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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Approximately 18,000. Appli- 

 cants must meet nursing education requirements 

 of Quebec Nurses' Act (1946) or equivalent 

 thereof. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Four scholarships 

 awarded annually. 



Library: 800 volumes on nursing. 



31. Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, 255 



Bay Street, Toronto 1, Ont. President: 

 H. D. G. Currie, Regional Land Surveyor, 

 C.N.R., 151 Front Street, W., Toronto 1, Ont. 

 Term expires February 16, 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: W. J. Baird, 6 Tinder Crescent, 

 Toronto 16, Ont. Term expires February 16, 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1886, by the provincial 

 land surveyors then practising in Ontario as the 

 Association of Provincial Land Surveyors. 

 Incorporated 1892 under present name. 



Purpose: To examine candidates for admis- 

 sion to the practice of land surveying in Ontario ; 

 to govern and discipline the members so 

 admitted. 



Membership: 501; registered members who 

 have withdrawn from practice — 70. Members 

 must hold a certificate authorizing practice as 

 land surveyors in Ontario. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: The Ontario Land Surveyor, 

 quarterly, current volume : 1. Editor : C. E. 

 Stauffer. 



32. Association of Polish Engineers in Canada, 



4149 Sherbrooke Street, VV., Montreal, P. Q. 

 President: J. Z. Sliwinski, 2541 Maplewood 

 Avenue, Montreal, Que. Term expires May, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: F. Rudzicz, 4229 

 Kingston Avenue, Montreal, Que. Term ex- 

 pires May, 1961. 



History: Organized 1941 ; incorporated 1944. 

 Chapters : Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto. 



Purpose: To place members in industrial 

 enterprises, research institutes and similar estab- 

 lishments so as to utilize their professional 

 abilities and improve their technical knowledge ; 

 to establish contacts with kindred Polish and 

 Canadian corporations ; to organize lectures and 

 courses in professional subjects for members; 

 to initiate and suggest to members proper lines 

 of professional work ; to extend assistance, by 

 advice and otherwise, to Polish refugee workers 

 in Canada. 



Membership: 10 honorary, 449 full members. 

 Members must be graduate engineers and tech- 

 nicians of Polish extraction resident in Canada. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Bulletin, for members only. 



33. Association of Professional Chemists of 

 Quebec. President: Claude Allard, Institut 

 de Cardiologie de Montreal, Montreal, P. Q. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: G. Papineau-Couture, 

 P. O. Box 125. Station B, Montreal, P. Q. 



History: Organized under authority of Quebec 

 Legislative Assembly Bill No. 87, March 1926. 



Purpose: To promote the interests of profes- 

 sional chemists ; to advance chemistry as a sci- 

 ence for the benefit of the public ; to cooperate 

 with organizations of chemists and chemical 

 societies in other provinces and countries. 



Membership: 500. 



Meetings: Annual. 



34. Association of Professional Engineers of 

 Alberta, 123 Commercial Building, Edmonton, 

 Alta. President: D. C. Jones, Hudson's Bay 

 Oil and Gas Co. Ltd., Calgary, Alta. Term 

 expires March 2^, 1961. Registrar: I. G. 

 Finlay, Term inaefinite. 



History: Incorporated in 1920 by Act of 

 Legislature, nam^ as above. One branch : 

 Medicine Hat. 



Purpose: To administer the Engineering Pro- 

 fession Act of Alberta ; to protect the public 

 from practice by unqualified persons. 



Membership: 2580 full members; 172 engi- 

 neers-in-training ; 72 students ; 87 Canadian 

 licensees ; 40 foreign licensees ; total enroll- 

 ment 2951. Graduation from a recognized uni- 

 versity in engineering, geology or geophysics 

 plus two years experience ; or Alberta High 

 School Diploma, plus six years of suitable 

 experience and passing of professional exami- 

 nations, required. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Two Annual Scholar- 

 ships ($200 each) to first year students in Engi- 

 neering & Geology ; Gold Medals awarded 

 annually to top graduating students in each 

 branch of Engineering «& Geology. Annual 

 prizes to top students in Grade XII Mathe- 

 matics, Physics, and Chemistry. 



Publications: Alberta Professional Engineer, 

 5 times yearly, current volume: 14, free to 

 members. Editor : I. G. Finlay. 



35. Association of Professional Engineers of 

 British Columbia, 2210 West 12th Avenue, 

 Vancouver 9, B. C. President: H. P. J. 

 Moorhead. Term expires December 10, 1960. 

 Registrar: J. A. Merchant. Term indefinite. 



History: Set up under Engineering Profession 

 Act in 1920. 



Purpose: To safeguard the interests of the 

 public by ensuring that only qualified persons 

 practise professional engineering. 



