Designing Our Future - Women's Learning, Education & Training in Canada, 2000 & Beyond (2000)

This is a report of a conference on women's learning, education and training in Canada which took place March 2-5, 2000 and 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). The conference brought together a diversity of women from across Ontario and the rest of Canada to discuss the status of women's learning, education and training in this country and to strategize for the future.
The aim of the conference was to examine the current status of women's learning, education and training in Canada, and the continued role of a national organization addressing these issues. Six overarching theme areas were identified: Learning, Work and Gender Equity; Technology and Women's Learning; Women's Literacy Education; Learning and Trauma; Older Women and Learning; Supporting Women's Learning