The Canadian Society for the Study of Diseases of Children was formed in 1922 when 15 paediatricians from Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton met at The Hospital for Sick Children. Among the goals of the organization were: To promote the advancement of knowledge of physiology, pathology, psychology and therapeutics of infancy and childhood, and To facilitate for its members the means of acquiring fuller knowledge of their profession by professional meetings, and by the publication of articles and papers relating to the science, practice and teaching of the diseases of infancy and childhood.