Browse by keyword "Women's education"
31. An Extravagant Fraudulence: The Plight of Sole Support Mothers (1986)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1986 - Vol.42, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Claire Hogenkamp
Sole support mothers face many barriers to employment and to education. In this article, the author discusses ways to breaking down these barriers, such as providing: improved and increased subsidized day care facilities; access to affordable housing; improved training allowances; an end to restrictive criteria for access to training allowances, and; an end to discrimination that places different cultural, racial, and economic groups in competition for slender, resources. We need to give sole-support mothers an equal opportunity in the marketplace.
Added: 2004-07-28
32. 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
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
33. The Feminist Revolution in Legal Education (1993)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1993 - Vol. 10, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Patricia Hughes
In this article, the author discusses two aspects of what she calls the feminist revolution in legal education: the law school curriculum and women's actual experiences in "getting through the day" in law school. The promise (if not yet reality) of feminism is the transformation of legal education - and with it, of law itself.
Added: 2004-07-28
34. First Nations Women and Education (1989)
Women's Education des femmes, Sept. 1989 - Vol. 7, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Linda McDonald
In this article, written in 1989, changes made by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (DIAND) to post-secondary education funding guidelines are discussed. The changes embittered First Nations people and resulted in protests across the country. The controversy left the Canadian public confused and unsure what to think about the issue. With media reports of large sums of money given "gratis" for a seemingly indeterminate number of years for native post-secondary education, many Canadians reacted angrily and denounced the policy as unfair.
Added: 2004-07-28
35. First Things First: Equity for Women through Paid Skills Development Leave (1983)
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
This brief is in support of a National policy for Paid Skills Development Leave. Its purpose is to:
• examine the barriers that prevent women's access to Skills Development
• investigate and propose various methods and policies by which a system of Paid Skills Development Leave will function equitably in our society.
• recommend a framework within which a just and creative national educational policy can be built: one that will foster true economic equality for women in Canadian society.
Added: 2003-10-08
36. Five Views: The New Brunswick Re-entry Project (1998)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1988 - Vol. 6, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Joan McFarland
CCLOW's New Brunswick network completed its first re-entry project in May of 1983. To be eligible at the time, a woman had to have been out of the labor force for at least three years. The successful program ran for 20 weeks, cost $75,000 and combined classes with on-the-job training. Fifteen women were trained in non-traditional jobs: security, loss-prevention, plant nursery and printing. This article presents five views of the project from some of the women involved.
Added: 2004-07-28
37. From the Straight Shore to the Labrador: Women's Studies as a Distance Education Course (1987)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1987 - Vol. 5, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Joanne Prindiville, Cathryn Boak
In this article, the authors examine the effects of women's studies, offered through distance education, on the women who participate in the course.
Added: 2004-08-05
38. From Bride Price To Platitudes: A Cross-Cultural Look at Women in Education (1990)
Women's Education des femmes, June 1990 - Vol. 8, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Jody Hansom
The author's premise in this article is that education in general, and literacy in particular, are gender issues. What, exactly, is the difference between the West African practice of not paying girls' school fees, and the Canadian message to female students to limit their educational horizons? Isn't the Canadian man who refuses to parent in the evening while his wife attends classes helping to deny her access to education?
Added: 2004-08-03
39. Gaining Visibility: Older Women and Education (1990)
Women's Education des femmes, Autumn 1990 - Vol. 8, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Sharon Harold
In this article, the author discusses the growing number of aging women in Canada and the lack of educational opportunities available for this group. Aging women are still the "invisible majority" of elderly in Canada, despite their increasing numbers. Current educational opportunities for older women are almost nonexistent. Older women have been socialized to have low expectations of what is available to them in the way of educational programming. And older women often have low expectations of themselves - they experience feelings of being "too old", "too dumb" or of it being "too late".
Added: 2004-07-29
40. 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
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
© 2012 National Adult Literacy Database
Powered by Drupal
Powered by Drupal
This project is funded by the Government of Canada’s
Office of Literacy and Essential Skills.
Office of Literacy and Essential Skills.
Comments
Comments
If you found this particular resource to be useful, please include a comment.