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Boy Scouts of Canada, Saskatchewan Provincial Council

  • SCAA-PAS-F75
  • Corporate body
  • 1915- present

Scouting began in Saskatchewan informally in 1908 and formally in 1915. In the early years, Saskatchewan scouts operated within a regional framework, with three or four regions in the province. In 1958 the administrative structure changed to a council based system, which continues to provide the framework for operations of the organization today (2009).

Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan

  • SCAA-PAS-F72
  • Corporate body
  • 1944-2003

The Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan (CUS) began in 1940-1941 as the Saskatchewan Section of the Co-operative Union of Canada (CUC). The Saskatchewan Section incorporated on May 15, 1944 as the Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan under the Saskatchewan Co-operative Associations Act (SS 1944 s 47). The founding members were the Moosomin Co-operative Association Limited; the Sherwood Co-operative Association Limited; the Bulyea Community Co-operative Association Limited; the Moose Jaw Consumers' Co-operative Association Limited; and the Ukrainian Co-operative Association Limited, with McD. Rankin serving as first president and E.F. Scharf as secretary.

Membership in the CUS was open to any co-operative association incorporated within Canadian legislation; any federation of credit unions; and any mutual society with powers similar to that of a co-operative association or a credit union. This included consumer, producer, financial, insurance, service and educational co-operatives and credit unions.

The CUS was administered by a board of directors elected from the membership at the annual meeting; by executive officers selected by the board of directors; and by office staff whose services could be made available to the membership. The CUS executive included a President, Vice-President, Executive Secretary, and Public Relationship Officer. Until 1945, the CUS operated with part-time staff, but increased membership and demand for expanded services resulted in permanent staff. As membership grew, district federations were established across the province to better represent local interests and handle issues that could be resolved without the involvement of the CUS central governance. In 1960, the CUS was re-organized on a district basis, with the composition of the Board of Directors adjusted to include a representative from each federation or district and a few seats allocated for additional membership representatives.

The central purpose of the CUS was to encourage the education, development and maintenance of co-operatives in Saskatchewan. To achieve this objective the CUS conducted activities such as organizing, promoting and assisting co-op schools; promoting and advocating co-operative principles through local and province-wide meetings and talks by leaders in the co-operative movement; providing organizational, financial and legal advisory services to existing and developing co-operatives; printing, publishing, purchasing and making available materials supporting co-operative principles and practices; monitoring, preparing briefs and lobbying in response to legislation and regulations.

In 1955, following the amalgamation of the co-operative wholesales of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, a meeting was held with the boards of the International Co-operative Institute and the Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan; representatives of the Saskatchewan Department of Education and Department of Co-operation and Co-operative Development; the University of Saskatchewan and regional co-operatives, to discuss the need for organized education and training programs. At this meeting, the International Co-operative Institute changed its name to the Co-operative Institute and the Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan assumed directional responsibility for the Institute. Classes at the Institute began by October 1955. By 1959 its expanded program led the Co-operative Institute to incorporate and change its name to the Western Co-operative College.

In addition to the establishment of the College, the CUS continued its own education programs, providing guidance and supervisory assistance in local areas. Training sessions were co-sponsored with partners such as the Extension Department of the University of Saskatchewan, the provincial Department of Co-operation and Co-operative Development and the Saskatchewan Women's Co-operative Guild.

In August 1966, the Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan became known as the Co-operative Development Association (CDA). The emphasis for the organization changed from the education of co-operatives to the promotion of co-operative ideals and principles as well as the provision of leadership for the planning and development of co-operatives. The CDA was organized into sixteen districts each responsible for reviewing local co-operative development; for establishing district development programs; for coordinating education and for extension programs for members and non-members; and for developing and reviewing resolutions. Each district had a District Development Council and elected six delegates to the CDA. From these delegates, every two districts elected one Board of Director member. The Executive Committee (consisting of a president, two vice-presidents, and two additional members) was chosen by the Board.

In 1973-1974, the Co-operative Development Association was brought under the control of the Co-operative College of Canada. The College retained educational programming and promotion of co-operative development in Saskatchewan. In 1987, the Co-operative College of Canada merged with the Co-operative Union of Canada (CUC) and formed the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA).

In 2003, the CCA, Saskatchewan Region was incorporated as its own community service co-operative under the name of Saskatchewan Co-operative Association (SCA). The SCA currently (2009) operates as a provincial coalition of co-operatives and credit unions responsible for the support of co-operative development and for the promotion of the co-operative model as a means of community economic development.

Air Force Association of Canada No. 600 Wing

  • SCAA-PAS-F47
  • Corporate body
  • 1949 - present

The Air Force Association of Canada was founded on 21 May 1948 to provide civilian community support to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and to serve as a network for ex-airmen who had returned to civilian life. Branches or "wings" were formed in many cities across Canada. Initially, the association drew its membership from all ranks of the RCAF, and concentrated on military-based aviation initiatives. The association was re-organized in 1972 to include members of the civilian aviation community. Its activities focused on supporting aviation in Canada, preserving the traditions of the RCAF, working with air cadets, improving living conditions for servicemen, cooperating with other veterans associations, and promoting community-based service. Members have been active in other activities including the National Executive of the Association and the RCAF Benevolent Fund.

No. 600 (City of Regina) Wing received its charter on 5 January 1949. The Association's membership includes veterans of numerous squadrons such as No. 162 BR (Flying Boat) Squadron, which flew consolidated Cansos during the Second World War. As of July 1998, the Association had 103 members. The Association is closely affiliated with the 600 RCAF Veterans Association, which provides assistance to needy air force veterans and works to preserve air force history.

Canadian Cooperative Implements Limited, Regina

  • SCAA-PAS-F4
  • Corporate body
  • 1940-1992

Canadian Co-operative Implements Ltd. was incorporated in September 1940 for the purpose of providing a viable alternative source of farm equipment to meet the needs of western Canadian farmers. The operating objectives of the Co-operative were to design and manufacture innovative farm machinery to meet the needs of western farmers, to research and develop new concepts in farm equipment that would reduce farm production costs and enhance agricultural profits, and to maintain a western Canadian retail marketing system consisting of Co-op Implements depots and independent dealers.

By 1941, there were 12,000 members. Near the end of the war, a factory was purchased in Winnipeg with assistance from the three prairie governments. In 1948, Co-op Implements was re-organized to include in its function the actual manufacturing of farm implements and a retail distribution organization with direct member involvement with depot locations throughout Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta.

The following is a summary of the significant events from the time the Company was established. In 1940 Co-op Implements was founded, initially with the intent to manufacture farm implements. In 1952 Co-op Implements began to establish its retail network of company owned and leased stores. In 1975 Co-op Implement's retail network reached a total of 68 stores. In 1985 Co-op Implements products lines, manufacturing rights, tooling, etc. were sold to Greenland N.V., the parent company of Vicon Inc. In 1987 Vicon Inc. entered into an investment and financing arrangement with Co-op Implements to provide the Company with financial backing.

The Cooperative ceased operation in the early 1990's, and was struck off the register on April 7, 1997. Regina Depot was one of seventeen stores in Saskatchewan when the business was offered for sale in 1991.

Canadian Authors Association, Saskatchewan Branch

  • SCAA-PAS-F 610
  • Corporate body
  • [1924?]-[1974?]

Saskatchewan members of the Canadian Authors Association first congregated in Regina in the early 1920s and soon began to conduct themselves as a Branch, although official status was not immediately forthcoming. It was probably officially constituted when seven professional writers were recruited and in good standing with the national organization, as per the Canadian Authors Association regulations. A small group of prominent authors would meet on the fourth Saturday of each month at the Regina Public Library, and as of 1924, Austin Bothwell was serving as President and Irene Moore of The Leader, as Secretary-Treasurer. Under their leadership an illustrated book, Saskatchewan: Her Infinite Variety, was published in 1925.

The Saskatchewan Branch remained focused in Regina. An offshoot of the Regina group also developed in Moose Jaw, where the most distinguished novelist at the time was Ethel Kirk Grayson, although today Joseph Schull is more well-known.

Western representation on the national board of the Canadian Authors Association soon became an irritant. With the war effort taking precedence in the 1940s, members opted to become war correspondents, or served on the Writers War Committee, an initiative fostered by the Canadian Authors Association national branch. The Regina branch opted to disband in 1944. In the post-war years, Mary Weekes, an author of historical books and participant in the Writers War Committee, became instrumental in reviving and guiding the group.

The Canadian Authors Association, and its associated branches, are viewed as providing the base for new, stronger organizations to emerge in the 1970s, which were quickly staffed with experienced writers and administrators, and benefited from being more specialized in function. The Writers Union of Canada took on labour-related issues, and regional Writers' Guilds began to emerge as groups that embraced amateurs. In Saskatchewan, the new Saskatchewan Arts Board's interest and funding became closely tied into the fledgling Saskatchewan Writers' Guild. The Canadian Authors Association Regina Branch reportedly folded in the early 1970s. Correspondence in the fonds suggest that former members of the Branch continued to ally themselves informally as late as 1980.

Estevan Brick Company

  • SCAA-PAS-EB
  • Corporate body
  • 1906-1997

Estevan, Saskatchewan's brickmaking industry began as an offshoot of the coal industry in 1902. The first plant started in 1906 as a private company, Eureka Coal and Brick Co. In 1912 the plant was sold and renamed Estevan Brick and Coal Company. In 1918 it was sold again and renamed International Clay Products. As Estevan clay was unsuitable for refractory (fire) bricks, the plant focused exclusively on face and common brick during its early years. In the 1920s, as part of a general plant expansion, the plant expanded its product line to include "Scots Gray" building tile, terra-cotta, quarry floor tiles, and pottery (wine jugs). This necessitated shipping in clay from Eastend for blending with Estevan clay.

In 1932 the plant closed due to the Great Depression. In 1945 the Saskatchewan government purchased the plant and reopened it as a Crown Corporation operating under the name Saskatchewan Clay Products. In 1964, the plant underwent another name change, to Estevan Clay Products Division. In 1965, the daily management of the plant was handed over to Industrial Management Ltd. The plant, which underwent another name change to Estevan Brick Ltd., became a limited liability company with the province as majority shareholder.

This structure continued until 1969, when the plant was sold to Peben Contractors Ltd. The revamped company, called Estevan Brick, introduced new product lines, including what was reputed to be the whitest brick produced in North America. In 1978 Estevan Brick became a division of Thunderbrick Ltd.In 1992 it was sold again to Canada Brick, and in 1995 it was sold a final time to I-XL Industries Ltd. It was incorporated in 1995 as Estevan Brick (1995). In 1997 the plant was closed due to shrinking markets.

The plant's face brick can be found in a number of buildings in Western Canada and North Dakota, including the Estevan Court House (now a provincial heritage site), the Federal Building in Regina, the Assiniboia Court House, the Saskatoon Normal School, the Power Station at Estevan, and the SaskPower building in Regina. An official edict from the province, brought in in 1965 during the years of W. Ross Thatcher, ordered that buildings constructed with public money be built from Saskatchewan brick; hence many public buildings constructed during this period contain bricks from the Estevan brick plant. Much of the snow-white brick was sold in the province of Quebec.

Debden Rural Telephone Company

  • SCAA-PAS-DRTC
  • Corporate body
  • 1971-1977

The Debden Rural Telephone Company was formed in 1971 absorbing the Mattes Rural Telephone Co. (1960-1971) and the Ormeaux-Victoire Rural Telephone Co. (1960-1971). Organized and administered by local residents, the Debden Rural Telephone Co. (RTC) provided telephone service for the rural Debden area. In 1977 Sask Tel absorbed Debden RTC under the Voluntary Assimilation program, with Sask Tel assuming full responsibility for providing telephone service to the rural company's subscribers.

Claybank Brick Plant

  • SCAA-PAS-BF1
  • Corporate body
  • 1886-1998

The origins of the Claybank Brick Plant go back to 1886 when Tom McWilliams, a local homesteader, began mining "refractory" or heat resistant clay. This type of clay is well suited for manufacturing firebricks, which in turn are used in fireplaces, and to insulate boilers, furnaces and any area where extensive heat is generated. In 1904 Mr. McWilliams entered into a formal agreement with the Moose Jaw Fire Brick and Pottery Company. This company acquired Mr. McWilliam's original homestead plus other nearby clay deposits. However, the lack of access to primary markets hindered any serious development of the property.

With construction of a Canadian Northern Railway line through the district in 1910, this problem was eliminated and plans were put in place for the construction of a new plant. In 1912, the Moose Jaw Fire Brick and Pottery Company reorganized, bought out Tom McWilliams' shares and became Saskatchewan Clay Products. The brick plant was completed in 1914 but due to World War I, and an economic recession, was forced to close until 1916. Once the plant was reactivated the company underwent reorganization and became Dominion Fire Brick and Clay Products Ltd. The new company expanded its product line adding facebrick and specialized firebrick. These innovations helped the company survive the immediate post-war years. During the 1920's the company began producing high grade refractory tiles. These specialized tiles could be used for flue and furnace linings, steam engine linings and locomotive arch blocks. The development of the specialized product line helped the company survive the Depression. By 1938 the Claybank brick plant was the busiest in the province. During World War II the brick plant at Claybank continued to produce standard and specialized refractory products. Facebrick production also continued. In the years immediately following World War II the Claybank brick plant continued to prosper.By 1950 it was the largest clay products plant in the province.

In 1954 the Claybank brick plant was purchased by Redcliffe Pressed Brick. The new company, Dominion Fire Brick and Clay Products (1954) Limited, was Alberta based and, for the rest of its operating history, ownership of the Claybank plant would continue to be from outside the province. In 1955 a share transfer gave controlling interest in the plant to A.P. Green Fire Brick Company of Mexico, Missouri. The company, one of North America's leading producers of refractory products, modernized the plant's operations. Among the many changes was the conversion of six of the ten kilns to natural gas. However, despite these and other improvments the plant began experiencing economic hardships in the mid-1950's. One of the primary causes of this was the decline in the market for locomotive brick which, as the railroads converted to diesel locomotives, became obsolete. Although the company tried to compensate for this lost market by agressively selling other forms of firebrick they were only partially successful. In addition, the plant discontinued its production of facebrick. Although the conversion of the kilns to natural gas offered several advantages, it proved a liability to the production of facebrick since the coal fired kilns had given the brick its colour.

In 1962 A.P. Green secured complete control of the Claybank brick plant but the company continued to operate under the name Dominion Fire Brick and Clay Products (1954) Limited until December 31, 1970. After 1971 the plant continued to operate but as a subsidiary of A.P. Green Refractories (Canada) Ltd. This full integration into an international corporation limited the plant's prospects and appears to have accelerated the plant's final economic decline. Dwindling markets for refractory products, changing technologies, the plant's outmoded equipment and corporate downsizing all contributed to the closure of the 75 year old plant in 1989. Following the closure of the plant in June 1989 the Province of Saskatchewan indicated its intention to designate the plant as a provincial heritage site. In 1992 A.P. Green donated the site, including the brick plant, machinery and equipment to the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation. In 1996 the plant was declared a national historic site. In 1998 the Claybank Brick Plant was officially designated as Provincial Heritage Property.

Allan Rural Telephone Company

  • SCAA-PAS-ARTC
  • Corporate body
  • 1958-1976

In December 1908, a meeting took place to organize a rural telephone company in Allan, SK and a provisional board of directors was chosen. It was decided that committees would canvass the rural areas near Allan to secure subscriptions to this service. On January 9, 1909, the first meeting of the provisional board of directors took place, with J.A. Beaver as president, Fred B. Williams as secretary-treasurer. The first stockholder's meeting took place on June 19, 1909, when W.F. Vawter was formally elected president and Fred B. Williams elected secretary-treasurer. Directors elected for each circuit and the town were W.E. Redick, M. Loran, R.E. Beaver, W.F. Vawter, N. Lang, F.B. Doan, Stanley Bowser and N.F. Allan.
Regulated by the Saskatchewan Government Telephones Department, the company proceeded to construct telephone lines in the area serving the town and surrounding district. The board of directors decided on rates, telephone extension applications, contracts and salaries. In 1954, the Allan Rural Telephone Co. and the Allan East Rural Telephone Co. (incorporated in 1920) were amalgamated as the Allan East Rural Telephone Co. During 1957, the Elstow Rural Telephone Co. (incorporated in 1910) held joint meetings with the Allan East Rural Telephone Co. and on January 25, 1958, these two companies were amalgamated. At this same meeting, it was decided that the name be changed to the Allan Rural Telephone Co. In 1976, SaskTel offered to absorb this company and it was unanimously accepted by all subscribers at a general meeting on December 14, 1976.

Psychological Society of Saskatchewan, 1969-

  • PA 87
  • Corporate body
  • 1969-

The Psychological Society of Saskatchewan is a non-profit corporation incorporated on April 2, 1969 under the provisions of the Societies Act. The Society's original objectives were to represent the professional interests of psychologists; to encourage education and research in psychology; to promote interest in programs, scientific data and professional issues relating to psychology; and to identify areas in need of common action by means of studies, reports, public education, etc and to pursue action in these areas.

The Society's registered office is located in Regina. The current (2009) executive and council consists of a president; president-elect; immediate past president; secretary; treasurer and members at large. The Society has a number of standing committees that address specific issues. The current standing committees are Institute/Professional Development; Organization/Structure; and Editorial/Communications. Categories of membership offered include full; full student (graduate); honorary; affiliate and student. The Society meets annually and operates on a fiscal year that begins on the first day of April in each calendar year. The Society publishes Saskatchewan Psychologist, the official newsletter of the Psychological Society of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Psychological Association. The Society currently administers the Jillings Award and several Student Awards.

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