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Canadian Machine Gun Corps

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-424
  • Corporate body
  • 1917-

The Canadian Machine Gun Corps was formed in England in 1917. It was part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force sent to France. It included infantry and cavalry and motor branches. It also included a Canadian machine gun school and depot and reinforcements camp.

Canadian Literature (Journal)

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-195
  • Corporate body
  • 1959-

Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review is devoted to the critical, historical and biographical study of literature in Canada and the systematic review of new Canadian books. The journal consists of studies of established and lesser-known writers, essays on new writers and contemporary literary movements, articles by poets, novelists and dramatists on their arts, and Canadian writing by English, French and American authors. It publishes articles in both English and French and initially, each year, issued a bibliography of books and essays in the field of Canadian literature. The idea for the quarterly originally came from the Department of English at UBC. Publication began with the assistance of a Koerner Foundation grant and with subscriptions from hundreds of individuals who sent them before the first issue. The first issue came out in the summer of 1959. George Woodcock was the first editor, the business manager was Inglis Bell, the circulation manager was Basil Stuart-Stubbs, and the typographer was Robert Reid. George Woodcock was succeeded as editor by William New in 1977. In his first editorial, Professor New paid tribute to George Woodcock when he stated that Canadian literature was built into the independent journal of opinion and analysis.

Canadian Labour Congress. British Columbia Education Office

Founded in 1956, the Canadian Labour Congress established regional education offices. The function of these offices was to provide instruction for union members in a variety of labour-related areas including shop steward training, parliamentary procedure, public speaking, collective bargaining, labour history and technological change.

Canadian Institute of International Affairs

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-831
  • Corporate body
  • 1928-

The Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA) is a national, non-partisan, non-governmental organization dedicated to discussing and analysing international affairs. It was founded in 1928 by Sir Robert Borden, Sir Arthur Currie, John W. Dafoe and Sir Joseph Flavelle.

Canadian Information Processing Society

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-427
  • Corporate body
  • 1968-

The Canadian Information Processing Society is a national organization with individual sections in major cities throughout the country. Each team has its executive and elected members. CIPS's mission is to define and foster the IT profession, encourage and support the IT practitioner. It also endeavours to advance IT's theory and practice while safeguarding the public interest. Before 1965, CIPS was known as The Computing and Data Processing Society of Canada. This name was changed to The Computer Society of Canada. By 1968, this name had been officially changed to CIPS. Dr. Jim M. Kennedy was director of the Computing Centre at UBC from 1966 to 1979, was the president of CIPS from 1971 to 1972. The sous-fonds also include the Northwest CIPS 1978 Conference materials, apparently collected by Jack Leigh of the UBC Computing Centre, and the North West '78 Conference proceedings.

Canadian Historical Association

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-622
  • Corporate body
  • 1922-

The Canadian Historical Association / La Société Historique du Canada is a bi-lingual charitable association devoted to fostering the study and communication of history in Canada.

Canadian Forest Products. Englewood Logging Division

  • Corporate body

In 1944 the founders of Canadian Forest Products (Canfor) acquired the timber interests and logging operations in the Nimpkish Valley, which later became known as the Englewood Logging Division. In 2006 the company was purchased by Western Forest Products.

Canadian Fishing Company

  • Corporate body

The Canadian Fishing Company was established in 1905 in Vancouver to supply halibut to the New England Fish Company and other distributing companies. Canfisco began to can salmon in 1918 and this operation soon became its primary activity. In 1945 the Company became a major producer in the herring and pilchard industry through its acquisition of the Nootka-Banfield Company and its associated operations.

Canadian Electrical Workers Union, Local 1

  • Corporate body

The Canadian Electrical Workers Union emerged out of a breakaway movement from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 213 in 1966/1967. It was formed, according to Barry Sharbo, “to combat minority treatment of Canadian electrical workers’ programs by the [American-led] IBEW.”

Canadian Children’s Illustrated Books Project

  • UBCA-ARC-AUTH-193
  • Corporate body
  • [21--]

The Canadian Children's Illustrated Book Project consists of three interrelated research projects on Canadian children's illustrated books and publishing: Canadian Children's Illustrated Book Project (funded by the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)), Canadian Children's Illustrated Books Project / History of the Book in Canada (funded by SSHRC) and Canadian Children's Illustrated Books Project / Hampton Regional and Alternative Children's Publishers Project (funded by Hampton). The research was used for Picturing Canada: A History of Canadian Illustrated Books and Publishing by Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010) and for articles in The History of the Book in Canada, Volume 3 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). Judith Saltman is a Professor at the School of Library, Archival & Information Studies and Chair of the Master of Arts in Children's Literature Program at British Columbia.

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