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Canadian Home Economics Journal

| March 22, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Canadian Home Economics Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

This issue of the Canadian Home Economics Journal takes its theme, Technology@home, from the CHEA Conference held in Ottawa in August 2002. Our featured article by Sheryl Hamilton of McGill University, The Home of the Future, Then and Now, was adapted from a keynote address made by the author at the conference. Using information collected from the media, it highlights and reflects on many of the technological changes that have occurred in homes over the past fifty years. The research paper submission, Technology and Dishwashers: Are Users Still Wasting Water?, provides interesting insight into how dishwasher usage has affected our consumption of water.

You will also find that the Focus on People and Programs Section highlights a number of initiatives that reflect our use of technology in our profession. Kathryn Chandler's Sculpting the Spirit of Human Ecology illustrates how art and structural materials can come together to create a reflection of what is human ecology. Marlene Cox-Bishop and Annabelle Dryden explain how computer technology is being used to develop programs that are relevant to the needs of today's university students. Finally, the article, Management of Appropriate ...

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