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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: 189. Members are graduates of 

 recognized universities engaged in agronomic 

 work, or former members of Field Crops Sec- 

 tion (Western) of Agricultural Institute of 

 Canada and Eastern Canadian Society of 

 Agronomy who joined before June, 1955. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume : 6. 



115. Canadian Society of Animal Production. 



President: W. E. Howell, University of Sas- 

 katchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. Term expires 

 June 23, 1961. Secretary: S. L. Medland, 

 Swift Canadian Co. Ltd., Toronto 9, Ont. 

 Term expires June 23. 1961. 



History: Organized 1951. 



Purpose: To afford opportunities for discus- 

 sion of problems of common interest in the 

 animal industry; to provide avenues for im- 

 provement and coordination of research, exten- 

 sion and teaching related to sciences of the ani- 

 mal industry ; to encourage publication of scien- 

 tific and other educational material pertaining to 

 the animal industry. 



Membership: 400. Persons engaged or pre- 

 viously engaged in research, teaching, adminis- 

 tration, extension, production, marketing, or 

 otherwise engaged or interested in the animal 

 industry eligible for membership. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, $3. (Offi- 

 cial journal is the Canadian Journal of Animal 

 Science, edited and published by Agricultural 

 Institute of Canada. See entry No. 3.) 



116. Canadian Society of Animal Production 

 (Eastern Section). President: R. P. Forshaw, 

 Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont. 

 Term expires May 31, 1961. Secretary: D. M. 

 Adams. Meat Packers Council of Canada, 

 200 Bay Street. Toronto 1, Ont. Term ex- 

 pires May 31, 1961. 



History: Organized 1926 as Eastern Canada 

 Society of Animal Production ; name changed to 

 present title 1931. In 1952 joined Western Sec- 

 tion to form Canadian Society of Animal Pro- 

 duction, for action on problems of national in- 

 terest, but retains autonomy in local fields. 

 Expected to become branch of national society 

 in 1960. 



Purpose: To afford opportunities for discus- 

 sion of problems of common interest in the ani- 

 mal industry ; to provide avenues for improve- 

 ment and coordination of research, extension 

 and teaching related to the sciences of the ani- 

 mal industry; to encourage publication of scien- 

 tific and other educational material pertaining 

 to the animal industry. 



Membership: 175. Persons engaged or pre- 

 viously engaged in research, teaching, adminis- 

 tration, extension, production, marketing, or 

 otherwise engaged or interested in the animal 

 industry. 



Mce tings : Annual . 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, consoH- 

 dated with those of National Society. 



117. Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. 



President: I. R. Griffith, Queensway General 

 Hospital, Toronto, Ont. Term expires Au- 

 gust 13, 1961. Secretary: Miss Mary Gannon, 

 Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto 5, Ont. 

 Term expires August 13, 1961. 



History: Formed 1947; national charter 

 granted 1950. Society given representation on 

 council of Canadian Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion 1956, and on Canadian Foundation for the 

 Advancement of Pharmacy 1960. Branches : 

 Alberta ; Atlantic Provinces ; British Columbia ; 

 Manitoba ; Ontario ; Quebec ; Saskatchewan. 



Purpose: To improve and extend usefulness of 

 hospital pharmacists to institutions they serve 

 and profession of pharmacy in general ; to pro- 

 vide a means by which pharmaceutical informa- 

 tion can be conveyed to hospital pharmacists ; to 

 take such action as may be within its power 

 to obtain a higher standard of proficiency among 

 hospital pharmacists in Canada. 



Membership: 278. Honorary — individuals con- 

 nected with health services and those who have 

 contributed to advancement of hospital phar- 

 macy; active — graduates of recognized schools 

 or colleges of pharmacy, engaged in hospital, 

 clinic or dispensary services ; associate — gradu- 

 ate pharmacists other than those engaged in 

 hospital pharmacy, those associated with field 

 of pharmacy and whose application has been 

 recommended by membership committee and 

 approved by executive. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: The Hospital Pharmacist, 6 

 times yearly; current volume: XIII, $2.50. 

 Editor : T. J. Quinn. 



118. Canadian Society of Laboratory Tech- 

 nologists, 61 Victoria Avenue, N., Hamilton, 

 Ont. President: Roy Uttley, Kitchener- 

 Waterloo Hospital, Kitchener, Ont. Term ex- 

 pires December 31, 1960. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Miss Ileen Kemp. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1936; incorporated 1937. 

 Branches: Quebec; Alberta; British Columbia; 

 Manitoba; New Brunswick; Ontario; Prince 

 Edward Island; Saskatchewan. 



Purpose: To improve the qualifications and 

 standing of medical laboratory technologists in 



