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Toronto, Ont. Term expires June, 1962. 

 Executive Secretary: Miss M. Pearl Stiver. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1908; incorporated 1925. 

 Federation of ten provincial registered nurses' 

 associations. Member, International Council of 

 Nurses. 



Purpose: To dignify the profession of nursing; 

 to encourage its members to participate in affairs 

 promoting the public welfare ; to promote the 

 best interests of nurses of Canada ; to encour- 

 age an attitude of mutual understanding With 

 nurses of other countries. 



Membership: 57,150. Registration as a nurse 

 and membership in a provincial registered 

 nurses' association required ; becomes member 

 also of International Council of Nurses. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Publications: The Canadian Nurse, monthly, 

 in both English and French, current volume : 

 56, Canada and Bermuda $3, U. S. and Foreign 

 $3.50. Editor : Miss Margaret Kerr, Executive 

 Director, The Canadian Nurse, 1522 Sherbrooke 

 Street W., Montreal, Que. 



94. Canadian Operational Research Society, c/o 



Dept. of Mathematics, University of Toronto, 

 Toronto, Ont. President: D. B. Delury, Uni- 

 versity of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. Term ex- 

 pires May, 1961. Secretary: W. L. Archer, 

 723 Courtenay Avenue, Ottawa, Ont. Term 

 expires May, 1961. 



History: Formed 1958. Cooperating ar- 

 rangements with Operations Research So- 

 ciety of America, Institute of Management 

 Sciences, Operations Research Society of the 

 United Kingdom. Member of International Fed- 

 eration of Operational Research Societies. Op- 

 erational Research Society of Toronto (founded 

 1955) made first local section of CORS 1958. 

 Montreal and Vancouver sections formed 1959 ; 

 Ottawa section 1960. 



Purpose: Advancement of the theory and 

 practice of operational research in Canada, by 

 conferences, education, liaison, and development 

 of local sections. 



Membership: Technical 82; associate 122. 

 Technical members must have demonstrated 

 competence or be actively, professionally en- 

 gaged in operational research ; associates need 

 only support the society's objects. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, 3 yearly. Editor: 

 J. R. Walter, B. A. Oil Co., 800 Bay Street, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



95. Canadian Ophthalmological Society — So- 

 ciete Canadienne d'Ophtalmologie. Presi- 



dent: Ben j amine Alexander, Medical Arts 

 Building, Montreal, Que. Term expires June, 

 1961. Secretary: R. G. C. Kelly, 90 St. Clair 

 Avenue, W., Toronto 7, Ont. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1937; incorporated 1938. 

 Committees : editorial ; Canadian National In- 

 stitute for the Blind ; certification ; public re- 

 lations ; traffic ; preschool vision. 



Purpose: The cultivation and promotion of 

 ophthalmology and the study of ophthalmic prob- 

 lems in relation to public health and welfare. 



Membership: 237; ordinary members 228; 

 associate 3; honorary 15; emeritus 1. Certifica- 

 tion in ophthalmology by Royal College of 

 Physicians and Surgeons of Canada required. 

 Reciprocity with American Academy of Ophthal- 

 mology. 



Meetings : Annual. 



Publications: Transactions, $6. Editor : Clem- 

 ent McCulloch. 



96. Canadian Orthopaedic Association — Asso- 

 ciation Canadienne D'Orthopedie. President: 

 E. W. Ewart, 83 Alma Street, Moncton, N. B. 

 Term expires June, 1961. Secretary-Trea- 

 surer: I. W. Davidson, 130 Elm Street, E., 

 Sudbury, Ont. Term indefinite. 



Purpose: The advancement of the art and 

 science of orthopaedic surgery in all its phases ; 

 the improvement of its practice ; the elevation 

 of its standards ; the promotion of facilities for 

 post-graduate training in orthopaedic surgery 

 and the encouragement of orthopaedic surgeons 

 to secure the highest qualifications. 



Membership: 165; active; senior; honorary. 

 Active members : graduation from an approved 

 medical school ; adequate training and experi- 

 ence in orthopaedic surgery, during a period of 

 seven years after graduation in approved hos- 

 pital or hospitals ; satisfactory evidence of 

 exclusive engagement in the study and practice 

 of orthopaedic surgery in accordance with the 

 purpose and objects of the association; exami- 

 nation approved by the association. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Contributes annually 

 towards exchange fellowship between Great 

 Britain, United States and Canada. 



97. Canadian Osteopathic Association, 609 



Medical Arts Building, Montreal 25, Que. 

 President: Robert H. Wettlaufer, 517 Piggot 

 Building, Hamilton, Ont. Term expires Octo- 

 ber, 1960. Executive Secretary: Miss Joyce 

 S. Currie. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized with present name 1926. 

 Purpose: To advance healing art by the study 

 and application of osteopathic principles ; to 



