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University of Alberta. Department of Sociology

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The University of Alberta is a major Canadian centre for teaching and research in sociology and related specialties such as criminology and demography. The first official course in sociology was taught in the early 1950s, but it wasnþt until 1956 that the first full-time sociology position was approved within the Department of Philosophy and Psychology. The Department was renamed the Department of Philosophy and Sociology when the Department of Psychology split off in 1960. In the years that followed, the Department underwent several name and administrative changes. It was known as the Department of Sociology (1961-1963), the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (1963-1966), and again as the Department of Sociology since 1966. Heads: 1960-1961 Anthony Manuel Mardiros; 1961-1963 Robert James; 1963-1969 Gordon Hirabayashi. Chairs: 1969-1970 Gordon Hirabayashi; 1970-1971 John Forster; 1971-1972 Baha Abu-Laban; 1972-1975 Charles Hobart; 1975-1980 Terrence H. White; 1980-1985 Robert Silverman; 1985-1988 Gordon Fearn; 1988- Robert Silverman.

University of Alberta. Department of Soil Science

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Known as the Department of Soils until 1949, the Soil Science Department promotes good stewardship of soil resources through teaching, research and extension. It administers the Alberta Soil Survey (established 1921), the Breton Plots (1930) and the Alberta Institute of Pedology (1968) (PACCR, 1988). Lecturer "Soils I": 1914-1919 Adolph L.F. Lehmann. Heads: 1919-1947 Frank Archibald Wyatt; 1947-1959 John Dawson Newton; 1959-1969 John A. Toogood. Chairs: 1969-1974 John A. Toogood; 1971-1972 Stephen Pawluk (Acting); 1974-1979 Stephen Pawluk; 1979-1989 William B. McGill; 1984-1985 Marvin J. Dudas (Acting); 1989- James A. Robertson.

University of Alberta. Department of Zoology

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The Department is a centre of work in northern ecology and physiology, and has contributed to the study of teleost fish, reproductive physiology and behaviour, and the ecology of parasites. Research facilities include a departmental museum, biological stations throughout Alberta, biological stations and the Bamfield Marine Station on Vancouver Island in association with the Western Canadian Universities Marine Biological Society. The Department offers a program in palaeontology jointly with the Department of Geology. Heads: 1921-1956 William Rowan; 1956-1959 Richard Birnie Miller; 1958-1960 John Ralph Nursall (Acting); 1961-1964 Donald Murray Ross; 1964-1969 John Ralph Nursall. Chairs: 1969 John Ralph Nursall; [1970-1974] William A. Fuller; 1974-1978 John Ralph Nursall; 1978-1983 Fu-shiang Chia; 1983- Richard E. Peter.

University of Alberta. Development Office

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The Development Office is established to develop, implement and administer comprehensive fundraising programs and to encourage and increase the level of private sector and in-house support for the University. It represents the University in all fundraising endeavours, arranges for and negotiates the terms of charitable donations, accepts and acknowledges all donations on behalf of the University and, in conjunction with the Comptroller's Office, handles the receipting and processing of all charitable gifts and pledges. In 1967 the Public Relations Office assumed responsibility for fundraising. This responsibility was transferred in 1969 to the Fund Development Office which was established in order to follow up pledges received during the Three Alberta Universities Capital Fund (3AU Fund) campaign and to service Alumni Association records. Following extensive reviews of the University's public relations, publications and fund development functions a new Office of Community Relations was established amalgamating all three in 1978. Three years later the Fund Development Office was re- established as a separate entity, although responsibility for alumni records remained with Community Relations. The unit's name was changed to the Development Office in 1986. Director of Public Relations: 1967-1968 Edward Vincent Hamula. Fund Development Officer: 1969-[1978] Lorne W. McPherson. Directors: 1978-[1981?] William A. Preshing; 1982 Donald J. Duff; 1983-[1984] Allan Holender; 1985 Margaret Clarke (Acting); 1986-[1988] Hal Spelliscy; 1988- Pat Warmington (Acting).

University of Alberta. Division of Community Development

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This interdisciplinary graduate program, which began in 1968 under the auspices of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, offered a two-year MA designed to meet the need for people trained in the principles and practices of urban and rural community development in Canada and abroad. The program was under the supervision of the Interdepartmental Committee on Community Development, until 1976 when it became a division under Interdisciplinary Studies. In 1982 it was determined that a need no longer existed for the program, and it was discontinued. Coordinators: [1968]-1975 Glen Allenby Eyford. Directors: 1975- 1981 Glen Allenby Eyford; 1981-1982 Ahmad Sami Abdel Mohsen.

University of Alberta. Division of East European Studies

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A committee on East European and Soviet Studies was established in 1959. At that time it was an informal interdepartmental committee within the Faculty of Arts which was structured to assist in the coordination of the increasing number of courses on Eastern Europe being offered at the University. In 1960 it gained official status and became the Interdepartmental Committee on Slavonic Studies. Six years later the committee changed its name to the Interdepartmental Committee on Soviet and East European Studies. In 1973 the Committee was transferred from the Faculty of Arts to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, in order that the Committee could develop a program in East European Studies which would lead to the master's degree. With the approval of the Council of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, the Committee became a division in May of 1974. The Division of East European Studies came under the purview of Interdisciplinary Studies when it was established in 1975. In 1982, upon the disbandment of Interdisciplinary Studies, the division amalgamated with the Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures, to form the Department of Slavic and East European Studies within the Faculty of Arts. Directors: 1974-1979 Metro Gulutsan; 1979-1982 Robert L. Busch.

University of Alberta. Division of Field Experiences

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Known as the Division of Student Teaching until [1968], this agency within the Faculty of Education organizes the practicum (work experience) component of the undergraduate teacher-training program, acting as a liaison between participating schools and the University. Under the direction of the Assistant Dean (Field Experiences), the division administers a three-phase practicum program for all elementary, secondary, and vocational/industrial education students. Directors/Supervisors of Student Teaching: 1959-1968 Samuel Aubrey Earl. Coordinators: 1968-1971 Lorne Duncan Stewart; 1971- 1973 John W. Chalmers; 1973-1976 Thomas Page Atkinson; 1976- 1977 Robert K. Jackson. Assistant Deans of Practicum: 1977- 1981 Robert K. Jackson; 1981-1985 Allen T. Pearson; 1985-1988 John E. Oster; 1988- Andrea H. Borys.

University of Alberta. Educational Media Services Division

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Educational Media Services, formerly the Visual Instruction Division, provides equipment, educational materials, consultation, and production services to support the Facultyþs continuing education courses. Educational materials are also supplied to other faculties and departments for their credit programs. A province-wide materials service is provided to other educational institutions, government agencies, businesses, community organizations, and individuals. A library of 16 mm educational films, slide-tape sets, overhead transparencies and videocassettes is available for educational programs (Calendar, 1990/91). Supervisors: 1917-1952 Harold Purcey Brown; 1952-[1953] Martin Adamson; [1953-1955] Ronald William Nablo; [1952-1961] Lawrence Twigge (Acting); 1961-1963 C.F. Ritchie; 1963-1975 Jim Shaw; 1975- 1977 Ilonka Halpern (Acting); 1977- Jim Shaw.

University of Alberta. Extension Library

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The Extension Library provided a service to residents of rural Alberta. It had a book collection of over 80,000 volumes which provided intellectual, educational, and leisure reading for its patrons. Books were sent by mail to individuals and families, and to small libraries and community groups. The Extension Library was also a major collecting centre for inter-library loan requests, and had access to the University's main library to support this function. The Library supported Extension courses in a wide variety of subjects through its close cooperation with the Adult Student Centre (Calendar, 1986/87). Many of the Library's functions were taken over by the Provinceþs regional library system in 1987. Heads: 1913-1945 Jessie Fleming Montgomery; 1945-1956 Flora Macleod; 1956-1957 Mary Isobel Dodds (Acting); 1957-1975 Mary Isobel Dodds; 1975-1987 Sylvia Dubrule.

University of Alberta. Faculté Saint-Jean

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College Saint-Jean was founded in 1908, the same year as the inauguration of the Faculty of Arts and Science of the University of Alberta. The College became College Universitaire Saint-Jean, an integral part and a bilingual sector of the University of Alberta, 62 years later on November 27, 1970. Official Faculty status was granted in September 1977, and the name changed to Facult, Saint-Jean in May 1978. The first goal of the Facult, is to allow students of French background to pursue their university studies in a French environment and, secondly, to allow students of English background to benefit by this environment. The University thus hopes to foster French culture in Alberta and to allow more students to master the two official languages of Canada (Calendar 1987/88). Deans/Doyens: 1970-1980 Frank J. McMahon; 1980-1985 Gamilla Morcos; 1985- Jean-Antoine Bour.

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