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Fragile Truths : Twenty-Five Years of Sociology and Anthropology in Canada

1 Jan 1992

In retrospect, the "25th anniversary" could have been cel ebrated equally well as the 35th anniversary since the founding of the Anthropology and Sociology Chapter of the CPSA, or the 67th anniversary of the founding of Canada's first autonomous department of sociology at McGill. [...] Instead of recommending either the continuation of the Chapter or the establishment of a separate association, the Committee asked for an extension of time to allow it to poll the THE EVOLUTION OF THE CSAA 27 membership concerning its preferred course of action. [...] As a majority of the members voted for a separate organization,19 the Executive Committee of the Chapter, chaired by Marc-Adelard Tremblay,20 along with representatives of the Editorial Board of the Review met in Montreal in October as a provisional CSAA Executive to draft a constitu tion, prepare a budget, and begin organization of the Annual Meeting to be held at the University of Sherbrooke in [...] Moreover, in June 1969, the Executive established a Future of the Disciplines Sub-committee with a mandate to determine the requirements for the growth and development of the two disciplines in Canada as these related to their present strengths and weaknesses and to the needs of Canadian society. [...] The explicit involvement of the CSAA in social issues and policy probably began when the Executive, at its December 1970 meeting, discussed the consequences of the imposition of the War Measures Act30 by the federal government in response to events in Quebec that had been marked by bombings and, in particular, by the kidnapping of the U. K. Trade Com missioner and by the kidnapping and murder of
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Authors

William K. Carroll, Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Raymond E. Currie

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-433) and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Date published
1992.
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Dewey Decimal Classification Number
301/.0971
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
20
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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ISBN
0886291682 9780773595729
LCCN
HM22.C3
LCCN Item number
F72 1992eb
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CaBNVSL
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CaOTU
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (ix, 436 pages)
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario
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CaOOCEL
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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(CaBNVSL)slc00235003 (OCoLC)893231536 (CaOOCEL)448506
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaOONL

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