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one of their meetings on "Safety With Electric- ity” by Mr. Walter Hoogendyke, an Ontario Hydro engineer. A Resolution presented at the Area Con- vention at Niagara Falls in November and quoted below, was not sustained at the con- vention; but a motion was passed recommend- ing that the resolution be published in Home and Country so that Institute members might be encouraged to make a study of the question of subsidies for agricultural products. The Resolutions Convener, Mrs. S. Royle. believes that the resolution may have been defeated at the convention “because the provincial direc- tors would not know where to forward it.” It is really directed to the local Institute. Followâ€" ing is the resolution. It originated with Cathcart Institute in South Brant. “WHEREAS there are various non-agricul- tural groups advertently or inadvertently mis- leading the consuming public, especially the urban public, about the subsidies on dairy products. namely butter; and “WHEREAS the subsidies to all Canadian agriculture total only 141 millions as compared to the subsidies and protective tariffs at costs to the consumers of one billion dollars plus an- other 60 million dollars for unemployment inâ€" surance, plus subsidy assistance on coal. rail- ways, etc.; and "WHEREAS the motto of the Women‘s In- stitutes is “For Home and Country;” and "WHEREAS the Women's Institute memâ€" bers are predominantly rural; “THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that each and every Women‘s Institute make a care- tul study of the most important industry in our economy. so that each member can answer incorrect statements with facts when questioned about subsidies for agriculture." UNESCO Plan for Northern Canada HERE‘S NOTHING new about Wom- l en‘s Institutes contributing to a UNES- CO project to help people in other coun- tries. Within the past six years we have sent home demonstration equipment to Ceylon and adult education funds to the British West In- dies. Now our national president, Mrs. James Haggerty, announces a UNESCO Gift Coupon Plan No. 367 for an adult education program. The project is set up on a national basis to be presented to the provinces as well as the na- tional organization and all other possible sources of contribution. The plan has been approved by UNESCO headquarters and has been arranged with adâ€" vice from the Canadian National Commission for UNESCO, the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources and the In- dian-Eskimo Association of Canada who are willing to co-operate in any phase of the work that may come under their jurisdiction. The fund will be administered by F.W.I.C, for the extension of the Women's Institute in Northern Canada under the terms of reference at UNESCO. Under this plan the fund will be used to: _1. Organize Women’s Institutes among In- dian, Eskimo and Metis women by providing an organizer for this work. 2. Promote crafts, leadership training and better methods of homemaking under existing conditions. 3. Ascertain the need for and supply necesâ€" WINI'ER I 963 sary material for craft work and literature for leadership training classes and Workshops. 4. Provide short term training for selected women of the area as auxiliary nursing workâ€" ers or nurse's aides. 5. Furnish travel assistance for Northern Women's Institute members to attend neighbor- ing provincial conventions or area conferences within their oWn territories. In connection with the project a study kit has been prepared by the Northern (‘anada Women‘s Institute Committee: and we would suggest that any Institute would do well to have this presented as an curly feature on its next year‘s program. Convcncrs of Education and Citizenship would find in the kit excellent material for a panel or for a paper or for two or three shorter papers or talks. The story of Mrs. Hough‘s "Ventures Into the North" last summer is full of human interest. and the booklet "This Is the Arctic" published by the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources is as entertaining as it is informative. and it carries a lot of surprises for most of us. After the initial introduction of the kit we be- lieve most members will want to study itâ€"and perhaps to order an extra copy of "This Is The Arctic“ for family reading. especially if they have high school children. A UNESCO project for our Indian and Eskimo neighbors and fellow Canadians is something new and, one would imagine, likely to appeal strongly to Institute women in every province. 21