There is also a chapter at Laurier University. (which is in Waterloo, but is not the University of Waterloo) :)

I'm not telling a bunch of random ass people from the internet where my Fraternity is located.

Why not? It's on your International's website :) For those who were curious, Theta Chi does have a Canadian chapter located at the U of Alberta (super nice guys!).

Kappa has Canadian chapters at:

University of British Columbia
McGill University
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo

CASIGKAP, You are right that we used to have a chapter there but sadly that has been our only international chapter. We do have an European Alumnae club though. I hope our future endevors in expansion will lead us back to international status!

I was surfing the net and came across this website for ZTA at Ohio Northern University. It states that "We are the world's ONLY international sorority!!". I looked for some contact info, but did not find any. I know the website is still current because the calendar page is up to date. If someone knows how to contact them you might want to have them fix this mistake.

internationals....
 

Zeta Psi is without a doubt the king in Canada amongst the NIC
groups and Phi Delta Theta close. Many groups have come and
gone in Canada, and the numbers of campuses with GLOs seem
to grow and grow...without much pattern or seeming purpose.
A visit to Canada will quickly quell some enthusiasm for we want
them to be somewhat like our systems. They are not, so it is a choice to enter or not. To each his own.
BUT a study of the educational systems of England, France, Germany, Mexico...etc. will quickly apprise one of the erudity and
the eliteness...and surely no one will go with a 'free ride' like we
have here...not even the $ taking athletes. Naw, we are a far piece from entering abroad, and Canada, at best, is an attempt
which so far has not shone brilliant.
Why not concentrate on reactivating our dead ones here in the USA? There are many things we can do to improve our lot right
here...the foreign expansion will be costly and will give meager
returns.
I address this harangue to the NIC-type outfits. The others
are not of the same bent, nor necessarily should they be. But
from time to time these outfits, mostly professional in nature, do
try to become quasi-NIC ones. Whatever.
We got lots of hay down here, so why don't we put it up?

Beta Sigma Phi is international, with chapters in 30 countries.

Mexico Beta just received their charter sometime within the past few months, I believe. So yes, there is at least one chapter in Mexico.

In Life, Learning and Friendship,

There was an AEPi presence at UBC in the late 1980s , then they weren't there. Did they come back? It would appear (http://www.canadiangreeks.com/directory/ubc.html) that they did, so I was just wondering.

Not anymore, I sorry to say that that colonization did not "take".

Are you sure? I haven't seen anything about Zeta Psi at all at UBC. There were Zetes in the late 80's-early 90's but I haven't heard anything about them now. ZBT is gonzo too.

None that I know of. There may be student organizations that may operate like a fraternity like the student organizations in the Netherlands and Germany.

Freemasonry in Mexico, on the other hand, is very well established and practically a part of Mexican culture; so much so that at one time there were bloody pitched battles in the early 1800s between the Escoseses (the lodges affiliated with the Scottish Rite) and the Yorkinos (the lodges affiliated with the York Rite). Eventually, they both made their peace.

Translating to modern Spanish is not usually a problem, as long as you follow the proper tense and grammar. It's the more formal "king's Spanish" that's spoken only in Spain that is trickier.

I remember reading an article sometime ago about the founding of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Japan after World War II and how difficult it was to translate the American-style ritual into Japanese, considering that the rituals as originally written date back to the 1700s-1800s. The first edition of the ritual was written in an old form of Japanese that is rarely used except by the Japanese royal family and court; it was later re-written into the contemporary form of Japanese used today.

Pi Beta Phi

Active Chapters:
Univ. of Alberta- Alberta Alpha 1931
Univ. of Toronto- Ontario Alpha 1908
Univ. of Western Ontario- Ontario Beta 1934
Univ. of Guelph- Ontario Gamma 1996

Dormant Chapters:
Univ. of Manitoba- Manitoba Alpha 1929-1976
Dalhousie Univ. -Nova Scotia Alpha 1934-1976

Alpha Sigma Phi has never established a chapter in Canada.

We have chapters chartered in:

Bahamas
Virgin Islands
Germany
South Korea
Bermuda
Liberia
England
Japan

Delta Phi Epsilon has Canadian chapters at

University of British Columbia
Concordia University

University of Ottawa closed last year, but hopefully they'll be back.

Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity has chapters in Puerto Rico. :)

AOII has 4 active chapters in Canada :)

Hello to my northern sisters!

Hello to you too, but Canada actually has 5 active chapters....

Beta Tau - U of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Gamma Chi - Carleton U (Ottawa, ON)
Iota Chi - U of Western Ontario (London, ON)
Kappa Lambda - U of Calgary (Calgary, AB)
Kappa Phi - McGill U (Montreal, QC)

Beta Kappa - UBC (Vancouver, BC) 1931-1985
- was offered recolonization but declined for at least 2 years. Kappa Alpha Theta recolonized at UBC last year quite successfully.

Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
England
Germany
Virgin Islands
Japan
Korea

These are mostly alumnae chapters.

An interest group of the Sigma Chi Fraternity is being established in Melbourne, Australia at the University of Melbourne.

SIGMA CHI GOES DOWN UNDER

omega delta phi had 2 chapters in mexico at one point...i'm not sure how active they are anymore though

Phi Sig has chapters in Canada as well, I'm too lazy to go find out what schools, but there are some canadian phi sigs on here who can probably tell you.

DKE has several Canadian chapters, but I believe the original question was about chapters outside of North America. As regards that question we have a reciprocal organization in the UK called the Popes Society with chapters at Oxford and Edinburgh. There is an interest group at the University of London based, I believe, at Royal Holloway College and Kings College. There was a group in the North of England based at Leeds and Huddersfield but the Universities there opposed the formation of a formal group and that plan has been put on the back burner for now.
I am told that there were at least two American Fraternities at Scottish universities way back when that existed for 40 or 50 years, but these died out around the begining of WWII. Anybody know anything about those groups?

http://www.betachi.aepi.ca/

The colony became a full chapter in 2003.

-Rudey

Re: internationals....
 

Please tell us how you define this artificial Greek monarchy you just created.

-Rudey

Sorry I didn't list it, but you are correct about Eta Theta at Guelph.

-Rudey

Re: internationals....
 

Rudey,

I cannot speak for Erik in how this "monarchy" was created, but I CAN tell you it is incorrect. I do not know if there is a fraternity with more chapters than Phi Delta Theta in Canada, but I DO know (from the Zeta Psi website) that they are tied with Phi Delta Theta for chapters in Canada (9 active chapters). Unless Zeta Psi has not listed all inactive chapters in Canada, Phi Delta Theta has also actually chartered more chapters in Canada than Zeta Psi.

Now, if I have anything to say about it, Phi Delta Theta will be adding a colony to that list in the next year or so - the future Saskatchewan Alpha chapter at the University of Saskatchewan. The U of S does not have a Greek system (that I know of) yet, but I'm determined to share the benefits of being Greek with the student body! I think in a university of 15,000 full time students, I can possibly find a few men who are worthy of membership in Phi Delta Theta! :)

For reference, the current Phi Delt chapters in Canada are:
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Manitoba
Dalhousie University
University of Toronto
University of Western Ontario
McMaster University
York University
McGill University

Cheers!

Phi Delt/Zete
 

Perhaps Phi Delt has overtaken Zete in Canada, and if so, I'd
defer to whoever is correct. This was not my point in my post,
but if it will assuage ruffled feathers, I will certainly stand corrected. No sense gettin' in a pissing contest over who is the
largest. We have a gigantic one in the lower 48 with TKE, SAE,
Sig Ep, Kappa Sig and Pike, all claiming#1 in some nebulous categories. My thrust is do we want to go off the continent with
our quixotic bent? Whatever you-all may want to do, have at it,
I certainly meant not to offend the Zetes or Phis.
Gosh, perhaps KA Society or Delta Psi will awaken. Wilson B.
Heller would really get a kick out of all this....LOL

Re: Re: internationals....
 

U of S does not have a formal greek system, but I know they have a women's sorority that all the women at the school are invited to join.

Good luck at U of S - I'm interested to see how this all plays out.

FYI,
Phi Delt also has the 'license' to expand at Laurier in September 2005. Laurier is a recognized Greek System, set up on the American model and is someone unusual for Canada. The university controls expansion and selects one international group every 2-3 years to set up a new chapter.

Sigma Chi incidentally has a new colony at the University of Melbourne in Australia, which as was mentioned in a previous post, may prove challenging in terms of geography, customs, etc.

thanks for the information
 

Sistermadly,
Do you have any more information concerning this women's sorority? It'll certainly help in my organizational efforts if I can speak to some Greeks who have experience dealing with the administration and how they communicate to the student body, etc.

capehlke,
Thanks for the information. Good to know that Phi Delt was selected! The more Canadian universities on board (with fraternities/sororities and Phi Delta Theta), the easier it will be to present my case at the U of S.

Cheers,

Re: thanks for the information
 

Talk to NeonPi about the U of Saskatchewan...she should know something -- she is very "on the ball" when it comes to the Greek situation across Canada.

BTW: there *WAS* a sorority at USask in the 1950s called "Kai Deka"
http://library.usask.ca/sni/stories/edu7a.html

Matthew,
Phi Delta Theta used to be at University of Victoria as well (BC Beta chapter). They were there before DU at UVic (that chapter is mentioned earlier in the thread).

Tri Delta has 2 active chapters in Canada:

Canada Alpha Chapter at the University of Toronto
Canada Delta Chapter at the University of Ottawa

We also have 2 inactive chapters:
Canada Beta Chapter at the University of Manitoba, closed in 1952
Canada Gamma Chapter at the University of Alberta, closed in 1959

We have alumnae chapters in Ottawa, Toronto, and Cleveland, UK

Last I know of:

McGill, U. Alberta, U. Toronto, W. Toronto.

Dorment:
U. B C, U. Calg., U. Windsor

One correction - W. Toronto should read University of Western Ontario (or just Western to any Canadians)

Thanks Coop!:)

Ya in the know, I live in Kansas!:cool:

I should have remembered that as Ryan Haney is from there, a Past ELC and a Hell of a Brother!:)

Masons in Mexico
 

Alpha Sig...your masonic experiences in Mexico are radically different from mine. I am fluent in Spanish (50 years) and have
been a 32 degree and Shriner longer than most of you have lived.
The Yorquinos and Escoceses were political parties, gone for ages. Once upon a time Masonry thrived in Mexico. Benito Juarez
who did not even speak Spanish 'til he was 12, was one...
While at a Shrine convention in Mexico City, we were told not to
wear our fezzes outside. When I lived in Mexico City I was told
not to wear masonic jewelry. Hostility was rampant, and it was,
of course, mostly catholic-generated . Naw, I found Mexico
anything but friendly, mason-wise. Better take a second look at
the south of the border 'fore expanding. There is a lot of subtle
unkindness...you all likely know that, though.

Both Ryan Haney (and his biological brother) are from the University of Alberta chapter actually...