The Institute’s Secretary, Mr. C. H. Isdell – Carpenter visited Canada and met with as many members as he could. Resulting from this visit, he recommended to Council that Members in Montreal, Toronto, and London should deal independently with Headquarters as Branches; smaller groups would become chapters of the Branches.…

About half a dozen Chartered Secretaries, who had graduated in the UK, got together in Montreal and formed a “group”. At that point in time, the Institute had a By-Law 10 which permitted distinguished professionals who had reached a certain level in age and experience to be admitted into Fellowship…