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FAMILY PLANNING

The Family Planning Associa- tion of Prince Edward Island feels that their association has not been taken advantage of by community members be— cause of the unclarity and often misinterpretation of family planning. ‘ DEFINITION

The Family Planning Assoc- iation of Prince Edward Is- land defines Family Plann- ing as the knowledge and practices that enables peo— ple to obtain the follow— ing objectives:

a) to bring about wanted births ‘

b) to avoid unwanted pregnan— CY

c) to regulate the intervals between pregnancy

d) to control the time at' which births occur in rela— tion to the ages of the pa- rents and: t e) to enable couples to de cide the number of children they wish to have.

The objectives of the assoc— iation are as follows:

1) To engage in programs wi- th the View of advancing the education of the people of Prince Edward Island in fam— ily planning and responsible parenthood in the interest of family welfare and comm- unity well-being.

2) Toladvocate and promoter the provisions of advice on contraception, voluntary st— eralization, fertility, sex education and pre—marital & marital counselling.

3) To stimulate and-assist the formation of branches _ of the Association through— out Prince Edward Island.

4) To encourage physicians, nurses, health visitors and social workers to trade in all aspects of family plan- ning and in the implementat- ion of these.

5) To encourage the estab- lishment of minimum standards of contraceptives and to promote the availability of contraceptives and distri— bution at reasonable prices. 6) To cooperate with govern— ments at all levels as well as with welfare organizations. BACKGROUND

The Family Planning Associr tion of Prince Edward Island was established on an offi- cial basis in late 1972.

Several interested persons

of Charlottetown formed an Interim Board of Directors

and laid the groundwork for the association including

planning an official charter and writing the aims and ob4 jectives,of the association.

The association is a member of the Family Planning Fed— eration of Canada and recei- ves annual funding from the Federation in the vicinity of $3,000.

In March, 1973, the first annual meeting'saw a ten mem— ber board elected. These in— dividuals represent nurses, doctors, the clergy, youth, parents, government and soc— ial workers. The Board has

'a good representation from

both sexes and from various age groups.

INFORMATION -- REFERRAL CEN- i‘riB. -

Trained volunteers are ava- ilable to talk to and to.help anyone who drops in, telephe ones or writes. All inquiries are kept confidential. In the ten monthsof operation, some 60 cases have been han- dled at the centre, one con— ference for nurses was coo- rdinated, volunteers have spoken to one group of adult students and have set up one library for students. Board .members have also been in- volved in giving two train— ing sessions. ‘

Information and materials are available on many aspec- ts of family planning, sex education and family life education. _

Books, films and other mat— erials are available on loan: pamphlets are available free of charge.

If volunteers cannot handle the inquiries, they make the. necessary referrals.

The office is located at 64 University Avenue and is op— en weekdays 7—9 p.m. People can phone 2-8141 or write Box 2019, Charlottetown. COMMUNITY RESPONSE NEEDED

The association is interes- ted in offering additional services and programs but members feel that the ini— tial requests should come from the public.

Board members feel that the public has not taken advan-W tage of existing services such as the information -- Referral Centre, the lending

library and the service of speakersl’

The assOciation has requi— red a great deal of Work by concerned volunteers in the past and if the association

.is to continue and to grow, the support of more people

13 needed -- both people to contribute to the asSociation and especially people to take advantage of existing servi- ces and to request addition- al ones. ’ .

MANPOWER

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUN- ITIES:

If you are interested in summer employment, you sho- uld register at the Place- ment Office, Room 102 Main Building.

Several summer vacancies have been listed with the office already, and hope- fully, this will continue to increase in the next co- uple of months. OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH: Application forms are avail-* able at the Placement Office Room 102, Main. Deadline. for receipt of applications is March 15, 1974. " BI-LINGUAL STUDENTS - A bi- lingual student is required to work in gift shop and ticket office at tourist attraction_approximately 10 miles from Charlottetown. Employment to commence June lst. \ HOSPITAL WORKERS

Required for employment in Charlottetown area. Employ- ment to commence in mid- May.

FRONTIER COLLEGE

Opportunities are available

’ for Labourer—Teachers in

various locations across Canada for summer months. Additional information-ava-V ilable at Placement Office. RODA SUMMER SCHOLARSHIPS

The non-medical use of Dr- ugs Directorate of the Dept. of National Health and Wel- fare, Canada under its Pro- gram of Research on Drug Abuse is supporting research directed towards providing information about all facets of non—medical drug use.

'This year a number of Roda

Summer Scholarships will

‘be awarded to students em—

barking on a career in re- search. Information and’ application forms available at the Placement Office, Room 102, Main Building.

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COURSES! EXAMINATIONS!