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A busy day in the attire al' the Federated Wamen't Instilutel of Canada when the Northern Canada Special Proieclt Committee met to discus: ways and means of arranging the fast details at Unesco Gift Coupon Plan #367. From left to right: Mrs. James Haggerly, F.W.I.C. President; Mits Florence P. Eadie, this year's field worker for F.W.l.C. under the Plan; Mrs. G. E. tularon, Committee Chairman; Mrs. R. Jr Penney, F.W.I.C. Convener at Citizenship and EducatiOn and Acting Secretary lor the Commillee; Mrs. William Hough, who organized the lirst Women's Institute: in the Northwest Territories but was not tree to continue her lield work this your; nnd Senator Muriel Fargul- tort. topicscnlinq Mn. lillinn Smith. Executive Secretary, United Nahum Anacialian in Canada. Other mam. be” 0! the Committee who were unable to attend are. Mr. lew'n Purinham. Secretary, Canadian National Commistian lat Unetco; Mr. B. G. Sin-Hz, Dimrlor, Narlhein Adminitlroliun Hrnnch, Do- pnrtmunt cl Narlhnrn Ailairt and Nationnt Retourtnlr and Ml’l. F. H. Porter. Chairman Northern Service: Committee, lndinn-Ethimo Altmiolion al Canada. the picture in "to lorequUnd it lho Henry Martha” Tory Award lor Oultlnndinq work in Adult Education. A Project to Help Our Own. People the Women's institutes of Canada are working to improve conditions in :in un- der-developed area. but the underdeveloped area is not in some "foreign" part of the world. It is in Canada itself. in the far north known :15 the North West Territories. The Gift Coupon Program explains: Dispersed over this Arctic urea. in tiny set- tlements. are 30.000 people. more than httli of whom are Indians and Eskimos. Faced h) the breakdown of their traditional ways of life and livelihood. they are as yet unequippcd to come to terms with the need for a modern industrial society. Though the northward wave of industry confronts these people with the problems of transition. it is also important to preserve the skills. crafts and culture of the native peoples. Education is the key. A program of home and community betterment through adult L'de cation is essential in promoting their initia- tive and retaining their self-respect. The chang ing pattern of living calls for a program of I N THE PROJECT “Gift Coupon No. 367". FALL 1963 :Is\t\l:tllL‘L‘ to train the Woman in the home in improved hCilllll :ind homemukini: practices. We must also consider the IltlL'l'U‘il til the young people. 'lhct‘ [iced Assistance in hritlg- ing the gap ht-toccn lth Ill school and life in u iltltcrcut L'l‘l\‘|rttttttit'lll. The purpose of Plan No. to? is not \llliltl‘,’ to help people in need hut to help them to help themselves. And thix proicct has l‘lL'L'll ttutierttikcn ht' the \Votucu'x Institutes nl ('tinntln. Mn (i. l-‘. lctlnron. ( l‘litlrllltln tit l-’,W.I.C‘.'s Northern ('.rn.ul;i Spec-ml Projects ('ommittee has sent this message to the “'utueti'\ Institutes. Homemaker-C ('Iuha .rml Juliilcc (llllltl‘i in the tlil'lercnt provinces: "The Federated Women's institutes of Cutt- tidtt have :tCCCPlL‘ll .1 challenge the expansion oi the Women's Institute program into North- ern (‘ntimht lo hCI'lL'iil the lniituu, Melts, lisiti~ uto .‘lllli white \MllllL‘li. "A way to iinnticu this important project has hecn tlL'L‘ldCtl uponâ€"linesco (iilt Coupon l’litlt No. 307'; Adult Education, Women's ln- stitutes. Northern (‘rintttlm The project is nuâ€" 21