03233nam 2200709Ia 450 991078195270332120230912161140.097866109393811-280-93938-90-7748-5127-910.59962/9780774851275(CKB)2550000000058502(EBL)3412079(SSID)ssj0000280586(PQKBManifestationID)11226011(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280586(PQKBWorkID)10290762(PQKB)10263946(SSID)ssj0000643844(PQKBManifestationID)11384114(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000643844(PQKBWorkID)10668291(PQKB)11764014(Au-PeEL)EBL3412079(CaPaEBR)ebr10126257(CaONFJC)MIL93938(OCoLC)923441529(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/4nj20c(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404243(MiAaPQ)EBC3412079(MiAaPQ)EBC3243766(DE-B1597)662065(DE-B1597)9780774851275(EXLCZ)99255000000005850220050125d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIf I had a hammer[electronic resource] retraining that really works /Margaret Hillyard LittleVancouver UBC Press20051 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7748-1118-8 0-7748-1119-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Laying the Foundation""; ""3 The Everyday Lives of Our Heroes""; ""4 From Blueprint to Reality: Challenges at the Job Site""; ""5 Measuring Success""; ""6 “ A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out�: Let�s Get Serious about Retraining""; ""Appendices""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters. To do so they have juggled child-care schedules, left abusive partners, and kicked drug habits to participate in a unique intensive retraining program. Through the voices of the women participants and their instructors, Margaret Little analyzes the program to reveal the struggles and triumphs of low-income women. She demonstrates that there is a desperate need for retraining programs that provide real opportunities for economic independence. She also argues that, in an era of workfare and time-limited welfare, such programs are an effective strategy for welfare reform.Occupational training for womenCanadaPoor womenEmploymentCanadaOccupational training for womenPoor womenEmployment331.4/2592/0971Little Margaret Jane Hillyard1958-1471723MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781952703321If I had a hammer3684135UNINA