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Our History continued:

Elsewhere in Canada, local associations were thriving. In 1922 and 1929, British Columbia and Alberta, respectively, formed provincial federations. Once again, Ontario stepped in to take on a new challenge and in 1927, at a meeting of the World Federation of Educational Associations, the Canadian National Federation of Home and School Associations was born. In 1950 and again in 1997,the name of the national organization was changed, finally becoming the Canadian Home and School Federation.

Today, there are active Home & School associations in all ten provinces. In 1963, the Yukon Federation of Home and School Associations was admitted. The CHSF and its component units were given official recognition as charitable organizations in 1973.

At the 1963 annual meeting of OFHSA, the members adopted the current structure for our federation. This provided a direct line of communication between local associations and the provincial organization.

In her last report to the Ontario Federation of Home and School Associations, Ada Mary Brown Courtice wrote - "More and more we come in contact with interested audiences of men and women eager to find a way of educating public opinion for improved educational advantages for the home, the school, the community. More and more we find trustees and Ministers co-operating in this business of reasoning together about education and the problems of life."

Courtice's vision of OFHSA was non-sexist and non-elitist - a grassroots organization of men and women interested in improving childhood and childhood education. Today, OFHSA members across this province continue the work begun so long ago. Return...