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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Eighteen certified clerks; two 

 associate; five students; 2)6 Ph.C. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Prizes given to Mari- 

 time College of Pharmacy, Halifax, N. S. 



203. Prince Edward Island Veterinary Medical 

 Association. P. O. Box 3000, Charlottetown, 

 P.E.I. President: J. I. Higgins. Secretary: 

 G. C. Fisher, c/o Canada Packers Ltd., 

 Charlottetown, P. E. I. 



History: Organized 1920. 



Purpose: To comply with Narcotic Act and 

 afiford a measure of protection to members of 

 profession. 



Membership: 14. 



Meetings: Annual. 



204. Professional Institute of the Public Ser- 

 vice of Canada, 200 Cooper Street, Ottawa 4, 

 Ont. President: W. M. Marshall, 109 Powell 

 Avenue, Ottawa, Ont. Term expires February, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: J. H. Leroux. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1920. Twelve working 

 committees. Forty-six professional groups, 29 

 branches across Canada. 



Purpose: To enhance usefulness of scientific, 

 professional and technical branches of public 

 service of Canada to the public ; to maintain 

 high professional standards ; to promote welfare 

 of members. 



Membership: 5500. Membership open to per- 

 sons employed by the government of Canada in 

 a professional capacity, graduates of a recog- 

 nized university or with equivalent qualifications. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Two Gold Medals pre- 

 sented each year : one for achievement in pure 

 and applied science, other for achievement out- 

 side pure and applied science. 



Publications: Professional Public Service, 

 monthly, current volume : 39. Editor : W. S. 

 Drinkwater. 



205. Psychological Association of Alberta. 



President: D. B. Black, University of Alberta, 

 Edmonton, Alta. Term expires June, 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : A. J. B. Hough, Uni- 

 versity of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. Term 

 expires June, 1961. 



History: Constitution developed 1958. South- 

 ern Alberta division centered in Calgary and 

 northern division centered in Edmonton. Active 

 committees : membership and ethics ; nomina- 

 tions ; public relations and publications ; pro- 

 fessional standards and training. 



Purpose: Furtherance of psychology as a 

 science, as a profession and to promote human 

 welfare. 



Membership: 50. Full membership — doctoral 

 degree with psychological dissertation or gradu- 

 ate degree in psychology plus one year experi- 

 ence ; or through training, experience, approved 

 by committee on membership and ethics aixl 

 by executive. Associate — Master's degree, or 

 candidate for master's degree, or honours bache- 

 lor degree. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Psychological Newsletter, semi- 

 annual, current volume : 2, free to members. 

 Editor : A. Hough. 



206. Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants 

 — Societe de Quebec pour la Protection des 

 Plantes, Quebec Department of Agriculture, 

 Quebec, P. Q. President: Bernard Baribeau, 

 Quebec Department of Agriculture, Ste-Anne- 

 de-la-Pocatiere, P. Q. Term expires April, 

 1961. Secretary: Richard Cayouette. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1908. 



Purpose: To study enemies of plant life and 

 methods of repression. 



Membership: 230: 11 honorary; 216 regular; 

 3 corresponding. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Report, annual, free to members 

 or on exchange basis. Also supplements, 

 irregular. 



207. Registered Nurses' Association of British 

 Columbia, 2524 Cypress Street, Vancouver 9, 

 B. C. President: Miss Edna Rossiter, Shaugh- 

 nessy Hospital, Vancouver, B. C. Term ex- 

 pires May, 1961. Executive Secretary: Miss 

 Eleanor S. Graham. Term indefinite. 



History: Established 1912 as Graduate 

 Nurses' Association of British Columbia; pres- 

 ent name adopted 1935. Member society of 

 Canadian Nurses' Association. 



Purpose: To maintain honour and status of 

 nursing profession ; to advance educational 

 standards in nursing ; to elevate standard of 

 nursing practice in order to render efficient ser- 

 vice in interest of the public ; to promote and 

 regulate sound employee-employer relations in 

 nursing profession. 



Membership: 8846; practising 6500; non- 

 practising 1246. Requirements : B. C. Univer- 

 sity Entrance or equivalent ; graduation from 

 recognized school of nursing, and success in 

 B. C. nurse registration examinations ; or equiva- 

 lent from outside B. C. 



Meetings: Annual. 



