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the HERALD Page 4 Community Wednesday December 1991 Prosperity depends on changes to education system By LISA POT The Herald Almost Hills residents turned up at Georgetown District High School Monday night to give the federal government their ideas of what will make Canada more prosperous The meeting was one of 150 being held across Canada as part of the federal government s The Prosperity Initiative Community Talks designed to give Canadians some influence in the development of a national strategy on com and learning This national strategy to prove competitiveness is like a jigsaw puzzle said the evenings moderator Pamela every community has a piece of the puzzle which is important to the whole puz zle Last night meeting which was co hosted by the Hills Cham ber of Commerce and the and Peel Industries Training Ad Committee is the 10th one she s been at and all have been well attended she said Last nights attendance of people was slightly lower than the 50 or more attendance level in other towns but Hills residents werent short on ideas David Wright the Executive Director of HAP1TAC said several issues were raised including con cern about the economy the value of the Canadian dollar concern about the relationship between education and business and concern about Canada a attitudes toward competitiveness One issue that came through very clearly was that people want the government to be more fiscally responsible with their policies he said People believed there was a lack of planning behind the govern s approach to solving problems Many were also concerned that the current high value of the Canadian dollar was affecting Canada export market and wan ted to see it lowered he said Training and education was another hot topic of conversation People in attendance felt there needed to be a more coordinated ef fort between business and education recalled Mr Wright They felt business should work more closely with education to en sure that education stays current Finally the issue of Canadians attitudes was discussed Many felt there needed to be a change of attitude towards the technical and scientific fields said Mr Wright Too much focus is on the high end jobs such as in the medical and law profession and not enough focus is on the trades in scence and technology Ms said changing the at titude of Canadians has been a com mon theme at all the Community Talks shes been at Weve heard over and over from the groups that Canadians have to change their attitude toward them selves and that they have to work harder and be more committed to learning Crosssector cooperation between government business education and labor is another theme re- occurring at the meetings she said All the comments from each com munity gathering are written down by government employees at the meeting and compiled into a sum report This summary will be sent to everyone who attended the meeting The process will end March said Ms Purvis and then the for mation of regional meetings will begin After this all the comments and suggestions will form the basis of a government document on Canadas and how it can be im proved to be released this fall Medical schools need women Ontario may face a of family physicians who deliver babies if medical schools neglect to make the field more appealing to female students a of Toronto study has show Two phsicians who teach in the Ij of T department of family and communiU medicine conducted a of the depart residents last year and found that half planned to include obstetrics in their practice eighty six per cent of the men but only per cent of the women Since more women enrol in family medicine per than men this could mean that in the future there will not be enough family physicians willing to deliver babies and provide on going care said Anthony assistant professor in fami and community medicine As more women continue to enrol in medicine pro grams with fewer of them ing not to provide maternity care the numbers of doctors perform deliveries may be reduced A decline in the numbers of famiK physicians attending births has been attributed to lifestyle issues lack of confidence in their skills and malpractice fears A com mon theorv is that women are more likely to structure their practices to allow time for their own family responsibilities Training programs must ad dress the factors that would facilitate women in maternity care said Reid In a study published in Cana dian Family Physician and Dr June Carroll suggest that family practice residency pro grams can play a part in en couraging residents to consider including obstetrics in their tices Respondents in their survey ho said they plan to practice obstetrics have likely at tended more births during heir residency and gave a higher rating to training received from family practitioners than obstetricians in their program Our findings made us aware that training would be improved by increasing family medicine experience teachers shanng of patients increasing continuity of care involving residents more m decision making and manage ment adding more family medicine role models and ad dressing lifestyle issues especially for women said The of T department of ly and community medicine is one of the largest m North America with about residents each year distributed among eight Toronto hospitals WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY A SECURED CREDITOR TO CONDUCT A RECEIVERSHIP LIQUIDATION OF JOHN BOUGHTON JEWELLERS INC 73 MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN EVERYTHING IN THE STORE PRICE SfSwiE PINTS ETC ETC OPEN DAILY AT 1 000 A UNTIL ALL MERCHANDISE IS SOLD CASH VISA MASTERCARD ONLY ALL SALES FINAL sale conducted by Block and Company APPRAISERS LIQUIDATORS TOO BUSY TO SEW Let Roberta Do It Theres still time lor Christmas Sewing Minor Repairs V Call Anytime fr Main St S food stores target OPEN 24 HRS 7 DAYS A WEEK 51 GUELPH ST GEORGETOWN Halton HIU Local CARS R US Member Miles Mail- agrees I can find everything I need right here in town and with har dly any trouble get ting there or finding it plus I like the friendly sales help Shopping locally saves jobs These are interesting times in which we live Its times like these that communities need to pull together Halton Hills merchants centres and industries go out of their way to be good citizens Halton Hills businesses employ local people they provide excellent services to all and they pay taxes to keep our community a place that we are proud to call home Its the Halton Hills business people who support our service groups fund raising events social and athletic events Now in these interesting times it s important that we pull together as a community Think about it shop Halton Hills first support your community Support your community Brought to you In part by the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce and The Herald