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Download full textRees, Ruth – 1989
The research, based on a March 1988 survey of all Ontario school boards (board and separate), was an attempt to identify and synthesize boards' employment equity/affirmative action policies and practices--in order to ensure that, ultimately, women are more equitably represented within the management positions in education. The findings of 52…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Boards of Education, Educational Administration, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedCarr, Shirley G. E. – International Labour Review, 1983
Although Canadian women undoubtedly enjoy much greater political, social, and economic equality today than ever before, the author believes that they still have a long way to go. After describing the environment within which women work, she discusses various handicaps from which they still suffer and reviews some practical measures taken to combat…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Day Care, Economic Development, Employed Women
Falardeau-Ramsay, Michelle – 1989
This speech by the deputy chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission discusses human rights, employment security, and pay-equity issues for Native Canadian women. The speech, offered in both English and French, calls the inequality of opportunity for Native Canadians a "national tragedy." It describes efforts to bring…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Canada Natives, Civil Rights Legislation, Comparable Worth
Jain, Harish C., Ed.; Carroll, Diane, Ed. – 1980
These proceedings contain the addresses and panel and workshop presentations made at the September 1979 Conference on Race and Sex Equality in the Workplace: A Challenge and an Opportunity. (Purpose of the conference was to promote a better understanding of human rights legislation and current equal employment and affirmative action programs and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Employment Practices
Wells, Allen R. – Education Canada, 1987
Describes how Lambton County (Ontario) school board implemented activities to encourage equal opportunity for employees and students: delegating temporary management responsibility equally to male/female staff, standardizing procedures for and publicizing promotional opportunities, assigning classroom tasks by pursuing class lists without regard…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Board of Education Policy, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1988
This report describes programs and services school boards offer to women employees or women in the community. A special focus is innovative, nontraditional courses and services. The first section discusses offerings for school board staff. An overview of affirmative action/employment equity programs addresses their objectives and describes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Affirmative Action, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
