Phi Kappa Pi

{{Short description|Canadian collegiate fraternity}} {{Infobox fraternity | name = Phi Kappa Pi | letters = {{lang|grc|ΦΚΠ}} | crest = Phi Kappa Pi Fraternity Crest.png | image_size = 170px | alt = The Crest of Phi Kappa Pi Fraternity | founded = {{start date and age|1913|3|22}} | birthplace = {{plainlist| *McGill University *University of Toronto }} | nickname = Phi Kap | motto = "Canada's Only National Fraternity" | colors = {{Color box|#002366}} Royal Blue and {{Color box|#FFD700}} Gold | symbol = | flower = | affiliation = Independent | status = Active | type = Social fraternity | scope = National | chapters = 4 active, 6 inactive | members = | lifetime = | philanthropy = | publication = | flag = | address = 3444 Rue Hutchison | city = Montreal | province = Québec | postal code = H2X 2G4 | country = Canada | homepage = {{URL|http://pkpabg.com/}} }} '''Phi Kappa Pi''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΦΚΠ}}''') is a Canadian national fraternity. Founded on {{dts|1913|03|22}}, as Canada's only national fraternity, Phi Kappa Pi has active chapters in Burnaby, Halifax, and Toronto, as well as seven inactive chapters. There are alumni chapters associated with most undergraduate locations, as well as a National Council. The fraternity operates as a social one on all of the campuses upon which it resides.

== History==

Phi Kappa Pi Fraternity was founded in 1913,<ref name="Baird1957">{{Bairds16|page=266}}</ref><ref name="TorbensonParks2009">{{cite book|author1=Craig LaRon Torbenson|author2=Gregory Parks|title=Brothers and Sisters: Diversity in College Fraternities and Sororities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ0hFQlKx4oC&pg=PA40|year=2009|publisher=Associated University Presse|isbn=978-0-8386-4194-1|pages=40–}}</ref> by two previously existing and separate organizations. Sigma Pi (local), founded in Toronto in 1901<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/toronto|ref=2|title=PKP Toronto|access-date=2015-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081752/http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/toronto|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}},</ref> and Alpha Beta Gamma (local), founded in Montreal in 1905,<ref>{{Bairds07|section=Men's Local Fraternities|page=571}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/montreal|ref=2|title=PKP Montreal|access-date=2015-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710000811/http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/montreal|archive-date=2015-07-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> joined forces to create Canada's first and only national fraternity.<ref>{{Bairds08|section=Miscellaneous Fraternities|page=729}}</ref><ref>To clarify, by its motto which declares it to be the "national fraternity of Canada", Phi Kappa Pi confirms that it originated ''in Canada'', and has that it has a ''national'' (versus regional or provincial) footprint. Several US-based fraternities have also placed subordinate chapters in Canada, and nothing precludes Canadian fraternities and sororities from establishing branches at US schools; Phi Kappa Pi has not done so. Nevertheless, "national" does not infer that the fraternity has special rights above other student organizations.</ref> The individual organizations' names became their chapter names.

In 1923, alumni from the ''Alpha Beta Gamma chapter'' approached the Phi Kappa Pi National Council about the possibility of expanding to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The expansion request was approved, and a chapter was founded. The chapter was the first fraternity to be located on Dalhousie's campus, and was named the Dalhousie chapter until 1959 when it received its Greek name, ''Zeta Gamma''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/halifax|ref=2|title=PKP Halifax|access-date=2015-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303142825/http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/halifax|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> The following year, 1924, ''Alpha Iota chapter'' was established at the University of British Columbia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/vancouver|ref=2|title=PKP Vancouver|access-date=2015-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303141612/http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/vancouver|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> followed by ''Delta Mu chapter'' in 1930 at the University of Alberta,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cross & Crescent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9M7lAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|page=61}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/edmonton|ref=2|title=PKP Edmonton|access-date=2015-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303141347/http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/edmonton|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Tau Sigma Rho chapter'' in 1935 at the University of Manitoba,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/winnipeg|ref=2|title=PKP Winnipeg|access-date=2015-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303144605/http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/winnipeg|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''Alpha Epsilon chapter'' in 1967 at the University of Waterloo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/waterloo|ref=2|title=PKP Waterloo|access-date=2015-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303131644/http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/waterloo|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 1970s proved to be a tough decade for Phi Kappa Pi, with 4 chapters being lost. ''Alpha Iota'' and ''Alpha Epsilon'' both closed down in 1974, followed by ''Tau Sigma Rho'' in 1975, and one of the founding chapters, ''Alpha Beta Gamma'' in 1976. ''Alpha Beta Gamma'', however, would be reopened in 1990 with the help of alumni from Phi Kappa Pi's then remaining two chapters. Soon after, in 2000, ''Theta Kappa Omicron chapter'' opened at the University of Ottawa, and Omega Iota opened in 2006 at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phikappapi.ca/about/history|ref=2|title=PKP History|access-date=2015-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126231739/http://phikappapi.ca/about/history|archive-date=2015-11-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In September 2008, Simon Fraser University's student body voted 57% in favour of overturning the university's ban on Greek life on campus.<ref name=Race>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-peak.ca/2012/10/frat-race/|ref=2|title=The Peak - Frat Race|date=8 October 2012}}</ref> The ''Omega Epsilon chapter'' opened on the university's campus in 2012.<ref name=Race/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/burnaby|ref=2|title=PKP Burnaby|access-date=2015-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110100/http://phikappapi.ca/chapters/burnaby|archive-date=2015-12-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Phi Kappa Pi was the first Greek life organization to open on the Simon Fraser campus. Despite its establishment, the ''Omega Epsilon chapter'' has yet to be officially recognized by the university. Lack of institutional recognition is common across the Canadian fraternity system. Nevertheless, the Simon Fraser chapter continues to operate on and off campus as it tries to help convey a social life within the university's community.

==Symbols== Phi Kappa Pi's motto is "Canada's Only National Fraternity". Its colors are royal blue and gold. Its nickname is Phi Kap.

==Chapters== Until at least 1976, the chapter names were the name of the local from which it was formed, except in the case of Dalhousie.<ref name="Baird1977">{{Bairds19|page=368}}</ref> Following is a list of chapters. Active chapters are indicated in '''bold'''. Inactive chapters are in ''italics''.<ref name="Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities">{{cite Almanac FS|section=men|subsection=P|organization=Phi Kappa Pi|access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="Baird1977" /> {{sticky-header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header sortable" !Name !Charter date and range !Institution !Location !Status !{{Refh}} |- | rowspan="3" |'''Sigma Pi''' | rowspan="3" |1901 |Ryerson University | rowspan="3" |Toronto | rowspan="3" |Active | rowspan="3" | |- |University of Toronto |- |York University |- | rowspan="2" |'''Alpha Beta Gamma''' | rowspan="2" |1905–1976; 1990–2025 ? |Concordia University | rowspan="2" |Montreal | rowspan="2" |Inactive | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pkpabg.com/|title=PKP Montreal Closed|access-date=2025-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308232857/https://pkpabg.com/|archive-date=2025-03-08|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |McGill University |- | rowspan="3" |'''Zeta Gamma''' | rowspan="3" |1923 |Dalhousie University | rowspan="3" |Halifax, Nova Scotia | rowspan="3" |Active | rowspan="3" | |- |Mount Saint Vincent University |- |Saint Mary's University |- |''Alpha Iota'' |1924–1974 |University of British Columbia |Vancouver |Inactive | |- |''Delta Mu'' |1930–197x ?; 19xx ?–1995 |University of Alberta |Edmonton |Inactive |<ref name="Schoeck2006">{{cite book|author=Ellen Schoeck|title=I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906–2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mS3-uTlyKi8C&pg=PA215|date=1 October 2006|publisher=University of Alberta|isbn=978-0-88864-464-0|pages=215–}}</ref> {{Efn|Chapter formed by members of the Rocky Mountain Goat Club.}} |- |''Tau Sigma Rho'' |{{dts|October 2, 1935}} – 1975 |University of Manitoba |Winnipeg |Inactive |<ref>{{cite news|title=U Fraternity Joines National Group Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39309518/|newspaper=Winnipeg Tribune|date=October 2, 1935}}</ref> |- |''Alpha Epsilon'' |1967–1975 |University of Waterloo |Waterloo, Ontario |Inactive | |- |''Theta Kappa Omicron'' |2000–20xx ? |University of Ottawa ? |Ottawa |Inactive | |- |''Omega Iota'' |2006–202x ? |University of Ontario Institute of Technology |Oshawa |Inactive | |- |'''Omega Epsilon''' |2012 |Simon Fraser University |Burnaby |Active |<ref name="Peak 2011">{{cite news|author=Graham Cook|title=New fraternity attempted at SFU Burnaby|url=http://www.the-peak.ca/2011/09/new-fraternity-attempted-at-sfu-burnaby/|date=26 September 2011|publisher=The Peak at SFU}}</ref> |}{{notelist}}

== Notable members== {{sticky-header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header sortable" width="100%" ! Name || Chapter || University || Notability || {{Refh}} |- |Nels Crutchfield || Alpha Beta Gamma || McGill University || NHL player || |- |Joe Ghiz || Zeta Gamma || Dalhousie University || Former Premier of Prince Edward Island || |- |John Gomery || Alpha Beta Gamma || McGill University || Canadian Justice; after retirement led Gomery Commission || |- |Dr. Philip Lapp || Alpha Beta Gamma || McGill University ||Canadarm lead engineer; Order of Canada (1985) || |- |Dr. Sidney Smith || Zeta Gamma || Dalhousie University || Former Canadian Secretary of State, and 7th President of University of Toronto || |- |Ernest MacMillan|| Sigma Pi || University of Toronto || Orchestral conductor and composer ||<ref name="Schabas1994">{{cite book|author=Ezra Schabas|title=Sir Ernest MacMillan: The Importance of Being Canadian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnLDHFT158UC&pg=PA25|year=1994|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-2849-5|pages=25–}}</ref> |- |Russell MacLellan|| Zeta Gamma || Dalhousie University || Former Premier of Nova Scotia || |- |Russell McConnell|| Alpha Beta Gamma || McGill University || NHL prospect || |- |Jack McGill|| Alpha Beta Gamma || McGill University || NHL player || |- |Charles Catto || Sigma Pi || University of Toronto || Founder of Frontiers Foundation ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontiersfoundation.ca/news/2013-annual-breakfast |title=2013 Annual Breakfast {{!}} Frontiers Foundation |website=www.frontiersfoundation.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025510/http://www.frontiersfoundation.ca/news/2013-annual-breakfast |archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> |- |Derek Hart || Alpha Beta Gamma || McGill University || Statistics Professor at McGill University ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://people.mcgill.ca/derek.hart/ |title=Derek Hart |access-date=2015-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908085454/http://people.mcgill.ca/derek.hart/ |archive-date=2015-09-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |Thomas Stanfield|| Zeta Gamma || Dalhousie University || Former President and CEO of Stanfield's || |}

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Category:Fraternities and sororities in Canada Category:1913 establishments in Quebec Category:Student organizations established in 1913 Category:1913 establishments in Ontario