DEVELOPMENTS IN SIZE LABELLING OF WOMEN'S GARMENTS

This article describes the developments in the womenswear trade which brought about the need for a standard system of size labelling, and how this has evolved to the present day where an international system of size labelling is now being adopted.     

Sex equity in early childhood environments

Many children spend their days in day-care centres where they have the opportunity to learn about sex appropriate behaviours. The instrument Sex Equity in Early Childhood Environments (SEECE) was developed for use in promoting equiry. Field-tested and revised, the instrument addresses the areas of teaching behaviour, child awareness, centre and community, facilities and equipment and career awareness. The SEECE instrument can be used with relative ease in focusing on changes needed to achieve a more equitable environment.     

A model of government–industry–academic collaboration: mandatory bankruptcy counselling policy in Canada

This paper profiles the chronology of a productive and complex collaborative relationship between government, industry and academia (mainly home economists) that has existed since late 1992 around the policy issue of mandatory bankruptcy counselling in Canada. Changes to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) in 1992 mandated counselling for bankrupts. A 1994 National Counselling Directive Working Group evaluated the impact of this legislation leading to the establishment of a 1995 Qualifications of Counsellors Task Force charged with developing a blueprint for use with the 1996 development and delivery of a course of study for insolvency counselling. Those completing the course will be the first roster of names in a national registry of qualified BIA counsellors in 1997. This paper attempts to capture the dynamics of managing and respecting the interconnections between stakeholders within the constraints of their political and economic realities.