~~
     
    
   
   
    
     
      research
      sites
      were
      chosen
     
     
      because
      they
      have
      deliberately
     
     
      sought
      to
      increase
      women's
     
     
      participation.
      Other
      criteria
     
     
      included
      geographic
      location,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      type
      of
      organization,
      size
      and
     
     
      language.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Presented
      by
      Ada
      Forsythe
      of
     
     
      Abt
      Associates
      of
      Canada,
      the
     
     
      research
      showed
      that
      the
     
     
      universities
      are
      being
      very
     
     
      proactive
      in
      the
      area
      of
     
     
      undergraduate
      outreach
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      recruitment,
      but
      giving.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      substantially
      less
      attention
      to
     
     
      the
      recruitment
      of
      graduate
     
     
      students.
      It
      was
      shown
      that
     
     
      women
      do
      not
      pursue
      graduate
     
     
      studies
      because
      of
      difficulty
     
     
      combining
      an
      academic
      career
     
     
      with
      family
      responsibilities.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Among
      the
      effective
      practices
     
     
      identified
      were
      outreach
     
     
      programs
      designed
      to
      increase
     
     
      interest
      in
      mathematics
      and
     
     
      science
      and
      to
      ensure
      that
     
     
      female
      high
      school
      students
     
     
      have
      the
      prerequisites
      they
     
     
      need
      to
      enter
      engineering
     
     
      programs.
      Visitation
      programs
     
     
      to
      high
      schools
      by
      engineering
     
     
      faculty
      and
      students
      were
      seen
     
     
      to
      be
      effective
      in
      increasing
     
     
      awareness
      of
      engineering
      as
      a
     
     
      Career
      for
      young
      women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Other
      effective
      practices
     
     
      include
      modifications
      to
     
     
      undergraduate
      activities
      to
     
     
      eliminate
      activities
      devaluing
     
     
      women
      and
      quick,
      confidential
     
     
      and
      effective
      response
      by
     
     
      university
      administrators
      to
     
     
      sexist
      incidents
      involving
     
     
      students,
      faculty
      and
      staff.
     
     
      Also
      seen
      as
      effective
      is
     
     
      enforcement
      of
      university-wide
     
     
      sexual
      harassment
      policies
      and
     
     
      clear
      advertising,
      directed
      at
     
     
      male
      and
      female
      students
      and
     
     
      professors.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      At
      tne
      six
      workplace
      sites:
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      research
      showed
      that
     
     
      recruitment
      and
      promotion
     
     
      initiatives
      stem
      mainly
      form
     
     
      employment
      equity
      policies
      and
     
     
      programs.
      Working
      female
     
     
      engineers
      revealed
      that
      younger
     
     
      female
      women
      perceive
      fewer
     
     
      barriers
      but
      that
      women
      now
     
     
      entering
      n=more
      senior
      level
     
     
      positions
      are
      hitting
      the
      so-
     
     
      Called
      "glass
      ceiling".
      The
     
     
      researchers
      identified
      a
      need
     
     
      for
      employers
      to
      provide
     
     
      Support
      for
      women
      entering
     
     
      senior
      management
      positions
      and
     
     
      to
      move
      women
      into’
      senior
     
     
      management,
      even
      when
     
     
      organizations
      are
      downsizing.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Recommendations
      emerging
      form
     
     
      the
      conference
      will
      be
      further
     
     
      refined
      and
      presented
      for
     
     
      endorsement
      at
      a
      one-day
     
     
      meeting
      in
      September.
      Senior
     
     
      representatives
      ot
     
     
      universities,
      employers,
     
     
      professional
      associations
      and
     
     
      the
      primary/secondary
      school
     
     
      sector
      will
      be
      invited
      to
     
     
      participate
      in
      this
      meeting.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The-
      .final
      “report
      “ob
      =the
     
     
      Canadian
      Committee
      on
      Women
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Engineering
      will
      be
      released
      in
     
     
      early
      1992.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Quote
      of
      the
      week
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "To
      be
      successful
      a
      women
      has
     
     
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      be
      better
      at
      her
      job
      than
      a
     
     
      man"
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Golda
      Meir
     
    
   
   
    
     
      QUOTE
      OF
      THE
      WEEK:
      ©
     
     
      "English
      law
      prohibits
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      man
      from
      marrying
      his
     
     
      mother-in-law.
      This
      is
     
     
      our
      idea
      of
      useless
     
     
      legislation."
      -UNKNOWN
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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