mation is used for both personal and research purposes, adn requests
most frequently concern information on legal, medical,financial as
well as on the various workshops which we provide.

il.Staffing the Women's Centre: When the Centre is wpen, those "on staff"

answer in person and telephone requests, handle the library procedures,

sort and auswer the mail, and! post intormation about relevance community
activities. in addicion, the ‘staffer gathers and organizes intormation,
including the purcnasing or library books, maintaining magazine subscriptions
and purchases newspapers and journais for intormation relevant to our

general files.

In addition the statfer is available to sociaiize with people who wish

to drop in and chat with other women on campus. Finally, tne starrer provides
emotionai support and counseling to women who arrive in a crisis situation.
Host women that come to the Centre are incterescted in all or the services
mentioned above, but we can make tne following approximate. estimate of

time spent by tne siaffer in eacu area. 20% of the people the stafrer sees
are requesting inrornation, 20% require counselling ana support, ana 20%

are using the Centre as a drop-in.

III. Workshops and ranels: In additon to these "regular" functions, the Women's

Centre organizes a large number of relevant workshops on:
-Ovulation methoa of birth control.
-~Women's Health anda Sexuality.
-~Physical Seif vefense.
-Women in Prison.
-~Lesbianism ana reminisi.
-~Emotional Self Defense

—Car Maintenance.