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tionnaire at the 1984 Conference. In- stead there will be a Tweedsmuir History Workshop for District and Area Curators at the Bond Place Hotel, Toronto on Feb. 26, 27 in 1985. This workshop will be under the guidance of Mrs. Ian Heales, Provincial Curator in cooperation with the Officers‘ Conference comâ€" mittee. The pooling fee to be $l00 and the withholding fee $30.00. If less than 50 applications are received by Jan. 15, the workshop will be canceHed. Hospitality Report Mrs. Ruby Robertson & Mrs. Edith Smith Correspondence has continued with the Lancashire Federation of Women's Institutes who will be visiting Ontario from September 16 ~ October 2. I985 and hospitality has been arranged in the Hamilton Area. Hospitality was also arranged for Find program ideas in convenors’ reports EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Mrs. Nancy Murray A. Women’s Institute Organizations 1. Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario This year. when we are busy eval- uating our organization, it is imporâ€" tant that we make sure we really knowjust what WI is all about. One good idea was the presentation of a questionnaire on W.l. One branch held a competition in the form of a written essay on the subject “What part has the Woman’s Institute played in the development of our community? The video “People Patterns" would be a good visual source of background information on the organization. 2. Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada Only about 10 per cent of all members receive Federated News. Perhaps we should be emphasizing education about this part of our organization. The FWIC Convention being held June 1985 in London, On- tario should spark a great deal more interest and next year our members will be much better informed. 3. Associated Country Women of the World The ACWW Triennial Conference held in Vancouver June 1983, created a great deal of interest and many branches had reports and slide presentations. This also helped to highlight their Fresh Water for All Project ofthe 1980‘s. FWIO plans to make a presentation to FWIC for this project at the FWIC Convention in June. In order for the $50,000 objece tive to be reached, all branches need to contribute. B. Education at All Levels There was a great variety of pro» grams on computers with speakers. tours demonstrations etc., but there are still many branchfi that have (lone nothing to familiarize their members with this new technology. Resource materials are Ladies Home Journal, September 1984 and Home & Country Summer I983. Keeping in mind that 1985 is designated International Youth Year. hopefully branches will plan to learn more about the Open Doors pro- gram, designed to inform girls in Grade 7 and 8 about careers not traditionally followed by women. For information write to Open Doors. Ontario Women‘s Directorate. 4th Floor. Mowat Block, 900 Bay Street, Toronto, M7A 1C7. To better understand the French Immersion and Core French pro- grams in our schools, have a teacher come and explain. A free book, available from the Commissioner of Official Languages, Ottawa is called Immersion Phenomenon and appears in the Winter 1984, No. 12 copy of their language magazine. The educational systems of other countries (Japan, Russia, China) and Delle Fletcher, Ontario’s ACWW representative from England, when she visited Ontario. Nina Lamb, England, is setting up a program for travellers visiting that country â€" especially WI members. The interaction with overseas visitors promotes a friendly and con- cerned image of our FWIO members. A file containing names and ad, dresses of prospective hostesses in Ontario is being prepared. other groups (Mennonites, the blind) were studied. After programs such as these. we are much better prepared to evaluate our own school system. Learn about Bill 82 (Education for the Exceptional Child). For informa- tion contact the Ontario Ministry of Education or your loeal board of education. Are you familiar with equal oppor- tunity programs that are being presented by all community colleges across Ontario? For information phone your local community college or write the Ontario Women‘s Directorate. C. Music, Art, Drama, Literature. History. Crafts Branches attended concerts, youth choirs. music festivals. art galleries sculpture and painting shows, sumâ€" mer theatres. local plays, and tours of historic sites. Craft programs are by far the most popular with most of them being in the form of demonstra- tions. Some of the more unusual were flowers from burlap, milc~aeminttte crochet stitch, making china dolls and microwave cooking. D. Museums and Libraries Tours of museums and libraries are always popular. Curators or librarians make good speakers for programs. Branches are involved in the upkeep of local museums and donate money and/0r time as needed.