Policy and Procedures Manual - Update

              support. That meant, that the Department of Agriculture, would evaluate all decisions made by the
group. In 1913 the clubs were incorporated by a government act. The provincial government was
unable to renew its grant to the Institute in. 1932, and the organization was faced with having to
support itself1 5 In 1933, the act was amended, and the Home Economics Club became known as
the Manitoba Women's Institute. 10
The Homemakers Clubs of Saskatchewan was first formed in 1911 as part of the extension
work of University of Saskatchewan in adult education ; to improve communication between the
University and farm women. They developed their own set of objectives which were: 1. To
develop an appreciation ofthe skills and art of homemaking. 2. To discover, stimulate and train
leaders. 3. To make communities better places in which to live. 4. To encourage good
citizenship.' 5 Tne Clubs were associated with the Women's Institute but did not take on the name.
Saskatchewan Women's Institute until 1971. Homemakers'' Clubs were unique among the
instimtes in that they did not receive any monetary grants1 9 from outside the group.
From the formation of the first groups, there was a steady increase in the number of groups
and memberships. The reasons for the growth were as varied as the provinces represented. It
attracted both urban and rural women. There were issues that the urban women wanted to address.
•'" Women's Instihite of Manitoba"' 6
1 6Ibid. 3
1 7 Bossetti, " The Rural Women' University" 81
^" Through the Years," 30
^" Retrospect and Prospect: Saskatchewan Homemakers' Clubs," 17