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northern service officer
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a federal government officer in charge of a district in the Far North.
See: N.S.O.
Quotations
1955
The first phase of the program calls for construction of a two-room school which can be enlarged, housing for a northern service officer, a technical instructor and a school teacher, a warehouse, garage-workshop, mess hall, bunk house and power house.
1964
Teachers in Eskimo schools . . . were expected to perform welfare work after school hours; but the added burden proved impracticable, and today special "welfare officers" and "northern service officers" carry out those duties.