Education for Equality in the Workplace – 1983

Category:

EDUCATION

Sub-Category:

GENERAL

Resolution Number:

300.10.15

Club:

Toronto

Year:

1983

Status:

Resolved

Comments:

RESOLUTION:THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Business and Professional Women’s Clubs of Ontario urge the Government of Ontario, in particular the Ministry of Education, to immediately:
(1) ensure that material used in primary education is non-stereotyped
(2) ensure that educational guidance is non-discriminatory and provides a wide range of choices for girls and boys
(3) encourage awareness among teachers of the need for non-discriminatory guidance and use of non-stereotyped role models
(4) ensure that guidance teachers warn students against careers without scope for development
(5) develop a review process to ensure that the Ministry of Education’s directives concerning the removal of sex-role stereotyping are implemented in the best interests of the child.

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