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To keep pace with ever changing families, the staff of the "Transitions" newsletter has been exploring the Internet for on-line family resources. This issue of "Transition," in French and English language editions, looks as how families and those interested in family issues can best use this new technology. Feature articles are: (1) "Gateways to a World of Family Information," on how families can find contacts, entertainment, information and friends on the Internet; (2) "Web of Deception," on Internet privacy and security concerns for children; (3) "Balancing Work and Family"; (4) "Families Online," on a child care Web site and networking contacts; (5) "Individual and Public Safety in a Changing Society," on the Canada Safety Council, which has put together statistics and commentaries on youth crime and justice; and (6) "Online with VIF," with instructions on how to access the Vanier Institute of the Family Website. (WJC)

This publication, in English and French, reports on the work-family conflict in Canada, gauges progress over the past decade, and examines how views have changed. The following articles are featured: (1) "Caution: Families at Work" (Ish Theilheimer), an examination of current workplace innovations, viewpoints of employers and employees, and the conflict between living standard and quality of life; (2) "Beyond Accommodation: Towards Work and Family Harmony" (Nora Spinks), a description of the kinds of processes needed to address work-family issues within the workplace and the evolution of understanding; (3) "Work and Family in the 90s: The View from the Trenches" (Lina Duxbury, Christopher Higgins), a discussion of lessons learned from seven years of research on work and family issues; (4) "Dual Careers, Double Anxiety" (Reginald Bibby), an investigation of major sources of strain in two-career Canadian families, time constraints and job anxiety; and (5) "Canada's Working Families--It's About Time" (Alan Mirabelli), an argument that the work-family conflict has no one solution and a proposal for an agenda of research and action. Also included in the publication is information on upcoming conferences; news from collegial institutions; and current statistics on the numbers of two-job families, unemployment, distribution of unpaid household work, time at work, and volunteer locations. (KDFB)

This issue of the Canadian quarterly "Transitions," in French and English language versions, examines the prevention of youth crime, with a specific focus on activities, trends, and research dealing with Canadian families. Major articles in this issue are: (1) "A Snowball's Chance? Communities and Families Working to Prevent Youth Crime," which presents views from several key members of the National Crime Prevention Council on creating prevention programs that work, profiles of community success stories from across Canada, and a page of little-known facts on youth crime; (2) "Bailing Out on Future Generations," in which Dr. Robert Glossop argues that cutbacks in social programs are endangering the prospects of the next generation; and (3) "Working without a (Social Safety) Net," in which Ellen Adelberg talks with researchers Paul Reed and Michael Hall about the effects of government downsizing and downloading in education and social program spending on voluntary organizations. Other brief articles and columns discuss the increase in the availability of temporary jobs, the sponsoring of the Children's Choice Award for TV programs, and information and resources on current family issues in Canada. (AA)

This issue of the newsletter "Transition" focuses on young families and the problems they face. The newsletter contains book reviews, descriptions of upcoming events, and articles covering various aspects of young families. Articles are: (1) "Taking the Plunge" (Deidre Yukich), focusing on one woman's family planning decisions; (2) "Parenthood in the '90s--Shifting Roles" (Scott Piatkowski); (3) "Young Families in the 1990s--Uncertainty and Change" (Marie McNaughton); (4) "Family Formation of Young Adults of the '90s" (Zenaida R. Ravanera), examining historical and current trends, including common-law unions and never-married people having children; (5) "To Become Couples and Parents--New Answers to an Old Challenge" (Nicole Marcil-Gratton), analyzing trends in the lifestyles of young families in Quebec, including cohabitation versus marriage; and (6) "The Prospects of Young Families" (Susan McGrath and others), emphasizing the need for a national response to the problems and needs of young families, including unemployment, low incomes, and inadequacy of existing social programs. (BGC)

This topical quarterly newsletter issue examines the prevention of family violence, with a specific focus on activities, trends, and research dealing with Canadian families. Four feature articles include: (1) "Stopping Family Violence: Steps Along the Road," in which researchers and social workers discuss the meaning of violence, the struggle to stop it, and the tasks that lie ahead; (2) "The Anguish of Child Abuse: Is Prevention Possible?" (Rix Rogers), which focuses on the identification and prevention of child sexual abuse; (3) "Education the Key to Stop Elder Abuse," which presents an interview with Elizabeth Podnieks, a gerontologist who specializes in the prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse; and (4) "Paradise Lost: Violence Against Rural Women" (Wendy Milne), which focuses on the realities of rural life and intervention services in rural areas. Other brief articles and columns address family statistics in Canada, supreme court decisions affecting Canadian families, and information and resources on family violence. (MDM)

This quarterly newsletter issue, in English and French language editions, examines changing perspectives on family and community health, with a specific focus on activities, trends, and research dealing with Canada. Five feature articles include: (1) "New Rules: The Canadian Health Care System in Flux" (Lawrence J. Nestman), which comments on the changing Canadian health care system and the implications for Canadian families; (2) "Help at Your Doorstep," which provides excerpts from a new booklet on home health care; (3) "Health Promotion--A Family Affair" (Louise Potvin and Kathy Eisner), which looks at the role of health promotion and prevention in maintaining healthy families; (4) "Canada's Children and Their Families" (Denise Avard), which provides demographic information on child health and poverty and suggestions for improving the health of Canada's children; (5) Palliative Care Focuses on Families, which deals with providing comfort not cures for a dying patient and his/her family; (6) "Vanier Institute of the Family Annual Review, 1994," which reviews the institute's activities over the past year. Other brief articles and columns address child poverty, teenage drug use, new leadership at Family Service Canada, human rights in Canada, and recent publications related to family issues. (MDM)

This issue of the Canadian journal "Transition," in French and English language versions, examines the impact of television viewing and programming on family life. Major articles in this issue are: (1) "Virtual Unreality: Television, Families and Communities in the Nineties" (Alan Mirabelli), describes the isolating influence of television and how it has become the main socializer of children; (2) "IBC: 'Culture in the Making' in the North" describes the highly successful cultural programming of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) aimed at an audience reaching from the Yukon to Labrador to the high Arctic; (3) "For Communication in the Public Interest," an interview with the chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission; (4) "We Are What We Watch: Challenging Sexism and Violence in the Media" (Meg Hogarth) on television's stereotypical images of men and women and the violence in programming aimed at children; and (5) "Interactive Multimedia: Edu-tainment Is the Name of the Game" on interactive computer software. Also included in the journal are summaries of the research on the impact of television. (HTH)

This issue of the Canadian journal "Transitions," presented in French- and English-language editions, deals with immigration as it relates to families. "Immigration, Integration, Families, Values: Old Wine in New Bottles" (Morton Weinfeld with Kathy Eisner) discusses the process of immigrant integration, which spans generations, and its impact on family and cultural values. "Immigrant Women Speak" consists of excerpts from two recent books about Canadian women and what it means to them to be a "hyphenated" Canadian. The importance of the family in preserving and promoting the language (French) and its bearing on the demography of Quebec are explored in "Quebec: The Politics of Survival" (Michel Vastel). In "How Tolerant Are We?" (Darrell Bricker), a pollster examines Canadians' attitudes on a range of issues associated with ethnocultural diversity and views regarding immigration. Also included in this journal issue are short articles about directions and options for redesigning federal programs, a campaign encouraging families to spend time together, and startling facts and statistics on poverty and the mental health of children. (BAC)

This article provides, in point form, some immigration facts for Canada. Answers to a number of questions posed are given. For example, do immigrants drain the economy, how well do immigrants integrate into Canadian society, where do most immigrants to Canada come from, where do most immigrants live, how well do immigrant children do in school and how do Canadians feel about immigration? The author tries to present data that answer the questions posed above. See also: 18280. IMMIGRATION OUTSIDE THE EU—ENTRY PROCEDURES—See: 18374, 18382, 18383, 18418. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]