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      Welcome
      to
      campus
      women’s
      Halloween
      Column.
     
     
      In
      keeping
      with
      the
      spooky
      concept
      of
      Halloween
     
     
      I
      thought
      it
      might
      be
      appropriate
      to
      tell
      a
      horror
     
     
      story.
      I
      didn’t
      need
      to
      delve
      into
      the
      resources
      of
     
     
      fiction
      to
      find
      a
      suitable
      piece
      of
      literature.
      I
     
     
      merely
      looked
      at
      the
      world
      we
      live
      in
      and
      here
      are
     
     
      some
      of
      the
      things
      I
      saw;
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      young
      mother,
      Barbara
      Baillie,
      was
      pronounced
     
     
      dead
      shortly
      after
      arrival
      at
      the
      Victoria
      General
     
     
      Hospital,
      around
      8
      pm
      Friday,
      October
      19,
      1990.
      It
     
     
      is
      believed
      the
      woman
      died
      of
      strangulation
     
    
   
   
    
     
      during
      a
      domestic
      dispute.
      Neighbours
      said
      police
     
    
   
   
    
     
      were
      called
      to
      the
      house
      several
      days
      ago
      to
     
     
      investigate
      a
      domestic
      dispute.
      Baillie’s
      funeral
      will
     
     
      be
      held
      Tuesday
      morning.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Women
      were
      raped
      this
      week.
     
    

    
     
      Women
      were
      physically
      assaulted
      this
      week.
     
     
      Women
      were
      sexually
      harassed
      this
      week.
     
    

    
     
      Women
      were
      ridiculed
      this
      week
      in
      the
      name
      of
     
     
      comedy
      (even
      in
      Our
      Own
      paper)
     
    

    
     
      Women
      suffered
      emotional
      abuse
      this
      week.
     
     
      Women
      took
      self-defence
      courses
      this
      week
      at
      the
     
     
      Charlottetown
      YMCA.
     
    

    
     
      These
      items
      are
      only
      a
      few
      of
      the
      horror
      stories
     
     
      women
      dealt
      with
      this
      week.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Spooky
      isn’t
      it!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Committee
      to
      cross
      Canada
      seeking
      briefs
     
     
      on
      Women
      in
      engineering
      issues
     
    

    
     
      The
      Canadian
      Committee
      on
      Women
      in
      Engineering
     
     
      will
      be
      holding
      public
      forums
      in
      Vancouver,
      Regina,
     
     
      Toronto,
      Montreal,
      and
      Halifax
      to
      give
      employers,
     
     
      cducators,
      students
      and
      engineers
      an
      Opportunity
      to
     
     
      present’
      their
      views
      surrounding
      the
      low
     
     
      representation
      of
      women
      in
      engineering.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      decision
      to
      hold
      day-long
      forums
      in
      major
     
     
      Centres
      in
      Canada
      was
      made
      following
      the
     
     
      Committee's
      first
      public
      forum
      in
      Ottawa
      on
      Sept.
     
     
      !2.
      Thirteen
      briefs
      were
      presented
      by
      educators,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ~
      Campus
      Women
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Ella
      Holt
     
    
   
   
    
     
      researchers,
      industry
      representatives
      and
      students;
     
     
      almost
      200
      people
      attended.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      public
      forums
      will
      be
      held
      on
      Nov.
      16
      in
     
     
      Vancouver;
      January
      29
      in
      Montreal;
      Feb.
      19
      in
     
     
      Regina;
      March
      6
      in
      Toronto;
      and
      in
      early
      April
      in
     
     
      Halifax.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      At
      its
      meeting
      on
      Sept.
      13,
      the
      committee
      also
     
     
      decided
      to
      contract
      out
      research
      that
      will
     
     
      demonstrate
      the
      "best
      practices
      universities
      and
     
     
      industries
      are
      implementing
      to
      attract,
      retain
      and
     
     
      advance
      the
      careers
      of
      women
      engineers,"
      said
     
     
      Monique
      Frize,
      chair
      of
      the
      19-member
      committee.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "We
      hope
      the
      research
      results
      will
      give
      engineering
     
     
      schools
      and
      employers
      of
      engineers
      practical
     
     
      techniques
      and
      program
      ideas
      that
      will
      help
      them
     
     
      improve
      the
      environment
      for
      young
      women
      wishing
     
     
      to
      work
      as
      engineers."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "At
      a’few
      universities
      in
      Canada,
      where
      concerted
     
     
      efforts
      are
      being
      made
      to
      reach
      into
      junior
      high
     
     
      schools,
      over
      20
      per
      cent
      of
      first-year
      students
      are
     
     
      female,"
      Dr.
      Frize
      said.
      "One
      of
      the
      questions
      our
     
     
      committee
      wishes
      to
      pursue
      is:
      What
      are
      these
     
     
      schools
      doing
      that
      makes
      the
      difference?"
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      committee
      also
      wants
      to
      find
      out
      what,
      if
     
     
      anything,
      employers
      of
      engineers
      are
      doing
      to
      ensure
     
     
      that
      female
      engineers
      have
      the
      same
      opportunities
     
     
      for
      career
      advancement
      as
      their
      male
      colleagues.
     
     
      "One
      recent
      study
      of
      professional
      engineers
      in
      the
     
     
      25-39
      age
      group
      shows
      that
      36
      percent
      of
      the
      males
     
     
      held
      supervisory
      positions
      compared
      to
      only
      18
     
     
      percent
      of
      females.
      We
      would
      like
      to
      discover
      why
     
     
      this
      is
      occurring.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      results
      of
      the
      research
      will
      be
      presented
      at
      a
     
     
      national
      conference,
      Women
      in
      Engineering:
      More
     
     
      Than
      Just
      Numbers.
      To
      be
      held
      May
      21
      to
      23
      in
     
     
      Fredericton,
      NB,
      the
      conference
      will
      focus
      on
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      25,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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