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b'rA.,-qt-,rir_r-....rq.r.r.....'...e.r' O. . . Juanno Clarke, a Laurier pro- fessor and one of the conference organizers, says wo li . longer in poorer 'least,',',',)'," greater rtnaueial constraints. She says those conditions are creating new concerns which must be addressed. Gender and aging topic of WLU/UW conference Jointly sponsored by Wilfrid Laurier University and the Uni. versity of Waterloo, the confer- ence will focus on poverty, hour ing and health in relation to the aging population. Gender and aging is the subject of a conference to be held at St. Jerome’s College in Waterloo on May 12. the general public to the eonfer. ence to hear speakers from a variety of specialties. Judith Leon, executive director of Senior Link, will speak on how the Toronto agency offers support to the city's elderly to enable them to stay longer in their homes. Sue Wilson, a sociology profess sor at Laurier until 1987 and now a management consultant in has Angeles, will discuss women, ag. ing and poverty in Canada. Ste. phen Smith, a UW masters tttu. dent of gerontology and political science, will focus on women, aging and pension policy. Janet McClain, a Ph.D. student of human services at Cornell University in New York, will Dealing with the issue of gen- der, aging and health will be Neena Chappell from the Univer- sity of Manitoba', Centre on Aging and Pat Kaufert from its department of community health services. Hosted by the departments of women’s studies at both Waterloo universities in association with Laurier', interdisciplinary re- search committee, the conference will be funded by grants from the Ontario Ministry of Health. speak on the issue of older women in the housing market and Anne Martin Matthews, director of the Gerontology Research Centre at the University of Guelph, will look at aging women living inde. pendently. tx2- I l WATERLOO cnnomcg. WEDNESDAY man " was _ PAGE 33 - - -imE any-as». - - LADIES' DRESSES Large Assortment of Brand Name Spring Dresses 20% OFF mus.»- Naval-d - 'dl