Institute Affairs~w CIRCULATION MANAGER[;~l'iAMED TO JOURNALr·~};t.

The Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology Journal ispleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ian Campbell as CirculationManager. Mr. Campbell steps into the vacancy created when Mr. GordonTimbers was nominated as the National Secretary of the Institute. Mr.Timbers served as Circulation Manager for five years and during this timehe devoted many hours to improving the Journal circulation and han­dling subscription problems.

Mr. Campbell graduated in 1964 from U.B.C. with a B.S.c. (Agr) inFood Science and Technology. He served the then Food and Drug Di­rectorate as an inspector in the Vancouver area and subsequently servedas an inspector in Edmonton, Sudbury and Toronto. In 1969 he trans­ferred to the Food Composition Section of the new Health ProtectionBranch where he is engaged in developing standards of composition forfOOds under the Food and Drug Regulations as well as assessing food in­gredients and components in terms of acceptability for food use.

Please note that all correspondence relating to subscriptions and cir­culation should now be addressed to the Circulation Manager:

. Mr. Ian Campbell,Food Composition Section

Health Protection BranchTunney's Pasture

Ottawa, Ontario KIA OL2

NEws FROM THE SECTIONSIt is difficult to build a house without some construction materials and

it.is equally difficult to write a column headed "News from the Sections"With a very limited supply of information on the activity of our Sections~d its members. Perhaps in many respects, the situation is improving:eight of the English-speaking Sections responded to my call for materialfor the April issue. This is by far the best response we have had so far.However, too many just merely state that such and such meeting was heldand that so and so meetings have been arranged. The latter informationco~ld be useful, if we could only get our Journal out on time. Our trav­elhng members could sometimes use that information to their benefit. It isalso true that the topics selected by the various Sections for their meetingsCan be very helpful to program chairmen in other Sections in developing

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Affaires de I'lnstitutuseful and stimulating programs for their own Sections. However, itseems to me that it is a poor meeting that does not bring out at least a fewpoints that could be of vital interest to the membership at large. The Jour­nal is not the place for detailed accounts of Section meetings. However,from the speakers at the meetings, the discussions that take place andfrom any general business that may arise, there is surely something that isworth passing along. Be that as it may, one of the main purposes of thiscolumn is to enable the Sections to realise that they are an important seg­ment of the Institute and for the members to understand that the Instituteis made up of people. One should not place the entire blame for lack ofnews upon the Newsgatherers, they need the active support of the indi­vidual members themselves. So get "with it" and make this column alive.

If we were to make an award for the best submission from the Sec­tions (and perhaps we should provide such an incentive even though it ishorrible to think that such could be necessary), the prize this quarterwould go to the Alberta Section. They have some really live people ontheir executive and cannot fail to be one of the most active Sections. TheB.e. and Manitoba Sections are not too far behind. So what do you Cen­tral and Eastern Sections think when the evidence shows that the actionlies in the West? And do not think that living in Manitoba, I look at theWest with rose-coloured glasses: my heart and mind is still with theMontreal Section, where, in my opinion, it all really started. Now forwhat we have from the Sections.

The Manitoba Section has so far had an excellent season, its meetingshave been well attended, the topics useful and stimulating and good dis­cussions have developed spontaneously. In January, there was a jointmeeting with the A.A.e.e., at which Dr. Anna McLeod, of the HerriotWatt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, spoke on the .training of bio­chemists for the brewing industry and also the relationship between aca­demics and technological personnel in industry. At this meeting, Chair­man Stuart Law with the assistance of Dr. Reg. Gallop, Head of the FoodScience Dept. University of Manitoba and Dr. Jim Daun, Chairman ofthe Scholarship Committee, presented Certificates for the Canadian FoodIndustries Scholarships to Valerie Hindle, Valerie Thompson, ElmerSachvie, Patricia Smith, Susan Muller, and Valerie Bull. They had re­ceived their cash awards at an earlier meeting.

The members really let themselves go at the Annual Dinner andDance on February 14. The ladies were presented with corsages by cour­tesy of Northern Sales (1962) Ltd., the cocktail hour was garnished withcheese from the Holland Cheese Importer Association, spiced andsmoked meats from J. M. Schneider Ltd., smoked fish from the Fresh­water Institute, and the music and spot prizes went on till the early hoursof the morning. Believe it or not, their balance sheet showed a small sur­plus thanks to the generosity of a number of interested food concerns inthe city.

An interesting news item comes from the News Letter of the OntarioVeterinary College through the good thinking of one of our earliest mem­bers, Dr. Ed Rigby, Member Emeritus. It seems that our first President,Dr. Earl Chamberlayne, who is now an Honorary Member of our Insti­tute and who is the Special Assistant to the Director of the National Insti­tute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, received a Superior Service Ho­nour Award from the U.S. Health, Education, and Welfare's NationalInstitute of Health. This Award was presented at the Seventh Annual Ho­nours Award Ceremony on June 9, 1975, for "his innovations in scientificcommunications, including NIAID Scientific Memoranda and his highlyefficient discharge of responsibilities in regard to quarantine regulations."We offer congratulations to our first President, Dr. Earl Chamberlayne.

Aside from the fact that I am on the mailing list for their Meeting No­tices, little can be said of the Toronto Section on this occasion. But nonews is good news and it is safe to assume that all is well with the TorontoSection.

The Alberta Section realizing the difficulties in mainta.ining personalcontact with its far flung membership (they cover the whole of the prov­ince) are publishing a very informative Newsletter, and they are certainly'laying it on the line' to the members in the Southern half of the province.They are anxious to resuscitate the Southern Alberta group but this groupmust also be willing to work for it. It is interesting to note that the SectionExecutive is backing up the sincerity of its efforts to promote a betterawareness of the Institute in that area by setting up a contingency fund of$200 for this purpose.

It would appear that the membership drive has paid some dividendsnot only to the Section but also to those who brought in new members. Itseems that the first ten of those already on the roster to bring in a new

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