ABSTRACT

History is better made than predicted but even the most cursory reading of contemporary events and current trends in Canada suggests that for women in education, the 21st century will provide dangerous terrain indeed. The cumulative effects of the government-supported, corporate effort to implement the neo-liberal economic agenda in Canada (Bakker, 1996b; Brodie, 1996b) and the ongoing destruction of public services and the commercialization of education will have specific consequences for women as educational workers.