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fraction of her husband's pension. How is a woman expected to live on less than a man? Other areas of concern were Home Eco- nomics courses in all High Schools; Retraining programs for older women; Day Care facili- ties; Educational TV programs for more isolat- ed areas; and services for the Indian and Eski- nio women of Canada. Mentiori was made in this connection of the extension of the pro- gram of the Women's Institute into Northern Canada. “In Canada's second century,“ claims the F.W.I.C. “a change of attitude is necessary in order for women to reach their full potential . and for this potential to be recognized and utilized. not only in the labour force. but in the all-embracing career of homemaker." The Brief concludes by saying: “To speed the day when women will have reached this desired status, we recommend that an agency, in an approPriate Department of Government, administered by qualified women, be set up to deal with the problems of particular concern to women, and that the services of an ombudsâ€" man (a woman) he provided.” The Brief was presented by Mrs. J. Philip Matheson, Oyster Bed Bridge, P.E.I., F.W.I.C. Hon. President and Chairman of the F.W.I.C. Status of Women Committee. She was accom- panied by two other members of her commitâ€" tee: Mrs. George Clarke, St. John's. New- foundland. F.W.I.C. President; and Mrs. John E. MacLean, Seaforth, Ontario. 1* ‘k i All members of the Federated Women’s In- stitutes of Canada extend congratulations to the Fort Providence Branch. Northwest Terri- tories for winning a second place in the needle- work competition sponsored by the Associated Country Women of the World in connection with the Triennial Conference. The article sub- mitted by the Fort Providence Branch was a wall plaque of Indian moosehair embroidery. The work was done by a member of the Branch and was entered in the section on free needlework using local materials. This Branch in the North West Territories is credited with doing much to revive this traditional skill. ‘k * 'k A PRAYER AT MORNING By Robert Louis Stevenson _ The day returns and brings us the petty round 0f irritating concerns and duties. Help us to perform them with laughter and kind faces; let cheerfulness abound with industry. Give us to go blithely on 0‘" business all this day; bring us to our resting beds weary and content and undishonoured; and grant us in the end the gift of sleep. FALL 1968 A New Women’ 3 Institute at Coppermine, N.W.T. _ Another Women‘s Institute has been formed in the Northwest Territories. This is at Copâ€" permine. says Mrs. L. T. Vear, Discovery, N.W,T.. reporting to a meeting of the NOrth- ern Canada Women‘s Institutes Committee of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada. Mrs. Vear has been carrying on the field work for the F.W.I.C. during the summer months and travelled extensively in the District. Her report goes on to say this is an Eskimo group with 28 women attending the meeting to organize. Much enthusiasm was shown and plans were made for programs that would be of particular value to the women in this settle- ment. Mrs. Vear visited other branches of the N.C.W.I.. holding classes in sewing and dis- cussing with the members their problems and the work of the Women's Institute. Health and Safety are two subjects of particular concern and many settlements were making plans for portable swimming pools where their children may learn to swim. There are many drowning fatalities in the District and Women‘s Institute members feel this should be a vital part of their projects on safety. There are now twelve branches of the N.C.W.I.. three of them in the Yukon. With the closing down of Reindeer StatiOn. the Es- kimo Women's Institute there had to disband. Members of this formerly active branch will be settling in Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk and plan to join the Institutes there. This means no total loss in membership for N.C.W.I. which now numbers around 220. Mrs. Vear concluded her report by saying: “I was much encouraged by the response, (:0- operation and interest shOWn everywhere I went. and the lively discussions we had as we talked over our problems together." Mrs. M. E. Lambert. Destruction Bay. Yu- kon. the F.W.I.C. extension worker in that Territory. began later in the season. Here again Safety is being stressed in all its aspects. In a progress report for this meeting. Mrs. Lambert mentions her plans call for a trip of over a thousand miles. which will take her not only to the organized Institutes but on to other centres where interest has been exPrESSed in the Women‘s Institute. 23