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71. Learning to Change, Reel to Real (1996)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1996 - Vol. 12, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Nancy Bennett
Collection: Research Materials
“We know now that an abusive childhood can lead to an abusive marriage and so the picture spins, reel to reel.”
In this article, the author tells of her history of abuse and how, through education and perseverance, she broke the cycle of abuse.
Added: 2004-07-30
72. Learning to Help Ourselves: Support Groups for Older Farm Women (1990)
Women's Education des femmes, Autumn 1990 - Vol. 8, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Ollie Miller
Collection: Research Materials
This article talks about the isolation of older farm woman and introduces a handbook, Sowing Circles of Hope, written to identify ways in which older farm women can benefit from their participation in support groups.
Added: 2004-08-31
73. Learning/Teaching Feminist Counselling (1995)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1995 - Vol. 11, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Carol Arkinstall
Collection: Research Materials
This article is about the Counselling Women Certificate Program (C.W.C.P.), offered, at the time the article was written, by the Women's Program through the Faculty of Extension at the University of Alberta. The course was designed for women who work with women in counseling settings and who are interested in a feminist perspective. Its purpose was to expand the range of counselling services available to women by providing education in women-centered counselling.
Added: 2004-08-31
74. A Life Skills Program for Strippers (1986)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1986 - Vol. 5, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Amber Cooke
Collection: Research Materials
A group of women from the burlesque/striptease field wanted to develop a self-help support group. They saw themselves as a group marginalized by society and largely ignored by the existing social service system.
A pilot program was implemented and the author was hired as a leader. In this article, the author discusses this life skills coaching program.
Added: 2004-09-01
75. Life Writing: Empowerment for the Future (1994)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1994 - Vol. 11, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Sharon Ferguson-Hood
Collection: Research Materials
Women who have been victims of violence, whether verbal, emotional, psychological, or physical, often have been deprived of some part of their education. Coping with violence at home, in society, or at school can make it impossible to find the energy and concentration required in the classroom.
This article describes a technique that can open the learning process to women who have been alienated from educational institutions, or that can reverse the effects of violence—life writing.
Added: 2004-07-30
76. The Limits and Possibilities of Privatization (1993)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1993 - Vol. 10, No. 3/4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Shauna Butterwick
Collection: Research Materials
The privatization of government- funded labour market programs for women has significantly altered the context of job-entry training both for participants and trainers. This changing context has created both opportunities and constraints for women. In this overview, the author summarizes what she thinks is the government's rationale for privatization, outlines some of the positive and negative consequences for women, suggests several strategies to address some concerns about the impact of privatization, and, finally, outlines some of the activities undertaken by the Women's Reference Group on Labour Market Issues.
Added: 2004-08-28
77. Listen to Women in Literacy (1994)
The Power of Woman-Positive Literacy Work
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Tannis Atkinson, Frances Ennis, Betty-Ann Lloyd
Collection: Research Materials
This book explains research done by CCLOW to find out what happened when women in literacy programs decided to do something they thought would be positive for women.
The book can help people understand what the researchers learned about women and literacy. It is hoped it will help readers imagine how to make literacy programs more positive for women. Some programs may use it to start people talking about women in literacy programs.
Some students who read this book before it was printed came up with ideas about how this book could be used in literacy programs. Here are some of their suggestions.
• The book could be read for information about the research.
• It could be used to start discussions in groups and to get ideas for writing.
• The book could be used for examples of things women can do when they get together.
• It could be used to let men know about the kinds of issues women think are important.
CCLOW, 47 Main Street, Toronto, ON M4E 2V6, Tel. (416) 699-1909 or 1-800-858-2145, Fax (416) 699- 2145
Added: 2003-10-16
78. Listening to the Women's Voices (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Fran Davis, Arlene Steiger
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the authors look at the differences in behaviour, learning styles and attitudes between women and men in a traditional classroom.
Added: 2004-09-09
79. Literacy as Threat/Desire (1987)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1987 - Vol. 5, No. 3 & Spring 1999, Vol. 13, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Kathleen Rockhill
Collection: Research Materials
This article is an excerpt of the original version of a paper presented at a conference held in Vancouver in 1986. It concerns interviews conducted by Kathleen Rockhill with over 100 Latino immigrant women and some Spanish-speaking natives in Southern California. These particular women were interviewed because in this area of California, most people identified as illiterate were not native speakers of English.
Added: 2004-09-09
80. Literacy for Women on the Streets (2003)
Authors: Lucy Alderson, Diana Twiss
Collection: Research Materials
This is a report on a research project designed to examine the impact of literacy activities on the lives of women working as sex-trade workers in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. The authors describe the research and share the two-year tale of their experiences and findings so that funders, literacy and community development workers, and women living and working on the street will feel confident embarking on literacy programs together.
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Added: 2004-02-23
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