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Other specialized courses are ofl'ered and include agricultural laboratory technology where graduates iiiid employment in laboratory work relating to the agâ€" m-ulture and food industry. An agricultural business .tnd commerce program provides training in Clerical .md stenographic services as they apply to the farm business and related agricultural industries. Other programs are available at the Colleges in Home Economics, Food and Fashion. Equine Man- uement and Agricultural Engineering. “ PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE Practical experience is usually an important com- ment of a person‘s qualifications before they go out the world of work. Many of the College programs we field work placement opportunities where the Menu. gain experience in their chosen field oi“ study .I'ore they graduate. Although the curricula in agriculture at the Colâ€" .es emphasizes the “whys” of production and man- cment. in practically all cases it is possible for the idents who wish to improve their competence in the ills required in farming to obtain this necessary tctice. Such training is formalized in the “Farming 'clinology“ program available at New Liskcard. POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA As the agricultural industry becomes more special- Li. educational programs must change to meet this piiremcnt of specialization. There are difl'ercnt ap- Iriches that could be taken in this connection. in- iding increased specialization within current di- ima programs or :1 highly specialized post graduate :iloma program. We are working with the Ontario ed and Grain Dealers‘ Association with the inten- n of launching such a post-graduate program {or ‘\LI.LUT operators in the very near l‘uture. This pro- im will he a combination of theory and practice li extensive industry involvement. It will be the ii~Op Type" of educational program. We in the inistry feel this type of program has tremendous po- itial and will likely spread to other spectalizcd areas illtlt‘l the industry ,. lNDEPENDENT STUDY For many years the Ministry has offered a number of courses through correspondence or as it is often called “independent Study". This approach to contin- uing education is becoming increasingly attractive to many people and as a result we are giving this pro- gram a new look. At the present time nearly 40 courses are available in horticulture and 20 in agriculture The program in horticulture is more extensive because we have offered the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture for some time through our contract arrangement with the University of Guelph, It is our thinking that this program should be ex- panded so students both young and old “bu wish to tip-date their knowledge in specific tields or who wish to Work toward it Diploma in Agriculture can do so while continuing with their present employment. Some 20 additional courses in agriculture are being developed or will be in the very near l‘uttirc. The new look to this program is aiso in the kinds of materials being supplied to the student. In the past correspondence courses Were primarily of the \\'fll[L‘n word type only. Our new oll‘erings have a combination of written word. audio with cassettes. visual with co- lour film strips and in some cases even sellliiitirking We feel extremely excited about this new approach and it is indeed encouraging to sec how well it is being received. For emmple. we have enrolled in the hornâ€" cultural program upprtnimatel}, Klltl students. With this new approach in agriculture \H.‘ see no reason why it similar level of participation Will not be reached. Opportunities in education are :ituilablc to scrs ice the specific needs of anyone interested iii updating their knowledge in agriculture. These include short courses til‘onc day up to sc\ cral is ccks in length. inde- pendent or correspondence study in agriculture and horticulture and too ycur programs leading to it Lite ploniii. lt is our hope that people of Llil ages through- out (f itario will mail thcmsclics ol' tlicsc opporluv nlIICN. l tundin honouring Iliejbimdiitg q/‘thc’first Women's Institute in [897 um celebrated t'tl' the Is'i'mbcn‘ci‘ ll’ 1.. Univ first District. During the "testing Life Metiiheicilii'ps ii‘ert' presented to dirt. Jcmit’s Kirkpatrick um! Mri‘. Laverne \lirnvood. Asseiiihledfor the occasion L»r.fl"0!tl rmi' Mitt. Gordon flh'i’iq’iil'lyii.‘ Mrs. Rim'ei'l Ellis; Mrs. Driltnn Nil/l; W1“- Jtmics Kirkpatrick, Life Member: Mrs. Rtifph Stafford; Mrs. .lurepti Ritiliiei': Mini: Rum!!! Bi'oclri'ehtiiik. Mrs. Laverne Mont'ood. Life Member. Back row Mrs, Matthew Continua: Mrs. Mildred Hutchinson: Mrs, Harold BI'HH'N,‘ .llrr. Ell'té’ Brooks. L) Us