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Film available 4-H spoons 987. i eat Month 16 23 9-841 1. You‘re Needed in the Food System is a 19~minute film focussing on careers in the agriâ€"food system. It’s available in VHS, Beta. 16mm and U-Matic video. For free loan, contact the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Film Library, Johnston Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph, NlG 2W1, 519 824-4120, ext. 3324. There is a limited quantity of 4-H spoons still available. If you would like to buy one, or more, they are $2 each (includes handling and postage) and available from Dorothy Daynard, 1' . R. #7, Guelph, NIH 6.14. The dead- 'ne for ordering spoons is Dec. 31, February 1988 is Meat Month. The romotion focuses on beef, pork, amb, veal and processed meats. For ll ore information contact: Canadian 1’ eat Council, 5233 Dundas St. West, slington, Ontario, M913 1A6. ‘ v 1. L.‘l_itforn‘1ation. . .information. . information. . The 11th convention of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada will be held at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, June 23 to 27, 1988. The theme of the convention is Shaping Our Tomorrows Today and any WI member may attend. The deadline for registering is Feb. 29, 1988. The registration fee is $100, which is not refundable, but is transferable. More details, including registration forms and itineraries for pre and p051 cont vention tours are available from the FWIO office (address on page 2). Seminar in Elgin Women's Institute members in Elgin are planning a second annual community outreach seminar. It will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 9 am. to 3 pm. at Southwold Public School. near St. Thomas. The seminar’s theme is A Time For You and will include keynote speaker Pat Ferraro. The seminar will cost $15 and that includes lunch. For more infor- mation, contact Hilde Morden, R. R. #1, Rodney. NOL 2C0, 519 785â€"0745. H 8: C October, November, December 1987 19 ._ ormation. . .information. . . information . . .in Publications pertaining to women Here are some recent federal publi- cations which may be of interest in Home & Country readers. Dimensions of Equality: .-l I Pr/(‘rul Governmenr H’ork Plan/or Home» Tabled at the first ministers‘ con- ference last November, this document details the action the federal gowrn- ment will take in 1988 to adtance the status of women, For a free cop}. write to the Status of Women Canada. 151 Sparks St,, 10th Floor. ()iraua. KIA 1C3. Forward From Nairobi Status or Women Canada prepared this detailed workshop kit to inform “omen about the Forwardâ€"Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women. adopted at the United Nations conference in Nairobi in 1985. The kits can be borrowed from regional offices of the Department of the Secretary of State and provincial women‘s directoratcs The Ontario Women’s Directorate is located at 900 Bay Street. 4th Floor, Toronto, M7A 1C2. 416 965-4801. Battered but Nor Bearen' Preventing Wife Buffering in Canada Released in June by the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, this report discusses the serious problem of family violence. For a free copy. write to the council at P. O. Box 1541, Station B. Ottawa, KlP 5R5.