Recent items in CCLOW
1. Reducing the Risk: Co-operative Education Strategies for Girls in Math, Science and Technology (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991- Vol. 9, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Mary Beam
In this article, the author discusses female participation in science and technology classes and the need of increasing participation of women in non-traditional careers.
Added: 2004-09-14
2. Does Co-education Work for Women? (1988)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1988 - Vol. 6, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Doris O'Keefe
In this article, the author discusses women's access to opportunity and employment and affirmative action programs. She quotes Charles Caccia, then Federal Minister of Labor, “sexual inequality still persists in Canada; women account for 40 per cent of the labor force but earn only 58 per cent of what men earn; women continue to be concentrated in a few employment categories and most women work because they must.”
Added: 2004-09-09
3. 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
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
4. 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
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
5. Literacy for Whom? Women with Disabilities Marginalized (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1991 - Vol. 8, No. 3/4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Diane Driedger, April D'Aubin
Almost half of the people with disabilities in Canada are illiterate, and even greater numbers are illiterate in the developing regions of the world. Disabled women are less likely to be literate than disabled men. Disabled people, particularly disabled women, need specific consideration within the learner population. Literacy is both a gender issue and a disability issue.
Added: 2004-09-09
6. Living and Learning: The Choice to be Playful (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1991 - Vol. 8, No. 3/4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Lanie Melamed
In this article, the author examines how play fits into the story of women's lives. Where do they find it, how does it work for them, and what difference does it make in the way they learn?
Added: 2004-09-09
7. Not Onwards and Upwards: Enrolment of Young Ontario Women in Secondary School Science, Math, and Technology Courses (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Georgina Feldberg, Rachelle Sender Beauchamp
In this article, the authors look at the numbers of young women that enroll in Ontario secondary school math, science and technology courses. They also examine the reasons for the low participation rate.
Added: 2004-09-09
8. Nowhere to Hide: The Experiences of Young Women in Physical Education (1996)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1996 - Vol. 12, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Louise Humbert
The author examines the physical activity patterns of youth, specifically of young women. She focuses on the experiences of young women in physical education classes.
Added: 2004-09-09
9. 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
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
10. Pay Equity in Quebec (1989)
Women's Education des femmes, Sept. 1989 - Vol. 7, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Lesley Lee
In this article, the author discusses the underevaluation of women's work in Quebec. Although the Quebec Charter of Human Rights has provided for equal pay for work of equal value since 1976, very little progress has been made in correcting the wage disparities resulting from the underevaluation of women's work.
Added: 2004-09-09
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