CANADA 



Membership: 230 Registered Architects; 20 

 associate members; 15 student associate mem- 

 bers ; 13 undergraduate associate members. Re- 

 quirements : membership in architectural asso- 

 ciation ; graduation from a recognized school of 

 architecture ; articled student having passed 

 examinations under the National Syllabus of 

 Study. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: $450 award to out- 

 standing student in Architectural Design, Uni- 

 versity of British Columbia. 



19. Arctic Institute of North America, 3485 

 University Street, Montreal 2, Que. Chair- 

 man: C. S. Lord, Geological Survey of 

 Canada, Ottavi^a, Ont. Term expires Decem- 

 ber, 1960. Secretary: M. J. Dunbar, McGill 

 University, Montreal 2, Que. Term expires 

 December, 1962. 



History: Organized 1944. 



Purpose: To encourage and promote scientific 

 research in the polar regions and to act as a 

 coordinating centre for polar research in North 

 -America. 



Membership: 2400. Members must have a 



general interest in polar regions. 



Meetings: Monthly, October to May. 



Professional activities: Approximately 350 

 research projects supported since 1945. 



Publications: ARCTIC, quarterly, current 

 volume: 13, $5. Editor: P. F. Bruggemann. 



Library: 4000 volumes on polar regions and 

 related topics. 



20. Association Canadienne Fran^aise pour 

 I'Avancement des Sciences, 2900, boule- 

 vard du Mont-Royal, Montreal, Que. Presi- 

 dent: Georges Gauthier, Service des Re- 

 cherches, Ministere de 1' Agriculture, Quebec, 

 Que. Term expires October, 1960. Secretary: 

 J. M. Beauregard. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1924; charter granted 1931. 



Purpose: The promotion of science and scien- 

 tific education. 



Membership: The Association is a federation 

 of 50 societies : Societe de Biologic de Montreal, 

 founded 1924. Societe canadienne d'Histoire 

 naturelle et Cercles des jeunes Naturalistes, 

 founded 1924. Societe Medicale de Montreal, 

 founded 1924. Societe de Philosophic de Mont- 

 real, founded 1924. Societe historique de 

 Montreal, founded 1924. Societe de Mathe- 

 matiques de Quebec, founded 1929. Societe 

 linneenne de Quebec, founded 1930. Societe 

 levisenne d'Histoire naturelle, founded 1932. 

 Societe Provancher d'Histoire naturelle du 



Canada, founded 1933. Societe d'Etudes medie- 

 vales Albert le Grand, founded 1933. Societe 

 de Stomatologic de Quebec, founded 1934. 

 Societe zoologique de Quebec, founded 1934. 

 Societe agronomique de Quebec, founded 1934. 

 Societe du Parler frangais au Canada, founded 

 1934. Institut de Chimie du Canada, Section de 

 Quebec, founded 1935. Societe historique et 

 litteraire acadienne, founded 1935. Societe des 

 Sciences morales et politiques, founded 1935. 

 Societe philosophique de Quebec, founded 1935. 

 Societe canadienne-frangaise d'Electrologie et 

 de Radiologic medicales, founded 1935. Societe 

 medicale de Quebec, founded 1935. Societe 

 medicale des Hopitaux universitaires de Quebe< , 

 founded 1935. Societe de Sylviculture de Queb',., 

 founded 1935. Societe d'Histoire naturelle de 

 la Pocatiere, founded 1936. Societe aeronomique 

 de Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatide .junued 1936. 

 Societe dentaiie dc Montreal, founded 1930. 

 Societe thomiste de I'Universite d'Ottawa, 

 founded 1937. Societe historique de Joliette, 

 founded 1937. Societe de Geographic de Quebec, 

 founded 1937. Societe trifluvienne d'Histoire 

 regionale, founded 1937. Societe d'Histoire 

 regionale de Saint-Hyacinthe, founded 1937. 

 Societe de Pedagogic de Montreal, founded 



1938. Societe agronomique de I'lnstitut agricole 

 d'Oka, founded 1939. Societe medicale veterin- 

 aire de la Province de Quebec, founded 1939. 

 Societe scientifique de I'Outaouais, founded 



1939. Societe de Phtisilogie de Quebec founded 



1939. Societe historique de Rigaud, founded 



1940. Societe de Geographic de Montreal, 

 founded 1940. Societe d'Etudes techniques de 

 Sorel, founded 1941. Societe d'Histoire regionale 

 du nord de I'Outaouais, founded 1941. Societe 

 d'Histoire des Cantons de Test, founded 1942. 

 Societe historique de Nouvel-Ontario, founded 

 1943. Centre de Quebec de la Societe royale 

 d'Astronomie du Canada, founded 1944. Societe 

 des Etudes grecques de Quebec, founded 1945. 

 Association des Psychologues du Quebec, 

 founded 1946. Societe de Biologic de Quebec, 

 founded 1946. Societe de Chimie de Montreal, 

 founded 1947. Societe historique de Quebec, 

 founded 1948. Societe de Physique de Montreal, 

 founded 1952. Societe entomologique du Quebec, 

 founded 1952. Societe mathematique de Mont- 

 real, founded 1953. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Library: 2000 volumes dealing with every 

 field of science. 



Professional activities: Medaille Leo-Pariseau 

 awarded annually to a scientist who has dis- 

 tinguished himself by his scientific activities, 

 and who has helped to promote science in French 

 Canada. Medaille Archambault awarded an- 

 nually to a French-speaking Canadian for out- 

 standing merit in the field of applied sciences. 



