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Most schools around here got rid of Home Ec/Househould Arts/Family Studies because they felt that cooking/sewing could be taught at home or have moved to other departments (business, phys.ed, etc). Since my high school got rid of it in the late 70s-early 80s (the former family studies lab is now the guidance office), the cooking club has to actually use the school cafeterial kitchen! The University of Toronto used to have a Home Economics department, where you can actually get a degree, but guess what it is now? A Club Monaco store. I think one of the only universities that still offers such a program (which includes a Household Management and Nutrition), is Brescia College a Catholic, women-only college affiliated with the University of Western Ontario.
As for first aid: I've only taken a course two times, once in Girl Guides to earn my First Aid badge, and once again in high school gym.
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