Christina Starr

This article features an interview with Madeleine Parent, involved in union organizing since her graduation from McGill University in 1942. At the time of the interview, she lived in Montreal where she was an active member of her union and various women's organizations.

The interview was conducted by Christina Starr, the Managing Editor of Women's Education des femmes in 1988.

Mairi St. John Macdonald was the first national president of CCLOW, from 1979-1982. Joan Brown Hicks was CCLOW's president from 1985-1986.

This article features conversations among the author and these former presidents of CCLOW.

In 1995, CCLOW developed the Janus Project to examine new communications technologies as they related to women's learning. The Project was conceived in two parts: the development of a discussion paper on issues surrounding new technologies and how they affect women's opportunities to learn, and a two-day workshop to discuss the findings of the paper and identity areas for further work.

This is the report of a conference on women's learning, education and training in Canada, held from March 2 to 5, 2000. The conference was hosted by the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW), in collaboration with the National Women's Reference Group on Labour Market Issues (NWRG).