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ill the promotion of education, science and 

 culture. 



Membership: Personal 1425; institutional 501. 

 Personal — qualified librarians ; persons working 

 as librarians in a library, or sitting as members 

 of a library board. Institutional — giving library 

 service, supplying books and/or library equip- 

 ment. 



Meetings : Annual . 



Professional actizniies: Microfilming of 

 Canadian newspapers of historical interest ; an- 

 nual scholarship. 



Publications: Canadian Index to Periodicals 

 and Documentary Films, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 5, service basis. Editor: Miss Isabel Lee. 

 Bulletin, bi-monthly, current volume: 16, mem- 

 bers free, Canada $3, Foreign $4. Feliciter, 

 monthly, members only. Editor : Miss Eliza- 

 beth H. Morton. 



Library: 400 volumes, librarianship and 

 bibliography. 



85. Canadian Mathematical Congress, Ecole 

 Polytechnique, 2500 Guya i Avenue, Mont- 

 real, Que. President: R. L. Jeflfery, Queen's 

 University, Kingston, Ont. Term expires 

 1961. English Secretary: R. Eric O'Connor, 

 S. J., Loyola College, Montreal, Que. Term 

 indefinite. French Secretary: Abel Gauthier, 

 University of Montreal, Montreal, Que. Term 

 indefinite. Treasurer: W. C. G. Williams, 

 1635 Selkirk Avenue, Montreal, Que. Term 

 indefinite. Executive Secretary-Treasurer: L 

 F. S. Ritcey. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1945 by mathematicians 

 at Canadian universities, with support from in- 

 dustrial and financial corporations, the National 

 Research Council of Canada and some pro- 

 vinces. From beginning has had close bonds 

 with the American Mathematical Society. 



Purpose: To encourage and support mathe- 

 matical research ; to improve the teaching of 

 mathematics in Canada. 



Membership : 380. Members must have mathe- 

 matical competence and introduction by a 

 member. 



Meetings: Every four years. 



Professional activities: Biennial seminar 3-4 

 weeks duration ; Summer Research Institute 3 

 months each summer at Queen's University, 

 Kingston, Ont. Summer school for teachers 

 each summer in one of the Maritime Provinces ; 

 annual mathematics competitions in Nova Scotia, 

 New Brunswick, and Quebec ; sponsors and 

 financially supports similar competitions in other 

 provinces. 



Publications: Canadian Journal of Mathe- 

 matics-Journal Canadien de Mathematiques, 



quarterly, current volume : 12, $10 ($5 for in- 

 dividual members of recognized mathematical 

 societies). Editor-in-chief: G. F. D. Duff. 

 Canadian Mathematical BULLETIN Canadien 

 de Mathematiques, three annually, current 

 volume : 3, $3. Editor-in-chief : Peter Scherk. 



86. Canadian Medical Association, 150 St. 



George Street, Toronto 5, Ont. President: 

 R. M. Parsons, P. O. Box 608, Red Deer, 

 Alta. Term expires June, 1961. General 

 Secretary: A. D. Kelly. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1867; incorporated 1909. 

 Ten provincial divisions autonomous within their 

 provinces but closely federated with the na- 

 tional organization. Standing, special commit- 

 tees and sections representative of medical 

 specialties. 



Purpose: To promote the medical and related 

 arts and sciences and to maintain the honour 

 and the interests of the medical profession. 



Membership: 14,000 Canadian doctors of 

 medicine. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: F. N. G. Starr Medal; 

 Osier, Lister and Blackader Lectureships. 



Publications: Journal, weekly, $12. Canadian 

 Journal of Surgery, quarterly, $10. Editor : 

 Donald C. Graham. 



87. Canadian Medical Association, Alberta Di- 

 vision, 503 .Alexandra Block, Edmonton, Alta. 

 President: E. F. Donald, 510 Medical .\rts 

 Building, Edmonton, Alta. Term expires 

 September 30, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 W Bramley-Moore, 503 Alexandra Building, 

 Edmonton, Alta. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1905 as Alberta Medical 

 Association. Present title adopted 1935. 



Purpose: To promote health and prevention 

 of disease ; to improve medical services, how- 

 ever rendered ; to maintain the integrity and 

 honour of the medical profession and the ad- 

 vancement of medical science ; to perform other 

 lawful things incidental or conducive to the 

 welfare of the public and of tlie medical and 

 allied professions. 



Membership: 1200. Membership in the Col- 

 lege of Physicians and Surgeons of .Alberta 

 required. 



Meetings: Annual. 



88. Canadian Medical Association, British Co- 

 lumbia Division, 1807 West 10th Avenue, 

 Vancouver 9, B. C. President: E. C. McCoy. 

 Term expires October, 1960. Executive Di- 

 rector: G. G. Ferguson. Term indefinite. 



