The Ontario Home Economics Association, a self-regulating body of professional Home Economists promotes high professional standards among its members so that they may assist families and individuals to achieve and maintain a desirable quality of life.The Caribbean Association of Home Economists Inc. was twinned with the Toronto Home Economics Association in 1987. This was inaugurated under the presidency of Dame Gwendolyn Tonge. This association was instrumental in the production of learning materials and the initial textbook series; Caribbean Home Economics in Action Books 1-3.