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BIASP Deils with! Canadian Problems
_ The Coordination of Inter- American Programs (CIASP) is becoming increasingly in- volved with Canadian prob- lems rather than those of Mexico.
In the past eight years of its existence, CIASP dealt solely with Mexico. In the past year the organization, aware that there are pressing problems in Canada, decided to expand operations to cov- er both countries.
The organization is com- posed of Canadian university students and working indivi- duals who aid regional com- m'u nit y development pro- grams by working with peo- ple directly involved.
CIASP describes its aims ‘
as “a movement of the peo- ple which immerses itself in
a crosscultural environment-
in order to understand its life-style and then to use its. experience at home to furth- er the social change needed in today’s world.”
Previously, C'IASP was mo- tivated by a “blind good—will feeling” of sharing. The ten- dency was to give oneself 'unconditi‘onally without real— lv realizing that the organiza- tion was patronizing and
A alienating the receiver. In an
attempt to end} this, the com- munity development program became a goal rather than a tool.
Expansion is one of the keys of the new movement; the main change being evi- dent in the fact that it will not continue as a Canada - Mexico rural movement, but will take a continental ap- proach instead. ,It plans to approach social problems on an east-west basis as well as the traditional north - south basis.
The immediate plan for in— volvement on the Canadian scene includes living and working with Indians on or near reservations, working in “half-way houses” which help adjust Indians who are moving from reservations to urban areas, and working with the Ottawa Youth» Ser- vice Bureau in what is called a “Post Progra ”, which deals mostly with teen-aged youth. Also planned is a summer research team which will carry on further studies of the Indian problems.
There are several programs planned for Mexico. One of these is a type of exchange program where a Canadian student takes a full-credit
course of study at the Uni-
versity of Mexico while work- ing in close contact » with CIASP. Students in this pro- gram aid in organizing other programs for regional and rural development, and main- tain close contact with agen- cies and other students en- gaged in these programs.
The regional program con- sists working with govern- ment officials and c h u r c h leaders in rural and urban surveys. The rural program is perhaps the most educa- tional of all, as the students- in this program live and work with the natives themselves in such fields as teaching, medical assistance, and other projects.
The money for these pro- grams is raised by the stud- ent volunteers themselves be- fore they begin work in the field. Last year, three Island students, Judy MacKay, Anne Marie MacDonald, and Dolor- es Maclntyre joined the Mex- ico program.
UPEI students who wish to participate in the program and: receive a rewarding edu- cational experience either in Canada or Mexico may find out more about the program by contacting Dolores. Mac- Inty-re.
“A F air‘dreal needed"- says Ma'CKay
I was very disappointed in the “Direction of the Union” address by Mr. Keaveny. While he did point out a ma- jor problem, lack of student involvement in the commun- ity, his programs were mere— ly -welfare programs (except tenants union) These people do not need more welfare, more handouts. P a. i n t in g houses, Christmas dinners for the poor, do not even re- cognize the problems let alone solve them.
The welfare system is, an ugly diseased growth that must be removed. from our society. It takes away men’s dignity, crushes their spirit and maintains them in their present situation. What the president of the student un- ion is setting up is another welfare agency, treating the symptoms of poverty instead ‘of Working on the causes.
Instead of trying to teach maladiusted individuals like delinquents and alcoholics show to adopt themselves to a society which has been
screwing them, we should be ‘
trying to change society so that everyone gets a fair
,deal. ‘
These people are tired of being treated as wards of so- ciety and clients of welfare They want to be treated as human beings not as THINGS to be manipulat- ed‘. Self-help programs which allow the poor to solve their
own problems are what is needed. The Tenants Union .now in its formative stages- :is an example of this.
The problem is. that indig-
they lack the skills needed to keep a large organization run'
of the slum . areas are not in touch. with, each other, without training,
ning, and in most cases it has never occurred to any of them .to lead a mass organi- zation. Students can provide the initiative. If you are too proud to advise, to remain in the background, to do re- search or whatever they ask you, then you can do some- thing meaningful.
I have been attacked be- cause I am so negative, but if you went to some of the houses where four families shared a bathro‘om, Where it was so cold the cockroaches complained and where fire
escapes consist of a rope, then you would be angry with welfare also. It’s not hard to see what welfare does to peo- ple; just talk to the people on welfare. '
I really feel sorry for peo- ple who can’t or won’t dis- tinguish between causes and symptoms.
SMASH WELFARE,
SMASH PATERNALISM
UP WITH PEOPLE —Dennis MacKay
" PoVelr‘ty meeting held
at Rec.
By Alex Burke
A meeting was held Mon- day night at the Recreation Center at 8 pm. This meet- ing was to form a tenants union. ‘The meeting number- ed 250 people of all levels of society: The main topic was to unite, and the- tenants were told they must play
their part in society by keep- ’
ing the house or apartment in which they lived in first
class order. The meeting was
told of the regulations being
‘ presented to the Minister Of
Health, and a meeting with the Premier. Regarding these regulations, the Premier sent
‘a memo to the Minister of
Health to act on these re- gulations immediately. Two members of the group told of the conditions they lived in,
Centre cockroaches, rats, etc.
Rev. William Simpson of the Catholic Church spoke of being well organized. Larry McPherson asked that the peer unite together with their committee in order to combat their situations and condi- tions.
Mr. Murphy, from a union in Charlottetown, spoke about the proper way to bargain with their committee within the union. The meeting was well represented by the press- and CFCY radio station. The next meeting is to be called for December 16 at 8 p.m. to
- select an executive to carry
out the commitments of the union. This meeting is open to the public.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM “THE BOYS"
YPl‘. President fluestioins Aid Policy
Provincial Young Progres- sive Conservative President, Vimy Gregory, has expressed grave concern about a state- ment by Education Minister, Gordon Bennett carried on the CBC Regional News re- cently.
Bennett is reported to have said in part that “it maybe better to loan money to uni- versity students rather than give them outright grants.”
In commenting on this statement, Gregory said: “It seems apparent that the pre- sent government does not in- tend to fulfill its commit- ment made on April 2, 1968 to the young people of this Province.”
Gregory was referring to Premier Campbell’s April 2, 1968 “Policy Statement on Post-Secondary Educa t i o n” which stated that t h ere would be an $18 million pro- gram of student aid in the form of bursaries and schol- arships provided under the 1(ginnpre’hensive Development
an.
’Frisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CUP- CPS) — A Stanfondl Pro-fes- sor has predicted that the Bay area “will die soon”.
“Ecological catastrophe is here now and we need only to open our eyes and see it,” Dr. Robert Drieback, a pro- fessor at Stanford’s Medical
‘_school claimed.
He called for legislation to control population growth in
r the San Francisco area, re—
using post-resource fuel sour-
‘ces rather than consuming
more natural resources, ban- ning individual automobiles, and taxing combustible en- gines 50' cents per mile.
The ecologist announced his
He went on to say that “even with the present avail— ability of Canada Student Loans to a maximum of $1000 many students are still find- ing it financially impossible to continue their education beyond high school.”
He noted that this Student Loan amount only covers about half of the $2,000 re- quired by P.E.I. students to finance one year at U.P.E.I. or Holland College.
“The Whole situation has been made even worse,” Gre— gory continued, “in the fact that since April 1968, two summers of low student em- ployment levels have occur- red and, with the present in- flationary trend, a third such summer is likely to occur.”
In concluding his remarks, the YPC President 0 p e n 1 y challenged the present gov— ernment “to reveal the full details of its student aid pro- gram at once and to stop any further disillusioning of the young people of this Prov- ince.”
may die
program at a news confer- ence for his soon-to—beupub- lished 576 page s urvey, “Handbook of the San Fran- cisco Region.”
But the doctor was pessi- mistic. “I’m not sure I’d like living with all those restric- tions,” he said, “I don’t ex- pect many reforms.”
He charged the American consumer with fondling his automobile “as though it was a sacred cow.
He cited figures that the amount of waste dumped in- to the Bay annually could build a wall 36 feet wide and 30 feet high from down- town San Francisco to San Jose (nearly 60 miles).
WOULD ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT RETURNED BOOKS DRAWN FROM THE LIBRARY IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND
NOVEMBER PLEASE DO SO BEFORE DF-
CEMBER 19.