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Ash, Adelaide

  • 417
  • Person

Adelaide Ash travelled from England across the United States to Victoria from 1871-1872.

Ash, C.

  • 16269
  • Person

Ashcroft and District General Hospital

  • 7048
  • Corporate body

The hospital opened in August 1913 under the name Lady Minto Hospital, and an addition was built in 1956. The name of the hospital was later changed to the Ashcroft and District General Hospital.

Ashcroft and District General Hospital (Ladies' Auxiliary)

  • 2798
  • Corporate body

The Ladies' Auxiliary supported the activities and operations of the Lady Minto Hospital in Ashcroft, B.C, which was opened in 1913. In 1920, management of the hospital was taken over by the Ashcroft Hospital Society, the hospital later becoming known as the Ashcroft and District General Hospital.

Asian Art Society of Victoria

  • 37605
  • Corporate body

The Asian Art Society of Victoria was founded in November 1976, and incorporated as a non-profit society under the Society Act of British Columbia on 19 January 1977 as “The Asian Arts Society of Victoria”, incorporation number 12864. On 11 October 1978 it was re-registered as “The Asian Art Society of Victoria”. In its records the society referred to itself only by the latter name. The purpose of the society, as stated in its constitution, was “to promote, develop, foster and encourage the knowledge and appreciation of Asian Art in all its forms, [and] the collection and exhibition of works of Asian Art in the Province of British Columbia”. Mr. Foster Isherwood was president for the first year and drafted the constitution. Mrs. Hilda L. Hale (1907-2007), who was the society's founder and motivating force, then became president and held the position for at least the next ten years. The Society held its meetings at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, where it also maintained an Asian Art reference library. Activities included tours and dinners, performances, art classes and the sponsorship of public lectures and art exhibitions. The society issued a bi-monthly newsletter, and raised funds to establish and maintain a Japanese garden, designed by Mrs. Margaret Ely, at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. The Society worked closely with the Department for History in Art and the Centre for Pacific and Oriental Studies at the University of Victoria. The Society was dissolved on 28 July 1995. It re-formed and was still active in 2009.

Assiniboia (District : 1811-1870)

  • 419
  • Corporate body

The District of Assiniboia was established in 1811 when the Hudson's Bay Company gave a grant of land to Lord Selkirk. The District was governed by a council and governor until Louis Riel's 1869 resistance efforts. The District was disbanded in 1870.

Associated Boards of Health of British Columbia

  • 38447
  • Corporate body
  • 1954-1997

The Associated Boards of Health of British Columbia (ABH) was created in 1954. It was founded to promote Public Health and the participation of Municipal Councils, School Boards and the general public in health matters in the Province of British Columbia. All regions of the Province were represented by the ABH. The member boards were established through legislation and were responsible to the Ministry of Health. The organization was dissolved on April 4, 1997.

Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (London)

  • 38231
  • Corporate body

Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (London) was founded in 1900 in London, England by the amalgamation of 24 cement companies. In 1911-1913, working through its subsidiary company, (Portland Cement Construction Company Limited) it purchased land and built a cement plant at Bamberton, British Columbia.

Association Historique Francophone de Victoria

  • 28854
  • Corporate body

The mission of the Association Historique Francophone de Victoria is to research, identify and conserve historical and administrative documents that highlight the contribution of French speakers to the development of Victoria and the surrounding region.

Association of British Columbia Archivists

  • 28855
  • Corporate body
  • 1974-1990

The Association of British Columbia Archivists was organized in Vancouver on February 23, 1974. In 1990, the association amalgamated with the British Columbia Archives Council to form the Archives Association of British Columbia (AABC).

Association of British Columbia Engineers

  • 421
  • Corporate body

The Association of British Columbia Professional Engineers was formed in 1947 under the original name of the Association of British Columbia Engineers. The purpose of the organization was to perform as a professional body for engineers in the province.

Association of British Columbia Professional Engineers

  • 422
  • Corporate body

The Association of British Columbia Professional Engineers was formed in 1947 under the original name of the Association of British Columbia Engineers. The purpose of the organization was to perform as a professional body for engineers in the province.

Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of British Columbia

  • 423
  • Corporate body

The Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of British Columbia had its origins at a meeting held in Vancouver on 1 February 1919. The meeting was called by the Executive Committee of the Vancouver Branch of the Engineers' Institute of Canada. Committee members felt that local engineers, particularly those employed on public works by the Civil Service Commission of Canada, were not adequately paid. The meeting was attended by about seventy local engineers who subsequently formed the United Professional Engineers of British Columbia. Ernest G. Matheson, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia, was elected chairman and president. The name was changed in March 1919 to the British Columbia Technical Union (BCTU) and again, later that year, to the British Columbia Technical Association (BCTA). The objects of the BCTU were: --to obtain adequate public recognition of technical men; --to establish scales of minimum fees for consultants and obtain recognition of the same; --to obtain equitable remuneration for salaried technical men and their salaried technical assistants; --to secure the consultation and employment of local members of the technical profession for work in British Columbia and to discourage the importation of men for technical work when duly qualified men are available in the province; --to protect the public by encouraging the employment of qualified technical men; [B.C. Gazette 1 May 1919, pp. 1394-95] In 1921, the name was changed to the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of British Columbia with the introduction of the Engineerial Profession Act. The act empowered the Association to establish professional standards, evaluate engineers' qualifications, set examinations, and discipline members.

Association of Provincial Land Surveyors

  • 424
  • Corporate body

The original name of the Corporation of Land Surveyors was the Association of Provincial Land Surveyors. The name was changed in 1905.

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

  • 2812
  • Corporate body

The name of the National Conference of Canadian Universities (established 1911) was changed in June 1959 to National Conference of Canadian Universities and Colleges. This body merged in August 1965 with the Canadian Universities Foundation to form the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

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