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For thirtyâ€"two years Mrs, Bielish has been. an ac- tive Women’s Institute member. During that time she served on the executive at local district and provtnCtal level including four years as president.. She represented Alberta on the National Board as Junior and Senior Board Director. served as member at large as well as third and second vice president. and was acclaimed President at the National Convention in June. She has attended FWIC conventions since 1957, as well as the last four ACWW Conferences: A wide variety of interests have given Mrs. Bteltsh the opportunity to serve over the years on the Provtn- cial boards of the Red Cross. Cancer Soctety, Councrl on Aging; Human Rights Association, Also her interest in native people lead to a close liaison With the Voice of Alberta Native Women’s Society. She served as an elected trustee on her local school board. and was on the Citizens Advisory Board on the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. Presently she serves as Chairperson of the County Further EdUCation Council and on the Advisory Board on adjustment of immigrants to Canada Manpower and Immigration Council. Mrs. Bieiish received an International Women‘s Year Award in 1975. Warmest congratulations and good wishes For a successful tenure of otfice as President of FWIC. RESOLUTIONS SUSTAINED Requesting the Federal Government to pass legis- lation making the Maple Leaf Tartan the official tar- tan of Canada. Requesting ACWW to separate resolutions from recommendations and that each group be discussed separately at an ACWW Conference. Requesting only sustained resolutions passed by the Resolutions Committee be brought forward for discussion at the plenary session of an ACWW Conw ference. Support the establishment of rape centres to aid victims of sexual assaults; and changes in legislation dealing with rape victims and rapists. Also a recommendation was passed that resolu- tions be accompanied by concrete research and sup- portive material That FWIC lend support to the proposed bill and amendments to the Broadcasting Act proposed by James McGrath MP requesting CRTC to set out clear and acceptable guidelines governing the portrayal of sex and violence in programming, NUTRITION AND THE MONTREAL DIET DISPENSARY Mrs. Agnes Higgins. Director Montreal Diet Dis- pensary spoke on “Nutrition of the Fetus" dealing specifically with nutrition during pregnancy. Throughout her speech she stressed the importance of a balanced nutritional diet at all times but espe- cially for the pregnant. Mrs. Higgins told about her work with mothers living in slums and at poverty level and the effects of malnutrition on the mother during pregnancy as well as the effects on the child at birth and on through life. Children often have disabilities when born which could have been prevented if more nutritious and well balanced meals had been eaten by the mother. 23 Slides, graphs. and comparisons were presented 0 various phases of nutrition during pregnancy accordrl ing to USA research. This research showed that 75s. of long term disabilities were due to poor eating habits Mrs. Higgins concluded that the most important food for the baby is milk, now statistics show milk is im tant for brain development before birth. Those habieq starved before birth in some cases only have 405 O‘f their brain cells developed. It was her contention that bigger, brighter, better babies will result when mothm have a well-balanced diet. por- THE HOUSE OF NUTRITION To the background music Bless This House .lig standing conveners presented their reports until: the theme “This is the house of nutrition that l I(‘ built“. The conveners used statistics from their pr .th reports which were compiled from information m from each provincial convener. Agriculture and Canadian Industries WEI‘t' Ks. picted by the walls, representing the strength and h for Agriculture. Cultural Activities built the ror»; id chimney, depicting both necessity and enjoyment it. izenship and Education represented the (l t, through which WI members can express their tho. u and expand their thinking. The windows were bu ‘iUnited Nations and International Exchange for a} see beyond our own borders. The hearth. the cen it the home was represented by the convenershi l Home Economics and Health, expressing the thr .it that good basic nutritional needs are essential. The fitting climax to the presentation was it thought that it was only through the study ot‘nutr n at branch level through all convenerships that a l’l .c of Nutrition could be built. OUR CANADIAN CHALLENGE The delegates were divided into seven works s to discuss current issues and concerns. Land Useâ€"discussion centred around the use or use of agricultural land. the extent of governmer tervention and foreign ownership. Strengthening the Family Unitâ€"women should come more involved in policy making and partic: in studies and surveys. Our Heritageâ€"the group discussed three categm geographical, preservation of history and visual i’ entation. Role of Womenicareer. volunteers, homemakers. consensus was that women should have choices am free to make the choice that interested them 11‘ without jeopardizing the strength of the family it. Rural Urban Communicationsâ€"if rural and ur it people would try to understand the problems Ol' ‘ “other side“ by listening, talking. reading. each W l become better informed. Communicating means derstanding the situation oneself, then getting message across correctly. Man and Resourcesâ€"energy consumption i doubled within a decade. new methods of meat _‘ energy were discussed and how we could contribui New Directions~discussions centred around hv ‘FWIC members could better promote the work of :1 : organization to keep it in tune with the times.