Women continue to struggle in order to integrate successfully into the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The study presented in this article examined the cultural experiences of ten non-commissioned female-identified members serving in the ranks of Corporal to Sergeant in male-dominated, non-combat arms occupations. The volunteers were asked 28…

The authors investigated the strategies that helped or hindered 10 immigrant women workers to do well with change that affected their work. A total of 182 incidents were extracted and grouped into 9 categories: personal beliefs/traits/values, taking action, skills/education, personal challenges, self-care, relationships/support,…

The purpose of the study was to shed light on the potentially differing dynamics of violence against separated and divorced women by their ex-husbands and violence against married women by their current husbands. Using a nationally representative sample of 7,369 heterosexual women from Cycle 13 of Statistics Canada's General Social Survey,…

Data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey (1997) reveal that relatively few mid-life women offer ill health as a reason for leaving their job or downshifting to part-time employment, implying that the role of ill health may be inconsequential in effecting changing patterns in mid-life women's labour force activity. In contrast, interviews with 30…

Examines how women are treated in Canadian history. A survey of the field shows that studies of women's participation in Canada's history tend to be sparse and fragmentary. The rise of feminism, however, has caused increased interest in the history of working women. An extensive bibliography is included. (AM)

Purpose--The paper seeks to explore workers' learning in relation to the racialized and gendered organization of contingent work. Design/methodology/approach--This paper is informed by Marxist theorization of labour power and learning. It draws on the interview data of 24 highly educated immigrant women from the research project "Skilled In…

Purpose: This paper discusses insights from a study of women working, or seeking or preparing for work, in the information technology (IT) field. At issue is how and whether alternative career pathways and informally acquired skills and knowledge, as well as the operation of gender in learning and work, are acknowledged by employers, colleagues…

This publication contains four papers presented by the Director of the Women's Bureau (Canada), which cover topics of concern and interest to the Bureau. Papers are: (1) "The Underemployed, Underpaid Third of the Labour Force," which presents statistical data reflecting a picture of working women in Canada, showing the occupational…

Noting sharp increases in numbers of women choosing public relations as a career, this survey of Canadian women in public relations reports high job satisfaction, although they mirror the same handicaps as U.S. practitioners: less authority, lower salaries, and fewer senior management positions than men. (PD)

Describes three dimensions of labor force behavior: participation, attachment, and commitment. Presents a picture of trends in Canadian women's labor force behavior over the last 40 years using existing data. Discusses the implications of these trends for family life and corporate and public policy. (JOW)

Studied personality characteristics, life events, and work values of three subgroups of reentry women (Adapters, Explorers, Change Seekers). Results indicated that personality characteristics commonly ascribed to reentry women as group were not same as those found to be significant among subgroups. Found significant differences among subgroups on…

Tested model of managerial women's (n=249) stress. Model was developed from Lazarus's theoretical framework of stress/coping and incorporated causal antecedent constructs (demographics, sex role attitudes, agentic traits), mediating constructs (environment, appraisals, engagement coping, disengagement coping), and outcomes (work performance,…

The author suggests alternatives to chip away at occupational traditionalism and vestigal hang-ups shared by men and women about women in the world of work, and which encourage the development of programs to ensure that equal opportunity will be a reality. Background statistics are presented which indicate that women are increasingly entering the…

The role of women throughout the world is the topic of several articles: their political power in Europe, the role of rural women in political life, sexual violence in Italy and Scandinavia, sex discrimination in Britain, unions and working women, women in Algerian culture, sexual harassment in Canada, and women in Switzerland. (CT)

This report to the Canadian Government from the Nova Scotia Women's Task Force examines the social issues and problems pertaining to the women's movement in that province. Discussions are provided on the situations and attitudes toward homemakers, working women, marriage, divorce, child care, education, health, and political participation.…