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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



minimum of 2 years' practical experience as a 

 radiological technician with a certified radi- 

 ologist or in the X-ray department of a recog- 

 nized hospital, university or other scientific 

 institution ; or license or certificate of com- 

 petency as a radiological technician issued under 

 the law of any province of Canada that has 

 enacted legislation establishing such qualifica- 

 tions. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Essay award. 



Publications: Focal Spot, 5 times a year, cur- 

 rent volume: 17, members $2, non-members 

 $2.50. Editor: L. J. Cartwright. 42 Scarboro 

 Beach Boulevard, Toronto 8, Ont. 



123. Canadian Society of Soil Science. Presi- 

 dent: W\ E. Johnson. Saskatchewan Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Regina, Sask. Term 

 expires May 31, 1961. Secretary: R. L. Hal- 

 stead. Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 Ont. Term indefinite. 



History: Established 1954. Soil scientists in 

 Canada previously organized (since 1931) as the 

 Soils Section of the Agricultural Institute of 

 Canada. 



Purpose: To encourage research and educa- 

 tion on all phases of soil science. 



Membership: Approximately 300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



124. Canadian Society of Wildlife and Fishery 

 Biologists, P. O. Box 195, Postal Station 

 "D", Ottawa. Ont. President: W. Winston 

 Mair, 271 Pleasant Park Avenue, Ottawa, 

 Ont. Term indefinite. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 F. H. Schultz, 1404 Kilborn Avenue, Ottawa, 

 Ont. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1959; constitution offi- 

 cially adopted at first standing meeting January, 

 1960. 



Purpose: To seek to establish and maintain 

 the highest possible professional standards in 

 wildlife and fishery research and management, 

 and to develop all phases of wildlife and fishery 

 management along sound lines in relation to 

 proper land use and in accordance with tlie best 

 interests of the community. 



Membership: About 175, composed of trained 

 biologists who are or have been professionally 

 engaged in practising or teaching wildlife or 

 fishery research or management. Members — 

 university graduation with biological courses 

 and professionally engaged in the practice and 

 teaching of wildlife or fishery research or man- 

 agement. Student — enrollment in a college or 

 university with preparation for professional 



work in the wildlife or fishery fields. Other 

 persons on examination by Board of Directors. 



Meetings: Biennially. 



125. Canadian Thoracic Society. President: 

 Roland Guy, Sacred Heart Hospital, Montreal, 

 Que. Term expires June, 1961. Secretary: 

 C. W. L. Jeanes, 265 Elgin Street, Ottawa, 

 Ont. Term indefinite. 



History: Formed 1956 as medical section of 

 Canadian Tuberculosis Association. Affiliates : 

 10 provincial thoracic societies, each arranging 

 its own program. 



Purpose: To encourage clinical, epidemiologi- 

 cal and other scientific studies in diagnosis, 

 treatment and prevention of tuberculosis, thoracic 

 and other diseases, and to stimulate interest in 

 these diseases among medical practitioners and 

 in medical schools. 



Membership: 600. Any medical practitioner 

 with an interest in thoracic diseases can be 

 admitted to membership. Requirement of medi- 

 cal degree may be waived for certain workers in 

 scientific fields closely related to society's 

 activities. 



Meetings: Annual. Provincial groups 2-3 

 yearly. 



Professional activities: Annual scholarship 

 award on exchange basis with British Chest 

 and Heart Association; annual lectureship in 

 respiratory diseases to Canadian College of 

 General Practice. These sponsored by parent 

 Canadian Tuberculosis Association. 



126. Canadian Urological Association. Presi- 

 dent: Jean-Paul Bourque, 1025 St. Joseph 

 Boulevard, E., Montreal 34, Que. Term ex- 

 pires June, 1961. Executive Secretary: Jean 

 Charbonneau, 1025 St. Joseph Boulevard, E., 

 Montreal 34, Que. Term expires June, 1961. 



History: Founded 1944. 



Purpose: To promote teaching of urology in 

 Canada. 



Membership: 158. Qualified medical practi- 

 tioners, members of national medical associa- 

 tion and recognized specialists in urology. 



Meetings: Annual. 



127. Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 



P. O. Box 416, Ottawa, Ont. President: L. P. 

 E. Choquette, P. O. Box 92. Ste. Hyacinthe, 

 Que. Term expires July, 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Orlan Hall. 215 Third Avenue, 

 Ottawa 1, Ont. Term expires July, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Claude Kealey. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1948. 



