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FWIC The Vice President from Ontario to the Federated FWIC CONVENTIONâ€"1979 Women‘s Institutes ol‘Canada Mrs. Harvey Noblitt re- National Convention will be held at the Ul‘liVCl'Ntlt ported on activities at national level to FWIO Board of Saskatchewan. Saskatoonfifloard MeetingJune It» Directors. 237Conveutionâ€"olficial opening the evening OHM-i... Mrs. Noblitt was appointed by the Provincial 24 through June litâ€"Post Board meeting 29m Board Directors at the annual meeting to complete the term 01‘ office vacated by Mrs. Clarence Diamond. Mrs. Diamond upon election as President of FWIO automatically becomes the Senior Board Director repâ€" resenting Ontario at national level. At a recent Executive Meeting. Mrs. Noblitt was To mark FWIC‘s 60th anniversary 3 pubiicaiim. appointed eonvener ot‘ Citrenship and Legislation. re- to be printed for Sale at the National Convention, 5- r. placing Mrs. Diamond. All Committee Chairman were to include biographies of two pioneer Women’s it. asked to present a progress report of work aeeom- tute members from each province from the begin.. plished in their Province. through to 1947. The writeâ€"up along with two pieti should not be less than 1,000 words or more it ii 2.500. Further details will be released from the F\‘. . office. WITHIN THE PROVINCES l’rom Saskatchewan Mrs. E, Oddie reported on the briel~ she prepared on “A Food Strategy For Canada“ in response to an invitation from the Department ol‘ Agriculture. and a report ot“‘[_and Use“ which she is FWIC COMPETITIONS Pie-“MIN “‘mP'lmg- . ‘ _ A District and Area officers are to be responsrhlt Mrs. MacArthur trom BC told of entertaining a both the mechanics and judging of [he mmpgtilii stud): group from Japan on an educational tour of The winninu Cm”, from each category is go bfl Canada. [a group from the same organization visited on by [he Areacsecrefary by Novemb; 3'4_ [973 U O"“”'“ E' Year “E‘llg FWIC office For final jhdging. 8 Mrs. [Itowrtson Iroai/ QkLlelflecl-liiudl\\'BFkELi on the FWIO will be responsible t'or sending winning . urvev o omen‘s or' in ura evclo merit a 1 - . ' o .- ,‘i participated). p 3.42:2;Sluiisifiifigliflr 1'3: l§$§fli§i§i~$lhg Mrs. Laracy. Newfoundland had been working on uncc Upbn arrivai at {he Om“. um” their return 1.. a lbllmv-tlp survey on Nutrition Studies and Mrs. Bur- Ami gess. NB. was investigating courses available on mone_v management and credit. Mrs. Diamond had compiled the FWIC flipfiehart brochure now available from FWIC otliee and worked on House Logs while Mrs. Nohlitt reported on her LEGAL STATUS summarv on the "Action Plan by CBCâ€"Changes in Mrs. Noblitt summarized the book entitled "LI Programing" copies Will be given ‘0 {he EXCCUUVE. status ol~ Married Women in Canada." bv Mare Pi‘m’wma 0" “"3 Prtll'lm‘c‘ l5 being “Pdd‘t‘d b)“ ['19 McCaLIUhan. This gives an interesting - histori. “Emu”! Mrs- MCMlllun- however not all provinces women‘cs rights under the law in Canada and brini: have Wm 1“ 1h?” “lldk‘fi- up to date except for the most recent legislation. A2 as Ontario is concerned. the recent amendment to Matrimonial Property law. Bill 59. provides. in h.- tn the case of marriage breakdown. for an equal \l NCWI. _ ing ol"l‘amily assets’ defined as: home. cottage. t‘air Northern Canada Women s institute held a Con- can fumny boat. Snowmobile etc and the family h refer“? WOFkShOP in IDUV‘tk- Jilllltflr)’ 30'Ft‘htllfify 2 account. No stocks. bonds or interest in the husbai ’ “m1” ll” “USPiCP‘ “lithe C‘mlim‘lng 3nd SPCCifll Edl" business are included in this. That means thut cation of lnuvik Region. Members of the N.C. Com- farm wife has no claim on the farm itsell' or in mince Mrs. Warren. Mrs. Laracy and Mrs. Bielish met business of that farm. She can however. take her r \vith WI members t'rom Aklavik. and Fort McPherson. to court irshe can prove she helped build or maint her husband's farm by working on it. The couple can draw tip a contract sharing UM that takes precedence over the law. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILDâ€"1979 The wife is as responsible for supporting a no ‘FWIC \vill mark lYC by preparing rules for a husband as he is For supporting her. 5 safety competition on "Child Safety" as a special proj- A common law wife will be entitled to supper ti ect to chudged at the Convention. Further details to she has lived with a man for at least 5 years. lOHOW- There is still much left to the decision ot‘the cotu it 12