Browse by keyword "Discrimination"
21. 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
22. Looking for Solidarity in the Margins (1993)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1993 - Vol. 10, No. 3/4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Tanis Doe
Collection: Research Materials
This article explores some of the difficulties that women and people with disabilities have faced independently and together in their struggle to ensure questions of access and equity are part of the national training agenda.
Added: 2004-09-02
23. Mr. Brown's Math Class and Other Stories of Exclusion (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Magda Lewis
Collection: Research Materials
The answer to the question of whether equal access to education translates into equal outcomes for girls and boys—for women and men—is not a forgone conclusion. It seems that while for most men education fulfills their aspirations, for the women sitting next to them—completing the same assignments, listening to the same lectures, reading the same materials—hopes and aspirations vaporize in the face of social reality.
Added: 2004-08-27
24. An Overview of Women Students in the Postsecondary System in Canada (1982)
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Collection: Research Materials
In spite of the advanced education levels of Canadian women, they still, on average, only earn 60% of what men earn and most of the 40% differential cannot be accounted for by differences in seniority, experience or qualifications. It can only be accounted for then, by systemic sex discrimination, which creates occupational segregation and pays women less for work that is of equal value to that done by men.
This paper looks at where women students are, particularly in the university system, in an effort to understand what role the education system plays in creating the ultimate disadvantage for women. The paper looks at the potential of Equal Opportunity Legislation as a possible remedy.
Added: 2003-10-20
25. The Power of Woman-Positive Literacy Work (1994)
Program-Based Action Research
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Betty-Ann Lloyd, Tannis Atkinson, Frances Ennis
Collection: Research Materials
This book provides a detailed account of a year-long research project undertaken by CCLOW and women (staff and volunteers) involved in adult education and adult literacy programs across Canada. During this project, researchers initiated, observed, and documented the impact of woman-positive activities chosen for their programs. They wanted to challenge the ways in which literacy programs ignored women's lives and needs. The book also includes the analysis of the findings of the research project, as well as recommendations.
Added: 2003-10-20
26. South Asian Women Academics in Montreal (1994)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1994 - Vol. 11, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Nilima Mandal Giri
Collection: Research Materials
During the second half of the twentieth century, women academics in Canadian post-secondary institutions increased in number and also became more ethnically diverse. However, the author found that the existing research considered women faculty members as one group, thus hiding the situation of ethnic minority women.
This paper attempts to remedy this situation by reporting on a study of South Asian women academics in Montreal.
Added: 2004-08-05
27. Systemic Discrimination and the Provision of Training Programs to Women (1983)
Women's Education des femmes, Sept. 1983 - Vol. 2, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Carole Wallace
Collection: Research Materials
This article is an edited version of a submission by Action Travail des Femmes to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. It was prepared after the CHRC sent an investigator to assess ATF's complaint against the Ministry of Employment and Immigration Canada. The Investigator did not know what constituted systemic discrimination and was unable to do an adequate investigation. ATF subsequently did its own investigation of which this is a portion.
Added: 2004-09-09
28. The University of Saskatchewan: A Portrait (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Lillian E. Dyck
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author discusses the relevance of sexual harassment to women at the University of Saskatchewan.
In addition to the identifiable sexual harassment, non-physical gender harassment also permeates the campus. Women who have studied or are studying in male-monopolized fields, such as the natural sciences and engineering, are too often targeted by this gender harassment or discrimination.
Added: 2004-09-09
29. What We Want (1993)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1992-93 - Vol. 10, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Claudette Dumont-Smith
Collection: Research Materials
The author wrote this article to inform or educate her non-aboriginal colleagues of the dreadful conditions aboriginal women are forced to live in, both on and off-reserve, even in today's modern world. She shares what aboriginal women want for themselves and their families, which is not different than what the rest of the women in mainstream society want.
Added: 2004-09-09
30. Where There is Life, There is Hope (1995)
Woman Literacy Students and Discrimination
Authors: Samaritan House PAR Group, The
Collection: Learning Materials
This book is about people struggling with discrimination.
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Added: 1995-01-01
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