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Report of the panel that identified barriers impeding the development and application of advanced industrial materials (AIM) and the diffusion of AIM knowledge. Recommendations were developed to overcome the barriers and implementation plans to effect the necessary change. The report covers university education, education of technicians and technologists, and the diffusion of AIM knowledge to the manufacturing sector. Each topic includes discussion of need, barriers, context, implementation, distribution, and follow-up. Appendices for each include summaries of reports commissioned and other relevant material used in discussions.

The report presents a summary of all the written and oral submissions before the consultation panel on the subject of equal pay for equal work. The role of the Consultation Panel on Pay Equity in Ontario was to listento all sides of the issue; to find out the concerns of various groups; andto encourage participants to offer their ideas on effective implementation.

Abstract: A series of papers discusses the effects of parental employment (mother, father or both) on children. The 7 papers discuss peer relationships in children of working parents; work status, television exposure, and educational outcomes; changing patterns of parental employment and the family-school relationship; family work patterns and community resources, the effects of mothers' employment on adolescent and early adult outcomes of young men and women; and conclusions and recommendations; plus an appendix. The editors conclude maternal employment doesn't have a standard or certain effect on children, rather the way that a family adapts to the mother working is the most significant factor. Children's experiences don't appear to be vastly different simply because a mother does or doesn't work. Income, race, family structure, individual children's personalities and family support systems are more influential than the isolated factors of a mother's working or not working. The editors recommend the development of daily living experiences which promote the child's well-being. (kbc).