This article introduces the Montreal Assault Prevention Centre and describes the centre's prevention philosophy and the development of their program. Discuses violence against women and children and the use of empowerment as assault prevention.
This article questions how we access health information. How to demystify medical terminology and health information from doctors. Demonstrates how public libraries, academic and medical libraries and small resource centres can help. Gives tips on how to find your way around a library.
New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women
A public opinion survey conducted in 2002 for the New Brunswick government showed that many people, female and male, tend to trivialize violence and to blame the victim. This article looks at the need to step up our prevention and education efforts when it comes to violence against women.
The Hesperian Foundation is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care. Simply written and heavily illustrated, Hesperian books are designed so that people with little formal education can understand, apply and share health information. Developed collaboratively with health workers and community members from around the world, our books and newsletters address the underlying social, political, and economic causes of poor health and suggest ways groups can organize to improve health conditions in their communities.
Aboriginal Women's Health and Healing Research Group
Provides an interdisciplinary overview of Canadian research literature on issues respecting Aboriginal women, health and healing. Identifies gaps between existing research and community concerns.
Provides a mechanism through which ministers consult and act on matters of mutual interest, and the instrument through which they consult and cooperate with national education organizations and the federal government. Also represents the education interests of the provinces and territories internationally. Sert d'instrument des provinces et des territoires, et permet aux ministres de se concerter et d'agir dans des domaines d'intérêt mutuel. Également le mécanisme par lequel les ministres collaborent avec les organisations pancanadiennes en éducation et le gouvernement fédéral. Représente à l'étranger les intérêts des provinces et des territoires en matière d'éducation.
Discusses sexual violence as it occurs within schools and universities. Discusses strategies to eliminate sexual violence within educational institutions.
Examines the barriers created by policies which do not support Aboriginal women to maintain full cultural lives while pursuing contemporary education and work.
<p>Includes bibliographical references. Issued also in French under title: À coeur ouvert : des Indiennes, des Métisses et des Inuites d'Amérique du Nord parlent de culture, d'instruction et de travail Issued also in Inuktitut under title: Kanatami allait, allangajut amma inuit arnait uqausiqalaurningit iliqkusimita, ilinaqtuliriniullu amma iqkanajarniup miksanu</p>
Presented as a wallchart. Identifies countries having a gender gap in education in 1995, based on the difference between male and female primary and secondary gross enrollment rates.
The Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW), was a national feminist organization dedicated to addressing education and training issues for girls and women. Disbanding in 2001, their vision was women's social, political and economic equality through expanded learning opportunities; their focus areas being literacy, equity in education and job training.
Over the years (1970's - 2001) the CCLOW accumulated a large collection of important literature, which everyone wanted to see preserved. In answer to this, the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) has created a comprehensive, searchable archive of all the CCLOW's literature, including:
url (http://www.nald.ca/cclow.htm) does not appear valid, changed to current link, is an archive , the org was disbanded, as stated in the updated abstract.
