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Academic Women's Association

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After three years of informal meetings, the Academic Women's Association was formally begun in 1975 to encourage implementation of the recommendations of the University of Alberta Senate's Task Force on the Status of Women. The purpose of the association is to foster collegiality among academic women, to promote and encourage equal opportunities for women in university affairs, and to provide a forum and a mechanism for affirmative action for women at the university. The original name, Academic Women's Association of Alberta, was designed to provide an incorporated body under which branches from Alberta universities could function.

Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association

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The Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association (AFLCA) facilitates the training and certification of fitness leaders and trainers in Alberta. Established in 1984, the association was founded by representatives of fitness agencies who were concerned with the consistency of fitness leadership in Alberta. The delivery of fitness leadership programs is through these agencies, under the guidelines of the AFLCA and its Board of Directors. The AFLCA is an agency-based, not-for-profit association whose operations benefit the represented agencies that deliver the AFLCA training programs. These agencies, in turn, represent their fitness leaders. The AFLCA adopted the guidelines put forth in 1984 by the National Fitness Leadership Advisory Committee (NFLAC). Performance standards were subsequently developed to recommend minimum competencies desired in the trained fitness leader. In 1989, the results of the comprehensive survey of leaders, trainers and agencies led the AFLCA towards the development of a new program model, which included more specialized areas of fitness training and more variety in courses for leaders to explore and agencies to administer. The mandate of AFLCA is to establish and implement specific standards and guidelines that organizations can follow for the training of their fitness leaders, to certify those leaders who have been trained and through that training have met the standards and guidelines established by the Association and to coordinate the standards and guidelines established by the National Fitness Leadership Advisory Committee (NFLAC) and to adjust these standards and guidelines to be most suitable for the fitness leaders of Alberta.

Alberta Institute of Agrologists

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The AIA began in 1920 as the Northern and Southern Locals of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturalists. The national organization became the Agricultural Institute of Canada in 1945, and in 1947 the Alberta Government passed the Agrologists Act, which conferred professional status on agrologists under the regulation of the new Alberta Institute of Agrologists. The AIA's mandate is to maintain professional standards for agrology and to communicate to the government and to the public its concerns regarding its profession, agricultural education and research, and the role of agriculture and agrology in the community.

Alberta Institute of Pedology

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The Institute of Pedology, with headquarters at the University, was organized in 1968. The Institute consists of all pedologists in the Soil Science Department of the University, the Terrain Sciences Department of the Alberta Research Council and the Alberta Pedology Unit of the Land Resources Research Centre, Agriculture Canada. The Institute is involved in coordinating work in the following fields: soil survey in Alberta, research in pedology, interpretation of basic data on Alberta soils and assistance and/or cooperation from other institutions concerned with pedological data (Calendar, 1990/91). The Institute is directed by the Technical Coordinating Committee. The Chair of the Soil Science Department of the University is ex officio Chair of the Technical Coordinating Committee.

National Film Board of Canada

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As part of its mandate to initiate and promote the production and distribution of films in the national interest, the NFB produced China Mission, a documentary film on the life of Chester A. Ronning (1892-1984), a Canadian diplomat from Alberta who spent his early life in China with his missionary parents. During World War II the NFB documented the University's contributions to the war effort in a series of photographs.

Phoenix Theatre Society

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The Phoenix Theatre Society was founded in 1981 under artistic director Keith Digby. Digby had been director of the recently bankrupt Theatre 3, and the legend is that Phoenix Theatre "rose from the ashes" of that company. Phoenix, performing its first season in the SUB Theatre on the University of Alberta campus, announced a five-point program: Contemporary works of a more challenging, less conservative variety than found in most regional theatres; premieres and new Canadian plays; workshop productions of upcoming plays; new looks at classics; and a Christmas family show. Digby resigned in early in 1982 and was succeeded by Bob Baker, a U. of A. Drama graduate. Baker enhanced the contemporary focus by mounting the latest works of Sam Shepard, David Mamet and others, and in these years Phoenix became well loved for its inventive fundraising. The 1982-1983 season saw Phoenix move to the John L. Haar theatre at Grant MacEwan Community College. In 1983-1984, the Phoenix moved to Walter Kaasa Theatre in Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, a space it would occupy for the next twelve years. In 1983-1984, the Phoenix also moved its offices and rehearsal spaces to downtown Edmonton and initiated its Phoenix Downtown program of new and experimental works. Jim Guedo succeeded Baker in 1987 and the emphasis shifted slightly to emphasize "contemporary controversial" theatre. In 1995, Guedo resigned as artistic director, the Phoenix had won 35 Sterling Awards but was $90 000 in debt, and new director John Cooper attempted to rejuvenate Phoenix with a production of Angels in America, Part 1: The Millenium Approaches. However, though the production was a success, the Phoenix slipped further into debt and the Board decided to close down operations.

Population Research Laboratory

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The staff of the Population Research Laboratory teaches in the Sociology Department, conducts research on demography and related subjects in the field of sociology, and provides relevant information to Sociology faculty, graduate students and other university department members. It co- sponsors a summer institute on Quantitative Analysis of Social Data and publishes two working papers series (Research Discussion Papers and Edmonton Area Series Report), and a journal, Canadian Studies in Population. Research conducted by the PRL includes population studies, social surveys on criminology, labour market dynamics and family processes. Directors: 1966-1972 Wayne W., Jr. McVey; 1972-1975 P. Krishnan; 1975-1976 George K. Jarvis; 1976-1987 Leslie W. Kennedy; 1987- Harvey Krahn.

Project Canada West

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The aim of Project Canada West was to develop a Canadian Studies curriculum on urbanization for social studies programs in western Canada and to study the feasibility of decentralized, teacher- oriented curriculum development. It was headed by Executive Director R.H. Sabey and its trustees included representatives of the teachers' associations of the four western provinces and the Universities of Saskatchewan and Alberta. During its five-year mandate it supported the research and publishing of 14 sub- projects distributed throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with subjects ranging from Indian and Metis integration to rural-urban transition and Canadian urban government.

Provincial Mental Health Advisory Council

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The Provincial Mental Health Advisory Council was founded in August 1973 with the mandate of: (a) to inquire into any matter referred to it by the minister, (b) to inquire into and consider any matter pertaining to mental health, (c) to review any policies, programs, services, or administrative procedures of departments of the Government or of Government agencies in matters pertaining to mental health and (d) to advise on the planning, development, standards, coordination, (d) advising on the planning, development, standards, coordination and evaluation of mental health services in Alberta, and report and make recommendations on mental health issues to the Lieutenant Governor in Council. The Provincial Mental Health Advisory Council was made up of 13 members, each appointed by his/her professional body or organization. The University of Alberta appointed one of the 13 members. The Provincial Mental Health Advisory Council was disbanded in 1990.

Richard Eaton Singers

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Edmonton's premier oratorio choir, founded in 1951, was originally called the University Singers. It was renamed in memory of its founding director, Richard S. Eaton, in 1969. It has had a long association with the University of Alberta, as the Choir rehearses on campus and draws its music directors from the Department of Music. The Singers, however, have always been an entity separate from the University, drawing members from the general community and receiving funding from other sources. Directors: 1951-1967 Richard S. Eaton; 1968-1973 Alexandra Munn; 1973-[1982] Larry D. Cook; [1982]- Leonard Ratzlaff.

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