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The Future Is Now Women and the Impact Of THE FUTURE IS NOW WOMEN AND THE IMPACT OF MICROTECHNOLOGY Report on the Conference "The Future Is Now”: Women and the Impact of Microtechnology Held in June 1982, Ottawa Edited by Jacqueline Pelletier in collaboration with The Women & Technology Committee ©Women and Technology Committee August 1983 ISBN 0 -9691509-0-3 We dedicate this report to the hundreds of women whose contribution, spiritual and otherwise, helped us to make this all possible. Collaborators: Editing and Coordination: Jacqueline Pelletier Graphic design and production: Gallant Graphiste Photography on front cover: Christel Gallant Translation: Juliette Kearly Editing of French text: Jacqueline Bourdeau Proofreading: Louise Lambert Editing of English text: Joy Huska Proofreading: Joy Huska Representative of the Steering Committee: Aisla Thomson English Bibliography: Ingrid Wellmeier French Bibliography: Jacqueline Bourdeau This is not only a book, it is an investment in the future. Acknowledgements Members of the Steering Committee: Lee Farnworth (CFUW), Susan Phillips, Jane Pope, Michelle Swenarchuk (NAC), Aisla Thomson (CRIAW), Susan Vander Voet (CCLOW), and Pat Webb. Conference Coordinator: Lynda Barrett Publicity: Jo McFadden, Communicado Associates, Ottawa Strategy Coordinators: Jacqueline Pelletier, Jacqueline Bourdeau, Hélène Kearney, Carmen Paquette, Sabine Rohlfs, Ginette Sabourin, Magda Seydegart, and Pat Webb. Audio-Visual Organizer: Eileen O'Neil Hardware Display Organizer: Barbara Sawh Members of the Program Sub. committees: Martha Colquhoun, Julyan Reid, Ginette Sabourin, Joan Barber, Jacqueline Bourdeau, Janet Ferguson, Jean Fairholm, Linda Fischer, Lee Farnworth, Susan Phillips, Susan Vander Voet, Michelle Swenarchuk, Aisla Thomson, and Carol Armatage. Finance Committee: Susan Vander Voet, Ann Power, and Aisla Thomson The Women and Technology Steering Committee would like to thank and acknowledge the generous funding of: The Women's Program, Secretary of State Labour Canada The Official Languages Directorate, Secretary of State The Women's Bureau, Labour Canada Employment and Immigration Canada Without their support, this conference would not have been possible. We would like to thank the resource persons who participated in this conference. Their knowledge and expertise was greatly appreciated. We would also like to thank the following individuals for their support and services: Lyse Huot, Willadean Leo, Anne Carter, Lyse Blanchard, Joan Ellieson, Mary Lou Livisky, Johanna Hickey, Olivia Jacobs, and Louise Lanthier. Many thanks to the following for their contribution to the conference: Rob Newton of Computer Innovations for lending two Apple computers Bell-Northern Research for donating the Conference Kit Folders Ottawa Women's Network Entertainment provided by: Catherine Arsenault Lee Flemming Friends in Harmony Michelle Deshaies Table of Contents Introduction Notes For Presentation Information Access and Control Changing Employment Patterns Training and Retraining Education Health and Safety Demonstration Workshops Sunday Morning Plenary Sunday Afternoon Plenary Conference Follow up Conclusion Appendix Introduction The Future Is Now. It is a quantum leap, of sorts! A transformed civilization is taking shape with the impact of a technology so new that most of us can hardly name it. How do you bring together a few hundred persons to discuss that future, which is already becoming a reality? How do you keep them interested for three days while motivating them to take charge of follow-up? Answer: You take a wild guess. Above all, you must not take yourself too seriously. Then, select themes which will concern and fascinate. Find excellent resource persons. Persist with determination through the inevitable confusion and difficulties to the very last word of the final plenary session. When all is over, give in to the laughter of success, to the collective hysteria that follows exhaustion, to the manifestations of friendship and solidarity which crystallize new learning. "The Future Is Now: Women and the Impact of Microtechnology" was a first, inasmuch as it resulted from the joint effort of four national women's organizations. It was a unique event, since participation far exceeded the expectations of organizers. Early June: many have requested information, but few have registered. Mid-June: Will we reach our objective of 500 registrants? The conference opens June 25: more than 550 participants register. At times, 600 people are milling through the workshops and the exhibits. The student residences fill up; the meeting rooms are crowded; a flow of information and ideas settles in to last until the end of the event. All points of view are voiced: here, we express concern over health hazards; there, we praise the invaluable potential of computers for the handicapped. While one workshop makes claims for reform, another concludes on the need for individual involvement. Friendships are born; business cards are exchanged; participants greet each other warmly; plans of action are reached. In one room a speaker, stunned to have discovered she is expected to participate in the program, improvises a presentation, while elsewhere, an old lady leaning on a cane marvels, "how lucky you will be to live that!" Interest did not wane throughout the three days of the conference; this has been confirmed by a survey, conducted several months after the event, which indicated that many cherish their memories of the conference. Having been assailed for several years by baffling and seemingly contradictory information, sometimes disconcerted by the esoteric language of technology, anxious to find directions and to share their knowledge and their fears, participants arrived in Ottawa in an open, questioning frame of mind. In these circumstances, the meeting could only become a dynamic process, welcoming the contribution of each participant, more geared to spontaneous interventions than to the established program. One of the richest aspects of the dynamics was certainly the acceptance of the need for personal commitment to conference follow-up. It was readily recognized that the adoption of pious resolutions would only serve to adorn the most forgotten shelves. Any corrective or innovative action must first come from the self, from one's organization, from one's environment. Nothing could be more exacting; nothing could be more certain. It is a pleasure to publish the report of such a conference! We are even able to report on the personal or public follow-up of several participants. A word to the incredulous: you will never be so happy to have been wrong! To the degree that it was a process, it can be said that the conference, "Women and the Impact of Microtechnology... has never ended. It simmers and urges forward in the spirit and actions of so many Canadian women! Background What is happening to women in the current technological revolution? Are they benefiting from progress, or are they victimized by it? Are female workers moving toward new jobs, or are their present qualifications becoming useless? What is the role of women in decision-making processes at various levels, local as well as international? These issues were puzzling for some in the summer of '81. Their concern led to a first large meeting, held on September 27, 1981, at the New court House of St. Lawrence College in Kingston. Sponsored by three national organizations (the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women [CRIAW], the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women [CCLOW], and the National Action Committee on the Status of Women [NAC]), the meeting brought together about 20 women from Ontario, all active feminists. They agreed that a conference was desirable and that it should: · Promote a greater knowledge of micro technology and related problems. · Encourage participants to define a personal plan of action, including the expression of their claims. · Serve as a meeting point for the exchange of ideas and knowledge. · Inform of the advantages of micro technology, particularly in the workplace. A steering committee was immediately set up. In the course of the following months, its members would design the conference, obtain necessary funding, identify resource persons, and hire administrative staff; then, through weekly meetings and hundreds of telephone conversations, discover the hidden charms of working as a team. Among the major concerns were: · To elaborate a conference program to meet the needs of beginners, as well as those of women already well informed. · To identify women as workshop leaders in all sectors. · To ensure that Canadian women from all provinces could register and be served in their own official language. · To reach a large variety of interest groups. Conference Objectives A second meeting was held in February 1982, at Carleton University in Ottawa, at which, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario were represented. Three objectives were defined: "The first objective is to simplify technological language and explain the workings of microcomputers and word processing equipment to women. The computer industry has developed a jargon which can inhibit the layperson, and which has contributed to an aura of mystification surrounding the whole computer field. And although women are, and will be using technological equipment in the workplace as well as in the home, they have not been given the opportunity to understand the functioning and logic behind these machines. Through a "hands- on" display at the conference, we
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