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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Purpose: To promote the cooperation of those 

 interested in the various branches of psychology ; 

 to enable members to become familiar with the 

 latest developments in psychology and allied 

 fields; to stimulate the ethical practice and sci- 

 entific progress of psychology in British 

 Columbia. 



Membership: 28 members; 12 affiliates. Mem- 

 bers must have a postgraduate degree in psy- 

 chology (Ph.D., or M.A. or equivalent) from a 

 recognized university, and must be, or have 

 been, engaged in work which is, in the opinion 

 of the Directors, that of a psychologist; sub- 

 scribe to, and practise, the code of ethics of the 

 Canadian Psychological Association. Affiliates 

 hold university degrees based in part on psy- 

 chological study, and subscribe to and practise 

 the code of ethics of the Canadian Psychological 

 Association. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: British Columbia 

 Psychological Association Scholarship of $75 

 for a student completing third year in psy- 

 chology at the University of British Columbia. 



50. British Columbia Society of Occupational 

 Therapy. President: Miss Dorothy Wilson, 

 1345 West 14th Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. 

 Term expires September, 1961. Secretary: 

 Mrs. Robert H. Morris, 2276 West 20th Ave- 

 nue, Vancouver 8, B. C. Term expires 

 September, 1961. 



History: Branch of Canadian Association of 

 Occupational Therapy. 



Purpose: To establish and develop occupa- 

 tional therapy in the province. 



Membership: 57 active; 16 non-active. Mem- 

 bers must be registered occupational therapists, 

 members of the Canadian Association of Occu- 

 pational Therapy. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



51. British Columbia Veterinary Association, 



170 West 44th Avenue, Vancouver 15, B. C. 

 President: R. E. Cranston, 2994 Douglas 

 Street, Victoria, B. C. Term expires Septem- 

 ber, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : H. L. Bryson. 

 Term expires September, 1961. 



History: Brought into being by passing of 

 B. C. Veterinary Act 1911. Five subsidiary 

 groups : Vancouver Academy, comprised of 

 small animal practitioners in the greater Van- 

 couver area ; Fraser Valley Veterinary Asso- 

 ciation, comprised of large animal practitioners 

 primarily in the Fraser Valley ; Interior Veteri- 

 nary Association, comprised of members in this 

 region, primarily generalized practitioners ; 

 Vancouver Island Veterinary Association, com- 



prised of all on the Island; Public Service 

 Veterinary Club, comprised of salaried veteri- 

 narians from the Greater Vancouver area. 

 Constituent member of Canadian Veterinary 

 Medical Association and American Veterinary 

 Medical Association. Also member of Pacific 

 North West Veterinary Medical Association 

 with States of Washington and Oregon. 



Purpose: To further the science of veterinary 

 medicine for the betterment of the public wel- 

 fare and the profession as a whole. 



Membership : Life members 1 ; practitioners 

 78; Canada Department of Agriculture 19; 

 Provincial Department of Agriculture 7 ; muni- 

 cipal government 2 ; non-resident 28 ; non- 

 practising 5 ; retired 3. Graduation from a 

 recognized school of veterinary medicine ; suc- 

 cessful completion of examination set by asso- 

 ciation required. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Bulletin, twice yearly, current 

 volume : 2. Editor : K. Chester. 



52. Canadian Academy of Allergy. President: 

 Jacques Leger, 3766 Queen Mary Road, 

 Montreal, P. Q. Term expires June, 1961. 

 Honorary Secretary-Treasurer: Harry L. 

 Bacal, 4640 Stanley Weir Street, Montreal 

 29, P.Q. Term expires June, 1961. 



History: First met 1945 as Canadian Society 

 for the Study of Allergy; present title adopted 

 1951. Affiliated with International Association 

 of Allergologists. 



Purpose: To serve as a forum for the presenta- 

 tion and exchange of scientific knowledge about 

 allergic diseases ; to educate the public, or other 

 medical specialties, in the diagnosis and treat- 

 ment of allergic disease ; to encourage among 

 its member physicians a high standard of skill 

 and ethical conduct. 



Membership: 75. Active, associate, affiliate 

 members; Honorary Fellows. Members must 

 be active in specialist field of allergy, either by 

 virtue of medical practice, or by activity in 

 medical research concerned with special prob- 

 lems of allergic disease. 



Meetings: Annual, in conjunction with 

 Canadian Medical Association. 



53. Canadian Aeronautical Institute, 77 Met- 

 calfe Street, Ottawa 4, Ont. President: David 

 Boyd, Rolls-Royce of Canada Ltd., P. O. Box 

 1400, St. Laurent, Montreal, P. Q. Term 

 expires May, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 H. C. Luttman. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1953-54, embracing Royal 

 Aeronautical Society and Institute of the Aero- 

 nautical Sciences interests in Canada. Incor- 



