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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



matters pertaining to registration, licensing and 

 transfer of registration of professional engi- 

 neers ; to act on other matters of national scope 

 concerning the profession, alone or in coopera- 

 tion with other groups. 



Membership : The Associations of Professional 

 Engineers of Alberta, British Columbia, Mani- 

 toba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova 

 Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Sas- 

 katchewan and the Yukon Territory, and the 

 Corporation of Professional Engineers of 

 Quebec. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: The Canadian Professional 

 Engineer, annual, free to registered professional 

 engineers of Canada. News Bulletin, 9 to 10 

 a year, free to Council Members of constituent 

 bodies and a small list of individuals. Editor: 

 L. M. Nadeau. 



73- Canadian Dental Association, 234 St. George 

 Street, Toronto 5, Ont. President: James P. 

 Whyte, Swift Current, Sask. Term expires 

 September, 1961. Secretary: Don W. Gullett. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1902; incorporated 1942. 

 Sections : dentistry for children ; oral sur- 

 gery ; orthodontic ; periodontology. 



Purpose: To cultivate and promote the art 

 and science of dentistry and its collateral 

 branches. 



Membership: 5780. Classifications: individual, 

 associate, honorary, corporate. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: War Memorial Schol- 

 arship Fund inaugurated 1946 ; annual essay 

 competition for final year dental students ; Stu- 

 dentships awarded annually for training research 

 personnel. Amount in 1959 : $7000 approx. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 26, $5. Editor : E. R. W. Bilkey. 



Library: 2500 volumes; dentistry and medi- 

 cine. 



74. Canadian Dermatological Association, 1390 

 Sherbrooke Street, W., Montreal, Que. Presi- 

 dent: S. E. Grimes, Medical Arts Building, 

 Ottawa 4, Ont. Term expires June 17, 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : G. E. Craig. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Founded 1926 as Canadian Inter- 

 Urban Dermatological Society, a national 

 Canadian dermatological society. This organi- 

 zation affiliated 1928 with British association, 

 and name changed to British Association of 

 Dermatologists and Syphilologists, Canadian 

 Branch. Under this name until 1947 when pres- 

 ent name adopted. 



Membership: 118. Certification by Royal Col- 

 lege or examination of American Board required. 

 Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual research 

 award. 



75. Canadian Dietetic Association, 1393 Yonge 

 Street, Toronto 7, Ont. President: Miss E. 

 Jean Campbell, Colonel Belcher Hospital, 

 Galgary, Alta. Term expires June, 1961. 

 General Secretary: Miss Joan E. Brown. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized April, 1935; incorporated 

 August, 1935. Provincial associations in Quebec 

 Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Bruns- 

 wick, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, 

 and Newfoundland. Committees : university 

 education ; internship ; vocational guidance & 

 public relations; nutrition; journal; legislation. 



Purpose: To promote, encourage and improve 

 the status of dietitians in Canada by establishing 

 standards for training dietitians, and by raising 

 standards of dietary work. 



Membership: 1140. Bachelor's degree from 

 approved university or college course ; dietetic 

 internship approved by Board of Directors, such 

 internship to be attested successful by a person 

 in authority. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual Memorial Lec- 

 ture supported by Violet Ryley-Kathleen Jeflfs 

 Foundation of $19,000. Annual Award $175 to 

 graduating university student. 



Publications: Journal, bi-monthly, current vol- 

 ume : XXII, $3. Editor: Committee. 



76. Canadian Federation of Biological Societies. 



Chairman of the Board: R. J. Rossiter, Uni- 

 versity of Western Ontario, London, Ont. 

 Term expires June 2, 1961. Honorary Treas- 

 urer: A. G. Gornall, University of Toronto. 

 Toronto, Ont. Term expires June 2, 1961. 



History: Formed October, 1957 by alliance of 

 Canadian Physiological Society, Pharmacologi- 

 cal Society of Canada, Canadian Association of 

 Anatomists, and Canadian Biochemical Society. 



Purpose: To bring together persons interested 

 in teaching and research in the biological sci- 

 ences ; to disseminate information on the results 

 of biological research through scientific meet- 

 ings and through publication ; to encourage ex- 

 change of information between the constituent 

 societies ; and to act for the member societies 

 when concerted action is desirable. 



Membership: Four societies listed under His- 

 tory. Membership requirements established by 

 constituent societies. 



