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101. Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs (1984)
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Education is the key to our ability to maintain our position in the international marketplace. What is unfortunate is that much of our workforce is presently attempting to train and update themselves at night, on a part-time basis, and with inadequate resources.
This presentation paper discusses three issues
1. Provision of appropriate education
2. Making education accessible to all learners
3. Accountability.
There is an additional point addressed, which is the development of the national policy on paid educational leave.
Added: 2003-10-20
102. Passion and Popular Education: Notes from the Fourth World Assembly on Adult Education (1990)
Women's Education des femmes, June 1990 - Vol. 8, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Shauna Butterwick
In this article, Shauna Butterwick reports the highlights of her visit to Bangkok, Thailand for the Fourth World Assembly on Adult Education, an exciting, inspiring and sometimes disturbing experience.
Added: 2004-08-03
103. Post-Secondary Funding: Student Loan Bankruptcy (1995)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1995 - Vol. 11, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Erica Elison
For women in the 1990s, post secondary education became a lottery dream as the financial expenditures of such an investment only promised serious financial indebtedness. The Canadian federal and provincial governments reduced and eliminated various student grants, effectively increasing individual student loan debt loads.
Added: 2004-09-09
104. 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
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
105. The Privatization of Training: Women Pay the Cost (1988)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1988 - Vol. 6, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Susan Witter, Terry Dance
In this article, the authors take the position that the privatization of training as a systemic trend is detrimental to women.
Added: 2004-09-09
106. Promoting Equality through Learning (1985)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1985 - Vol. 3, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Linda MacDonald
This article is about Bridging Programs for Women, is a new approach to delivery and organization which has been developed by the Saskatchewan committee of CCLOW and which has since been implemented in Saskatchewan. This innovative approach was developed to enhance the participation of women in publicly funded training. It will also diminish the impact of barriers such as child care, low training allowances and low participation rates in training courses most likely to lead to employment.
Added: 2004-09-09
107. 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
108. Report on a "Bridging" Program for Women: Contemporary Careers, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1986)
Women's Education des femmes, Dec 1983 - vol. 2 no. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Sandy Campbell Budden
This article discusses a program designed to enable women to build skills in computers, math, research and problem solving; to acquire knowledge of the special features of the contemporary work world created by computers and allied technologies and to develop an attitude to learning and change that could best be described as pro-active rather than reactive.
Added: 2004-02-17
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109. Rethinking Violence and Learning: Moving Research into Practice (2000)
Authors: Jenny Horsman, Susan Heald
In this paper, the authors discuss the relationship between literacy and many women's traumatic experiences of violence.
Added: 2005-10-26
110. Roadblocks to Women's Learning: Issues for Advocacy (1978)
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Dorothy Mackeracher
This report was written for the Canadian Committee on Learning Opportunities for Women as part of a three month project to investigate policy development around the needs and problems facing women who are, or would like to be, involved in various learning activities, educational agencies, and/or training programs.
Added: 2003-10-20
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