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British Columbia Provincial Police

  • Corporate body
  • 1858-1950

The British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP) force was established in 1858 in New Westminster, then the capital of the mainland colony. The force was initially led by a lone constable, Mr. Chartres Brew from Ireland. In 1866 the police force on Vancouver Island was combined with the police force on the mainland, as the two colonies were united. The force existed through the first half of the 20th century before amalgamating with the RCMP in 1950.

British Columbia Provincial Police. Port Essington Office

  • Corporate body
  • 1858- 1950

A provincial police force was established in 1858 and later, when the province joined Confederation in 1871, the BC police reported to the Attorney-General. The constables were under the direction of the government agent of the district who reported to the Superintendent. The BC Provincial Police were taken over by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in August, 1950.

British Columbia Psychological Association

The British Columbia Psychological Association first met in June, 1938, at the home of Joe and Edith Marsh in Vancouver. The society was incorporated 27 June 1942, with the object to promote the cooperation and information exchange of the various branches of psychology. The society met monthly.

British Columbia Registered Music Teachers' Association

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-617
  • Corporate body
  • 1932-

The Association was originally titled the B.C. Music Teachers' Federation was founded in 1932. The British Columbia Registered Music Teachers' Association (BCRMTA) is the representative body of the private music teacher's profession in British Columbia. With associations from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, it founded the Federation of Music Teachers' Associations (later called the CFMTA) in 1935. In 1947 the organization received a provincial legislative charter. The bylaws of the Association are set up according to Section 10 of "An Act Respecting British Columbia Registered Music Teachers' Association."

British Columbia Teachers' Federation

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-872
  • Corporate body
  • 1917-

The British Columbia Teachers' Federation was established in 1917. It is a union that represents public school teachers in the province.

British Columbia Underwriters' Association

The British Columbia Underwriters' Association was founded in Victoria in 1880. It promoted general safety and protection over insurable entities such as building construction, automobiles, and personal property.

British Columbia Union Catalogue

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-824
  • Corporate body
  • 1977-1983

The British Columbia Union Catalogue (BCUC) was a province-wide bibliographic database of library collections representing both post-secondary and public libraries. First proposed in a series of reports in the early 1970s, it was established in 1977 and funded by the B.C. Ministry of Education. Participating libraries entered their catalogue records into a machine-readable database to generate local catalogues and produce a single union catalogue of all their collections. It was then distributed throughout the province so that users could locate materials anywhere in the province and obtain them through interlibrary loans. BCUC initially included the library collections at UBC, SFU, and UVic and then expanded to local college libraries. Richmond Public Library was the first public library to join the network in 1978. Unfortunately, provincial funding was discontinued in 1983 before the project was completed.

British Columbia Voice of Women

The British Columbia Voice of Women was affiliated with the national Voice of Women/Voix des Femmes and was a women's organization devoted to the promotion of world peace.

British Columbia Wildlife Federation

The first annual convention of the British Columbia Federation of Fish and Game Clubs was held in Penticton, May 1-3, 1958. At the 8th annual convention in 1965, the name of the organization was changed to the British Columbia Wildlife Federation. The organization is an advocate for sports fishing and hunting in the province.

British Columbia Women's Institute

  • Corporate body
  • 1909-

The British Columbia Women’s Institute (BCWI) was founded in 1909. This founding was initiated by Laura Rose, who was invited by the BC Provincial Government to extend her Women's Institute organizing activities in Alberta and Ontario to British Columbia. The objective of organizing Women's Institutes in BC was to support settler women in household and family management, food production and preservation, and other farming and homestead activities.

Following an initial survey tour, Rose organized the first fifteen BC Women's Institutes: Gordon Heard, Lake Hill, Sooke and Otter, Metchosin, Tynehead, Coquitlam, Matsqui, Chilliwack, Agassiz, Summerland, Salmon Arm, Nakusp, Kaslo and District, Nelson, and Cranbrook. Geographical coverage expanded and in 1911, branches were organized into four districts: Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland, Okanagan, and Kootenay. These aggregated districts were overseen by an Advisory Board appointed by the BC Department of Agriculture. At the Board's inaugural meeting, August 14-15, 1911, the BCWI motto "For Home and Country" was adopted.

Between 1919 and 1929, achievements included the establishment of the British Columbia Crippled Children's Hospital, the Queen Alexandra Solarium, and the Othoa Scott Fund. At mid-century, the BCWI influenced the provincial government to name the Dogwood as the official provincial emblem. In the decades to follow, efforts focused on education, fundraising, and activism relating to agricultural sustainability and child welfare.

As of 2023, the BCWI is headquartered in Barriere, BC. The BCWI, along with other provincial Women’s Institute organizations, are connected to the national organization, the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada (FWIC).

British Columbia Women's Studies Association

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-416
  • Corporate body
  • 1975

The British Columbia Women's Studies Association was formally established on February 2, 1975. A formal meeting was held at a Vancouver Community College, Langara. A primary goal of the BCWSA was the establishment of a Women's Research Centre, "independent of any particular educational institution and available for all interested women to utilize."

British Columbia Youth Parliament

The British Columbia Youth Parliament was known as the Older Boy's Parliament from its date of incorporation (1924) until the 1974 session at which time the present name was adopted.

Brock, Reginald Walter

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-187
  • Person
  • 1874-1935

Reginald Walter Brock was born in Perth, Ontario, and he graduated from Queen's University with an MA in Geology. His many professional appointments included his work as a geologist with Dawson Survey of British Columbia (1897), the Chair of Geology at Queens University (1902-1907) and the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1907-1914). Brock became one of the first four men selected by the University of British Columbia President F.F. Westbrook to form the nucleus of the new university's staff. In 1914, Brock became Dean of Applied Science, although his career was interrupted by war service (1914-1919). He returned to the University in 1919 and continued as a geology professor and dean. He tragically died in an airplane accident alongside his wife in 1935.

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