had spent three years before this in the Yukon and had organized 
     
     a Women’s Institute at Haines Junction, visited a number of centres 
     
     in the Northwest Territories on behalf of the Federated Women’s 
     
     Institutes of Canada. She succeeded in organizing four branches; 
     
     Inuvik, Discovery Fort Providence and Fort MacPherson. Again 
     
     in 1962, in the interests of FWIC, she visited the MacKenzie»Dis— 
     
     trict and the Yukon, making contact with the Institutes, three of 
     
     which she found in a flourishing condition. Fort MacPherson had 
     
     temporarily disbanded. 
     
    

    
     This time five new Institutes were formed —- a second group 
     
     at Inuvik, composed mainly of native women, and choosing the 
     
     name of Delta WI. to avoid confusion; Aklavik; Fort Good Hope; 
     
     Fort Simpson; and Fort Smith, the latter to be called Capnoweta 
     
     W.I. Contacts were made in other settlements, which may have 
     
     good results later. No new Institutes were formed in the Yukon. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Crest has been adopted by the NCWI, a brochure is being 
     
     compiled for their use; and a newsletter “The Northern Lights 
     
     Bulletin” is issued regularly in the interests of these groups in 
     
     the North. This is edited jointly by Mrs. George Wilson, St. Mary’s 
     
     Ont., and Mrs. Hough. A monthly broadcast is also recorded by the 
     
     co-editors which is heard throughout Northern Canada through 
     
     the courtesy of the CBC Northern Service and the local radio 
     
     stations. 
     
    

    
     One of the most rewarding projects undertaken was the 
     
     Health and Nutrition classes for the Indian Homemakers. These 
     
     were supervised by the local Health Nurse. 
     
    

    
     Thus a fuller and richer way of life will be carried to the 
     
     women of the Northland by the Women’s Institutes who con- 
     
     tribute so much to the welfare of isolated communities around th 
     
     world. . - 
     
    
   
   
    
     TO MEET A GREAT NEED 
     
     (Excerpts from UNESCO publications and others) 
     
    
   
   
    
     United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organ- 
     
     izations, as the name implies, fosters every kind of educational work 
     
     from learning to read and write, to handicrafts or the study of the 
     
     local government. The Associated Countrywomen of the World has 
     
     worked closely with UNESCO since 1949 when it was granted con- 
     
     sultative status. A permanent representative, living in Paris, attends 
     
     all meetings at the Headquarters there. The value of a non-gov4 
     
     ernmental organization which can speak for rural women all over 
     
     the world is recognized. UNESCO frequently asks for information 
     
     and always invites representatives to meetings that deal with the 
     
     problems of country women. Moreover this association with UNES- 
     
     CO is a “two-way traffic”. In 1956 when plans were made for the 
     
     Triennial Conference in Ceylon and it was known that a great many 
     
    
   
   
    
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