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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Organized 1907 as the Actuaries 

 Club ; present title adopted 1946. Standing com- 

 mittees : education ; public relations ; social 

 security ; mortality ; promotion of mathematical 

 careers ; expenses ; papers ; group matters. 



Purpose: To promote actuarial knowledge 

 among its members. 



Mettibership: Active 411; retired 34. Fellow- 

 ship or Associateship in one of the Institute of 

 Actuaries (England), The Faculty of Actuaries 

 (Scotland), or the Society of Actuaries (Canada 

 and U.S.A.) required. 



Meetings: 7 meetings yearly. 



58. Canadian Association of Anatomists. Presi- 

 dent: R. Altschul, University of Saskatche- 

 wan, Saskatoon, Sask. Term expires June, 

 1961. Secretary: L. F. Belanger, University 

 of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. Term expires 1963. 



History: Founded 1956 in Montreal. Incor- 

 porated 1957 into Canadian Federation of Bio- 

 logical Societies. 



Purpose: To advance knowledge of anatomy 

 and to represent anatomical sciences in Canada. 



Membership: 1 honorary; 83 charter and 

 elected; 31 associate. Candidates for elected 

 membership must be proposed by two members, 

 and adjudged at annual meeting on basis of 

 personal credentials. Associate membership only 

 requires interest and good standing. 



Meetings: Annual. 



59. Canadian Association of Geographers — 

 L'Association Canadienne des Geographes, 



P. O. Box 421, Ottawa, Ont. President: E. G. 

 Pleva, University of Western Ontario, Lon- 

 don, Ont. Term expires June 1, 1961. Secre- 

 tary: R. J. E. Brown, National Research 

 Council, Ottawa 2, Ont. Term expires June 

 1, 1961. 



History: Organized 1951. Geographic sec- 

 tions: Southern Ontario; St. Lawrence-Ottawa; 

 British Columbia. Committees : awards ; con- 

 vention ; editorial ; education ; membership ; 

 nominations. Affiliated with the International 

 Union of the Association of Geography Teach- 

 ers, and represented on the Social Science Re- 

 search Council of Canada. 



Purpose: The promotion of geographical 

 study and research, especially on Canadian 

 topics. 



Membership: Life members 7; full 154; asso- 

 ciate 60; student 92; sustaining 2. Full— a 

 graduate degree in geography or an under- 

 graduate degree in geography and employed as 

 a geographer, or significant contributions in the 

 field of geography. Associate — an active interest 

 in geography but lacking qualifications for full 



membership. Student — full-time university or 

 college student. Organizations wishing to sup- 

 port the Association may apply for a sustain- 

 ing membership. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: CAG Book Prize given 

 annually to the best student in each department 

 of geography at Canadian universities. Sponsors 

 Canadian Committee of the International Geo- 

 graphical Union. 



Publications: The Canadian Geographer — Le 

 Geographe Canadien, three yearly, current vol- 

 ume : 14, $5. Editor : W. G. Dean, University 

 of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. 



60. Canadian Association of Medical Bacteri- 

 ologists — Association Canadienne des Mede- 

 cins Bacteriologistes. President: P. H. H. 

 Greey, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. 

 Term expires December, 1960. Secretary: 

 R. W. Reed, McGill University, Montreal, 

 Que. Term indefinite. 



History: Formed 1957 to give the medical 

 bacteriologists of Canada an opportunity to 

 speak with a common voice on matters of 

 interest to the specialty. 



Purpose: To assure a high degree of pro- 

 fessional competence ; to contribute to the pro- 

 gress of medical bacteriology, and to protect the 

 interests of the members. 



MembersJiip: 78. A degree or other qualifica- 

 tion in medicine from a university or other 

 recognized institution ; evidence of training and 

 competence in bacteriology satisfactory to the 

 Council of the Association required. 



Meetings : Annual. 



61. Canadian Association of Medical Record 

 Librarians, 770 Glenforest Street, Oshawa, 

 Ont. President: Rev. Sister St. Antoine, St. 

 Michel Archange Hospital, Quebec 5, 

 Que. Term expires September 14, 1960. 

 Executive Secretary: Mrs. Janet Milner. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Formed in Toronto in 1935 as the 

 Association of Medical Record Librarians for 

 the Province of Ontario. Present society organ- 

 ized 1942; obtained Dominion charter in 1949. 



Purpose: To elevate the standard of clinical 

 records in hospitals, dispensaries or other dis- 

 tinctly medical institutions ; to provide means 

 for acquiring and disseminating among the mem- 

 bers facts and opinions useful to them ; to pro- 

 vide a means for exchanging ideas and inter- 

 communication among such members ; to estab- 

 lish and maintain a registry of medical record 

 librarians ; to do any other things conducive 

 to rendering intelligent service in hospitals, dis- 



