1984

In this article, the author expresses her view that under-educated women need to obtain some basic skills in science through which they can successfully participate in training programs for non-traditional occupations.

This article is about a model developed out of a need to help women move toward a more authentic existence.

This article contains an edited version of the Executive Summary of "The National Training Act: It's Impact on Women", presented by CCLOW to the Director General of CEIC, Sask. Region in March of 1984.

This article concerns an event that took place 100 years before this article was written. Late in the summer of 1884, Donald A. Smith offered McGill $50,000 for the higher education of women. Within a month, more than twenty women were registered at McGill.

CCLOW solicited mini-essays from students at Central Peel Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario. The central question posed to the students was 'What are the three main concerns of young people today.'

About fifty students from grades nine to twelve responded with some very powerful insights, questions and worries. This article contains excerpts from some of the essays.

When this article was written, Chaviva Hosek was the president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women. This article contains the text of a speech presented at "Women and Power: Making a Difference", a conference held in Quebec in November of 1983.

This article is about Jessie's Centre for Teenagers, Toronto, a community resource centre designed to meet the needs of teenaged mothers and teenagers who become pregnant. At the time the article was written, it was the first wholistic approach service for teenagers in the country.

This article discusses the process undergone to establish a degree program in Women's Studies at York University.

In this article, the author discusses celebrations and events which took place to recognize the academic year of 1984 -1985, marking the hundredth anniversary of the admission of women to the University of Toronto as well as at least one of its sister institutions, McGill University in Montreal. The name given to these celebrations was Women in Toronto or WIT.

This article discusses the need for alternative approaches to the provision of primary health-care, and presents one such approach, the Community Health Care Centre or Multi-service Centre.

The article was written in English with a summary provided in French.