NEW WESTMINSTER PERMANENT CAMPUS
MEMO

TO: Administrators of Reference
and Chairmen of User's Group

FROM: Bill Day, Chairman, Project
Development Committee

Barbara Bessey is at work on a revised
User's Group structure.

While we intend to continue with the
same general organizational pattern, in-
cluding the Steering Committee, it is
obvious that there will be a radical
change of membership in some areas.

In the meantime, in spite of the "split",
we will continue to use the existing
advisory system as best we can.

We expect that before the end of April,
the new system will be in being.

 

 

CANADIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR
THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

A CALL FOR PAPERS

 

 

The Canadian Research Institute for the
Advancement of Women, a non-profit
voluntary membership-based organization
founded in 1976, is holding its fifth
annual conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
November 13 - 15, 1981. In accordance
with its goal - to encourage, coordinate,
and disseminate research into women's
experience - themes from its past highly
successful conferences have included
"Women's Health", "Women as Persons",

and "Women in Power". This year, the
theme of the conference is "Women's
Culture”.

A call for abstracts or proposals
(approximately 250 words) outlining
potential research papers/projects fram
professionals, scholars, artists, writers
and people with a special, albeit in-
formal, knowledge of women's culture.
Since CRIAW is a research institute, all
papers/projects should further, in some

 

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way, our understanding of women's culture.
Abstracts/proposals must address this
concern.

All abstracts/proposals must be submitted
as soon as possible to:

CRIAW Conference 1981
Institute of Public Affairs
Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia B3A 35

Further inquiries’ should also be dir-
ected to the above address.

 

CHANGING FAMILIES: CHANGING TRADITIONS

Higher divorce rates, increasing numbers
of single parents and changing male/
female relationships have made the trad-
itional nuclear family a myth, says
Douglas College Cammunity Consultant,
Lillian Zimmerman.

However, "that does not mean the end of
the family, it's just that we have to
accept the two child, working father and
housewife mother is no longer as common
as it was," Zimmerman stressed.

Recent studies show that close to 50
per cent of women in British Columbia
are participating in the work force, up
dramatically in the last ten years.

"That," says Zimmerman, “obviously has
a tremendous influence on how the
family functions."

This rapidly changing traditional family
form is placing new strains and demands
of community agencies and institutions.

Persons working with families, as pro-
fessionals and volunteers, are in the
fore-front as they deal with the day-to-
day impact of these events.

Douglas College is offering an one day
of development for professionals and
volunteers involved with families.
Changing Families: Changing Traditions
will provide an unique opportunity to
step aside from everyday settings and
aquire new knowledge about the family
and change.