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1. About Us: Challenging the Stereotypes (1990)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Autumn, Vol. 8, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Beverly Jean Brunet
Collection: Research Materials
This article discusses the myth that women, and particularly older women, are unimportant in society, and that women must not allow themselves to be defined by insensitive and inappropriate stereotypes.
The article is written in English, with a summary provided in French.
Added: 2003-10-22
2. Credibility and Disability (1996)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1996 - Vol. 12, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Jane Field
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author discusses prevalent misconceptions about people with disabilities; the stereotypes, the assumptions and the need for many people to make a serious change in attitude.
Added: 2004-03-26
3. Disabilities – Fact Sheet (2012)
Series: Literacy and Essential Skills Fact Sheets – CLLN
Authors: Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN)
Collection: Learning Materials
This fact sheet offers an overview of the impact of disabilities on literacy and suggests ways to help people with disabilities become fully integrated into society.
The authors note that one Canadian in seven over the age of 15 has a disability. About 50 percent of Canadians with disabilities experience barriers to literacy, and 20 percent of adults with disabilities have less than a Grade 9 education, more than double the rate for non-disabled adults.
They call for increased communication between disability organizations and literacy programs; the development of training about relevant issues for staff and volunteers; the creation of funding and policy initiatives at both the federal and provincial levels to promote disability and literacy programs; and continuing efforts to break down any lingering stereotypes about those affected by disabilities.
This document is part of a series developed by the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) to address a variety of literacy-related topics.
Added: 2012-12-05
4. Gender and Math: Putting Differences in Perspective (1996)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1996 - Vol. 12, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Meredith Kimball
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author examines gender differences in achievement among mathematics students, and the importance of changing negative perceptions.
Added: 2004-07-29
5. Interview: Asseny Muro & Patricia Mbughumi (1988)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1988 - Vol. 6, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Joan McFarland
Collection: Research Materials
This interview was conducted by Joan McFarland, CCLOW's New Brunswick Director in 1988. She interviewed Asseny Muro, then principle academic officer at the National Correspondence Institute operated by the Ministry of Education of Tanzania and based in Dares-Salaam. Also interviewed was Patricia Mbughumi of the Institute of Swahili Research at the same university.
Added: 2004-09-08
6. Interview: Heather Menzies - Technology in Women's Lives (1987)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1987 - Vol. 5, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Aisla Thomson
Collection: Research Materials
This is an interview with Heather Menzies, an Ottawa-based writer and sometime film-maker whose books include Women and the Chip and Computers on the Job.
Added: 2004-09-08
7. Isolating the Barriers and Strategies for Prevention (1995)
A Kit about Violence and Women's Education for Adult Education and Adult Learners
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Anne Elliott, Patricia Williams
Collection: Research Materials
Most of us believe that the right to education, from kindergarten through high school, is fundamental. However, not everyone is able to fully enjoy that right; not everyone is able to obtain an education that is empowering, relevant, safe and useful. Women who have lived in violent homes, who have been subjected to physical or sexual abuse, who have experienced systemic violence such as that experienced by many women at residential school, did not receive an education that was safe, empowering, relevant or useful.
This kit about violence and women's education was designed for adult educators and learners. It's main concern is to look at how violence affects a woman's education and her ability to learn. Violence has many faces; it can be of a physical nature, emotional, sexual, racist or concerning one's spirituality. The Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW) established a national working group to oversee this project, with women from all parts of the country contributing to the pilot workshops.
In the document are sections on describing the barriers to women's education, sharing our experiences, creating a better learning environment and resources such as workshop guidelines, a guide to survivor's language, as well as publications, kits and videos to be used as references.
This kit is designed for adult educators and is CCLOW's way of sharing some of our experiences and ideas gathered from documents we have produced in the past and workshops we have conducted across the country . We also hope it will encourage you to think about the issues raised here, to use the ideas and techniques discussed by our authors, to share this material with your learners, to adapt and/or expand these ideas so they suit your learners, and to collect materials from your community.
The kit is available at a cost of $8 plus $2 postage & handling & GST, from CCLOW, 47 Main Street, Toronto, ON M4E 2V6, Tel. (416) 699-1909, Fax (416) 699-2145. E-mail : cclow@web.apc.org
ISBN 0-921283-13-X (96.11.04)
Added: 2003-10-09
8. Older Women Learning: Now and Always (1990)
Women's Education des femmes, Autumn 1990 - Vol. 8, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Margaret Kidd
Collection: Research Materials
There are a great many doubts to be dispelled about learning and older women. Since the increase in the number of universities in our country in the 50s and with the advent of community colleges in the 60s, there are more opportunities for learning. There are now many alert, older women attending both credit and non-credit courses and completing formal and informal learning programs. Older women CAN and DO learn!
Unfortunately there are still employers and personnel managers who will not accept women over 50, claiming that they are too old to adjust to a new job.
Added: 2004-09-09
9. Report on Consultations with Adults Living with HIV/AIDS (2008)
Full Report
Authors: Sue Folinsbee, Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier, Allan Quigley, Hélène Grégoire
Collection: Research Materials
This document grew out of a Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) consultation organized by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2005. The meeting saw the establishment of working groups to concentrate on health-related issues for identified priority groups, including adults living with HIV/AIDS.
This report is based on consultations held in Montreal (QC); Edmonton (AB); and Truro (NS).
The authors explain the consultation methodology; describe the outcomes of the consultations; provide recommendations from participants on overcoming barriers and filling gaps in health and learning; and list the working group’s suggestions for promoting a knowledge agenda.
Added: 2012-05-03
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10. Unlearning the Stereotypes (1990)
Women's Education des femmes, Autumn 1990 - Vol. 8, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Jean M. Buzan
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author discusses the stereotypes and myths of aging.
Added: 2004-09-09
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