The Western Universities Battalion was formed in 1916. Its membership was drawn primarily from students and alumni of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. The organizers felt that a distinctive western unit composed exclusively of men of similar backgrounds would be desirable. To this end, they sought to attract "those earnest, studious men of practised intellect and proved ability, who are most fit to play their parts as leaders of men in the most difficult and complex science of modern warfare." The recruiting and organization of "D" Company (British Columbia) were entrusted to Major R.W. Brock. The unit was housed on the University of British Columbia campus, with drilling, marching and arms training on the King Edward High School grounds. "D" Company joined the rest of the W.U.B. at Camp Hughes in Manitoba in the fall of 1916, and members of the Battalion saw their first action in Europe in 1917.

This was an officer training programme based on one already established in the United Kingdom.

The Canada Music Week/Semaine de la Musique Canadienne is an annual nationwide festival sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Association (CFMTA) to introduce Canadian music to students, teachers and audiences; to encourage and promote Canadian music, musicians, and music teaching; and to emphasize the significance of music in society. The committee is made up of nine provincial chairpersons, other branch chairpersons and a national chairperson.

Established in 1991 in Vancouver B.C. by director Nettie Wild and producer Betsy Carson, Canada Wild Productions is an independent documentary film and television production company. Canada Wild Productions specializes in making accessible and engaging documentaries about controversial issues. Canada Wild Productions has developed a unique form of distribution which blends broadcast television and theatrical screenings in cinemas with community-based forums in order to bring these stories to the Canadian public. Canada Wild Productions also works in interactive media, public art, projection mapping and virtual reality.

According to the online Canadian Encyclopedia, the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW) was established in 1973 by the federal government on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. It was dismantled on April 1, 1995.

CACSW advised the federal government and informed and educated the public about concerns pertinent to women. As an autonomous agency, CACSW reported to Parliament through the minister responsible for the status of women and retained the right to publish its views without ministerial consent. CACSW included three full-time members (a president and two vice presidents), fifteen regionally representative part-time members appointed for three-year terms, and an office staff of approximately thirty employees. It was a leading publisher of research on women, and its recommendations prompted legislative change concerning constitutional reform, pensions, parental benefits, taxation, health care, employment practices, sexual assault, violence against women, and human rights.

The Canadian Association of University Teachers is the voice for academic staff representing teachers, librarians, researchers, general staff and other educational professionals across Canada.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.