, many are not staying. The reason is not that they don't like the work, but because they can't stand the environment. This article discusses the differences between men and women that come clear when they meet in the context of a traditional male bastion of behaviour and language.
Added: 2004-07-28
18. Jane Deer in Science: A Sample Case (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Anne Innis Dagg
Collection: Research Materials
When the author was a student in the Honours Science program at the University of Toronto in the 1950s, there was little expectation that she or the four women in her program would ever become professional scientists. Today, the author states that girls have a far better chance of becoming scientists and engineers if that is their ambition. There are, however, obstacles.
In this article, the author discusses how difficult it is for a woman to pursue a career as a professional scientist or engineer.
Added: 2004-07-29
19. Go For It (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Rachel Zimmerman
Collection: Research Materials
When this article was written, the author was a grade thirteen student in Ontario. She describes her positive experiences with science fairs in school, and her passion for science.
Added: 2004-08-13
20. "I Would Emphasize the Joy of Science": An Interview with Ursula Franklin (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Jan Clarke
Collection: Research Materials
This interview is conducted by Jan Clarke, guest editor of this issue of Women's Education des femmes. She interviewed Ursula Franklin, who is well known for her interest in the social impact of technology.
In her distinguished career as an experimental physicist and professor at the University of Toronto, Ursula Franklin influenced many women in their careers in science and technology. As a convinced pacifist, she encouraged all women to become "citizen scientists", that is, to gain a general knowledge of scientific and technical information in order to understand issues which interest them both personally and politically.
Added: 2004-08-17
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