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 years ago|1913|3|22}}
| birthplace = {{plainlist|
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| 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,{{cite book|author=William Raimond Baird|title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LAbOAAAAMAAJ|year=1957|publisher=G. Banta Company|page=266}}{{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–}} by two previously existing and separate organizations. Sigma Pi (local), founded in Toronto in 1901{{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}}, and Alpha Beta Gamma (local), founded in Montreal in 1905,{{cite book|title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities|author=Wm. Raimond Baird|edition=7|date=1912|url=https://archive.org/details/bairdsmanualame01unkngoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/bairdsmanualame01unkngoog/page/n782 760]|publisher=College Fraternities Pub .}}{{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}} joined forces to create Canada's first and only national fraternity.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/bairdsmanualame00marcgoog|page=729|title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities|author=Wm. Raimond Baird|edition=8|date=1915|publisher=Baird's Manual Foundation, Incorporated}}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. 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.{{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}} The following year, 1924, Alpha Iota chapter was established at the University of British Columbia,{{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}} followed by Delta Mu chapter in 1930 at the University of Alberta,{{cite book|title=The Cross & Crescent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9M7lAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|page=61}}{{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}} Tau Sigma Rho chapter in 1935 at the University of Manitoba,{{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}} and Alpha Epsilon chapter in 1967 at the University of Waterloo.{{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}}
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.{{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}}
In September 2008, Simon Fraser University's student body voted 57% in favour of overturning the university's ban on Greek life on campus.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-peak.ca/2012/10/frat-race/|ref=2|title=The Peak - Frat Race|date=8 October 2012}} The Omega Epsilon chapter opened on the university's campus in 2012.{{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}} 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.
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.{{cite book|author=William Raimond Baird|title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E17OAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=G. Banta Company|page=368}} Following is a list of chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.{{cite web|editor1=William Raimond Baird |editor2=Carroll Lurding |title=Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive) |url=https://uofi.app.box.com/v/mens-pdf-folder/file/459803084877 |website=Student Life and Culture Archives |publisher=University of Illinois Archives |access-date=15 August 2024 |location=University of Illinois |language=English}} The main archive URL is [https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/welcome/fraternity-sorority-almanac/ The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage].
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{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Sigma Pi
| Founded= {{dts|1901}}
| School= University of Toronto
Ryerson University
York University
| Location= Toronto
| Status= Active
| Reference=
}}
{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Alpha Beta Gamma
| Founded= {{dts|1905}}–1976; 1990–2025 ?
| School= McGill University
Concordia University
| Location= Montreal
| Status=Inactive
}}
{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Zeta Gamma
| Founded= {{dts|1923}}
| School= Dalhousie University
Saint Mary's University
Mount Saint Vincent University
| Location= Halifax, Nova Scotia
|Status= Active
}}
{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Alpha Iota
| Founded= {{dts|1924}}–1974
|School= University of British Columbia
| Location= Vancouver
| Status= Inactive
}}
{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Delta Mu
| Founded= {{dts|1930}}–197x ?; 19xx ?–1995
| School= University of Alberta
|Location= Edmonton
| Status= Inactive
| Reference={{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–}} {{Efn|Chapter formed by members of the Rocky Mountain Goat Club.}}
}}
{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Tau Sigma Rho
| Founded= {{dts|1935|10|2}}–1975
| School= University of Manitoba
| Location= Winnipeg
| Status=Inactive
}}
{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Alpha Epsilon
| Founded= {{dts|1967}}–1975
| School= University of Waterloo
| Location= Waterloo, Ontario
| Status=Inactive
| Reference=
}}
{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Theta Kappa Omicron
| Founded= {{dts|2000}}–20xx ?
| School= University of Ottawa ?
| Location=Ottawa
| Status= Inactive
| Reference=
}}
{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Omega Iota
| Founded= {{dts|2006}}–202x ?
| School= University of Ontario Institute of Technology
| Location= Oshawa
| Status= Inactive
| Reference=
}}
{{FratChapter
| Chapter Name= Omega Epsilon
| Founded= {{dts|2012}}
| School= Simon Fraser University|
|Location= Burnaby
| Status=Active
}}
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