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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: O.P.A. Quarterly, 4 per year, 

 current volume: XIII, $3.50. Editor: W. H. 

 Coons, Ontario Hospital, Hamilton, Ont. 



193. Ontario Public Health Association, 150 



College Street, Toronto 5, Ont. President: 

 Miss Helen Fasken, Wellington County 

 Health Unit, Fergus, Ont. Term expires 

 October 4, 1960. Secretary: G. K. Martin, 

 Ontario Department of Health, 67 College 

 Street, Toronto, Ont. Term expires October 

 4, 1960. 



History: Established 1949 by members of 

 Ontario Health Officers Association so that 

 other professional groups interested in public 

 health might combine with medical officers of 

 health. Sections : health officers ; public health 

 nursing ; dental public health ; veterinary public 

 health ; environmental hygiene ; plumbing in- 

 spectors' ; public health education. 



Purpose: To develop and diffuse in Ontario 

 the knowledge, practice and technique of pre- 

 ventive medicine and public health in all their 

 branches. 



Membership: 500. Members must be interested 

 in public health programs in the province. 



Meetings: Annual. 



194. Ontario Society of Occupational Therapy. 



President: Mrs. D. (Jeanne) Johnstone, P. O. 

 Box 106, Ancaster, Ont. Term expires Novem- 

 ber, 1961. 



History: Incorporated 1921. Branches : To- 

 ronto ; Hamilton ; Kingston ; London. 



Purpose: Assisting occupational therapists in 

 Ontario and furthering the cause of occupational 

 therapy. 



Membership: Registered active and non-active 

 members of Canadian Association of Occupa- 

 tional Therapy resident in Ontario. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Professional activities: Book Prize to out- 

 standing graduating student in occupational 

 therapy at University of Toronto. 



195. Ontario Society of Radiological Tech- 

 nicians, 250 University Avenue, Toronto 1, 

 Ont. President: Kenneth E. Hall, Ottawa 

 Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. Term expires 

 June, 1961. Executive Director: Mrs. M. F. 

 Cameron, 318 Shoreview Avenue, Burlington, 

 Ont. Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated 1936 as Ontario So- 

 ciety of Radiological Technicians, changed 1940 

 to Ontario Society of Radiographers. Original 

 name resumed 1960. Member, Canadian Society 



of Radiological Technicians. Sectional divisions : 

 Central, Northern, Western, Lakehead, Eastern 

 (Kingston and Ottawa) Ontario. 



Purpose: To establish and maintain a profes- 

 sion devoted to science of radiology ; to promote 

 and encourage science of radiological technique, 

 radiotherapy and isotopes ; to consider all sub- 

 jects affecting them. 



Membership: Active 549; associate 23; stu- 

 dent 258 ; non-active 149 ; radiological 3. Active 

 — persons engaged in radiological work in 

 province of Ontario in an ethical manner under 

 supervision of a qualified medical or dental 

 practitioner, adequately qualified (current 

 requirement Grade 12, after January 1, 1961, 

 Grade 13) and passing such examinations as may 

 be conducted and/or approved by the society. 

 Associate — those not educationally qualified to 

 write examinations but who through authorita- 

 tive recommendation may be admitted by board 

 of directors. Student — those who enter a train- 

 ing school supervised by a certified radiologist 

 in the province and sign an agreement with the 

 society to fulfill required period of training in 

 radiography and/or radiotherapy (current pe- 

 riod 2 years). Non-active — those who have 

 worked actively but who have ceased to be 

 engaged in radiological work and wish to con- 

 tinue affiliation with the society. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Educational committee 

 sponsors and arranges week-end refresher 

 courses, 4-5 day postgraduate course prior to 

 annual meeting. 



Publications: "Bulletin" published monthly 

 except August, $1. Editor: Mrs. G. Sandwell, 

 4 Oriole Crescent, Grimsby, Ont. 



196. Ontario Veterinary Association, 97 Eglin- 

 ton Street East, Toronto 12, Ont. President: 

 T. W. Hawke, 185 Division Street, Cobourg, 

 Ont. Term expires January 28, 1961. Secre- 

 tary-Registrar: W. E. Jolliffe. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Founded 1874; incorporated 1879. 



Purpose: To establish minimum professional 

 standards throughout the province ; to encour- 

 age veterinary medicine as a profession ; to 

 protect the public from unqualified practitioners. 



Membership: 771: active 674; life (retired) 

 25 ; absent 72. Requirements : successful gradu- 

 ation from Ontario Veterinary College ; meet- 

 ing requirements of the association. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Ontario Veterinary 

 Association Scholarship at Ontario Veterinary 

 College. 



