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Title Your money, your life, your way!
Year c2002
Organization Ontario Women's Directorate.
Web host Ontario Ministry of Government Services.
Summary A site designed to teach women the fundamentals of money management, including common money myths, how to set up a budget and keep track of your spending, the importance of saving and how to use credit cards wisely.
Contents Your money - Quiz - The real world - Money smarts - 5 golden rules - Your money your life - Your personal spending plan - Our supporters.
Subjects Banking / Budgets / Money management / Women / Women's issues
 
Title Report on the symposium on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects. Vancouver, British Columbia. September 30th to October 2nd, 1992.
Year 1992
Organization Canada. Health Canada.
Summary Participants of the symposium were able to share information and discuss new directions and priorities.
Contents Introduction - The opening plenary - Workshop reports - Appendices.
Subjects Alcohol abuse / Children / Conference proceedings / Drug abuse / Health / Health education / Prevention / Women
 
Title Situational analysis: fetal alcohol syndrome/fetal alcohol effects and the effects of other substance use during pregnancy.
Year 2000
Organization Canada. Health Canada; Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.
Personal author Legge, Carole; Roberts, Gary; Butler, Mollie.
Summary Profile of activity across Canada discussed. Primary categories are: prevention, identification, intervention, community and systems supports, research and policy.
Contents Introduction - Methodology - Findings - Respondent opinions - Profile of activities - List of resources - Appendices - Tables - Figures.
Subjects Alcohol abuse / Children / Drug abuse / Health / Prevention / Research / Surveys / Women
 
Title Strong as the ocean: women's work in the Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries.
Year 1996?
Personal author Ennis, Frances; Woodrow, Helen
Web host National Adult Literacy Database.
Summary Celebration of rural women and their contributions to the fisheries.
Contents Foreword - Louise Belbin and Violet Green - Lillian Day - Bernice Duffett - Rose Furlong - Louisa Flowers - Nellie Croft - Lil Clarke - Denyse Sheppard - Agnes Pike.
Subjects Occupations / Personal narratives / Student produced materials / Women / Workers
 
Title Tour a domestic violence shelter
Year 2000-
Organization Safe Horizon.
Summary An educational virtual tour of a domestic shelter residence. "Join us as we go from room to room. Hear the voices of women who have sought shelter, see pictures of the inside of a shelter, and find answers to the questions battered women might ask."
Subjects Family violence / Internet / Learning activities / Women / Women's issues
 
Title Stardale Women's Group
Year 2002-
Organization Stardale Women's Group Inc. Foundation.
Web host National Adult Literacy Database.
Summary Stardale is a learning and healing centre for Aboriginal women and women of poverty, serving the communities of northern Saskatchewan and offering a holistic approach to education and training.
Contents History -- Research and Development -- Workshops -- Activities and accomplishments -- Cycles and circles.
Subjects Aboriginal culture / Aboriginal education / Aboriginal literacy / Holistic approach / Literacy poverty relationships / Women / Women's literacy
 
Title Promoting women and literacy : information about women and literacy.
Year 1999-
Organization Center for the study of adult literacy.
Web host Georgia State University.
Summary Resources for information on women and literacy including the International Conference on Women and Literacy.
Subjects Gender discrimination / International organizations / Liberatory education / Literacy theory / Women / Women's issues / Women's literacy
 
Title Jenny Horsman's home page
Year 2001-
Personal author Horsman, Jennifer, 1954-
Summary Articles, links, bibliography and discussions and resources for issues of violence and learning.
Contents Guestbook -- Books -- Workshops -- Articles -- Bibliography -- Links -- Research.
Subjects Practitioner training / Violence / Women / Women's issues / Women's literacy
 
Title Women and literacy.
Year 2000
Organization Literacy Resources/Rhode Island.
Web host Brown University.
Summary "This page contains links to sites relevant to women's issues, particularly in relation to women's work as learners and literacy practitioners." This is a big page with many links to other resources.
Subjects Women / Women's literacy
 
Title Access to literacy for language minority adults.
Series ERIC Digest.
Year 1992
Personal author Cumming, Alister.
Web host National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education.
Summary "This digest describes factors that may restrict access to adult literacy education in North America and discusses several potential solutions to these problems..."
Contents Barriers to Program Participation; Immigrant Women; Involuntary Minorities; Potential Solutions: Culturally Relevant Programs
Subjects Cultural diversity / Immigrants / Literacy / Women
 
Title "But I'm not a therapist": furthering discussion about literacy work with survivors of trauma.
Personal author Horsman, Jenny.
Web host AlphaPlus Centre.
Summary "[T]he research examined the impacts of abuse on women's literacy learning and explored approaches to literacy programming in the light of these impacts."
Contents Exploring violence and trauma; Looking at learning in the face of trauma; Exploring connections between literacy and therapy; Responding to impacts of violence in literacy; Trauma and holistic programs
Subjects Literacy / Research reports / Violence / Women / Women's literacy