Canadians Form CHEMICAL INSTITUTE of CANADA

DRAMATICALLY featuring the theme "Targets for Tomorrow", well over 1,000 chemists, chemical engineers, and executives attended the 27th annual Canadian Chemical Conference and Exhibition, held at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, June 5 to 7. The meeting, the most important ever held in Canada, was climaxed by the formation of the Chemical Institute of Canada, which in the future will represent more than 6,000 members of the chemical profession. This unity and strength were achieved when the Canadian Chemical Association, the Canadian Institute of Chemistry, and the Canadian Sections of t h e Society of Chemical Industry agreed to combine activities in one new and greatly enlarged body. The Society of Chemical Industry will continue, but will drop all functions which would be considered competitive with the new organization. SCI's relationship to the Chemical Institute of Canada might be likened to the relationship of the American Section of SCI to the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY . The Canadian Chemical Associ...