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The unwritten story As WLU professor Dr. Arlene Guinsberg demonstrates, the new Women's Studies Database will allow greater access to information ot concern to women. The database currently contains more than 12.000 information items from a variety of sources. Pot Albee“. photo Region has no easy answers for tough disposal dilemma Amalgamation of schools under St. John’s-Kilmarnock banner Efforts by many help establish WLU Women's Studies Database Chronicle Staff The Uptown Waterloo Resi- dents' Association has come out strongly opposed to the idea of an energy-from-waste incinera- tor in the city. , "It is our belief that an incinerator located in an urban area will have a detrimental affect on the quality of life in that area and we oppose any move to have an EFW incinera- tor within the urban area of Uptown Waterloo," association resident Rott Dawson said in a tter to MacLaren Engineers, consultants hired by the Region to prepare a 20year waste (Continued from page 1) New Hamburg in the southwest comer of Wilmot Township; the second, southwest of Baden. Pat Arbuckle Chronicle Staff According to a report prepared by the waste management master plan consulting team. the region should be able to bury its garbage at the expanded Erb Street facility and the existing Cambridge dump until 2015. But, they note, the "potential exists for future problems at both (these) landfills (because) these sites are located above aquifers supplying regional water supply system." Although 1andfilling remains a "necessary" - The recommendations will be presented to the component in the master plan, consultants publicfor comment next month. I I I Residents oppose incinerator Officials of St. John‘s-Kilmamock school announced plans this week for the amalgama- tion of its two campuses with St. Margaret's school in Elma. The three facilities, located in Waterloo and Elora, will operate under the name St. John's, Kilmarnock School. Jim Chalmers, who will serve as overall headmaster of the school, explained that the move was taken to eliminate duplication of services and programs. “It will produce a more efficient operation. Where there has been duplication from a business and administrative standpoint, it will consolidate it for the benefit of both parties," he said. Chalmers added that, with algamation and a broader base to work from, the school will be able to offer its students greater opportunities in terms of activities. special events and curricu- management master plan. Discussions are underway for the construction of a 272 tonne- per-day incinerator off Wilson Avenue in Kitchener, which would provide steam to BF. Goodrich. Although no other incinera- tors are recommended at this time, the study team has iden- tified a number of potential locations in the region, includ- ing one in Uptown Waterloo and one adjacent to the University of Waterloo. In the letter, Dawson argued that incineration technology has not been "proven" and "has not Ium development. Work on the merger began in J a'nuary when a liaison committee carried out an evaluation of the tchool's needs and programs. "The committee decided that the best benefit to everyone concerned would be to amal- gamate," he explained, adding that the future union had been planned when St. Margaret's opened to years ago. Other administrators of the school will include Walter Langford, who will be director of the junior campus, including St. John’s-Kilmarnock Elora campus and St. Margaret's, Madeline Speed, assistant to the director of the junior campus. and Murray Pengelly. director of the senior campus in Waterloo. Also suggested is a pilot study, to be done this year, to prove the economic viability of a composting program for yard wastes and grass clippings and an extensive public-education pro- gram. The amalgamation which will omcially come into effect in July, affects 350 to 400 students - approximately 80 Grade three to 10 girls at St. Margaret's, 150 Grade four to eight boys at the St. John's Kilmarnock junior campus in Elora and 195 Grade eight to 13 co-ed students at the senior campus in Waterloo. predict the volume of waste generated in the Region could be reduced by as much as four per cent through implementation of the 4R's. To accomplish this. they recommend con- struction of an energy-from waste incinerator in south Kitchener and introduction of a region- wide source separation program to recycle residential, commercial and industrial waste. been around long enough to answer all the questions before subjecting an urban population to its potential impacts." He cited 1981 studies, reveal- ing that dioxins have been found in all municipal incinerators built. "Safe limit guidelines for various constituents potentially emitted by incinerators are either unproven (i.e. constitu- ents are too new to determine what a safe level is - will we be the guinea pigs for problems 10, 20. 40 years trom how?) or no defined limit is available." Pat Mi. Chronicle Staff The "great unwritten story of Canada," the story of women and their concerns. is finally coming to light with the introduction of a Women's Studies Database at Wil- frid Laurier University. Ever tried looking for information on what people in the past were thinking about sex roles? Until earlier this month, such information might have been diffi- cult, if not impossible to trace, since many of the historical materials universities have collected about women. have never been indexed in library card catalogues, explained Dr. Arlene Guinsberg, director of Women's Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. All that has changed with the installation of a new Women's Stud- ies Database at WLU, which was unveiled recently by Secretary of State Walter McLean. For those unfamiliar with com- puter terminology, Guinsberg de- scribes the database as a "collee tion of book titles or manuscripts. printed or unpublished, that have been written on the topic of women and their concerns" - marriage, the family, employment, legislation governing the workplace or home, social conditions, health, sex or literature, for example. The WLU professor became aware of the need for such a database three years ago when a student came to her for help in locating information on women au- thors. Although she knew the two university libraries has such infor- mation, lack of indexing made it difficult to find the material, cer- tainly beyond the capabilities of an average student, Guinsberg said. "We have to know what exists and where to look for it when it is not listed in the card catalogue. We decided the database was a good way to provide access to material. we already had, which had not been listed." she explained. A $14,000 grant from Employment and Immigration Canada enabled the Women's Studies Department at the university to hire six students to enter information into the data- base. Guinsberg acknowledged, howev- er. that the task could not have been completed without the financial He entered municipal politics in 1967 when he defeated incumbent Art Paleczny in a surprise bid for the mayor's seat. During his ten- ure, he held the position of vice- president, then president of the mmember Association of Munic- ipalities of Ontario. He is survived by his wife Margaret and son Geoffrey, both of Waterloo. and daughter Marilyn of Johannesburg. South Africa. Former Waterloo mayor Don- ovan Meston of 119 MacKay Cres. died Sunday, after suffering a heart attack in Toronto. He was Previously an underwriter for Dominion"Life Assurance Co. and estate planner and marketing manager for Calnek. Price and Associates Ltd., Meston was exec- utive director of theOntario Crick- et Association at the time of his death. Meston served as mayor of the city from I967 to 1974 and alder- man from 1977 to 1978. - Meston was defeated in 1974 by Herb EDD. now MPP for Waterloo North. Former mayor dies WATERLOO C"ttmtct.E, WWI MARCH 27. I” - PAGE 3 support from the WLU Research Grants Committee and the WLU computing centre which allowed the department free access to computer time and centre facilities. Those who do not have a computer will be able to use facilities at WLU's computing centre. A bro- chure. with instructions on how to use the database, is available and Guinsberg said those needing addi- tional help, should contact her at 884-1970, ext. 2422. They have already applied for a $40,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada so that additional books, microfilms and manuscripts can be purchased. Information, contained in the da- tabase will be open, free of charge, to any individual or group in the world with access to a computer. beionginir to the two local universi- ties have been entered into the database, including the History of Women, a 10.000wa collection, which is stored on microfilm. mate- rials from UW's Doris Lewis Room, a collection of microfilm materials and photographs from the Kimie Library and Les Femmes from the Collection Bibliothtque National. "it would have been impossible at arty/tttttr university," she said. Women's Studies departments at the two universities, which have worked jointly on the project, plan to continue adding and updating the database as new materials are ac- quired. Providing access to information on women is not the only advantage of the new database. In Guinsberg's view, it has the potential to open up the whole field of women's studies, allowing more sophisticated, imagi- native research. Guinsberg is also appealing to the general public to donate diaries or letters written by their female ancestors, along with old records which might provide insight into what she calls "the great unwritten story of Canada," the story of women. Women's Studies departments at the universities are hoping to es- tablish a Women's Studies major within the next year. Besides offer- ing two courses jointly. WLU and UW each already have some 20 undergraduate courses available. Already. the bulk of materials Don Heston