I do not recall having seen this on Click4HP, sorry if I am reposting.
Please note that the date of this is 1999 and not 1998.

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Sherrie Tingley
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> From: Pamela Moss <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: "FEMINIST DEFINITIONS OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND
CARINGCOMMUNITIES"
> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 1:49 PM
>
> I thought this might interest some people.
>
>
> >PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CIRCULATE AND/OR DISTRIBUTE.
> >
> >CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
> >
> >"FEMINIST DEFINITIONS OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CARING COMMUNITIES"
> >
> >Criaw Conference 99 October 15-17,1999
> >Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Sudbury,
> >Ontario. Canada
> >
> >We invite papers, workshops, presentations, posters, art work, poetry
> >and performances which will describe, critique, protest, inform, or
> >suggest where healthy lifestyles and caring communities do or do not,
> >should or should not exist in various locations or forms.
> >
> >The theme is very broad in its application.  Interdisciplinary,
> >multicultural and bilingual, this conference will be a forum for a
> >multitude of perspectives on social, health, economic and other public
> >programs.  We are interested in both individual and collective
> >strategies for creating caring communities and healthy lifestyles.  We
> >hope to receive material from grassroots activists, academics, and other
> >individuals who are privately, publicly, and/or politically trying to
> >revision and reshape the world into a more caring and healthy place.
> >
> >Some examples of Topics include (but are not limited to):
> >*program alterations and funding cutbacks which have occurred across
> >Canada in the name of "caring communities"
> >*successful models of coalition building, of housing co-ops,
> >resource-sharing co-ops, etc.
> >*women's strategies  of healing and resistance around the world
> >*strategies and techniques for self care (holistic, alternative,
> >spiritual, etc.)
> >*feminist initiatives in health professions
> >*women transforming religion
> >*health and community issues from diverse perspectives: lesbians, young
> >women, older women, disabled women, aboriginal women, refugee and
> >immigrant women, women of colour, francophone women, rural women
> >*visions of feminist utopia
> >*the treatment of these themes in the work of women writers and artists
> >
> >Send your proposals before February 28, 1999 to:
> >CRIAW Paper Selection Committee
> >c/o Andrea Levan
> >Thorneloe College, Laurentian University
> >Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6
> >Tel. No. (705)673-1730  FAX: (705)673-4979
> >
> >Presentation Formats:
> >
> >1) Workshops: (1.5 or 3 hours)
> >    Skills-oriented or experiential focus--for example, action research
> >skills, journal keeping, popular theatre training, etc..
> >Considerations in planning: *Workshops may have one or more presenters
> >*Specific
> >activities should be built into the workshop for participants.
> >
> >2)Round table groupings (1.5 hours)
> >    Relatively informal group discussion organized around a specific
> >theme with one or more facilitators.
> >    Considerations in planning: *Although these are informal
> >discussions, normally
> >facilitators should have planned statements, list of questions, etc., to
> >start and keep
> >the discussion going.  Roundtables are usually most effective when the
> >topic is one which a number of different people have identified as
> >interesting , topical and important.
> >
> >3) Artistic Presentations (1.5 hours or less; specify time required)
> >    Video, music, art, theatre, poetry, etc.  Shorter presentations may
> >be grouped together.
> >
> >4)Papers (20 minutes maximum per paper)
> >    The program committee will group papers on similar themes into 1.5
> >hour sessions         given  in a Panel format (usually three papers,
> >allowing discussion time). Groups wishing to
> >organize their own sections should submit a joint proposal.
> >
> >    Considerations in planning: *Papers are most often read. * Papers
> >often take longer than expected to read. Make sure your reading time is
> >no longer than 20 minutes.
> >
> >5) Posters (3' x 6' maximum size)
> >    Visual displays of projects or research results which may include
> >tables, statistics and photographs.  Posters will be displayed
> >throughout the conference, but specific times will be set aside for
> >presenters to be available for discussing their displays.
> >
> >    Considerations in planning: *Preparing rough drafts on graph paper
> >can be helpful.
> >
> >*Handouts are often made available for conference participants,
> >reproducing or summarizing the poster and containing your name, address,
> >and phone.
> >
>
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