MemorySask

Person
July 7, 1857 - January 6, 1929

SCAA-UCCS-0304
Corporate body
ca.1920–19??

SCN00293
Corporate body
1911-1987

The "Great White Plague" was the name used to describe tuberculosis. To fight the highly contagious disease the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League was formed in 1911. Under its auspices Fort Qu'Appelle Sanatorium, was opened in 1917 to provide rest and fresh air. But the cure was long and tedious; few could afford to remain until they were healed. So in 1929, through the League's urging, Saskatchewan was the first province to make the care and treatment of tuberculosis free of charge. In 1987, with the closure of the sanatoriums, the League is reorganized into the Saskatchewan Lung Association.

Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis Commission

Corporate body
1921-1922

Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis Commission, often mistakenly called the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis set out to "to enquire into the question of tuberculosis in Saskatchewan, and to recommend...measures to efficiently deal with the problem" (Report of the Saskatchewan. Anti-Tuberculosis Commission, A.B. Cook, 1922).

Religious Education Council of Saskatchewan

SCAA-UCCS-0303
Corporate body
1907–?

Provincial Church Union Committee

SCAA-UCCS-0076
Corporate body
1923–1925

The Provincial Church Union Committee was formed on July 26, 1923, by representatives of the Saskatchewan Methodist Conference and the Presbyterian Synod of Saskatchewan to take preliminary steps to effect Church Union in Saskatchewan. Representatives of the congregational Churches were also invited to be on the committee.

Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary Society, Synod of Saskatchewan