Accepting submissions for the Other Press Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Issue to be published next week. 525-3542 or drop by Room 1020. Volume 15 Number 8 parents. By Frances Foran and Effie Pow Vancouver (CUP) — Linda Jackson, the mother, successfully se- cured a child advocate (to represent the child’s interests) who was ap- inted last week by the Attorne beens office. : : “As soon as the accusation of child abuse is brought to court there © the an eight-page pullout section of news, Views, opinions, poetry and more Wimmins Supplement Q moshing with the students of New Westminster, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam and more Mother Attempts To Block Access _ For Daughter's Safety The Supreme Court of BC ruled on Monday, 10 Febuary, supervised access will continue to be granted toa man whoallegedly sexually contacted his daughter, during psychiatric evaluations of the three-year-old girl and her pearance, justice Mary Ellen Boyd ordered the father be granted nine supervised hours of visitationa week. Jackson now continues to pay $780 monthly, through donations, for vis- its supervised by the Greater Van- couver Mediation and Conciliation. The recent ruling upheld the first report of recommendations by John Gossage, a UBC clinical assist- access for eight hours a week and undergo psychiatric attention, :”par- ticularly surrounding problems of sexuality.” e caused a media stir lastyear when he said a woman who accused her former foster father, John Golvin, of molestation was “seduc- tive, manipulative and sexually pre- cocious” as a seven year old. Golovin, 65, a friend of Gossage, was acquitted of sexual abusecharges butsubsequently sued for breach of trust by one ofthe four — Accepting submissions for the Other Press Racial Equality Supplement for March 18, 1992 issue. Call 525-3542 or drop by Room 1020. March 6,1992 FREE | Bios Budget Hurts _ Students - : by Monique Beaudin OTTAWA. (CUP) — Federal Fi = nance Minister Don Mazankowski _and stomped on oe faculty andstudents, ‘est free sone onstudent loans and ee any hopes of a me child ee fosterdaughters whoaccusedhimof Do six counts of assault and ra A written evaluation of the girl by Linda Jackson is trying to protect her four year old daughter from alleged sexual assault pediatrician HeatherKee was dismissed in court in the De- cember hearing because Kee is not qualified as a_ psychiatric evaluator. Kee wrote, however, “1 am sure there has been some fondling...a strong indica- tion of oral sex.” Jackson is so- liciting help from Joan Smallwood, minister of sofcial services and Penny Priddy, minister of women’s is- sues, to make fundamental changes to the judical system regarding the protection of children. “Our childrenhaveno protection, it’sso difficult to press charges when OLOHd NOGHOD ‘“invd should be an immediate court as- sessment [so] that immediately the child is protected,” Jackson said. Assessments are available to low income families, but Jackson’s $240 child benefits from a former job disqualified her. Unless assessments are recommended by the court, the cost is at leatst $1700. Jackson, on a disability leave to deal with the case, isona fixedincome of $1,647 a month. Justice Peter Warren said the father’s maintenance payments were unsatisfactory. Jackson and her ex- husband will return tocourt March9 for the fourth hearing, with financial reports. Jackson washeldincontempt of courtin December for refusing her ex-husband access to the child. In the December court ap- ant professor of pediatrics. The report dated October 1991, advised supervised access be itted. But his views were modified after a request made by the father’s lawyer, that Gossage study further documentation. Inhissecond report, dated November 1991,Gossagenoted “the complaint (of sexual abuse was) occurring in the context of an access dispute” and cited a negative RCMP report as reasons to revise his origi- nal recommendations. (Her case was closed by the Mission RCMP in fall 1991, after an unsuccessful interview with the child by a male officer.) Gossage wrote the girl showed :"no signs of traumatic sexualization” and recommended her father be granted unsupervised children are un- der five,”: Jackson said. “If you had asked me a year ago I would have said we have a system to protect our children. The only people who know how bad itis are those who are deal- ing with it,” Jackson said. “The courts are forcing chil- dren to see these men, because these men(whoabusechildren)haverights as fathers,” she said. “To the court heis a vital part of growing up.” . Anne Dolina of Rape Relief said the legal system is archaic. “The system still believes that violence within the family isa family issue.” Jackson told her story to a panel for Royal Commission on Vio- lence Against Women in January. Science Council ” tor of the Canadian. Association of University Teachers. a government advisory body in | place since 1966, was shut down, — and the Social Sciences and Hu- mianities Research Council will be merged into the Canada Council. _ Savage said shutting down the - ‘probably had more. to do with its independence than mang any money.” He said that merging SSHRC with the Canada Council would causebureaucraticnightmares, and delays in dispersing grants for re- search. The Tories also proposed lifting the three per cent tax on student loans, but replaced it by ending the six-month interest free period on Canada student loans. While the Canadian Federation of Students claimed the three per cent tax lift as a victory, Liberal - Surprise _ education critic Ron Duhamel _ panned it, saying it was merely a litical gesture. paca tre person with a pen- il the government could : pee toeliminate the threepercent _ tax,” hesaid adding thatthemoney | i the government makes from thein- : terest on studentloans willmakeup for any lost revenue from the three per cent tax. _ The new interest arrang part-time students wereissuedloans - under: the Canada Student oe The Science Council of Canada, - pr hed child care workers say uni-- ' students looking for more accessible child care lost out in this budget. “Tf you're a university student looking for a child care space, you still have an eight-to-ten month wait,” said Zeenat Mohammed, co- ordinator of the Metro Toronto Coa- lition for Better Child Care. There was no money allotted for creating extra spaces in child care centres, or increasing the subsidies made available to people seeking child care. Mohammed said extra spaces and moresubsidies could have been created througha national childcare am. ~ The Mulroney government promised the creation of national child care program in March, 1987. UVic Women Threatened VICTORIA (CUP) — Posters de- mandinga safe ca — for women at the University of Victoria drew rape threatsand vandalism instead. Last month, threats such as “Shut the fuck up or I’ll rape your sorry ass! Asking for a rebate?!? Fuck just for that women should pay double,” were scribbled on posters designed by a group of women at the U Vic. The posters, intended to draw attention to violence against women on campus, read “Tuition rebate for women only. UVic is a dangerous place for women. At night the unsafe environment lim- its access to facilities and restricts their freedom. Are women notenti- tled to a tuition rebate?” The Women’s Centre re- ceivedanumber of directresponses. One letter said women should pay double tuition, and half the money should go to men so they can be funded to rape women. “The [posters] werea tool to get people thinking,” said Susanne Klausen, a member of the group that designed the posters. “It was the shock value that got people to stop and look. It gets them talking.” Klausen said thougha more fundamental change must take place in the way people address the problem of violenceagainst women, the tuition fee idea is a beginning. The Women’s Centre col- lective is taking the graffiti as a threat, said Nettie Hayter, a mem- ber of the collective. “It was interesting to see how the [posters] were received,” said Roshni Narain, a spokesper- son for the poster committee. She said 200 posters were put up, and one week later the posters still up had messages on them. “When you seea poster that has been ripped in half or vandal- ized, it is scary to think about the anger and hate behind [theaction],” said Narain. Although sponsored by the Women’s Centre and stamped by the student council, the poster project was privately funded. The posters were displayed only on public notice boards.