A collection of essays presented at a conference to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the release of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, Women and the Canadian State both celebrates and critically assesses the Report. Women bureaucrats, activists, and academics consider the impact, successes, and failures of the Report from a variety of viewpoints and reflect on the experience of Canadian women since its publication in 1970.

This annotated bibliography on women and vocational training was compiled through a search of the database on vocational training in the European Community and its member states. Key words used in the search were "woman,""equality," and "vocational training." The database contains references to books, periodical articles, legislation, and other published material, selected either by CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) or by the members of the Documentary Information Network. The 465 items listed in this bibliography were published between 1985 and 1990. They are organized into the following categories: (1) the 12 community countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom; (2) European Economic Community and CEDEFOP; (3) the United States and other countries; and (4) the International Labour Office and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Each entry contains information on author, type of publication, title, publisher, city of publication, date, number of pages, index terms (key words), and an abstract. All keywords are in English; however, many of the abstracts are in French and/or German only. (KC)

En 2003, peu avant l'élargissement de 2004 qui amène la population de l'UE à plus de 450 millions d'habitants, les démographes de Louvain entament une réflexion sur les conséquences de cet élargissement sur le comportement démographique des Européens.