James McINTOSH (UK) has won a big award for his Chinese TV series - "Food Adventures on the Silk Road", produced by China Food TV and Gourmand International, won the first prize of Awards for Outstanding Digital Radio and TV Programs in 2010.

This award was given by China Radio and Television Association, the national association of radio and television industry in China. The foreign celebrity chefs on the show of 40 episodes are Chef Wan, Yvan Cadiou, Chakall and James McINTOSH, starring with two chinese chefs. This is an extremely prestigious award, the best a food show has ever received at this top event, and a rare success for an international co-production in China.

IFHE mourns Doris R. BADIR  an extraordinary Home Economist and IFHE President 1988-1992.

Doris Renwick BADIR. born January 18, 1924. Died June 7, 2011, at home, after a long illness. BSC (HEc) University of Manitoba (1945); MS Ed Syracuse University (1953); MSc (Econ) London School of Economics (1963).  Honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Alberta (1994), the University of Helsinki (1997), and the University of Manitoba (2005).

Doris became professor at the Macdonald Institute of Home Economics at Guelph University in 1953, and in 1963, travelled to Egypt to advise the UN on the development of a training program in rural Home Economics. Returning to Canada in 1965, she took a teaching position at the University of Waterloo and then moved to Edmonton in 1967 where she served as professor and then dean of Home Economics at the University of Alberta until 1986 when she became special assistant to the president on employment equity until her retirement in 1990.

In 1982, Doris was elected as the Vice-President for the Americas Region for 1982 – 1986, and then was elected President-Elect at the IFHE Council 1986 in Graz, Austria.  She served as IFHE President from 1988 – 1992.

Doris made many important contributions to IFHE during the 12 years she served on the IFHE Executive Committee in various roles.  In 1982, IFHE approved a Resolution requesting that the United Nations designate an International Year for Families (IYF), and from 1982 through 1989 (when the UN finally adopted this Resolution), Doris wrote many letters each year on behalf of IFHE to the United Nations and to other NGOs seeking their support for the IYF. In 1988, she wrote the IFHE response to the UN General Assembly Resolution requesting that NGOs submit proposals describing their potential participation to the International Year of Families in 1994. This IFHE IYF Policy Statement was internationally recognised and acknowledged, and through this document, IFHE gained international recognition as a leading NGO.

Additionally, Doris prepared an accompanying Planning Statement for IFHE activities, which promoted the IFHE activities worldwide in two  directions:

1) activities aimed directly at families, and

2) activities to advocate for families on local, regional, national and international levels. She supported, in cooperation with many other IFHE Members, the organisation of several seminars and working groups of the UN Secretariat for the IYF in Vienna, Austria, and she contributed to a workshop on the equality of men and women in 1990.

At the launch of the IYF at the World NGO Forum in Malta in 1993, Doris  was keynote speaker at the Closing plenary session. "IYF: Action 1994 and beyond”, and in 1994, she was designated as an IYF Patron by the Secretariat of the IYF. The paper written by Doris on “Family as an Environment: an Ecosystem Perspective on Family Life” was published by the IYF as an official publication of the IYF and was distributed widely, bringing further recognition to IFHE as an NGO.

As an IFHE Member and IFHE President, Doris BADIR was very much committed to strengthening the Federation. She learned to speak French in order to work more effectively with the IFHE Secretariat, then located in Paris, and with those French organisations supporting the Federation. Special fund-raising efforts were undertaken during her term to provide the Secretariat with its first copier, first FAX machine, and first computer. 

In 1990, she established an IFHE Committee on Public Health, and invited all seven IFHE Programme Committees to plan and conduct Plenary Sessions and additional concurrent sessions at the IFHE Congress in 1992 in Hanover, Germany.

To promote the integration of students into the IFHE work, she initiated an IFHE Committee on student issues and also implemented the first IFHE Recognition and Appreciation Programme in 1992. When the IFHE History was updated in 1992 by Ellen HANSEN of Denmark, this was prior to the use of computers in IFHE, and Doris undertook to type the document herself!

As IFHE Past President, she chaired the Task Force on Restructuring of IFHE including the revision on the statutory documents, and she chaired the meeting of the IFHE Senior Advisory Committee after it had been formally recognised by the EC at the IFHE Congress in Bangkok.

Doris brought an important scholarly dimension to her leadership in IFHE. In addition to her work during the IYF, she wrote a number of other documents on research in Home Economics, on feminism and Home Economics, and on families as an environment which were widely circulated throughout the world and which were published in several languages. She was regularly invited to speak on these topics at IFHE Regional Meetings and at other conferences in all of the IFHE Regions. Through these activities, Doris not only strengthened the image and reputation of the Federation but she served as an inspiration and as a mentor to many individual Home Economists. 

With the death of President of Honour Doris BADIR IFHE has lost an extraordinary Home Economist, a leading personality, a strong IFHE President and a wonderful woman and friend.

All IFHE Members who had worked together with Doris BADIR acknowledge her efforts, passion and enthusiasm for IFHE and Home Economics. IFHE will remember her expertise, her excellent leadership and vision, and IFHE Members are thankful for her friendship.

It is, indeed, a great loss for not only her family, but also, all of us, the IFHE Members around the world.

God bless her!

Submitted by: Geraldene B. HODELIN (IFHE President 2008 - 2012)

Please click here for download an article regarding the Lifework of Doris BADIR published in The Globe and Mail (one of Canada's major newspaper)

Submitted by: Sue McGREGOR

Obituary for Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kulkanit RASHAINBUNYAWAT
IFHE Vice President Asia (2010 – 2014)

IFHE received the sad news form President of the Thai Home Economics Association Mrs Obcheuy WONGTONG:
“It is our sorrowful regret to inform you that Dr. Kulkanit RASHAINBUNYAWAT, IFHE Vice-President Asia (2010 - 2014) had suffered from Acute Leukemia and passed away on April 28, 2011. Her cremation had taken place during April 29^th - May 2^nd 2011.

Dr. Kulkanit RaSHAINBUNYAWAT served as the former Thai Home Economics Association with high dedication and responsibility. Her untimely decease will be unfortunate loss to the THEA Association and her family.

In July 2008 at the IFHE Congress Dr. Kulkanit RASHAINBUNYAWAT took over the office  as IFHE EC Member for the Region Asia and was elected as IFHE Vice-President 2010 - 2014  at the ARAHE Meeting in 2009.

She served as ARAHE President during the 6^th term from 2004 – 2005.

Based on her professional background Ass Prof. Dr. Kulkanit RASHAINBUNYAWAT was a member of the Faculty of Education at the Kasetsart University, Bangkok Thailand. She received her Masters degree in Home Economics Education at the Mississippi University of Women, USA and her Ph.D. in Vocational Education at he Oregon State University, USA.

On behalf of all members of the International Federation for Home Economics, IFHE President Dr. Geraldene HODELIN sent her deepest condolences to the family of Prof. Dr. Kulkanit RASHAINBUNYAWAT and to the Thai Home Economics Association.

“We all are saddened by this abrupt shocking news. It is, indeed, a great loss for not only her family, but also, all of us, the IFHE Members around the world. We all acknowledge her love and dedication to the IFHE but also her professionalism and knowledge in the field of Home Economics education. She has shown us her passion and enthusiasm in serving for IFHE.  Her sincere devotion and contribution to IFHE will remain in our memories forever."

Submitted by: Geraldene B. HODELIN (IFHE President 2008 - 2012)