Indicative of Home and School’s concern for the total welfare of children was a series of resolutions aimed at eliminating child abuse in Canada. A committee was set up to undertake a program of public information on child battering.

A resolution from the P.E.l. Federation and passed by the Canadian Federation dealt with moral pollution. The resolution called for the development of "positive programs to educate and encourage parents to intelligently guide their children's exposure to the media, and where practical to initiate action for elimina- tion of, or reduction of (these) negative influences."

HUMAN RIGHTS

"Every parent and every teacher must become a missionary for human rights," said President Charles Campbell speaking to the provincial Home and School Semi-annual Meeting in April 1968. Home and School has always been an advocate of human rights, and during 1968 which was proclaimed internationally as "Human Rights Year" special emphasis was on that aspect of Home and School endeavour. The protection of human rights is a matter of education, and the Federation promoted the human rights concept, using every means at its disposal. At an Atlantic Conference held in Moncton in April 1968, one of the major topics was The Human Rights of the Chi/d. Newsletters, radio, and local and provincial meetings stressed Human Rights.

To mark the beginning of Human Rights Year, the P.E.|. government called a Provincial Conference in which 27 voluntary organizations participated. Mr. Charles Campbell represented Home and School. Indian representatives from Lennox Island were present, and there was a strong feeling that it was on Indian needs that P.E.|. must place most emphasis.

It is necessary to maintain vigilance in order to ensure that human rights of minority groups are not violated. Home and School has demonstrated a strong concern for children of minority groups. On January 28, 1969, Mr. Tom Anaquod, a native Oiibway Indian from New Westminster, BC, addressed a World Religion Day Commemoration on the topic Religious and Cultural Heritage of the Canadian Indian. To this meeting, sponsored by the Charlottetown Baha’i Community, individuals and groups which had demonstrated a special interest in the

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