Ahmad family
Family · 1937-
Khwaja Gulzar (Gus) Ahmad was born to Ghulam and Zebunnisa Samadani in 1937 in Punjab in what was then India but would become the Punjab province of Pakistan after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Karachi in 1962 before working for the Geological Survey of Pakistan as a geologist until 1967. Gus Ahmad moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 1967 to attend the University of Alberta as a graduate student in the Department of Geology. He earned a Master of Science degree in 1969 before returning to Pakistan to marry Azra Jilani. Azra was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1947 to Ghulam and Fatima Jilani. Gus and Azra Ahmad then immigrated to Canada and permanently settled in Edmonton where they opened a restaurant before Gus started work as a stock broker with the Midland Doherty brokerage firm in 1971. In 1988, he began work in the personal financial planning and investment advisory field until retiring in 2015. Gus and Azra Ahmad have a long history of community service. Prior to the founding of Islamic schools in Alberta, the Ahmads founded the Crescent Education Society in 1975, an Islamic Sunday school, which they operated until 1990. Azra was also a founding member of the Islamic Family and Social Services Association (IFSSA), which was created in 1992 to assist Bosnian refugees transition to life in Alberta. The IFSSA continues to operate as a social assistance agency for recent immigrants. Gus and Azra have also been founding members of the Children of Islamic Nations charity (founded in 1981), the Federation of Canadian Visible Minorities (founded in 1987), and the Human Development Foundation of North America, a charity founded in 2005 to assist in the development of rural Pakistan. In addition to this service, Gus has also served on the Senate of the University of Alberta from 1991 to 1997, the Faculty of Arts Development Council of the University of Alberta from 1998 to 2001, the Community Services Advisory Board of the City of Edmonton from 2001 to 2007, the Alberta Family and Community Support Services Association as a representative of the City of Edmonton from 2002 to 2007, and as a public member on the governing body of the College of Alberta Dental Assistants from 2009 to 2012. Gus and Azra Ahmad had three children: Ambreen (born 1970), Sumreen (born 1975), and Zeshen (born 1976).
Air Cadet League of Canada
Corporate body
The Air Cadet League of Canada was founded on November 11, 1940, by the passage of Order-in-Council PC 6647. The organization was formed in response to the shortage of trained military personnel at the beginning of the Second World War. A Civilian organization, working in a partnership with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), they provided flight and other training for underage individuals prior to their eligibility for military service. The Air Cadet League of Canada was granted a Dominion Charter to operate as a charitable, non-profit corporation on April 9, 1941.
Alberta. Advanced Education and Career Development. Labour Market Integration
Corporate body · 1994-1999
Labour Market Integration was established in 1994 to coordinate the Canada / Alberta Service Centre (CASC) Demonstration Project. It became known as Labour Market Programs by 1998 and disbanded with the Ministry in 1999.
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Corporate body · 1916-2005
The Alberta Association of Graduate Nurses was formed in 1916 to regulate nursing training and practice standardization in Alberta. It was incorporated that same year under the Alberta Registered Nurses Act. Following the Act's enactment on January 1, 1917, membership in the Association became mandatory for professional nurses to practice in the province of Alberta, enabling them to use the registered nurses designation "R.N." Membership was open to all graduate nurses from general hospitals who had completed a minimum of two years of training in medical, surgical, and obstetrical fields and were residents of Alberta, and who paid the ten-dollar registration fee. The Association was governed by a provincial council consisting of seven members, all of whom were elected every two years from among the Association's membership. In response to a petition to the Alberta Legislature in 1920, the Act was amended and the association renamed the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses (AARN). In the early years, AARN membership remained a responsibility at the provincial level, but terms such as "Local associations," "districts," and "sections" were used by the Association as early as 1921, primarily in the context of voting rights, the election of officers, and enhanced communications among members within their communities. During the 1930s, registered nurses throughout the province began working directly for hospitals instead of private individuals. This shift subjected nurses to a new set of employer-employee rules governing the ways they practiced their professional duties. Consequently, the Association began focusing on the problem of wages and working conditions for nurses in hospitals. In 1941, the AARN established the Eight-Hour Day Committee, tasked with improving working conditions for both student and graduate nurses. They also established the Employment Relations Committee in 1944 to study the socioeconomic status of nurses and make recommendations on wages and working conditions. After 1944, elected officials of the AARN met annually with the Alberta Hospital Association (AHA) to discuss personnel policies for nurses and issue recommendations for better working relationships between nurses and hospitals. In 1965, the Association divided the province into five autonomous administrative Districts to provide members direct contact with their locally elected representatives. Each District was governed by a Council of registered nurses representing the District on the Provincial Council, the Chair of the District Nursing Committee and the District Nominating Committee, and a District Information Officer. The District Chair and nurses represented the district at the Provincial Council. The District's role within the provincial association was to conduct the business of the District through regular meetings; establish and maintain communication between the Provincial Office and all Provincial Committees and the members of the District; coordinate the activities of the District standing committees and provide guidance in developing professional programs to meet the expressed needs of the members of the District; submit a budget for approval to the Provincial Council; provide source information for the members of the District regarding the affairs of the association; be a source of information about the District; encourage nominations from the members of the District for the District Council elections; provide a formal mechanism for communications and coordination of services between the Association and pertinent external publics in relation to education and health service planning at the District level; report on district activities to the Provincial Council and submit an annual report to the membership; assist in the provision of career information and maintain a continuing exchange of information about nursing recruitment with the appropriate bodies. Within each AARN District, there could be two or more Chapter associations, all governed by the District’s bylaws. Each Chapter had the provision to supplement these bylaws to address local needs; however, such amendments required approval by the District Council. Districts and the Chapter association were required to send a report of each meeting to the Registrar of the Provincial Council within two weeks of each meeting. In the 1950s, Staff Nurse Associations had begun to emerge in Alberta hospitals. These were groups of practicing professional nurses employed by healthcare institutions, excluding those in managerial or administrative roles. In 1966, AARN officially became involved in collective bargaining on behalf of its members when amendments to the Labour Act increased its involvement and established District liaisons with the seventy-one Staff Nurse Associations in the Province. Consequently, the Provincial Staff Nurse Committee (PSNC) succeeded the Employment Relations Committee that had existed since the Second World War. Only nurses qualified for membership in a bargaining unit were allowed to participate in the PSNC, which was tasked with overseeing collective bargaining efforts. This aimed to safeguard the collective bargaining process from potential influence or oversight by managerial nurses serving on the AARN Provincial Council. In 1973, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Saskatchewan Association of Registered Nurses was ineligible to act as a bargaining agent for staff nurses because a majority of its officers held managerial positions within the association. This landmark decision led to the emergence of independent labor unions across the country specifically for nurses. Consequently, the authority previously held by the AARN regarding collective bargaining was officially transferred to the PSNC. The PSNC then developed new bylaws, granting it full autonomy over the collective bargaining process. This organizational structure remained in place until 1977 when the PSNC sought the support of the AARN to establish themselves as an independent organization called the United Nurses of Alberta. After this change to the Association's organization, AARN continued working towards their mission to: enable the provision of safe, competent, ethical nursing care through the development and monitoring of practice standards; promote excellence in nursing practice, education, management and research through membership participation; advocate for high quality health care by taking a leadership role in its development and reform; and act on behalf of Alberta nurses on nursing, health, and related social issues. Its objectives were to: promote quality assurance in nursing as a protective service to the public; promote member participation in matters of concern directly or indirectly affecting the practice of nursing; assist the individual nurse to maintain competency in nursing practice; promote the welfare of individual members; promote and develop research in nursing; and promote generally the profession of nursing. District activities included coordination of awards. Each year, Alberta Nursing Week was celebrated with public awareness programs, the Heritage of Service Awards, and the presentation of Honorary Memberships. The awards were coordinated by each District's Information Committee. At the April 1974 meeting of the Provincial Council, the committee structure of the Association was revised to accommodate ‘interest groups,’ reflecting the growth trend towards specialization within nursing. Interest groups were defined as a group of individuals sharing a common interest in a specific area of nursing. Following this change, AARN interest groups were established at both the Provincial and District levels. District interest groups focused on local interests and short-term goals, often lacking formal structures such as bylaws and constitutions. Province wide interest groups were mandated to have formal organizational structures, including constitution and bylaws. They operated with both long and short-term objectives, were self-supporting, and aligned their goals with the overarching aims and objectives of the AARN. In 1999, by the authority of the Provincial Council (which included representatives from each District), the existing structure of Districts was discontinued, the offices closed. On November 30, 2005, the Health Professions Act (1999) came into effect. Resulting in a name change of the organization. The regulatory responsibilities of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses became the responsibility of the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA). Since this enactment, the CARNA’s role has been to carry out its activities and govern its regulated members in a manner that protects and serves the public interest; provide direction to and regulate the practice of registered nurses; establish, maintain, and enforce standards for registration and continuing competence, as well as standards of practice for them; and establish, maintain, and enforce a code of ethics.
Alberta. Lands and Mines. Fisheries Division
Corporate body · 1930-1937
The Fisheries Division was established in 1930 when the administration of provincial natural resources was transferred from the Dominion of Canada to the Province of Alberta. In May 1937, responsibility for fisheries was transferred from the Department of Lands and Mines to the Department of Agriculture.
Alberta Provincial Police
Corporate body · 1917-1932
Policing of the area now known as the Province of Alberta began in 1874 with the creation of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP). When it was created in 1905 from a portion of the Northwest Territories, Alberta signed an agreement with the federal government regarding the use of the NWMP as the province’s police force. Citing reduced manpower as a result of recruitment for World War I as well as increasing responsibilities, the NWMP gave one year’s notice in 1916 that it would not renew the agreement. In 1917, Alberta created its own provincial police force, Alberta Provincial Police. The NWMP, known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) after 1920, continued to act as a federal police service in Alberta. When the APP disbanded in 1932, its responsibilities were taken over by the K Division of the RCMP. Although a provision of the Police Act (S.A. 1953, c. 90) permitted the re-establishment of a provincial police force, such a force was not created again, and this provision was removed in a revised Police Act in 1973 (S.A. 1973, c. 44).
Alberta Report (magazine)
Corporate body · 1973-2001
The Alberta Report began as a weekly general news magazine called the St. John's Edmonton Report. Billed as a faster way than the local newspaper to get a complete picture of the week's news, the Report sought to tell the news, the reasons and personalities behind the news, and why the events happened. However, the main focus was on political figures and events from a socially conservative Christian viewpoint. The Report was produced by the St. John's Press, a small publishing company that was run by the Community of the Cross, an Anglican lay Order. The Order also managed St. John's School of Alberta, a Christian boarding school for boys located in Stony Plain. The roots of Company of the Cross's publishing venture began in 1971, when the Company also printed the weekly multiple listings catalogue for the Edmonton Real Estate Board. Staff consisted of the St. John's School students who worked on the press, and members of the Order who worked as journalists for the magazine. The original editorial board consisted of Keith T. Bennett, who was also the minister of St. John's School, and Ted Byfield, the founder of the magazine. In October of 1973, a prototype of the magazine was issued, with the Report going into full production in the first week of November of that year. Initially, the magazine covered “People”, “Government”, “Economy”, and “Faith”. Over the next few months, two new topics were added – “Schools” and “Edmontonia”. Eventually, sections on Sports, Law, Science, and the Arts were also added. Other staples of the magazine included publishing the works of contemporary artists on the back cover, and advertisem*nts for charitable organizations. Additional advertising space was added when the circulation of the magazine exceeded 7500 weekly subscriptions. In 1974, the Company of the Cross created a new publishing company called St. John's Edmonton Report Ltd. The publishing company became incorporated in order to qualify for second-class mail service. At this time, the Directors for the newly incorporated business included Keith T. Bennett, Ted Byfield, and Duane Berezowski. Also in this year, the magazine headquarters moved from their original location to Edmonton in order to minimize the rising costs of staff commutes between Stony Plain and Edmonton, and rural challenges for delivering the magazine to its Edmontonian client base. By 1976, the magazine had a subscriber base of 20,000 in the Edmonton region. Its success derived from its controversial, albeit Christian, perspective, particularly with older readers distressed by the new moral and cultural transformations, such as gay rights, feminism, and abortion. Furthermore, the Report fulfilled a niche in the local media market in covering stories outside the purview of big-city newspapers like the Edmonton Journal and the Calgary Herald. As part of the Company's success, it expanded into Calgary with the St. John's Calgary Report, which was launched in 1977. Unfortunately, the expansion of two magazines, and the related operating costs and business expenses to produce both Reports, including the hiring of professional journalists and photographers, nearly forced the magazines into bankruptcy. In order to minimize the loss of revenue, both magazines were merged to form the Alberta Report in September of 1979. As part of this merger, the publication company's name, St. John's Publications Ltd, was changed to reflect the new title of the magazine – Alberta Report Limited. Additionally, the subscription price for subscribers in southern Alberta rose to be the same price that was charged for the St. John's Edmonton Report. This was part of Edmonton businessman Al Hardy's reorganization of the company. Shortly after Hardy's death, Ted Byfield acquired control of the magazine and published the Alberta Report under Interwest Publications. For the next five years, the Alberta Report was at its pinnacle with a subscription base of nearly 60,000. This was the heyday of the magazine, and its production quality improved as the Report's photographers learnt how to snap photographs, and the magazine employed an art director and librarians. Consequently, better cover imagery and cataloguing of the photo archives resulted from the hiring of the new staff members. The recession in the mid-1980s took its toll on the Alberta Report and by 1986, Interwest Publications was losing revenue again. To offset its loss, the Western Report was launched to appeal to a broader conservative audience than the Alberta Report. The Western Report was more of a national type general news magazine with bureaus of editorial staff representatives stationed in Vancouver, Victoria, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg. Even with this broader base, the magazine still presented a distinctive Western voice and followed the early years of the political birth of the Reform Party, and later the Alliance Party, as well as the beginning of Preston Manning's and Ralph Klein's political careers. Hence in the early days of the Reform Party of Canada, the Report played an instrumental role in attracting supporters from the West, particularly Alberta, while destroying Albertan support for the federal Conservative Party. Financial trouble continued to plague Interwest and in 1989, the company decided to capitalize on the West's largest market by launching the B.C. Report in British Columbia. The new Report did not meet financial expectations and in the following year, Interwest went into receivership. Within a few weeks, the Alberta Report and its sister publications became the primary business assets of United Western Communications, of which Ted Byfield, John Scrymgeour, and Don Graves each owned one-third. The economic downsizing and other publication projects helped to defray the ongoing losses from the magazine operations. In the mid-1990s, the editorial focus of the magazine shifted from its previous mandate of providing general news with a conservative Christian perspective to providing greater emphasis on social issues. The new editorial focus arose as the Report attempted to differentiate themselves from mainstream media news. Plunging into the “Culture Wars”, the Report's perspective on feminism, abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, human rights law, subsidized art and political correctness earned the reputation of the magazine as being intolerant, bigoted and at times racist. As a result, the company expended their financial resources to fight human rights complaints and defamation lawsuits. Furthermore, the company experienced further financial loss as mainstream advertisers boycotted the magazine. By the end of the 1990s, the magazine was firmly ensconced in the fringe of Canadian political and media discourse. Once again the magazines were redesigned and launched as The Report with minor variations between the Alberta, B.C., and National editions. Although the company attempted to increase circulation and sales in Ontario, the magazine was unable to gain a foothold in that market. The decline in readership and the scant editorial resources meant that many of the stories and images had to be freelanced or commissioned to outside sources. Within the last three years of the magazine's publication, the company adopted desperate and erratic strategies to improve circulation and revenues. However, in 2002, United Western Communications Ltd. sold its assets, including the photographs of The Report, to History Book Publications Ltd. in exchange for the relinquishment of outstanding debt. At the same time, Link Byfield who was the publisher, decided that another avenue, the Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy, would better serve the political and social causes that The Report had served for so many years. This proposal proved unsuccessful, and in the spring of 2003, The Report printed its last issue and ceased publication.
Alberta Research Council
Corporate body
Dates of founding and/or dissolution: Functional responsibility: Predecessor and successor bodies: Administrative relationships: Administrative Structure: Names of the corporate bodies: Names of chief officers: Directors of Research/Presidents/Managing Directors of the Alberta Research Council:
The Alberta Research Council Inc. was founded as the Scientific and Industrial Research Council in 1921 by means of Order in Council 30/21. The Council was reconstituted as a Crown corporation in 1930 with the name Research Council of Alberta by means of the passage of The Research Council Act, S.A. 1930 c. 37. In 1981, the Council was reconstituted under the Alberta Research Council Act (S.A. 1981 c. A-35.1). On March 31, 1999, the Council was reconstituted as a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of the Alberta Science and Research Authority, by means of Order in Council 142/99 under the authority of the Financial Administration Act s. 80.1.
The mandate of the Scientific and Industrial Research Council was to engage in and supervise research related to the determination and development of the Province's mineral and energy resources. For much of its existence, the Council has acted as the principal research agency of the Government of Alberta. The council's activities were of four main types: 1) work of direct support to industry, resulting in new processes or products; 2) mapping and evaluation of resources; 3) research on finding new and potential uses of a specific resource; 4) joint projects with other agencies on matters of general public interest.
In its early years, the Council's activities focused on the exploration and development of coal, oil sands and forestry resources and road building technologies. As well, the Council was also involved in geological surveying in support of fuel and mineral resource development. The Council has also engaged in extensive research on the properties and potential uses of Alberta coals. Beginning in 1928, the Council began research on the uses of natural gas, and began to conduct soil surveys to support agricultural development.
When the Council was reconstituted as a Crown corporation in 1930, this had little effect on its mandate and responsibilities. The Council became responsible for the development of scientific and research policies for the Government of Alberta and administration of funds voted by the Legislative Assembly for science and research. The Council's research activities continued until funding from the Legislative Assembly was halted in 1932. From 1933 to 1942, the Councils' research activities were severely curtailed, as its only source of funding came from the University of Alberta. All Council staff were either taken on by the University or their salaries were funded by the National Research Council of Canada. During the period of reduced funding, the Council's work was largely restricted to research on the properties and uses of various fuels and limited geological surveying.
When funding from the Legislative Assembly was restored in 1943, the first area of research to be resumed was studies of uses of bituminous (oil) sands and research on oil separation processes. Also at this time, the Council resumed research on natural gas and began research on rural electrification and agricultural economics. In 1945, the Council resumed its program of soil surveys and research on the commercial utilization of native tree species. At this time, the Council began zoological research on specific native animal species.
In the post-war period the research of the Council expanded into examining the commercial prospects of various material and mineral resources and the beginning of industry-sponsored research and gasoline and oil testing with regards to production, processing and transportation. The Council also engaged in research on behalf of or in conjunction with other agencies, notably various Government of Alberta departments, the Dominion Experimental Farms Service, the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys (Canada), the University of Alberta, the Geographical Survey of Canada, and the National Research Council.
During the 1950's, the Council greatly expanded the scope of its geological research in support of both fossil fuels resource development and soils research. The Council also began research on groundwater and microbiological research related to coal and oilfield development and research on river hydrology in conjunction with its highways research program. In the early 1960's, approximately one quarter of the Council's resources was directed to mapping and classification of natural resources, approximately ten percent went towards joint projects with other agencies, nearly half of all resources went to long-range research projects directly or indirectly related to natural resources development and utilization, with the rest of the Council's activities directed towards projects with direct industrial significance and industry-sponsored research.
Beginning in the 1960's, the Council focused more of its efforts on applied industrial research on projects with higher potential for commercial development and industry sponsored and directed research. This activity fell under the Product Development and Research Division of the Fuels Branch. By the late 1970's, oil sands research was the single largest activity of the Council, making up approximately twenty-five percent of Council research activities. It was also in the late 1970's that the Council began to shift its focus to research more closely directed by industry. By the late 1970's, approximately half of the revenues of the Council were derived from contracts for research on behalf of or joint projects with other agencies or the private sector.
In 1979, the Council completed and began implementation of its first Long Range Plan. The plan identified five major research programs: oil sands research, coal research, natural resources research, frontier sciences, and industrial assistance. In the early 1980's the Council began to direct a greater proportion of its resources to "high technology", mostly computing-related projects and biotechnology. Much of the work of the Advanced Technologies Department took place at the Council's Calgary facilities. In 1984, part of the Industrial and Engineering Research group was moved to Calgary to allow greater interaction with the petroleum industry.
By the end of the 1980's, virtually all research done by the Council was on adaptive and applied technologies, and technical assistance and technology transfer to the private sector. Basic research all but disappeared in favour of industry-directed and private sector funded research and the development of testing facilities for the use of the private sector and outside agencies, particularly in the energy, biotechnology, forest products and computing fields.
In 1995, the Alberta Geological Survey was transferred to the Alberta Department of Energy. Also in 1995, the Council sold the Electronic Test Centre to a private sector organization. In 1996, the Alberta Environmental Centre was merged into the Council. In 1999, the Council acquired ownership of C-FER Technologies Inc. and the Petroleum Resource Centre.
The Alberta Research Council had no predecessors.
In its early years, the Research Council was attached to the Ministry whose Minister has acted as the Council's Chairman (see below). Beginning in 1930, the Council reported to the President of the Executive Council. In 1971, administration of the Act was transferred to the Minister of Industry and Commerce. Since then, the Council has reported to the Minister of Business Development and Tourism (1975-79), the President of the Executive Council (1979-86), the Minister of Technology, Research and Telecommunications (1986-92), the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism (1992-94), the Minister responsible for Science and Research (1994-97), and the Minister responsible for Science, Research and Information Technology (1997-99). Since 1999, the Council has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Alberta Science and Research Authority.
Since 1999, the Council has acquired a number of subsidiary corporations of its own. These have included the Petroleum Recovery Institute and its subsidiary PRI Solutions (both wound up in 2000), C-FER Inc. and its subsidiary C-FER Technologies Inc.
At the time that the Council was founded in 1921, the members were the Provincial Secretary, the President of the University of Alberta, the Chief Inspector of Mines, the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science of the University of Alberta, two faculty members of the University, and an Honorary Secretary. In 1928, a second Member of the Legislative Assembly was added to the membership of the Council.
When the Scientific and Industrial Research Council was reconstituted as the Research Council of Alberta, the Act stipulated that the Council should be made up of no more than ten members (amended to fifteen in 1972) appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, including three Members of the Legislative Assembly (one of who acted as Chairman) and the President of the University of Alberta (who acted as Director of Research and Chief Executive). From 1933 to 1942, when the Council's activities were funded solely by the University of Alberta, the Council's Board was not active. The Council's staff and activities were greatly reduced and only the Fuels Division and Geological Division continued.
In 1943, when funding from the Legislative Assembly was restored, the Council's Board resumed meeting with a newly-appointed membership as per the Act. Beginning in 1951, the position of Director of Research became full-time and separate from that of the President of the University of Alberta, who continued to serve on the Council. In 1978, the position of Director of Research was renamed to President. At this time, due to an amendment to the Act, the Council members were renamed as the Board of Directors of the Research Council of Alberta.
From the time that the Council was first formed until the 1950's, the research operations of the Council were closely tied to the University of Alberta. Research was conducted at the University, faculty members often headed the research teams, and until the late 1940's Council membership was dominated by members of the University. The staff of the Council's research laboratories were referred to in the University administration as the Industrial Research Department. The Council's operational units included the Geological, Fuels, Forest Products, Mining Engineering, and Road Materials Divisions.
As the Council's research broadened into new areas in the post-war period, new corresponding divisions and sections were created, including the Industrial Projects Section, later renamed Industrial Engineering Services. In 1953, the staff of the Council was divided into the following units: Administration, Coal, Oil Sands, Gasoline and Oil Testing, Natural Gas, Industrial Projects, Geology, Soil Survey, Irrigation and Solonetzic Soils, Highway Research, and Biological Cycles. In 1953, the Industrial Projects Section assumed responsibility for the Technical Information Service for Alberta previously supplied by the National Research Council.
By the late 1950's, the units of the Council were the Coal Division (including the Coal Analysis, Basic Research, Applied Research, and Coal Reserves Sections), Petroleum Division, Natural Gas Section, Geology Division, Soils Division, Hail Studies Section (later renamed Atmospheric Sciences), Highway Research Section, Gasoline and Oil Testing Laboratory, and Industrial Engineering Services. Other, smaller units were created on an as-needed basis for specific shorter-term projects.
In 1959, the geology, groundwater and soils programs were brought together into the new Earth Sciences Branch. As well, the coal, petroleum, natural gas, and gasoline and oil testing programs were brought together into the new Fuels Branch.
The Council's staff organization remained largely unchanged until 1971, when the Fuels Branch was renamed the Physical Sciences Branch, made up of the Fuel Sciences Division, Engineering Division, Chemistry Division, Special Projects and Microbiology, and the Gasoline and Oil Testing Laboratory. At this time, the Product Research and Development Division of the former Fuels Branch became a separate branch.
In 1977, the Highways Research Section was renamed Transportation and Surface Water Engineering Division. At this time, a new division, the Technical and Economic Evaluation Division was created. This Division was responsible for evaluation of existing and developing technology to identify development opportunities for the Province's industry and resources.
In 1978, the Council underwent another reorganization. The Atmospheric Sciences Division was placed under the Earth Sciences Branch. A new Industrial Sciences Branch was created, under which the Industrial and Engineering Services Division, Product Research and Development Division, Technical and Economic Evaluation Division, Transportation and Surface Water Engineering Division, Oil Sands Research Centre and Solar and Wind Energy Research Program were placed. An Executive Branch was also created to consolidate administrative and technical support services.
Beginning in 1980, the Council underwent a number of regular reorganizations of its research units. The first of these occurred in order to implement the Council's first Long Range Plan. The major units of the Council became the Energy Resources Division, Frontier Sciences Division (created in 1979), Industrial and Engineering Division, Natural Resources Division, and Finance and Administrative Division. The Energy Resources Division was responsible for coal research and oil sands research programs and the Oil Sands Information Centre. The Frontier Sciences Division was responsible for expanded research programs in the biological sciences, chemistry programs, and computing services. The Industrial and Engineering Division was made up of the previous Industrial Sciences Branch, technical support services, and the new Forest Products Research program. The Natural Resources Division was made up of the former Earth Sciences Branch.
Also in 1980, a new management system was implemented at the Council. An Executive Committee was created, made up of six members of the Board of Directors. New management committees were also created, responsible for policy development and program evaluation, facilities development, and liaison with universities and other institutions.
In the early 1980's, the Council participated in the development of a coal research centre in Devon, operated in conjunction with the federal Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.
In 1984, the Council was reorganized again. At this time, the units of the Council were the Industrial and Engineering Research Division (made up of the Electronics Test Centre, the Advanced Technologies, Program Development, Industrial Development, Civil Engineering, and Materials and Testing Departments), the Applied Sciences Division (made up of the Chemistry and Biotechnology Departments), the Energy Resources Division (made up of the Oil Sands Research and Coal Research Departments), the Natural Resources Division (made up of the Geological Survey, Terrain Sciences, and Atmospheric Sciences Departments), and the Finance and Administration Division.
In 1987, the reorganization of the Council reduced the number of divisions to four, each headed by a Vice-President: the Operations Division (administrative, financial and computing support), Energy and Biotechnology (Coal and Hydrocarbon Processing, Oil Sands and Hydrocarbon Recovery, and Biotechnology Departments), Natural Resources (Forestry, Geological Survey, Resource Technologies, and Terrain Sciences Departments), and Industrial Development (Industrial Development, Advanced Technologies, and Industrial Technologies Departments and the Electronics Test Centre).
In 1989 and 1996 the Council's operations were reorganized again. In 1996, a new Marketing Division was created. Its subordinate units were seven portfolio areas organized by client group which were responsible for primary interface with industry, marketing the Council's research to the private sector and identifying new business opportunities. The Council's research units were reorganized into eleven business units which reported to the new position of Vice-President of R&D and Operations. In 1999, the Council reorganized again, re-combining research and marketing under business which were organized based on research and technology area.
Beginning in 1929, a number of senior scientists and engineers who worked for or with the Council were used as technical advisors to the Council. When the Council was restored in 1943, a Technical Advisory Committee, chaired by the President of the University of Alberta, was created to provide scientific and technical advice to the Council. In 1950, three subject-based advisory committees were formed, the Fuel and Power, Industrial Projects, and Surveys Advisory Committees. The Fuel and Power Advisory Committee had two sections: Coal, and Petroleum and Natural Gas. The Surveys Advisory Committee had three sections: Geology, Soils, and Highways. In 1954, an Advisory Committee on Industrial Pollution was formed. In 1957, some of the Advisory Committees were reorganized. The three sections of the Surveys Committee became the Geological Surveys and Research, Agricultural Matters, and Highway Research Committees. At this time, a committee for Hail Studies was formed. In 1962, the Geological and Soils Advisory Committees were reorganized again into the Earth Sciences Advisory Committee with three sections: Geology, Groundwater Geology, and Soils. This structure mirrored that of the Council's staff organization. In 1971, the Fuels Advisory Committee was restructured to mirror the changes in the Council's staff organization in the corresponding Branch.
In the early years of the Council, its research was conducted at facilities provided by the University of Alberta. In 1956, the Council moved into its own facilities on the edge of the campus. In the middle 1960's, the Council built and operated a research facility and pilot plant operation in south-east Edmonton, in the Clover Bar area. Also at this time, the Council also began research at an affiliated facility, the Petroleum Recovery Research Institute, at the University of Calgary. This facility was jointly funded by the petroleum industry and the Government of Alberta and administered by the Council. The Council also conducted hail research each summer at Penhold.
In 1975, the Oil Sands Research Centre was opened as a unit of the Research Council. The Centre was responsible for coordinating Council research projects related to oil sands development, and to provide technical assistance to the Council in evaluation of project proposals, providing consulting and analytical services and monitoring projects. From 1976 to 1981 research was performed under contract on behalf of the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA). Beginning in 1981, the oil sands research program was a joint venture with AOSTRA.
Advisory Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of Alberta (1921-1930)
Research Council of Alberta (1930-1981)
Alberta Research Council (1981-1999)
Alberta Research Council Inc. (1999-present)
Chairmen of the Board/Board of Directors of the Alberta Research Council:
J.L. Cote (Provincial Secretary) (1921)
Herbert Greenfield (Provincial Secretary) (1921-1924)
Herbert Greenfield (President of the Executive Council) (1924-1925)
Alex Ross (Minister of Public Works) (1925-1927)
J.E. Brownlee (President of the Executive Council) (1927-1933)
N.E. Tanner (Minister of Lands and Mines/Mines and Minerals)(1943-1952)
Dr. J. L. Robinson (Minister of Industries and Labour) (1952-1953)
G.E. Taylor (Minister of Highways and Minister of Telephones) (1953-1958)
A.R. Patrick (Minister of Economic Affairs/Minister of Industry and Development/Minister of Industry and Tourism/Minister of Mines and Minerals) (1958-1971)
F.H. Peaco*ck (Minister of Industry and Commerce) (1971-1975)
R. W. Dowling (Minister of Business Development and Tourism (1975-1978)
Eric C. Musgreave, M.L.A. (1978-1986)
Fred D. Bradley, M.L.A. (1986-1993)
Lorne Taylor, M.L.A. (1993-1997)
Victor Doerksen, M.L.A. (1997-present)
(Minister of Innovation and Science 2001-present)
Robert C. Wallace (1930-1936)
William A.R. Kerr (1936-1941)
Robert Newton (1941-1951)
Nathaniel H. Grace (1951-1961)
A.W. Lang (Acting) (1961-1962)
Ernest J. Wiggins (1962-1977)
Brian Hitchon (Acting) (1977-1978)
Gilles G. Cloutier (1978-1983)
Robert W. Stewart (1984-1987)
Clem W. Bowman (1987-1991)
Brian L. Barge (1991-1995)
George B. Miller (1995-1997)
John R. McDougall (1997-present)
Alberta Veterinary Medical Association
Corporate body · 1906-
The Alberta Veterinary Medical Association (ABVMA) was founded in 1906 and is the professional regulatory organization which governs veterinary medicine practice in Alberta. The association aims to ensure that all veterinary service in Alberta, whether provided by a veterinarian or veterinarian technologist, is offered by people who are qualified to practice veterinary medicine. The ABVMA's primary mandate is to ensure that the public receives excellent veterinary service. The ABVMA has several core initiatives, the first of which is reviewing the qualifications of all veterinarians and veterinary technologists who apply for a license to practice in Alberta. They also require veterinarians and veterinary technologists to continually upgrade their skills through continuing education sessions. Next is inspections of all veterinary clinics in the province to ensure they meet or exceed ABVMA standards. Their last core initiative is to provide a process for the resolution of complaints by intervening and investigating complaints lodged against the conduct or skills of Alberta veterinarians or veterinary technologists. As of 2024, the ABVMA is governed by a council of eighteen members, including six ex-officio members and twelve others from across Alberta. The voting members are largely composed of veterinarians and the non-voting members include representatives from the Government of Alberta, two universities, the Canada Food inspection Agency, the Canadian Veterinary Association, and the Alberta Veterinary Technologist Association. The association is also supported through the work of eight professional advisory committees and five legislated standing committees. The legislated standing committees include the Hearing Tribunal, Complaint Review, Practice Inspection and Practice Standards, the Registration Committee, and the Practice Review Board. The Veterinary Profession Act (revised in 2000) gives the ABVMA the authority to have bylaws to self-regulate the profession in Alberta. Professional standards are set by the ABVMA Council, which then provides information to members on expected professional conduct. When developing or reviewing professional standards, the council seeks engagement from members and partners. The standards and guidelines which require approval of the membership are established by the Veterinary Profession General Regulation.
Altitude Publishing Limited
Corporate body
Established in 1979, Altitude Publishing Limited traces its origins back to the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of Byron Harmon. Harmon lived in Banff, Alberta and operated a photographic portrait studio on Banff Avenue. He progressed from portrait photography to landscape photography of the surrounding countryside. Altitude Publishing is based in Canmore, Alberta, situated in the Canadian Rockies. Altitude Publishing caters to the travel and tourism market throughout Western Canada, Colorado, and beyond. The company has published over ninety titles.Altitude Publishing's mission is to provide the highest quality information and pictorial products for the travel and tourism market within a complete service environment that nurtures and supports a positive relationship for all concerned.Stephen Hutchings is the Publisher at Altitude Publishing Limited.
Anderson, Peter
Person · 1868-1945
Peter Anderson was born on the island of Funen, off the coast of Denmark, on April 24, 1868. In 1888 he immigrated to Canada and began to work in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Later he hunted and trapped in northern Manitoba before moving west and arriving in Edmonton in 1891. After working on a variety of construction jobs, he eventually formed his own brick company in 1899 called Anderson's Brickyard. Anderson married Mary Allan (1866-1931) on January 2, 1895, and together they had one son, Bert (1897-1970), and three daughters, Ethel (Moore) (1899-1977), Jeanne (Irvine) (1895-1974), and Fransine (Patterson) (1904-1994). He married Frances "Fanny" Willis (1888-1976) in Vancouver in 1935. In 1907 Anderson wrote the military officers examination and joined the 101st Regiment, Edmonton Fusiliers as a Captain. In 1914 he was part of the first contingent of Canadian soldiers in World War I to go overseas. In England his regiment was dismantled and Anderson was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, Queen's Own Regiment. He was captured on April 24, 1915 at the second battle of Ypres in Belgium, and spent three months in a German Prisoner of War (POW) Camp. In September of that year Anderson escaped from the camp and made his way back to England via Denmark where he was then received by the King of England and decorated. He was the first Canadian to successfully escape from a German POW Camp in World War I. He was later promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. Later in the war, Anderson organized a sniping and training school, conducted troops to France, and became a member of the Canadian Syren Force, helping to command the operations of Allied troops for the Murmansk expedition into the Russian Arctic. At the end of his service, Anderson returned to live in Edmonton, Alberta until the 1930s when he retired to Vancouver, British Columbia. He died there in 1945.
Argue, Lois
Person · 1920-2017
Lois Winnifred Argue was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1920, the daughter of Winnifred and Robert Alan Argue. She attended schools in Rouleau, Corning, and Regina as well as in Edmonton. She moved to Edmonton in 1941, joining the Royal Canadian Air Force and serving as a Medical Clerk. After her military service, she worked for the University of Alberta, first as a secretary in the Office of the Registrar from 1947 to 1960 and then as a secretary in the Office of the Superintendent of Buildings from 1960 to 1964. She later worked for CFRN FM Radio, University Hospital, Schlumberger of Canada, the Cross Cancer Institute, and the provincial Department of Public Works. She retired in 1985. She was involved in a variety of community organizations, including the Alberta Fish and Game Association, the Army, Navy and Air Force Association, and the Alberta Writers Federation. She was also the newsletter editor for the Edmonton Treasure Hunters Association. She died in Edmonton in 2017.
ATCO Group
Corporate body
ATCO was founded as Alberta Trailer Hire Company in 1947 by father and son S. Donald and Ronald D. Southern. In 1962, the company was incorporated as ATCO Industries with its head office in Calgary, Alberta. In 1999, ATCO merged with both Northwestern Utilities and Canadian Western Natural Gas, who up until then had served northern and southern Alberta, respectively. ATCO celebrated 100 years of natural gas service in Alberta in 2012 (Canadian Western Natural Gas began serving southern Alberta in 1912), pledging to make a large donation of records to the Provincial Archives of Alberta to commemorate the occasion. Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat and Power Company incorporated on July 19, 1911, and took over the natural gas utilities service for Calgary, Alberta, previously served by the Prairie Fuel Gas Company. Eugene Coste became the first company president and managing director, serving until 1921. Known as the “father of Canada's natural gas industry,” Coste died in Toronto, Ontario on January 22, 1940, at the age of 81. In 1912, Canadian Western Natural Gas commenced natural gas utilities service in the southern Alberta communities of Calgary, Lethbridge, Brooks, Nanton and Okotoks, and by 1919, was serving nearly 12, 000 customers. In 1947, the company changed its name from Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat and Power Company to Canadian Western Natural Gas Company Limited. The company marked their 100,000th customer in 1963 by setting a gold-plated meter in the Calgary home of Mr. and Mrs. John D. McGregor. Northwestern Utilities Limited was formed in 1923, bringing the first natural gas utilities service to Edmonton and North-Central Alberta on November 9 of that year. The work to introduce natural gas power had begun in 1913, when Edmonton business owners organized the Industrial Association to promote the benefits of the service to ratepayers. They brought in Clapp and Huntley, English gas experts, to aid in determining the best drilling location; eventually deciding on the town of Viking, Alberta, they successfully commenced drilling in November 1914. In November 1915, Edmonton ratepayers voted in favour of a gas proposition, originally awarding it to the Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Company. Prominent Albertans involved in this company included Eugene Coste and R.B. Bennett. The company soon ran out of money, however, and the project was deemed a failure until the formation of Northwestern Utilities Limited. 88 days following this formation, Northwestern completed a $4,000,000 pipeline project from Viking to Edmonton, and subsequently began promoting gas service to homemakers; by January 1, 1928, 8,000 homes were using natural gas. Growth continued despite the company having to navigate through several crises, including a pipeline burst on January 2, 1928, that left several homes without heat on a -20 degree day. By the 1960s, Northwestern was serving 100,000 customers in 80 communities through a network of over 4,300 kilometers of pipelines. Edda Leppard was the first Home Service Director at Northwestern Utilities beginning in 1923, and was responsible for instructing customers on gas cooking, adjusting the burners on their gas range stove, and estimating the price of a gas installation. On February 28, 1930, a distinct Northwestern Utilities Home Services Department officially opened under the direction of Kathleen Esch, offering a free advisory service to the women of Edmonton so they could best utilize gas power in their homemaking. The department was eventually renamed “Blue Flame Kitchen,” and as of 2020, continues to offer cooking classes, demonstrations and home economics advice, create and sell cookbooks, and test recipes under this name as a division of ATCO. While Home Services Departments were commonplace for utility companies and major food manufacturers when Blue Flame Kitchen was founded, as of 2016, it was the last remaining such department in North America. Blue Flame Kitchen employs trained home economists, many of whom hold Bachelor of Science Degrees in Home Economics, and was a major employer of Alberta women though much of the 20th century. In 1929, Canadian Western Natural Gas formed their own Home Services Department under the direction of Hyperia Lee Aylesworth. In 1925, Canadian Western Natural Gas became a sister-company to Northwestern Utilities under the International Utilities Corporation, a U.S.-based holding company. In 1930, the Dominion Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of the American Commonwealths Power Corporation, purchased the network of Canadian Utilities companies, of which Canadian Western Natural Gas and Northwestern Utilities were a part; Dominion Gas and Electric subsequently merged with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based International Utilities Company in 1944. In 1955, a motion picture, Meet Your Gas Company, was co-produced by Canadian Western and Northwestern. In 1961, International Utilities purchased Northland Utilities Ltd. In the 1970s, Canadian Utilities became the corporate parent of Canadian Western, Northwestern, Northland, and Alberta Power Limited, the latter of which formed to take over the electrical operations previously run by Canadian Utilities. Northland then merged into Northwestern. The resulting company, known as CU, became one of the largest investor-owned utilities in Canada. At this time, International Utilities returned to residence in the United States. In 1980, ATCO purchased majority ownership of Canadian Utilities from International Utilities, and in 1999, ATCO merged operations with Northwestern Utilities and Canadian Western Natural Gas, to create an intra-Alberta transmission company and a province-wide distribution company. As the Alberta Trailer Hire Company, ATCO originally provided housing accommodations to workers in Canada's first oil boom, in the form of utility trailers. In 1959, as the demand for modular, or prefabricated, housing grew, S. Donald and Ronald D. Southern opened the Alberta Trailer Hire Company's first manufacturing facility in Airdrie, Alberta, in a former Royal Canadian Air Force hangar. That same year, the company was contracted to supply housing for the Minuteman missile sites project in the southwestern United States. On January 9, 1968, ATCO became a publically traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with 700,000 common shares listed at $7.50 each; nine months later, their shares had more than doubled to $20. By the 1970s, the company had prefabricated housing manufacturing plants in Eastern Canada, British Columbia, the United States, Australia and Saudi Arabia. In 1974, ATCO began providing housing for the Trans-Alaska pipeline. In 1978, ATCO purchased Thomas Industries Limited, a leading oilfield contract driller and well service in North America, and renamed it ATCO Drilling. In 1988, ATCO supplied the natural gas flare atop the Calgary Tower (Calgary, Alberta), and took on several major shelter and accommodation contracts for the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. That same year, the company was awarded a $114.2 million, five-year contract to operate and maintain Canada's North Warning System, an early-warning radar system for North America. In 2003, ATCO brought their emission-free, 32-megawatt Oldman River Hydroelectric generating facility online. The facility was ATCO's first in southern Alberta and their first-ever hydroelectric project; it later became jointly owned by the Piikani First Nation, a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy and Treaty 7 with headquarters in Brocket, Alberta. ATCO completed the longest transmission line in Alberta's history in 2015. In 2016, the company launched ATCO Energy, an electricity and natural gas retail company. Alongside their service of Alberta, ATCO, as Alberta Trailer Hire Company, entered the international market in 1960, supplying workforce housing for the Mangla Dam project in Pakistan, and the Guri Dam project in Venezuela. In 1961, the company expanded to Australia, opening a 70,000 sq. ft. modular (prefabricated) building manufacturing facility in Adelaide, which grew to 110,000 sq. ft. by 1971. ATCO has maintained operations in the Australian modular housing and energy industries into the twenty-first century, and in 2011, purchased WA Gas Networks, the largest gas distribution utility in Western Australia. In 1991, ATCO secured $1.4 billion in financing for the Barking Power Station, a natural-gas powered facility in East London, England. As of 2020, this is largest power station the company has ever been involved with. In 2014, ATCO began operating in Mexico. ATCO has also delivered several military contracts, including providing support services to the Canadian Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2000. The ATCO Group is governed by a Board of Directors and an Executive Committee, as well as two Board Committees – the Audit and Risk Committee, and the Corporate Governance: Nomination, Compensation and Successions Committee (GOCOM). ATCO offers services and solutions in Structures and Logistics, Energy Infrastructure, Transportation and Commercial Real Estate.
Augustana University College
Corporate body
Augustana University College began as Camrose Lutheran College in 1910. The College was founded by a voluntary association of Lutheran congregations in Alberta known as the Alberta Norwegian Lutheran College Association. Camrose Lutheran College began its operations in 1911, providing a quality academic secondary education program. In the fall of 1959, the College began offering university work as an affiliated college of the University of Alberta. In 1969 it progressed to a transfer college when it added a second year of the university transfer program. In 1985 it became the first private college in Alberta to receive degree-granting authority from the Government of Alberta. It granted its first Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1985, and later became a liberal arts and sciences university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Recognized as a member of the Canadian university community through its membership in the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the College strives to provide a quality university education in the context of the Christian tradition. For decades all classrooms, offices, dorm space, library, kitchen, and laundry facilities were located in one building known as Founders' Hall. This building was built over the summer of 1912 and was designed by the school's first principal, J.P. Tandberg. Over the years new buildings were constructed to meet the growing demands of the College. In 1983 to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the College, Founders' Hall, commonly known as “Old Main,” was moved to the centre of campus. The building was designated an historic site and began housing the administration and faculty offices, the boardroom, and three classrooms. Augustana University College took its present name in 1991. The word Augustana refers to a declaration of faith as taught by the Lutheran Church. It was published in the year 1530 in Augsburg, Germany, and it came to be known as the Augsburg Confession. It was more commonly known by its Latin name, Augustana, in Scandinavia. The mission of Augustana University College is to prepare women and men intellectually, morally, and spiritually for leadership and service in church and society.
Baker, A.H.
Person · 1883-1953
Born in Walkerton, Ontario in 1883, A.H. Baker received his medical degree from University of Toronto. He joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, New York in 1914 but was stricken with tuberculosis. After his discharge from Trudo Sanatorium, he worked with the City of New York's Municipal Health Department. He enlisted in the Canadian military in 1915 but was discharged as medically unfit. He served with the Canadian Army Medical Corp (Voluntary Imperials) and did medical work in China. In 1916, he served on a federal advisory committee studying the prevalence of tuberculosis among Indigenous people in Canada. He became the Director of the Rocky Mountain Sanatorium in Frank, Alberta in 1917. In 1919 he moved to Calgary, Alberta and became the Medical Superintendent of the Central Alberta Sanatorium. He served as President of the Canadian Tuberculosis Association (now Canadian Lung Association), Director of the Tuberculosis Division of the Alberta Department of Health, and a member of the Tuberculosis Veterans Section of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, in Alberta. He retired in 1950 but, according to his death registration, was working at the Nanaimo Indian Hospital at the time of his death. Baker married Georgie Catherine Stirrett (1893-1949) in 1920, and together they had a son, Perron E. Baker. Baker died in Vancouver in 1953. The Central Alberta Sanatorium was renamed the Baker Memorial Sanatorium in 1954 in honour of his tenure as Director.
Banks, Tommy
Person · 1936-2018
Thomas “Tommy” Benjamin Banks was born December 17, 1936 in Calgary, Alberta to Benjamin and Laura Banks. In 1949, Banks and his family moved to Edmonton, Alberta. Banks began studying piano at age 12. In 1950, he joined Don Thompson's jazz band and toured throughout Alberta as part of the “Jammin the Blues” shows. At 17, he became musical director of the Orion Musical Theatre in Edmonton (1954 – 1958). Throughout the 1950s, Tommy often performed as a conductor and an accompanist, regularly with one of his first bands, the Banknotes. In 1956, Banks managed the Associated Entertainment Services of Canada after receiving a license from the American Federation of Musicians. In 1965, Banks incorporated his business ventures, Tommy Banks Music Limited and Banks Associated Music. In 1967, Banks incorporated Century II Productions. During the 1960s and 1970s, Banks authored and produced numerous commercial jingles under Century II Productions. In 1974, Tommy incorporated Century II Records to publish and release albums from musicians such as Richard Adams, Valerie Hudson, Bruce Innis, Terry McManus, K.J and the Grand Bank, Privilege, Skipper, Sylvester Stretch, Russell Thornberry, and Donna Warner. However, after the label suffered financial loses, Banks shut down the label. Century II productions also expanded in the 1970s to music publishing. The company published artists such as Paul Clarke, Tony Lewis, Gaye Delorme, Gary Guthman, Paul Hann, Pete White, Don Johnston, Andy Krawchuk, Bliss Mackie, Beverly Ross, Tony White, Harry Pinchen, Dough Hutton, and Robbie Campbell. Banks made his first television appearance in 1963 on the CBC television show “Keynotes”. He co-hosted the show with Harry Boon until 1964. From 1968 to 1974, Banks hosted “The Tommy Banks Show” on CBC. In 1974, The “Tommy Banks Show” moved to ITV in Vancouver and became a nationally syndicated program until 1983. Banks also served as music director and coordinator for ITV's “In Concert” from 1974 to 1980. In addition, Banks starred in the television variety series “Celebrity Revue” and hosted other television programs such as “Somewhere There's Music”, “What's My Name”, “Love and Mr. Smith”, “Symphony of A Thousand”, and “Tommy Banks Jazz”. In 1982, Banks was cast as a member of the series “Opening Doors”, an ACCESS television network production dealing with career planning. Banks also starred in 1983's The Wild Pony and the 1989 ABC mini-series Small Sacrifices. Banks has also been involved in numerous television and radio specials including “The Great Gershwin”, “The Song is Kern”, “The Magnificent Westerns”, “Come Spy with Me”, ”The Tender Touch of Spring”, “The Soft Songs of the Twenties”, “The Candyman”, and “The Raes”. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Banks regularly recorded and broadcast with various combos for CBC programs including “Jazz Radio Canada”, “Jazz Land”, “Jazz Beat”, “Jazz City”, “Variety Tonight”, and “On Stage”. He also hosted radio programs such as “Summer Jazz Beat” (1992) and CKUA's “Arts Alberta” (1990 – 1994). Banks has also served as musical director for numerous special events in Canada. In 1967, he led a jazz quintet at Expo 67 and produced and directed the first of several Klondike Follies for Edmonton's Klondike Days. He directed the 1978 Commonwealth Games, Ronald Reagan's state visit, the 1983 World University Games, the 1984 Papal visit by John Paul II to Vancouver, Expo ‘86, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Tommy Banks also served as musical director for the dance production “Stolen Moments” produced by Decidedly Jazz Danceworks in 1997. During the 1980s, Banks also toured with his big band and artists such as Big Miller and Anita O' Day. As a member of the New Orleans Connection, Banks toured Canada and Europe during the early 1990s. Banks continued to conduct his own big band until 2003. Throughout his career, he has played with the Regina Symphony Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic, the Hamilton Philharmonic, the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Banks has also scored numerous orchestral compositions including the “Gift of the Magi”, and “The Lady that's Known as Kate”. He has also scored film and television soundtracks such as “Birds in Winter”, “A Christmas Carol”, “Alberta Suite” and “Pierre Burton's Klondike”. In addition, he composed the anthems for “We're all We've Got” for the United Community Fund and “Tomorrow's Country” the centennial song for the Northwest Territories. Throughout his career, Banks has also participated in numerous community organizations and associations. In 1978, he established the Alberta Foundation for the Performing Arts, now the Alberta Recording Industry Association (ARIA); he chaired the Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation (1989 – 1991); he chaired the Alberta Foundation for the Performing Arts (1978 – 1986); and he chaired the music program at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton (1983 – 1987). In 1989, he became a member of the Canada Council for the Arts. He served on the council until 1995, and served as its policy adviser from 1996 to 1998. He also served on the board of the CKUA Radio Foundation and the Alberta Television Network Corporation. He has also offered the lecture “The Evolution of Jazz” at the University of Alberta. He has frequently adjudicated festivals and events including the Juno Awards, ARIA, Great Canadian Awards, Canadian Stage Band Festival, the Band and Vocal Jazz Festival, the Kiwanis Music Festival (Vancouver), and the Saskatchewan Stage Band Festival. He is member of the American Federation of Musicians, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Banks has also received numerous awards for his musical achievements and service to the community. In 1971, he received an Alberta Achievement Award. In 1978, he received a Juno for a double album recording of his performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. In 1979, he received an Honorary Diploma of Music from Grant MacEwan College and in 1987 an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Alberta. In 1986, he was inducted into the Edmonton Cultural Hall of Fame, and he was inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1993. In 1990, he received the Sir Frederick Haultain prize. In 1991, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1992, he won the Award for Distinction from ARIA. In 1992, he won a Gemini Award for his performance at the 1990 Canadian Country Music Awards. Throughout the 1990s, he also won numerous awards from ARIA. In 1999, the City of Edmonton renamed 86th Avenue, the street in front of the Yardbird Suite, home of the Edmonton Jazz Society, Tommy Banks Way. In 2000, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien summoned Banks to the Senate of Canada to serve as a member of the Liberal Parliamentary Caucus. On May 9, 2001, Senator Tommy Banks was appointed Vice-Chair of the Prime Minister's Caucus Task Force on Urban Issues. In the Senate, he has sponsored several Government Bills including those dealing with species at risk, and with the establishment of the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. He has served as a member of the Standing Committee on National Finance, the Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, and the Standing Committee on National Security and Defense. Tommy Banks retired from the Senate on December 17, 2011 He died in Edmonton in 2018.
Barrow, Valentine
Person · 1866-1942
Valentine E. Barrow was born at Madras (now Chennai), India in 1866 where his father, General J.L. Barrow, C.B. was stationed. As a child, he moved to England with his family and spent his early boyhood in southern England and Brittany, France. He was educated at Marlborough College, England, and obtained his medical education at Edinburgh University, Scotland in 1891. His first general practice was in 1892 in Uffculme, Devonshire. He married Mary Adelaide Brooks (1870-1961) in 1893. Together, they had three children: Frederick Lyon (1894-1979), Barbara (1909-1994), and Joan Adelaide (Hutchinson). He and his family moved to Canada in 1904, settling in Edmonton, Alberta in August of that year. Dr. Barrow opened an office in the Sanderson Block, Jasper Avenue where he practiced medicine in his private practice until the spring of 1907. He was also a member of the Edmonton Masonic Lodge. In the spring of 1907 until October 1907, Dr. Barrow was invited to tour northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories as the medical officer with the Indian Treaty Party. In spring 1908, there was an outbreak of Smallpox in southern Alberta. Dr. Barrow was sent by the Provincial Government to assist the local doctors in treatment, quarantine and vaccination. He was also assigned to locate the source of the outbreak, which he did, and the outbreak was eradicated within six weeks. Later that year, Dr. Barrow was permanently appointed to the Provincial Health Board as Provincial Medical Inspector. In this capacity, he toured most of the province by horse and wagon. In 1916, Dr. Barrow joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps at Sarcee Camp, Alberta. He served overseas beginning in July 1917 and returned to Canada in August 1919, where he resumed his duties as Provincial Medical Inspector. Dr. Barrow left the civil service in 1925 and entered into private practice in Whitecourt, Alberta. He retired from active practice in 1933. He died in Edmonton in 1942.
Beaumont United Church
Corporate body · 1983-2012
Beaumont United Church was founded in 1983 with a service of constitution June 3, 1984. It was part of Yellowhead Presbytery in the United Church of Canada. The congregation rented school space. It never had a building and in 2010 decided to hold its services at St. David’s United Church in Leduc. In 2011, it became part of the Leduc-Beaumont Pastoral Charge, with a final service in Beaumont June 17, 2012.
Bilodeau, Gertrude
Person · 1926-2017
Gertrude Bilodeau was born July 30, 1926 in Vimy, Alberta, where her family had a homestead. Her father, Albert Bilodeau, was born April 30, 1881 at Sainte-Marguerite, Quebec. He came to Alberta in 1906 and married Alma Demers at Legal, January 9, 1912. Alma was born November 16, 1889. Albert and Alma had seven children: Phillipe (1912), Blanche (1914), Alice (1915), Germaine (1917), Rose (1919), Joseph (1921) and Gertrude (1926). Alma died November 13, 1949 at Saint-Albert and Albert died October 7, 1969. Gertrude's brother Joseph (Joe) enlisted in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. He served for nearly 4 years in Canada, England, France, Holland and Germany, and remained for an extra year during the occupation of Germany; he had a rich correspondence with Gertrude during this time. Gertrude married Alphonse Gagné, May 23, 1950. Alphonse was born July 31, 1920 at Sainte-Marguerite, Quebec and came to Alberta in 1939. He worked on farms in Vimy, then rented one himself. When the owner sold the farm, he took barber training and was the barber in Saint-Paul for 27 years. Gertrude was a seamstress. Gertrude and Alphonse had five children: Lucille (1951), Maurice (1952), Norman (1958), Elaine (1960) and Alma (1963). Alphonse died in a car accident in Toronto, July 27, 1973. Gertrude remarried Chris Hartry in 1990. She died in Edmonton in 2017.
Bissell Centre (Edmonton)
Corporate body · 1910-
Bissell Centre is a social service agency serving the city of Edmonton. It dates back to 1910 and the establishment of the Methodist Pike Mission which was originally formed to help Ukrainian immigrants adapt to life in Canada. The Pike Mission amalgamated with the Presbyterian McQueen Institute in 1919 to form All People’s Mission. The Methodists and Presbyterians united with Congregationalists in 1925 as the United Church of Canada. At the time, work included many different activities including worship services, mothers’ groups, kindergartens, English classes, and Fresh Air camps. In 1936, a grant from industrialist T.E. Bissell, furthered the work and the mission was renamed the Bissell Memorial Institute. Since 1920, the agency has operated a camp at Lake Wabamun (now known as Moonlight Bay Camp) to give inner city families a break from the city. In 2017, the many social services offered at the Bissell Centre to those requiring assistance occupy two buildings in Edmonton’s inner city. There is also a store stocked with donations from supporters. Though still affiliated with the United Church, the centre receives strong support from the community as a whole.
Bowker, Marjorie
Person · 1916-2006
Marjorie Bowker was born in 1916 in Prince Edward Island and at an early age moved with her family to Wetaskiwin. She graduated in 1939 from the University of Alberta with degrees in Arts and Law and was admitted to the bar in 1940. She married Wilbur Bowker in 1940, a lawyer whose practice she carried on while he was absent on active service during World War II. In 1965 she was appointed to a government committee studying adoption and child welfare in Alberta, the recommendations from which resulted in sweeping changes in child welfare legislation. For 12 years (1965-1977) she served as the first woman appointed on the Board of Governors of the University of Alberta Hospital. She served later during three years as Alberta Chairman of the Canadian Paraplegic Association. In 1968 she received a honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the Ewha Women's University in Seoul. In 1966 she was appointed a Judge of the Family and Juvenile Court of Alberta and held this position for 17 years. In 1972 she was instrumental in establishing, in the Family Court of Edmonton, a Marriage Conciliation Service which was aimed at reducing divorce and which became a model for other courts in Canada, as well as in Australia. She retired from her judicial position in 1983 but continued to be involved in numerous volunteer activities in the areas of health and social services. Three of her books on the Canadian constitution and free trade were national best sellers. In 1990, at the same time as her husband but for different reasons, she was awarded the Order of Canada and in 1991 she received a Honorary Doctor degree from Athabasca University. She died August 23, 2006.
Brintnell, Leigh
Person · 1895-1971
Wilfred Leigh Brintnell was born August 27, 1895 in Belleville, Ontario to Herbert Eugene and Emma (Dunning) Brintnell. He received his education in Bellevue, Kingston, Ontario and at the Ontario Business College. In 1917 he joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in Canada, and instructed for the RFC and the Royal Air Force. After working for the Ontario Provincial Air Service, Leigh joined Western Canadian Airways Limited (Ltd.) in 1927, first as a pilot, then became a general manager. In 1931, Leigh left Western Canadian Airways and formed Mackenzie Air Service Limited (Ltd.), which was based in Edmonton, Alberta; the airline carried food, clothing and medicine into the North, and hauled ore out. The business was sold to Canadian Pacific Railways (CPR) in 1940, and Leigh helped CPR acquire other small airlines that eventually formed Canadian Pacific Airlines. Brintnell founded Aircraft Repair Limited (Ltd.) in 1936, to service planes from Mackenzie Air Service; Aircraft Repair Ltd. was one of the repair and maintenance facilities of the British Commonwealth Air Training Program during the Second World War. The business was incorporated as Northwest Industries in October 8, 1943. Leigh was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contribution to the war effort. Leigh left Northwest Industries in 1947 to operate Arctic Air Lines, an aerial photographic survey company, which he did until 1952. Leigh was later president of L.B. Oils Limited. He retired in 1965. Leigh and his wife Carolyn Barton (née Mitchell, later Wilkin) (1909-1998), married on May 27, 1935, and together they had two children, Robert Leigh and Carol Ann (Omoth). Leigh died January 23, 1971. He was posthumously inducted into the Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 1975.
Brooker, Stanley
Person · 1892-1987
Stanley Brooker was born in London, England in November of 1892; he was the son of William S. and Hannah Brooker. He immigrated to Canada in 1908, at the age of fifteen. He farmed in Banner County, Ontario and was joined by his parents and sisters, Ida and Dorothy, in 1911. The family moved to Airdrie, Alberta in 1912, where Stan worked on Adam Watson's farm near Airdrie (Stan's father worked as a Presbyterian student minister). In 1914, Stan moved to Calgary, Alberta and worked for James Short and Fred C. Lowes, as a chauffeur and serviceman to their automobiles. He briefly returned to Airdrie for a winter then moved back to Calgary before enlisting in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916. He married Muriel Mead (1889-1979) in 1919 in Colchester, Essex. Stan and Muriel traveled back to Alberta in 1919, settling in Wayne, Alberta where Stan worked for the Rosedeer Coal Mine. Stan and Muriel had three children, Douglas (1920-2013), Arthur (1921-2010) and Dorothy (Karpol) (1926-1984). In 1926, the family moved to Calgary, where Stan operated Brooker's Battery and Ignition Service. In 1929, he opened an Imperial Service Station in Calgary. During the Second World War, Stan taught radio at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, which had been taken over by the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 and served as the No. 2 Wireless Training School of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan. In 1945, Stan and his son Arthur operated Brookers' Radio. Stanley Brooker died in 1987.
Brown, Edward
Person · 1889-1978
Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt. Col.) Edward (Ted) Brown was born September 21, 1889 to Edward and Alice Brown. In 1908 Brown joined the 2nd Welsh Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in Cardiff, Wales, leaving that unit ca. 1913 as a sergeant. He immigrated to Alberta in 1913 and, at the outbreak of World War I, joined the 101st Edmonton Fusiliers. He traveled overseas with his unit and was transferred to the 3rd Infantry Brigade Signals where he served until he was wounded in 1916. After his convalescence he returned to France and served with the 14th Brigade, CFA until he was wounded again. He was transferred to a hospital in Edmonton, Alberta to convalesce and, upon the end of World War I, was given an honorable discharge. He worked in Edmonton as a proof-reader for the Edmonton Journal for a time and ca. 1920 joined the newly reorganized 101st Edmonton Fusiliers. He was promoted a number of times from signal officer, to company commander, second in command and, in 1933 as the commanding officer of the 101st Edmonton Fusiliers. He retired as commanding officer in 1938 when he was appointed to become chairman of the provincial government Veterans' Advisory Commission. During World War II he served as area commandant of the Canadian Army, serving in that position from 1942-1944 and serving as commanding officer of a training camp in Wainwright, Alberta in 1943. He retired from the army in 1944 and in 1946 was awarded the Legion of Merit, Degree of Officer by the Foreign Service of the United States of America. Brown served as an alderman in Edmonton from 1937-1941 and was involved in various organizations in Edmonton, including serving as the secretary-manager of the Edmonton Branch of the Canadian Legion and president of the Infantry and Machine Gun Association of Canada. He was also a member of the Red Chevron Club, Kiwanis Club, Edmonton Club and Optimists Club. He married Dorothy Vera Gregory (1897-1959) in Edmonton in 1920, and together they had three children: Dorothy Patricia, Gordon, and Norman. Brown died on April 10, 1978, predeceased by his wife who died in 1959.
Brown, T.E.
Person · 1899-1971
Thomas Erwin (‘Ernie') Brown was born in Richmond, Ontario in 1899 to Robert Brown and Harriet Lillion Brown (nee Evoy). In August 1915, Thomas enlisted for service with the Canadian military's 77th Battalion, forging his birth year on his attestation papers as 1894. Thomas was discharged from the battalion in September 1915, after it was found he was underage. On March 2 1916, Thomas enlisted again, this time successfully with the 73rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a Private. He sailed from Halifax to England in June 1916. The battalion mobilized to the French theatre in October 1916. Thomas suffered a gunshot wound to his cheek in November 1916, and was pulled from active service twice due to ‘valvular disease of the heart'. Thomas was eventually promoted in 1918 to become a sergeant with the Canadian Airforce, 123rd squadron. Thomas was discharged from service in July 1919, and returned to his home in Richmond Ontario to live with his parents. In 1920, he enrolled for studies in medicine at Queen's University. While studying at Queen's, Thomas was an active member of the medical student organization known as the Aesculapian society. Thomas moved to Alberta in the late 1920s to practice medicine, settling in Taber with his wife, Ida Kathleen Wilson (1909-1932), whom he had married in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1930. Thomas practiced general medicine and obstetrics in the Taber area. Kathleen passed away in 1932 from complications due to childbirth. Thomas remained in Taber and continued his practice, and a short time later met and married Margaret Killoran (1908-1993), a nurse from Vegreville, in Edmonton in 1933. The couple moved on from Taber to Lethbridge, where Thomas began work with the Campbell Clinic as a gynecologist and general practitioner. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Thomas enlisted for military service once again, this time as a captain in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. At the war's end, he returned to Lethbridge to serve as a city alderman from 1946 to 1948. After his time in city council, Thomas returned to medicine in 1950 to become the Chief of Obstetrics at St Michael's General Hospital in Lethbridge. He would occupy this role until 1968. In addition to practicing medicine, Thomas was also a talented artist, in the mediums of sketching and watercolour. Between 1946 and 1968, his works received six awards from the Canadian Medical Association's annual Physicians Art Salon. Thomas passed away in 1971, survived by his wife Margaret and four children.
Canada. National Parks Branch. Engineering and Construction Service Section
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The Engineering and Construction Service Section was a subsidiary of the National Parks Branch of the Government of Canada. The section was responsible for infrastructure and construction projects in national parks, including those located in Alberta.
Canadian Girl Guides Association. Alberta Council
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The Girl Guide movement began in the United Kingdom in 1909, as an offshoot of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts. It began as a series of games used by young people to learn and explore the countryside around them and was introduced to Canada in 1910. By 1912 the Girl Guide movement was established in most parts of the country and in 1913 the first officers were warranted in Alberta. Although Guiding had a slow start in Alberta, it gained momentum after Lord and Lady Baden-Powell visited the province in 1923. In 1929 the formal provincial organization took place in Calgary after Lady Rodney was appointed Provincial Commissioner. The Guiding movement expanded over the next decade and by 1937 it had five Divisions and over 60 Companies and Packs. In the late 1940s the first permanent campsite, Tangletrees, came into existence. In 1950 a permanent headquarters for the Alberta Council of the Canadian Girl Guides Association was established in an unused war service building in Edmonton. Since that time several regional offices and headquarters have opened in Calgary, Red Deer and Lethbridge. After 1961, the Canadian Girl Guides Association became known as Girl Guides of Canada. Today, Girl Guides of Canada promotes the emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual well being of girls and women.
Canadian National Railway Company
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The Canadian National Railway Company was incorporated on June 6, 1919 under the Canadian National Railway Company Act (Act 9-10, Geo. V, Cap. 13). The Company was privatized on November 28, 1995 under the CN Commercialization Act (1995, c. 24) transforming it from a Crown Corporation into an investor-owned company. The Canadian National Railway Company was responsible for consolidating the railways, works and activities of the Canadian Northern System, the Canadian Government Railways, and all other lines that were entrusted to it by Order in Council and operating them together as a national railway system. The Governor in Council nominated the Board of Directors and the stock was vested in the Minister of Finance. This changed briefly in 1932 after the Royal Commission on Transportation made recommendation to the Canadian Government that three Trustees be appointed by the Governor in Council, in whom should be vested all the powers of the Board of Directors. The recommendations were implemented by the passage of the Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act 1933 (Act 23-24, Geo. V, Cap. 33) on May 23, 1933. The Board of Directors vacated under Order in Council P.C. 2682 dated December 23, 1933 and the appointed Trustees assumed office on December 30, 1933. Following a change of Government after the General Election of 1936, the Trustee system was abolished and the Governor in Council appointed a Board of Directors to assume the duties it once had. In addition to operating a railway system, the Canadian National Railway Company also operated express services, a telegraph company, a chain of hotels, and a steamship line. In 1923, the Company established the first radio network in North America, which later became the basis for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The radio network broadcast across eight radio stations located throughout the country, and was capable of being received by train passengers through headsets aboard specially equipped train cars. In 1937, the Canadian government established a national airline known as TransCanada Air Lines (TCA) and made it a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway Company. Several decades later, TCA was renamed Air Canada and in 1977 it became a separate company. In 1968 the Canadian National Railway Company, now commonly known as CN, created an international consulting division known as CANAC Consultants Limited Incorporated (CANAC). CANAC, a joint undertaking between Canadian National and Air Canada, offered international consulting services in the areas of air and surface transportation. In an attempt to revive the popularity of rail passenger services and lure travelers away from highways and airlines CN began to launch new services in the 1970s. In 1977 VIA Rail Canada Incorporated was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of CN, although it was to operate at arms length. On December 15, 1977 Parliament authorized the government to purchase all VIA shares from CN, thereby paving the way to make VIA a separate entity. In April 1978, VIA became a Crown Corporation and assumed responsibility for management of all CN and CP Rail passenger services, with the exception of commuter services. During the 1980s, CN underwent further radical transformation as businesses in which it had an important presence for many years were divested. In 1986 the CN trucking firm was sold (P.C. 05/2469). Then in 1988 CN sold the CN Hotels (P.C. 0231), Northwestel Incorporated (P.C. 2476), and Terra Nova Tel (P.C. 2477). In that same year CN also sold off its fifty per cent share in CNCP Telecommunications (P.C. 2787) and terminated railway service in Newfoundland (P.C. 2295). A decision was made to divest all of these properties in order to help to reduce the Company's debt and thus strengthen its financial position. Following the Company's privatization in 1995, CN sold the oil and gas assets of its CN Exploration business unit and certain real estate assets of the discontinued CN Real Estate unit to third parties. The Company's remaining non-rail real estate business, including the CN Tower in Toronto, was transferred to the Government of Canada. Today the Canadian National Railway Company operates as a private sector freight railway spanning Canada and mid-America from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico. The predecessors to the Canadian National Railway Company were the Canadian Northern Railway and the Canadian Government Railway. In 1917, the Government of Canada gained control of the Canadian Northern Railway system and the following year Dominion Order in Council P.C. 2854 placed the Canadian Government Railway system under the Board of Directors of the Canadian Northern Railway for operation and management. Under Dominion Order in Council P.C. 3122 dated December 20, 1918, the use of the name Canadian National Railways was authorized to designate the operation procedures of the Canadian Northern Railway Company and the Canadian Government Railways. Then on June 6, 1919, Parliament passed an act to incorporate the Canadian National Railway Company Limited. On October 4, 1922, the Board of Directors of the Canadian National Railway Company was appointed the Board of Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. By an agreement between Canadian National Railway Company and the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, which was sanctioned by Dominion Order-In-Council P.C. 181 dated January 30, 1923, the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada was amalgamated with Canadian National Railway Company to form one company under the latter name. The Head Office of the Canadian National Railway Company was declared to be in Montreal, Quebec. Prior to privatization, Canadian National Railway Company operations were divided into five regions: Mountain, Prairie, Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, Atlantic and Newfoundland. In 1985, the Prairie and Mountain Regions were combined to form the Western Canada division with its head office located in Edmonton, Alberta. After the Company was privatized the operations were divided into three regions: Western Canada, Eastern Canada and United States. Past presidents of Canadian National Railway Company:
David B. Hanna (1919-1922)
Sir Henry Thornton (1922-1932)
Samuel J. Hungerford (1932-1941)
Robert Charles Vaughan (1941-1949)
Donald Gordon (1950-1966)
Norman J. MacMillan (1967-1974)
Robert A. Bandeen (1974-1982)
Maurice LeClair (1982-1986)
Ronald E. Lawless (1987-1992)
Paul M. Tellier (1992-2002)
E. Hunter Harrison (2003- )
Carson, Donald
Person · 1919-2012
Donald Carson was born in London, England in 1919. His father, James Carson, was Scottish and served in the First World War before moving his family to Canada. The Carson family consisted of James and Alice and their children Donald, James Herbert, and Margaret. The Carsons eventually ended up in Luscar, Coal Branch, Alberta where Donald and his father worked as miners until the outbreak of the Second World War, at which point Donald enlisted as a military engineer. Before leaving Canada, he married Thelma Harms (born in Barrhead, Alberta in 1920) in 1939. Donald's brother, James Herbert, enlisted in 1942 and was killed in action in October, 1944. Donald Carson was first sent to England for training and was subsequently promoted to sergeant and re-assigned as a medical corpsman with No. 10 Field Dressing Station, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. Carson trained other medical personnel in first aid in preparation for the invasion of Europe. On June 5, 1944 Carson met Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of a unit inspection and was sent to France on June 8 where he treated wounded soldiers and German prisoners. Carson moved with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division north through France and into Belgium. On November 2, 1944 Carson landed on Walcheren Island, the Netherlands, with the 4th Special Service Brigade of British Commandos as part of the Battle of the Scheldt. Carson's commanding officer was killed in the attack and Carson took command of the field dressing unit and set up a medical station with the help of six German prisoners of war. Shortly after establishing the medical station, Carson was wounded when an Alligator tank that had been converted into a mobile hospital hit a mine on a dyke with Carson and other corpsmen walking behind it. The explosion dislodged gas-filled jerry cans from the tank, which caught fire and exploded. Carson was seriously burned by the jerry cans and ran into a bomb crater where others kicked sand onto him to extinguish the flames. Carson then took himself to a casualty station and was transferred to Bruges, Belgium where he spent two weeks in the hospital. Carson was eventually returned to his unit after spending time in France and Ghent, Belgium. He was transferred back to England and then home to Canada before the end of the war. He arrived in Edmonton by train and was met at the station by his wife, Thelma, on Valentine's Day, 1945. Carson was discharged from the military on July 6, 1945 and subsequently worked with Canadian National Rail for a few years then in the construction industry, building houses west of Mill Creek to 90th Street in Edmonton. He then worked with the postal service until retirement. Donald and Thelma had four children: Maureen, Dianne, Patricia and Allan. He died in Edmonton in 2012, and Thelma died in 2013.
Catholic Women's League. Edmonton Diocesan Council
Corporate body · 1912-
The Catholic Women's League of Canada is an organization that connects church, family and community and that contributes to their life and vitality. The general goal is to serve the Catholic Church and promote its teachings. It is a national organization with diocesan councils and local branches in parishes. The first Catholic Women's League unit in Canada was formed in Edmonton in 1912 at the instigation of Katherine Hughes and through the efforts of Abbé Casgrain who saw the need for an organization in the West to help immigrant women to find a home. The first meeting took place on November 12, 1912 and the first annual meeting took place on April 13, 1913. The Edmonton unit was incorporated in May 1918 under the "Ordinance respecting benevolent and other societies". The purpose of this organization, later known as the Edmonton Senior Subdivision was "to unite Catholic women in a bond of common fellowship in the promotion of religious, educational, and charitable work and to assist the poor and friendless children, and engage in any other work of public charity and in accordance with parish regulations". The unit activities focused on providing for the welfare of new immigrant women in Edmonton. A hostel, Rosary Hall, was opened to give them temporary housing. By 1920, Catholic Women's League branches were established in all seven existing Edmonton parishes. The Catholic Women's League was organized nationally on June 17, 1920 with Miss B. Guerin of Montreal as first national president. The association was granted federal incorporation on December 12, 1923. The Edmonton group then proceeded as a Diocesan Council with a first convention on March 31, 1922. This new Council became responsible for co-ordinating Catholic Women's League functions throughout the diocese. However the original Edmonton group, the Edmonton Senior Subdivision, maintained a few activities and disbanded only in 1950. The first national convention of the Catholic Women's League of Canada took place in Halifax in 1923 but the second national convention was held in Edmonton in 1924. The Edmonton Diocesan Council worked on social service activities and provided financial support to Catholic social welfare institutions. During the Great Depression, in the Edmonton Diocese, the League dispensed food and clothing to the needy. During both World Wars the League performed war work such as knitting and sewing to send "ditty bags" to men overseas, served Communion breakfasts to soldiers, assisted soldiers' families and veterans, visited patients in hospitals, found homes for neglected children, and distributed Christmas hampers to the poor. The League in the Edmonton Diocese had also a number of educational interests. The members established a diocesan lending library, offered scholarships for Catholic university students, and supported the training of priests by assisting St. Joseph's College in Edmonton. They sponsored oratorical contests for Catholic high school students, and activities involving Girl Guides. The Catholic Women's League is officially recognized by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops as a lay association of women and is affiliated with the World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations, a world-wide federation holding membership in the conference of International Catholic Organizations and having consultative status with agencies of the United Nations.
Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited
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The Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited Club was formed in 1940 by the wives and women employees of the various flying personnel in Edmonton. The name of the club represented the aviation "all clear" signal given by radio to the pilots and meaning clear and open skies ahead. These women's goal was to become better acquainted, help each other and help with the war effort by service work and in raising funds. The membership in the first year was 72 women. Many of these original members were the wives of bush pilots working in Northern Canada on exploring and mapping uncharted skies, and on carrying prospectors, the mail and freight to open up the North. Several early members lived in Northern Alberta with their husbands, but moved to Edmonton if they had children attending school. In the early years during a time of limited insurance coverage and lack of flight security, the club assisted widows who lost their husbands. The club also assisted financially families by paying medical expenses for injuries sustained by pilots while flying. After World War II, the club continued to raise and donate funds from activities such as raffles, rummage sales and dances. These funds were given by the club to pilots' families in need of financial assistance as well as to communities, organizations and charities to assist them in running their programs. When the Red Cross built a hospital in Yellowknife, the club produced a cookbook and revenues from its sale were offered to the Red Cross to furnish the children's wing and to care for children. The club dissolved in the early 1990s.
Cenaiko, Harvey
Person · 1956-
Harvey Cenaiko was born in Wakaw, Saskatchewan in 1956. After attending local schools, he went to the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He later moved to Calgary, where he worked for the Calgary Police Service from 1977-2001. He married Sherry Dancy in 1981. He was elected as a Progressive Conservative MLA in 2001 for the Calgary-Buffalo electoral district. He served as Solicitor General (2004-2005) and Minister of Solicitor General and Public Security (2005-2006). He retired at the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 2008. After leaving office, he was appointed as the chairperson and chief executive office of the National Parole Board of Canada.
Christie, Henry Flockhart
Person · 1884-1958
Henry Flockhart Christie was born in 1884 in Scotland, the son of William Christie of Glasgow. Henry Christie apprenticed as a draughtsman in Glasgow and immigrated to Canada between 1909 and 1910. He settled in Edmonton, Alberta where he was employed by the Edmonton City Engineering Department. In 1916 he left the Engineering Department for active service in the military. During the First World War, Christie served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. In 1919 he received his commission and became a Lieutenant with the Canadian Militia. Christie is best known for designing and supervising the construction of the Dawson and 105th Street bridges in Edmonton. He was also involved in various city and private jobs. He was a member of the Professional Engineers Association of Alberta, the Canadian Legion and was an active member of the Friendship Club. Henry Christie was married to Frances Margaret Sache, the daughter of Frederick H. Sache. Henry Christie died in April 1958.
Clark, Karl
Person · 1888-1966
Karl Adolph Clark was born October 20, 1888 in Georgetown, Ontario to Malcolm Sinclair and Adelaide Louise (nee McLaughlin) Clark. Karl Clark attended Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario from 1900 until 1904. In 1910 he graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and then graduated with a Master of Arts degree in chemistry in 1912. Three years later he received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Illinois. Clark married Dora Anne Wolverton on September 3, 1919. Together they had four children, Frances, Mary, Malcolm and Nancy. From 1916 until 1920 Clark worked with the Geological Survey of Canada and the Mines Branch in Ottawa, Ontario. He later joined the Research Council of Alberta in 1920, working on the Athabasca oil sands. When the Alberta Research Council was suspended around 1932, Clark became Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Alberta. From 1935 until 1937 he was granted a leave of absence to work on oil reservoir engineering problems for Trinidad Leaseholds Limited, a British-owned oil firm in Trinidad. After his leave of absence he returned to the University to teach. In 1945 he was appointed head of the Department of Mining and Metallurgy at the University of Alberta, a post he held until his retirement in 1954. When the Alberta Research Council was revived Clark resumed his work supervising the oil sands program while teaching at the University. After his retirement. Clark also worked as a consultant for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company from 1952 until 1954. In 1955 Clark was awarded the Gold Medal of the Professional Institute of Public Service of Canada for meritorious achievement. He also served as Acting Chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board for two short periods. Clark moved to Saanichton, British Columbia in 1964. He died in Victoria in 1966.
Club Jean Patoine
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Avec l'intention de promouvoir une chaine d'amitié et fraternité parmi les canadiens francophones et de leur offrir un cadre d'épanouissem*nt personnel, social et cultural, la Société Richelieu reçoit sa charte fédérale en 1944 et le premier Club Richelieu est fondé à Ottawa en 1945. Il devint un mouvement international, avec le premier club ouvert en dehors de Canada aux Etats-Unis en 1955, en France en 1969, en Belgique en 1974 et dans d'autres pays ultérieurement. En avril 1970, Paul Émile Bélanger et Gilles Gatien, représentant le Richelieu International, visitèrent Edmonton, Alberta. Après leur visite, le Club Richelieu d'Edmonton fut fondé et reçut sa charte le 26 novembre 1971. Le président fondateur du Club Richelieu d'Edmonton fut Hervé Durocher. Le Club Richelieu d'Edmonton fut incorporé comme Société Richelieu le 17 juillet 1973 sous le Societies Act, pour la promotion de la fraternité et de la compréhension. La Société Richelieu a changé son nom en Club de Service Jean Patoine, qui fut réenregistré sous le Societies Act le 16 octobre 2001, avec la même mission, de promouvoir la fraternité parmi ses membres et aider les jeunes. Le club est géré par un conseil d'administration incluant huit membres élus annuellement et par un bureau exécutif incluant un président, un vice-président, un trésorier et un secrétaire. Depuis sa fondation en 1971, plus de 1 million de dollars ont été alloués à divers organisations, associations et jeunes francophones. Un fonds boursier Jean Patoine du Campus Saint-Jean à l'Université de l'Alberta fut instauré dans les années 1980 et une bourse est accordée chaque année à un étudiant francophone.
Conseil Albertain de la Coopération
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The Conseil Albertain de la Coopération (CAC) existed unofficially as an organization since 1956. Initially, it was a committee of the Association canadienne-francaise de l'Alberta (ACFA) for the economic development of francophones in Alberta. Fernando Girard was one of its presidents. During its initial stages it was simply a secretarial and informational service available to the various French co-operatives. This gave francophone co-operatives a voice on the national level through the Conseil Canadien de la Coopération (CCC). The CCC, based in Québec City, is the French counterpart to the Co-op Union of Canada. Until 1978, the CAC was a secretariat provided by various co-operatives on a volunteer basis. However, in 1978, a permanent secretariat was established, a coordinator was hired and the CAC was then incorporated as a non-profit organization. The newly incorporated organization had a board of directors made up of representatives from bilingual cooperatives in Alberta. The ACFA also had representation on the board. The CAC's objectives were to serve its members by meeting their needs expressed in the areas of information, education, documentation, research, and development. The CAC does not exist anymore.
Conseil albertain de la coopération
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Le Conseil albertain de la coopération (CAC) exista officieusem*nt depuis 1956. Au début, il fut un comité de l'Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (ACFA) pour le développement économique des francophones en Alberta, un service de secrétariat et renseignements disponible aux diverses coopératives françaises. Un des ses premiers presidents fut Fernando Girard. Le service donna aux coopératives francophones une voix au niveau national à travers le Conseil canadien de la coopération (CCC). Le CCC, dont le siège été à Québec, est l'équivalent français du Co-op Union of Canada. Jusqu'en 1978, le CAC fut un service de secrétariat fourni de façon bénévole par diverses coopératives. Cependant, en 1978, un secrétariat permanent fut établi, un coordonnateur fut embauché et le CAC fut incorporé comme société à but non lucratif. L'organisation nouvellement incorporée eut un conseil d'administration composée de représentants des coopératives albertaines bilingues et de l'ACFA. Les objectifs du CAC étaient de combler les besoins de ses membres dans les domaines de l'information, l'éducation, la documentation, la recherche et le développement. Le CAC n'existe plus.
Cook, C. Denys
Person
Cecil Denys Cook was born in Wales in 1920. He joined the Welsh Guards, British Army in 1937 and served in the military for 11 years, including time spent as a prisoner of war during the Second World War. After the war, he served as a police officer and instructor in England. Cook immigrated to Canada in 1957 and began working with the Alberta Highway Traffic Board as Inspector of School Buses and Highway Safety Officer. He was also active with the Civil Service Association of Alberta (CSA), serving as vice-president and then elected as its president in 1964. Shortly after, he resigned from the CSA when he was promoted to the Superintendent of the Inspection Services Division in the Ministry of Highways and Transport, which was a management position and outside the scope of the union. He remained in this position until 1973, when he was removed and subsequently retired. Since then, Cook has pursued a career as an artist. Cook was also a key figure in the Canadian National Arts and Crafts Society and a founding member of the Alberta Arts and Crafts Society.
Cormie Ranch
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The Cormie Ranch was established in 1961, near Tomahawk, Alberta. It consisted of 22,000 acres, south of Wabamun Lake and west of Edmonton. At its height in the 1980s, Cormie Ranch was the largest multi-breed purebred cattle breeding operation in Canada. The goal of the Ranch was to be a leader in the purebred market and recognized the need for innovation, implementing new herd management, computerization and genetic techniques as they became available. The Cormie Ranch adapted and refined technology, methods and practices to its own needs, environment and targeted markets. It was one of the first large scale ranches to use artificial insemination and transplant techniques and the first to develop efficient methods of embryo splitting. Its founder was Donald Mercer Cormie, who was born in Edmonton July 24, 1922 to George and Mildred Cormie. He and his wife Eivor had eight children, (John, Donald, Allison, James, Neil, Bruce, Eivor and Robert). Donald Cormie had two brothers (George Jr., John Gordon) and three sisters (Evelyn, Allison and Helen). Cormie worked at North West Mill & Feed Company with his father George, and then attended the University of Alberta where he received his BA and LLB. He worked in the Merchant Marine from 1943-1944. He obtained his LLM from Harvard Law School in 1946. He returned to Edmonton, where he worked for the firm of Smith, Clement, Parlee and Whitaker. In 1954, Cormie co-founded Cormie Kennedy, a law firm specializing in real estate and securities law. It would become the second largest law firm in Edmonton in the 1970's. He was appointed Queen's Council in 1964, and was active in a number of associations and groups in Alberta throughout his life. Cormie also started First Investors in 1954 with partner Ken Marlin. The company eventually became part of the Principal Group, a financial services firm that grew into Canada's sixth-largest mutual fund manager. The recession in the mid 1980's pushed the Principal Group and its subsidiaries to bankruptcy in 1987, and 67,000 investors lost their savings. Cormie was fined $500,000 in 1992 after he pled guilty to misleading investors under the Investors Act. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, February 20, 2010. The Cormie Ranch established four types of herds for cattle breeding and marketing: Charolais (established 1966), Maine- Anjou (established 1973), Herefords (established in the early 1960's) and Simmental (established 1970). From 1966, Cormie Ranch sought to develop genetically superior bulls through large scale artificial insemination, and by importing bulls from Europe to develop sire testing and progeny evaluation. By 1974, the Ranch had identified a market need for increased calve production, and began its first transplanting that year. The Cormie Ranch sought to keep current in breeding technology and innovation in order to produce highly sought after offspring. The Ranch grew to be the largest private bull sem*n bank in the world, developing sought after bulls in the Simmental and Maine-Anjou breeds. Cormie Ranch was made up of herd management, farming and embryo transplant divisions. The Ranch employed 12-15 staff year round, and up to 20 in summer. Each herd breed was managed by a specific unit, whose herdsmen were responsible for all aspects of the herd, including calving, artificial insemination, haying, branding and weaning. They met with the manager at headquarters every week. Each cattle unit reported directly to the main Cormie Ranch office and manager, Donald Cormie. His son, Bruce Cormie served as ranch manager starting in 1983. The Cormie Ranch sought self-reliance, buying land from adjacent farms. The farming division of the Ranch was developed to provide feed for cattle. The farming portion of Cormie Ranch operated hay, grain and crop land, as well as a shop to service machinery. There was also a feed mill and a grain handling system. The Cormie Ranch's large scale frozen embryo transplant program produced and sold to markets in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Transplanting facilities also operated in Tomahawk, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Lethbridge, Alberta and San Antonio Texas. The program sold $3.3 million worth of sem*n from its prize bull, Signal. Cormie Ranch operated on a huge scale (up to 2,000 registered cattle a year), and computerized its herd records starting in the 1960s. the ranch, with assistance from the Principal Group, eventually developed its own system to manage financial data and reporting, as well as ensuring the systematic capture of individual and herd data related to breeding, genetics, traits, implants, transplants, purchases, sales, inventories and customer information. The ranch operated from 1961 to 1989, when it was sold to Japanese buyers in order to pay outstanding debts related to the bankruptcy of the Principal Group. The ranch itself continued to operate through the various name changes of its corporate ownership. Cormie Ranch Ltd was run by a board of directors headed by Donald M. Cormie, until the corporation was dissolved in 1985, and its assets and liabilities went to Collective Securities Ltd, owned by Cormie and other shareholders. Cormie Ranch Inc. was the last iteration of the corporation, created in February 1986 by Collective Securities, and was dissolved on July 19, 2001.
Daughters of Penelope. Calgary Chapter
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The Daughters of Penelope was founded by Dr Alexandra Apostolides Sonenfeld who wanted to create an organization for women and formed the first Chapter with 25 members on November 16, 1929 in San Francisco, California. She was elected the first Grand President of the organization in 1931. The Daughters of Penelope is now a leader in philanthropic, educational and cultural activities with more than 400 Chapters in the United States, Canada, Greece, the Bahamas, Germany, Cyprus, Belgium, England and sister Chapters in Australia. The organization is non-partisan and non-denominational. The objectives of the Daughters of Penelope are to promote Hellenism, education, philanthropy, civic responsibility, and family and individual excellence. The Daughters of Penelope encourages and promotes loyalty to the country in which they live; cultivates the ideals and traditions of Hellenism; promotes opportunities of education; and promotes the spirit of cooperation and works closely and in harmony with affiliate organizations including the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), the Maids of Athena and the Sons of Pericles. The AHEPA is a service organization for men. It was founded on July 26, 1922 in Atlanta, Georgia. Its mission is to support Greek-American charities, causes, and communities. It works closely with the Greek Orthodox Church. An important component of AHEPA's mission is to create an awareness of the principles of Hellenism to society. These principles include a commitment to humanity, freedom, and democracy. AHEPA's commitment to education has been well documented throughout its history. Over $4 million is endowed at the local, district and national levels toward the use of scholarships and a half-million dollars is awarded annually. The Sons of Pericles (established in 1926 in the U.S.A.) and the Maids of Athena (established in 1930 in the U.S.A.) are two youth groups. The Daughters of Penelope are structures with The Grand Lodge as its highest unit. It is composed of elected officers including a Grand President, a Grand Vice President, a Canadian President, a Grand Secretary, a Grand Treasurer, four Grand Governors and a Grand Advisor to the Maids of Athena. These officers are elected by Chapter delegates at an annual National Convention. All Chapters and Districts are under the authority of the Grand Lodge. The Canadian President assists and cooperates with the Grand President in the promotion of the objectives of the Order and in the management of its affairs in Canada. She performs other duties as may be assigned to her by the Grand President, the Grand Lodge, or the Supreme Convention. She also assists the District Governors in organizing and reactivating or sustaining Chapters within her jurisdiction in Canada. Chapters belong to a regional District which organizes seminars, workshops, conferences and an annual District convention. District Lodge officers are elected during this convention by the delegates sent by Chapters. Members belong to a local Chapter which conducts meetings and sponsors civic, educational, charitable and social activities at the local level. Chapter officers are elected annually by their members. There are three Districts in Canada: the Beaver District No 23 covering Quebec, Ontario and Nova Scotia; the Royal Canadian District No 24 covering Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; the District No 26 covering British Columbia. The Daughters of Penelope manage a foundation called the Daughters of Penelope Foundation, Inc. This organization is located in Washington, DC, USA. It was founded in 1983 to promote the social, ethical, philanthropic, cultural, educational and intellectual interests of its members. The Foundation also preserves and promotes the ideals and traditions of Hellenism and supports the programs and goals of the Daughters of Penelope.
Decore, Laurence
Person
Laurence George Decore was born in Vegreville, Alberta on June 28, 1940 to John N. and Myrosia (neé Kupchenko) Decore. He had two brothers, John Victor and Lionel Leighton Devore. Decore attended the University of Alberta and graduated with a B.A. in 1961, and an L.L.B. in 1964. While attending university, Decore also joined the Naval Officer Training Program and reached the rank of Lieutenant. In 1963, he served as a Junior Officer, in the Judge Advocate General's Department. Decore was admitted to the Bar in 1965 and achieved Queen's Council (QC) in March 1986. He first practiced law with his father and older brother Victor. In 1977, Decore was elected to represent Ward 2 on Edmonton's City Council and later elected Mayor of the City of Edmonton in 1983 and 1986. In October 1988, Decore was elected Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and he held this position until 1994. From 1989 to 1997, Decore served as MLA for Edmonton-Glengarry. Decore also chaired the Canadian Multicultural Council (CMC) and the Alberta Heritage Council (AHC). In 1982 he received the Alberta Achievement Award for outstanding community service on the AHC. In addition, Decore received the Order of Canada in April 1984 for his contributions to the development of multiculturalism in Canada such as his work developing the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms. On October 22, 1999 Decore received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta. Decore married Anne Marie Fedoruk on May 16, 1964. They had a daughter, Andrea, on January 7, 1970 and a son, Michael, on October 18, 1973. In 1999, Laurence Decore died of cancer. The University of Alberta holds a Professorship Chair in Pharmacy and an open scholarship named in honour of Laurence Decore.
Dent family
Family
Leslie "Jimmy" Dent (1896-1993) was born in Bow, England. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in 1914 and served in France from 1914-1918. He married Kathleen Minnie Fulks (1892-1994) in France in 1918. Together they had two children: Roger (1919-2008) and Gladys (1921-?). The family immigrated to Canada, settling in Edmonton in 1922. The family was involved with veterans' groups, entertainment, and military service. Leslie worked for Canadian National Railways (CNR) and was a song and dance performer during the Second World War. Leslie died in Edmonton in 1993, and Kathleen died in Edmonton in 1994.
Dent, Kathleen
Person · 1892-1994
Kathleen Minnie Fulks was born in England on June 17, 1892 and served as a nurse with the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, attached to the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. During the conflict, she met Leslie James Dent, a pilot and engineer with the Royal Flying Corps, and the two were married on October 24, 1918 in Rouen, France. After the war, Kathleen and Leslie Dent immigrated to Canada, settling in Edmonton in 1922. In 1935, Kathleen was one of the founding members of Edmonton's First Ex-Service Women Corps and was an active member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Kingsway Branch #175. Leslie and Kathleen had two sons, James and Ralph, and a daughter, Gladys. Kathleen died in Edmonton on September 8, 1994.
Dent, Leslie James
Person · 1896-1993
Leslie James "Jimmy" Dent was born on December 19, 1896 in London, England. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1914 and served as a pilot and engineer in France during the First World War. During his service, he met Kathleen Minnie Fulks (born in England on June 17, 1892), who was serving as a nurse with the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, attached to the Royal Air Force. Leslie and Kathleen married on October 24, 1918 in Rouen, France. Leslie remained in the RFC after the war, finally leaving in 1922 when he immigrated with Kathleen to Canada, settling in Edmonton. Leslie worked at the Edmonton Iron Works from 1922 until 1925 and then worked as a clerk for the Canadian National Railway (CNR) in the Rail Stores Department from 1925 until his retirement in 1961. He was also a song and dance comedian performing in Edmonton and area, one of the first artists to sing on CJCA in Edmonton in 1932, and performed comedy routines for the troops during the Second World War. He was active in the Red Chevron Club in Edmonton, often serving as song leader at banquets, was its president, and at the time of his death, was the last remaining member of the prestigious group. Leslie and Kathleen had two sons, James and Ralph, and a daughter, Gladys. Leslie died in Edmonton on May 30, 1993.
Dickson, Gary
Person
Robert Gary Dickson was born on April 30, 1948 in Alberta, Canada. He received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science at the University of Alberta, Edmonton and went on to receive his law degree from the same institution. Prior to his entrance into provincial politics, Gary Dickson lived and or worked in the riding of Calgary-Buffalo for over 25 years. Part of Gary Dickson's political platform was that having been a member of the community for many years, he understood the needs and concerns of the inner city. Gary Dickson was well known for his involvement in many community organizations. He was the cofounder of Calgary Legal Guidance in the early 1970's, he was also the founding President of the Calgary Civil Liberties Association in 1977. Between 1977 and 1987 Mr. Dickson served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Calgary John Howard Society (1979-1981), the Society's president (1984-1986), and the Issues Chairman (1985-1987). In June of 1990 he received the Community Service Award from the John Howard Society of Canada for his dedicated commitment to the organization and its members. He has also been involved as part of the executive of many youth organizations in the Calgary area. Gary Dickson's professional career has seen him working as a partner in a small Calgary-Buffalo law firm, focusing primarily of family law. Gary Dickson's expertise in this area led to his role lecturing in the Landlord-Tenant Law for Bar Admission Course in the late 1970's, as well as in the University of Calgary Law Faculty Family Law Program. In January of 1994 he was appointed to the Queen's Counsel. His involvement in human rights issues, as the Alberta Liberal Party's Official Opposition Critic for Human Rights, has led to his work as a columnist for “Law Now” magazine. Gary Dickson is also the author of the Alberta Divorce Guide (11Editions). Gary Dickson's political career began in university when he served as the President of the University of Alberta's Liberal Club (1968-1969). In the late 1980's Gary became more involved in party politics by serving as: Secretary of the Calgary West Federal Liberal Association (1986-1989); an executive member of the Calgary Northwest Liberal Association; Chairman of Rules, Accreditation and Voting Sub-Committee for the Alberta Liberal Party Leadership Convention (1988); Accreditation Chairman for the Liberal Party of Canada in Alberta, Convention (March 1989); Chairman for the Alberta Campaign for the election of Bill Code in the Senate Selection Campaign (1989); creator and editor of the Simpson Bulletin, a bulletin relaying the events, goals and objectives of the Alberta Liberal Party (1989-1991); and serving as the President of the Alberta Liberal Party (1989-1991). In 1992 Gary Dickson was elected, in a by-election, as Liberal MLA for the Calgary Buffalo constituency, where he serve as the Liberal Critic for Justice, Human Rights, Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Alberta Liquor Board. In 1993 he was re-elected to the same position where his portfolio was confined to that of Critic for Justice and Human Rights. Also in 1993 Dickson served as the Chairman for the Liberal Standing Committee on Community Services as well as participating as a member of the Provincial All Party Panel on Freedom of Information. Based on this participation when Gary Dickson was re-elected in 1997 he was given the role of Official Opposition Critic for Freedom of Information as well as continuing his work with Human Rights. Gary Dickson did not run in the 2001 provincial election but chose instead to re-enter private practice.
Dixon, Art
Person · 1919-2007
Art Dixon was born December 1, 1919 in Windlestone, County of Durham, England. Dixon was raised in Okotoks, Alberta and moved to Calgary to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1944 Dixon married Dorothea Evans (1921-1992) and after the war Dixon established Dixon Real Estate Services. In 1952 Dixon, representing the Social Credit party, was elected M.L.A for Calgary, and would later hold the seat for Calgary-Southeast and Calgary Millican until he was defeated in 1975. In 1979, Dixon ran and lost as the Social Credit candidate for Calgary-Millican. From 1963 until 1972, Dixon was the 7th Speaker of the Alberta Legislature. Upon retirement from politics, Dixon continued working in real estate and acted as a volunteer Citizen Court judge. In 1979, Dixon was appointed to the Order of Canada and received the Medal of Canada. Also in 1979, Dixon was awarded the Alberta Achievement Award in recognition for his volunteer commitment to a variety of organizations including the Salvation Army, Kiwanis international and the Calgary Real Estate Board. As recognition to his work with the Salvation Army of Canada, Dixon was awarded that organizations highest civilian honour, the International Distinguished Service Award. Art and Dorothea had two children: Thomas and Donald. He later married Marguerite Dixon. Art Dixon died in Calgary on February 5, 2007
DKG, Alberta
Corporate body
The Delta Kappa Gamma (DKG) Society was founded in Austin, Texas, USA on May 11, 1929. The history of Delta Kappa Gamma in Canada began on June 7, 1952, with the founding of Alpha State (British Columbia), an event which transformed DKG into an international organization. As of 2020, the Society is organized in seven Canadian Provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. The original purposes of the Society emphasized gender equity, school legislation, excellence in education, good teaching conditions, networking and financial help for women. The Society has since grown, with its key purposes now including: 1) To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship. 2) To honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education. 3) To advance the professional interest and position of women in education. 4) To initiate, endorse, and support desirable legislation or other suitable endeavours in the interests of education and of women educators. 5) To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to women educators from other countries. 6) To stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action. 7) To inform the members of current economic, social, political and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society. The International Society is a professional honorary society of women in seventeen countries. Society membership represents a broad cross section of educational interests and diversification of expertise, from preschool through university. Membership in the Society is by invitation only. Members are selected based on professional qualifications, leadership potential and personal qualities. Members must have three or more years of experience in educational work and must be employed in the profession at the time of consideration. The Society functions through elected officers, committees, chapter activities, state/provincial conventions, regional conventions, international conventions, workshops, and seminars. Alberta was the sixth Canadian province to join the Society. One May 3, 1960, Zeta State (Alberta) was installed as a member of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. In 2015, Zeta State changed their name to DKG, Alberta. At its peak, DKG, Alberta grew to encompass five local chapters – Alpha and Gamma (Edmonton), Beta (Calgary), Eta (Sherwood Park), and Zeta (Red Deer) – with over 150 members. In 2013, the Zeta chapter disbanded. As of 2020, DKG, Alberta encompasses four Alberta chapters – Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Eta - with 146 members total. DKG, Alberta administers a numbers of educational services and special committees related to the following: scholarships and grants, leadership training, conferences and conventions, fellowships and community projects, and international and local publications.
Dumaine, Paul Leopold
Person · 1932-2001
Paul Léopold Dumaine was born in 1932 in Winnipeg, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts at Saint-Boniface College. He completed his studies with a Masters in Telecommunications at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He started a 35 year career with the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) in Winnipeg, and moved to Edmonton in 1979 when named Regional Director of French Services for Alberta. He retired from CBC in 1990. Paul Dumaine was active in the Francophone Community in Alberta, sitting as president of the Richelieu Service Club and, as a consultant for Société éducative de l'Alberta, establishing a program to assist young adults in their search for employment. Paul Dumaine married Alice Alaire (1935-2019) on October 26, 1957 and they had three children: Robert, Marc, and Michelle. He died in Edmonton on October 13, 2001.
Dutton, Len
Person
Len Dutton's parents, Joe and Margaret Dutton, arrived in Canada from Yorkshire, England in 1912. They had responded to an advertisem*nt placed by Maitland Hirst to work on a farm in the Sedgewick District of Alberta. In the spring of 1914, they worked for Louis Anderson, and from 1915 to about 1918 rented his home while Louis returned to Sweden to be married. During this time, Joe and Margaret purchased land in the Killam District of Alberta. They had two children, Len and Daisy. Len married Margaret Munro in 1942, and they moved to Killam, Alberta. They had three children: Len (1945), Ron (1947) and Peggy (1950). In Killam, Len built a service station and a bulk oil sales warehouse. He sold the service station in 1960, and in 1961, with two partners, started Alberta Propane Distributors Limited (Ltd.). Len bought out the partners, and operated the company for a number of years before selling it to Canadian Propane. Len was a member of the Killam Historical Library Committee
Economic Development
Corporate body
Dates of founding and/or dissolution: Functional responsibility: In 1995, the Ministry contracted out to the Alberta Tourism Partnership Corporation responsibility for tourism marketing. Funding for the Corporation came from the Ministry (for inter-provincial and international marketing campaigns) and Alberta Lotteries (for intra-provincial marketing). In January 1998, upon the recommendation of the Auditor General, the contract with the Alberta Partnership Corporation was terminated. Between March 1, 1998 and March 31, 1999, responsibility for delivery of tourism marketing programs was contracted out to a corporation wholly-owned by the Government of Alberta, 771045 Alberta Ltd. operating under the name Travel Alberta. Effective March 31, 1999 the residual assets of the Company were transferred to Alberta Economic Development. Travel Alberta became the Travel Alberta Secretariat, a unit of the Department. Effective July 7, 1999, the Ministry has contracted with Travel Alberta International (TAI), a not-for-profit corporation jointly owned by Economic Development Edmonton and the Calgary Convention and Visitors Bureau, to carry out international tourism marketing on behalf of the Ministry. The Ministry advises TAI on strategic operational, investment and financing activities. The Ministry is also responsible for operating the Province's foreign trade and investment development offices. The Minister of Economic Development has been responsible for the administration of the following legislation.- Agricultural Societies Act, sections 33 & 43 (1997-present) Predecessor and successor bodies: Administrative relationships: Administrative structure: Beginning in 1996, the Department underwent a number of significant administrative reorganizations. Effective October 30, 1996, the units of the Department were as follows.- Business Information Centres (Edmonton and Calgary): responsible for providing the Department and the private sector with market and business information and economic and statistical data Effective July 31, 1997, the units of the Department were as follows:- Strategic Resources Division: responsible for policy and business information, external relations, information technology, corporate communications, liaison with the Alberta Economic Development Authority, and industrial supplier development Names of the corporate bodies: Names of chief officers: Ministers of Economic Development:
The Ministry of Economic Development was founded as the Department of Economic Development and Tourism in 1992 by means of Order in Council 393/92 under the authority of the Public Service Administrative Transfers Act. The department was dissolved in December 2006.
The Ministry of Economic Development is responsible for the creation, administration and delivery of programs designed to encourage economic and industrial diversification, encourage growth of established industries, encourage industrial development, promote Alberta goods and services in international markets, provide assistance to Alberta firms in obtaining access to foreign markets and financing, support the development of the province's tourism resources, and market the province as a tourism destination. Beginning in 1997, the Ministry phased out its programs providing direct financial support to businesses and industries. Since then, the Ministry has focused its efforts on providing information, expertise and consulting services to business with the goal of increasing exports, investment and industry development. The Ministry operates the Edmonton Business Link and Calgary Business Information Centre.
The predecessors to the Ministry of Economic Development were the Department of Economic Development and Trade, the Tourism Division of the Department of Tourism, Parks and Recreation, and the Department of Technology, Research and Telecommunications.
The Ministry reports to the Legislative Assembly through the Minister of Economic Development. Since the foundation of the Ministry, a number of semi-independent agencies have reported either to the Minister or through him to the Legislative Assembly. These agencies include the Alberta Economic Development Authority (1994-present), Tourism Education Council (1992-97), Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation (1992-96), Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (1997-99), the Premier's Council on Science and Technology (1992-94), and Alberta Opportunity Company (1992-99).
Between the formation of the Department in 1992 and September 30, 1996, it was made up of the following Divisions. - Business Finance Division: responsible for administering financial initiatives and assistance programs encouraging economic diversification and expansion of export activities
Department of Economic Development and Tourism 1992-1997
Ministry of Economic Development 1997-present
Ministers of Economic Development and Tourism:
Donald H. Sparrow December 15, 1992-June 29, 1993
Kenneth R. Kowalski June 30, 1993-October 20, 1994
Ralph P. Klein October 21, 1994-May 31, 1995
Murray Smith June 1, 1995-May 30, 1996
Stephen C. West May 31, 1995-March 25, 1996
Patricia L. Black March 26, 1996-August 12, 1997
Patricia L. Black/Nelson August 13, 1997-May 25, 1999
Jonathan N. Havelock May 26, 1999-March 18, 2001
Mark Norris March 19, 2001- November 22, 2004
Clint Dunford November 25, 2004 – December 2006
Edmonton Business and Professional Women's Club
Corporate body
Established in the 1920's, the Edmonton Business and Professional Women's Club was a non-partisan, non-sectarian member of the Provincial Organization of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Alberta, which divines its existence from both the Canadian and International Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. As a member, the club linked business and professional women together in order to work towards equality of opportunity and improvement of economic, employment and social conditions for women, and provide support for and recognition of their achievements. The objectives of the Club were: Through achieving these objectives, the club hoped: - To provide opportunities for interaction between members and Clubs; The Club dissolved in the fall of 2000.
Education
Corporate body
Dates of founding and/or dissolution: When the Province of Alberta was founded in 1905, the Department of Education continued to function under the authority of the School Ordinance. In 1922, the School Ordinance was repealed and superseded by The Department of Education Act (R.S.A. 1922 c. 16) and The School Act (R.S.A. 1922 c. 51). The Department of Education was dissolved May 27, 1999 by means of Order in Council 243/99 under the authority of the Government Organization Act. Functional responsibility: At the time that the department was created, it was responsible for all kindergarten schools, public and separate elementary and secondary schools, normal schools, teachers' institutes, and the education of physically and mentally handicapped children. The department was responsible for overseeing and approving the creation of school jurisdictions, approving the establishment of schools by school boards, inspection of schools, development of a standardized curriculum, overseeing the financing and administration of school jurisdictions, and overseeing the building of school facilities. The department also certified teachers who wished to work in Alberta and who had received their training outside the province. In 1922, technical and commercial schools came under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Education. Technical and vocational education programs were often provided by means of agreements between the Province and the Government of Canada, which used Alberta post-secondary technical institutes to provide federal technical training programs. The Minister was also made responsible for the licensing of private commercial and correspondence schools. In 1925, an amendment to the School Act allowed school boards to establish public junior colleges affiliated with the University of Alberta. As a consequence, the department became involved in post-secondary education provided through public colleges. Until 1969, public junior colleges were operated by school boards or consortia of school boards. With the passage of the Colleges Act in 1969, all public junior colleges became board-governed institutions. Between 1969 and 1971, the department's role in the funding and administration of public colleges was mediated through the Colleges Commission. The Minister was responsible for the administration of the University Act from the time it was first passed in 1910, though the department was not directly involved in the operations of the University of Alberta. The department provided capital and operating grants to the university, which was administered by its Board of Governors. In 1966 the department's relationship with the province's universities was clarified through the new Universities Act. This act created the Universities Commission, through which the department's interaction with the province's public universities was mediated. The department administered programs that provided financial assistance for the secondary and post-secondary education of the children of veterans of the First and Second World Wars. Financial assistance programs for university and college students, administered through the Students Assistance Board (renamed the Students Finance Board in 1971), were the responsibility of the department. In late 1971, responsibility for all post-secondary education, the Colleges Commission, the Universities Commission, and the Students Finance Board was transferred to the new Department of Advanced Education by means of a series of administrative transfers. The Minister of Education was responsible for the administration of the following statutes:- *The School Ordinance,2. The School Assessment Ordinance, Predecessor and successor bodies: When the Department of Education was dissolved in 1999, its functions were divided between two new ministries. Responsibility for school buildings was transferred to Alberta Infrastructure. All other functions were transferred to Alberta Learning. Administrative relationships: Administrative Structure: By 1917, the department's administrative structure had largely taken the shape it was to have for the next thirty years. The main components of the department were the school inspectorate, the province's Normal Schools, the School Libraries and Free Readers Branch (later re-named the School Book Branch), the School Debenture Branch, the Chief Attendance Officer, and the Provincial Board of Examiners. In 1919 a number of new positions were established, including the Supervisor of Schools, the Registrar, the Director of Technical Education, the Supervisor of Schools, and the Secretary of the department. The first major re-organization of the department took place in 1945. The administrative structure of the department became more hierarchical and the core functions of school supervision and administration were reorganized into two new divisions under the Chief Superintendent of Schools and the Director of School Administration, respectively. The heads of the Technical Education, Correspondence School, and the School Book branches continued to report directly to the Deputy Minister. Significant reorganizations of the department occurred in 1970, 1975, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1994 and 1997. In 1997, the Department of Education became the Ministry of Education. The Ministry was made up of three entities, the Department of Education (which continued the functions and activities of the previous department), the Education Revolving Fund, and the Alberta School Foundation Fund. This structure remained the same until the dissolution of the Ministry of Education on May 27, 1999. In 1953 the branch was renamed the Instruction Branch. In 1954, the branch was brought under the new Division of Instruction. At this time the branch was renamed the Inspection and Supervision Branch, which was directly responsible for all school inspection and supervision. During the 1950's, the activities of school inspectors became more directed to providing consulting and research services to school jurisdictions. In 1968, as a result of amendments to the School Act, school superintendents began to be locally appointed. By 1971, all school superintendents were employed by school boards. Maintaining records about the certification of teachers was the responsibility of the Registrar. This responsibility continued from the time of the creation of this office in 1919 until the dissolution of the department in 1999. In 1954, this office was renamed the Teacher Certification and Records Branch. In 1983, the Board of Teacher Education and Certification was dissolved. The Teacher Certification and Development Branch was created to take on the Board's functions. The branch became responsible for administering the department's relationship with the Teaching Profession Appeal Board and the Board of Reference created under the School Act. The Director of Curriculum was also responsible for overseeing the School Broadcasts Branch. In 1944, the Audio-Visual Aids Branch was created to coordinate provision of curriculum support educational recordings and visual aids for classroom use. In 1964, the School Broadcasts and Audio Visual Services branches were merged. In 1984, audio visual and school broadcasts programs were separated from the Curriculum Branch to create a new branch, the Media and Technology Branch. In 1959, amendments to The Municipal Financing Corporation Act brought school jurisdictions under its provisions. From this point onwards, the principal means of school financing was through municipal assessments. As a consequence, the department was no longer responsible for administering the sale of debentures by school jurisdictions. In 1966, in order to facilitate communication between the department and school board offices, the Division of School Administration established four regional Field Administration Officers to act as liaison. In 1971, all department field staff were relocated to six regional offices. These offices combined supervisory and consulting services and all aspects of school administration supervision, excepting school buildings. In 1983, the branch was renamed the School Business Administrative Services Branch. Overseeing construction of school facilities Providing technical and vocational education programs The Technical Branch was responsible for the administration of Dominion/Federal-Provincial training programs. In 1937, the branch was renamed the Canadian Vocational Training Branch. In 1959, the branch was renamed the Division of Vocational Education. In 1960, a second provincial institute of technology in Edmonton was authorized by the Minister. The first institute was renamed the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. The new institute was named the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Evening and adult education classes offered through public schools were first the responsibility of the Technical Education Branch. Correspondence programs were first offered in 1923. In 1939, the Correspondence School Branch was created to administer these programs. The branch became responsible for summer schools for pupils and summer programs for academic upgrading of certified teachers. In 1993, the Alberta Correspondence School was renamed the Alberta Distance Learning Centre. Services were provided through sending children to institutions in other provinces, direct operation of the Alberta School for the Deaf, grants to school boards for operation of special classrooms, and arrangement with private organizations for services to severely mentally handicapped children. Programs for physically and mentally handicapped students were coordinated through the Special Education Services Branch. In 1970, this branch was renamed the Pupil Personnel Services Branch. In 1971, the branch was renamed Special Educational Services. In 1970, the department took on the function of coordinating provision of special programs for early childhood development. The Early Childhood Education Branch coordinated programs offered by a number of departments. The activities of the department related to early childhood services were approval of licenses for kindergartens and setting teaching qualifications for early childhood education service. As well as responsibility for programs for physically and mentally handicapped students, the Special Educational Services Branch was responsible for overseeing the development of counseling and guidance programs, administration of the Learning Disabilities Fund, regulation of private schools and the regulation of summer school and extension programs offered by school boards. In 1987, a new unit in the department was created to act as a central resource centre for all public and private special education providers in the province. The Education Response Centre incorporated the Alberta School for the Deaf and curriculum development for special needs programs. In 1979, the Language Services Branch was created. This branch was created by separating the Bilingual Education unit from the Curriculum Branch and was done to facilitate the development of instructional programs in languages other than English. In 1982, this branch became responsible for English as a Second Language programs. In 1984, the first nations languages program was split off from the branch to create the Native Education Project. In 1987, this unit became a branch responsible for the implementation of Alberta's Native Education Policy. The branch's activities focused on auditing current curriculum and materials to assess their adherence to this policy and coordinating the development of aboriginal language curriculum. In 1958, the Research Office became a separate branch. In 1968, the branch was renamed the Testing and Research Branch. Its focus shifted to collecting data and performing research in support of policy decisions by the various units of the department and assistance to school jurisdictions in the statistical analysis of testing projects and surveys. In 1971, the branch was renamed the Operational Research and Examinations Branch. In 1972, the branch was renamed the Operational Research and Development Branch. In 1975, the branch was renamed the Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. In 1974, the Planning and Research Branch was established. The branch took over the research functions of the Operational Research and Development Branch, as well as planning functions for the department as a whole. In 1983 the branch was renamed the Planning Services Branch. In 1987, this branch was renamed the Planning and Policy Secretariat, reporting directly to the Deputy Minister. In 1982, the Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch was split into two to create the Student Evaluation Branch, responsible for testing and evaluation activities, and the Student Records and Computer Services Branch, responsible for data processing, student and teacher records, analysis and distribution of statistics, and scoring of standardized tests. In 1994, this branch was renamed the Computer Systems Database Management Branch. In 1987, this branch was merged with the department library and records centre to form the Information Services Branch. Approving, developing and distributing appropriate text and reference books Post-secondary financial assistance programs Enforcing compulsory attendance Other In 1982, a new program area was created, the Educational Exchange and Special Projects Branch. The branch was responsible for administration and coordination of exchange projects and programs. In 1987, this branch was renamed Community and International Education Branch. In 1990 it was renamed the National and International Education Branch. A number of semi-independent agencies reported to the Minister of Education. These agencies included the Students' Finance Board (1953-71), the Board of Post-Secondary Education (1967-69), the Universities Commission (1966-71), and the Colleges Commission (1969-71). Names of chief officers:
The Department of Education of the Government of Alberta was a continuation of the Department of Education of the previous Northwest Territories government. The territorial department was founded by the School Ordinance in 1901.
The Department of Education was responsible for the planning, development and implementation of the education system in Alberta.
The predecessor of the Department of Education of the Province of Alberta was the Department of Education of the Government of the Northwest Territories.
The Department of Education reported to the Legislative Assembly through the Minister of Education. The Minister also passed to the Legislative Assembly the annual reports of the semi-independent agencies that reported to him until 1971, the Students' Finance Board, the Colleges Commission and the Universities Commission.
For the first thirty years of the department's operation, its activities were focused on overseeing the establishment, operation and alteration of school divisions, the inspection of schools and classrooms, ensuring an adequate supply of teachers, and overseeing the business activities of school jurisdictions.
Inspection of schools and classrooms was the responsibility of school and high school inspectors located across the province. Until 1945, inspectors reported directly to the Deputy Minister. In 1945, they were placed under the direct supervision of the Chief Inspector of Schools. At this time, the position was renamed Chief Superintendent of Schools. The inspectorate was responsible for overseeing program delivery in schools. Inspectors reported on a number of matters, including general conditions and operation of schools, school administration, equipment in schools, special services, and liaison activities of superintendents.
Between 1906 and 1945, the training of teachers was the responsibility of the province's Normal Schools. These schools functioned as branches of the department, and their principals reported to the Deputy Minister of Education. Schools were established at Edmonton, Camrose, Calgary and Lethbridge. In 1945, responsibility for all pre-employment teacher education was transferred to the University of Alberta. At this time, the Board of Teacher Education and Certification was created in order to provide advice to the Minister and the Faculty of Education of the University of Alberta on matters relating to teacher education and certification, and to act as an intermediary between the department and the Faculty of Education. The Registrar acted as the Secretary to the Board, which functioned much as a branch of the department.
The development of a standardized curriculum was the responsibility of the Supervisor of Schools until 1945. In 1945, the Curriculum Branch was created. The Director of Curriculum reported to the Chief Superintendent of Schools. The Curriculum Branch was responsible for all matters relating to textbooks, supervision of exam procedures, and the creation of all provincial elementary and secondary curriculum. The curriculum development activities of the branch were performed by a number of committees. In 1969, the branch was renamed the Curriculum Development Branch.
Overseeing the financing and administration of school jurisdictions was originally the responsibility of the School Debenture Branch and the Secretary of the department in conjunction with the Public Utilities Board, which had the final authority to authorize school debenture issues. The Debenture Branch was responsible for overseeing the issue of debentures by school jurisdictions, coordinating Ministerial permission of debenture issues, and in some cases, acting as sales agent for school jurisdictions. By the late 1940's, the branch's primary activity was advising school trustee boards regarding debenture issues.
Beginning in 1927, audits of school jurisdiction financial records was performed under the supervision of the Secretary of the department. In 1942, the department began to have auditors on permanent staff. In 1945, all activities relating to school grants and supervision of school jurisdiction administrations became the responsibility of the new School Administration Branch. Under the Director of School Administration were appointed Field Officers who were responsible for the direction and supervision of offices of school jurisdictions, overseeing administration and accounting practices to ensure that they met department requirements. The branch acted as a liaison between the department and school jurisdictions, and was responsible for the establishment of school districts and processing boundary changes. In 1946, the administration of school grants was transferred to the new School Grants Branch. In 1955, the School Administration Branch was renamed the School Administration Division.
While individual school jurisdictions were responsible for the construction of schools, the department created guidelines for school facilities. As well, school jurisdictions required the permission of the Minister before they could issue debentures to finance school construction. The School Buildings Branch was responsible for these activities. The branch approved plans for school construction and renovation projects. The branch provided support services to the School Buildings Board, which assessed applications for school construction projects.
Technical education programs were administered separately from other parts of the school curriculum. After 1914, they were under the administration of the Director of Technical Education. The Technical Branch was responsible for technical training in public high schools, including vocational, home economics, and agricultural programs. The branch was also responsible for liaison with the Department of Agriculture, which offered vocational training programs at its college at Olds. The Director of the Technical Branch became the Principal of the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art at the time that this institution was established in 1916. The school operated as a division of the department until its transfer to the Department of Advanced Education in 1971.
Arrangements for the education of mentally and physically handicapped children were the responsibility of the Secretary of the department. For many years, these children were educated outside the province as there were no suitable facilities in Alberta. In 1956, the Alberta School for the Deaf opened, allowing for the education of deaf and hearing impaired children within the province. The design of programs for mentally and physically handicapped children was the responsibility of the Special Education Branch.
Development of second-language curriculum had been the responsibility of the Curriculum Branch since its inception. Amendments to the School Act in 1968, which allowed for the provision of standard curriculum in languages other than English, led to the creation of the Bilingual Education unit in the Curriculum Branch. This unit oversaw the translation of standard curriculum programs into French, Ukrainian, and first nations languages.
Student examinations were first under the administration of the Provincial Board of Examiners (who administered exams for high school matriculation) and the Registrar's Branch (responsible for all other year-end exams). In 1945, after a department-wide reorganization, all student examinations came under the new Examinations Branch. Statistical and research support for the department was first performed by the Research Office in the Examinations Branch.
The distribution of approved text books was the responsibility of the School Libraries and Free Readers Branch. In 1925, this branch was renamed the School Books Branch. The branch operated as a self-financing non-profit enterprise that acted as a central text book purchasing agency for all school jurisdictions. The branch was also responsible for operating the bookstores at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. In 1987, the name of the branch was changed to the Learning Resources Distributing Centre.
The administration of financial assistance programs for post-secondary students was the responsibility of the Students Assistance Board. The Board administered The Students Assistance Act and acted as an advisory board to the Minister in regards to student financial support. The Board administered provincial grants programs as well as federal student loan programs in Alberta. The Board was transferred to the Department of Advanced Education in 1971.
Between 1910 and 1942, the department was responsible for enforcing compulsory school attendance on all school-aged children, as per the Truancy Act and the School Attendance Act. With the repeal of the School Attendance Act in 1942, school boards became responsible for enforcement.
Administrative support services for the department were provided by the Administration Office. In 1969, a Communications Office separate from general administration was established. The functions of the office were public relations activities and distribution of information about the department and its programs. In 1971, department support services other than communications were amalgamated into the Finance, Statistics and Legislation Branch. In 1984, the Legislation Branch was recreated. Remaining support functions became the responsibility of the Financial and Administrative Services Branch.
Ministers of Education:
Alexander C. Rutherford 1905-1910
Charles R. Mitchell 1910-1912
John R. Boyle 1912-1918
George P. Smith 1918-1921
Perren E. Baker 1921-1935
William Aberhart 1935-1943
Solon E. Low 1943-1944
R. Earl Ansley 1944-1948
Ivan Casey 1948-1952
Anders O. Aalborg 1952-1964
Randolph H. McKinnon 1964-1967
Raymond Reierson 1967-1968
Robert C. Clark 1968-1971
Louis D. Hyndman 1971-1975
Julian G.J. Koziak 1975-1979
David T. King 1979-1986
Patrick N. Webber 1986
Nancy J. Betkowski 1986-1988
James F. Dinning 1988-1992
Halvar C. Jonson 1992-1996
Gary G. Mar 1996-1999
Entomological Society of Alberta
Corporate body · 1950 - present
The Entomological Society of Alberta (ESA) was organized on November 27, 1952, at a meeting held in Lethbridge, Alberta, as an affiliate of the Entomological Society of Canada, and originally consisted of 42 charter members. A certificate of incorporation was obtained under the Societies Act of Alberta on February 19, 1953. The membership at that time – around 70 people – consisted mainly of Dominion (Federal) entomologists at the Science Service Laboratories of the Canadian Department of Agriculture in Lethbridge, the Suffield Experimental Station of the Canada Department of Agriculture in Calgary, and students and staff from the University of Alberta. One of the main motives for establishing the society was to encourage interest in amateur entomology, which had been in decline. The object of the ESA is to foster the advancement, exchange, and dissemination of the knowledge of insects in relation to their importance in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, public health, industry and for its own sake, among the people of the Province of Alberta. Membership is open to anyone interested in entomology, and the society offers both regular memberships and discounted student and retired memberships. The ESA distributes awards to its membership, including a travel award for students traveling to the ESA AGM; the Undergraduate Award in Entomology, recognizing exceptional undergraduate (or recently graduated) students who have contributed to entomology in Alberta; and since 1996, the Frederick S. Carr Award (prior to October 2004, known as the Carr Award), which honors contributions to the furtherance of entomology in Alberta, excluding professional obligations, by outstanding non-professional people (hobbyists) and professional entomologists. The society is governed and operated by a board of directors and various committees. The Board of Directors consists of 11 members of the society that are divided into the Executive Board and the Council. The Executive Board consists of five members who represent the members of multiple regions throughout Alberta, complete the ESA’s Proceedings, and act as representatives of the ESA to the Entomological Society of Canada. Committees are responsible for achieving specific objectives for the organization. The ESA runs on by-laws and regulations drafted by the first Board of Directors in 1953. At their AGM, the Executive Board reviews by the by-laws and regulations to best reflect the current objectives of the society. Alongside the Entomological Society of Canada, the society is affiliated with the Acadian Entomological Society, the Entomological Societies of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, and the Société d‘entomologie du Québec. The ESA is an active organization as of May 2023.
Ernest E. Poole Foundation
Corporate body · 1961-1985
The Poole Foundation was founded in Edmonton, Alberta and incorporated under the Companies Act September 18, 1961. The founders of the Poole Foundation were Ernest Edward Poole and his wife Gertrude Inez Poole. Ernest E. Poole was born on October 18, 1884 at Woodville Mills, Prince Edward Island. Poole worked as a young man in his father's saw, flour and carding mills, and in 1903 moved west for a time to work as a carpenter at Melita, Manitoba. He moved west again in 1904 and worked as a carpenter in Stoughton, Saskatchewan in the summer, and ran a hardware store in the winter when construction stopped. In 1906 he entered the construction business in Stoughton with a partner, James Martin, who retired a year later. Poole's construction company built in many small towns in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and in 1910 Poole moved to Rouleau where his company, Poole Construction, eventually became a major firm in Canada. In 1913 Poole married Gertrude Inez Annear who was born on April 22, 1887 at Lower Montague, Prince Edward Island. They settled first in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and then moved to Regina in 1915. Together they had four children, John, Ruth, George, and Inez, and in 1932 they moved to Edmonton, Alberta where they remained until their deaths. Gertrude Poole was a member of the 100th Avenue War Service Group and the Eight Bells Club in Edmonton, Alberta. Ernest E. and Gertrude Poole were both avid collectors and amassed a large collection of artwork, Georgian silver, early china, antique furniture, antique firearms and stamps. After World War II Ernest E. Poole sold his construction company to his two sons and devoted more time to his hobbies. In 1961 he founded the Poole Foundation, to which he and his wife left many of their paintings and other works of art, most of which were later given to the Edmonton Art Gallery and the Royal Alberta Museum. Ernest E. Poole died on March 12, 1964, survived by his wife Gertrude, who died on March 23, 1987. After Ernest E. Poole's death, the directors of the Poole Foundation decided that the name of the foundation should more closely identify with the founder and the name of the foundation was changed to the Ernest E. Poole Foundation. After all assets had been distributed, the Ernest E. Poole Foundation was dissolved on March 31, 1985.
Famille Bilodeau
Family
Gertrude Bilodeau naquit le 30 juin 1926 à Vimy, Alberta, où sa famille avait une ferme. Son père, Albert Bilodeau, naquit le 30 avril 1881 à Sainte-Marguerite, Québec. Il arriva en Alberta en 1906 et maria Alma Demers à Legal le 9 janvier 1912. Alma naquit le 16 novembre 1889. Albert et Alma eurent sept enfants : Phillipe (1912), Blanche (1914), Alice (1915), Germaine (1917), Rose (1919), Joseph (1921), Gertrude (1926). Alma décéda le 13 novembre 1949 à Saint-Albert et Albert décéda le 7 octobre 1969.Joseph (Joe) Bilodeau, le frère de Gertrude, s'enrôla dans l'armée canadienne pendant la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. Il fit son service pour 4 ans au Canada, Angleterre, France, Pays-Bas et Allemagne, où il resta pour encore un an après la fin de la guerre, et eut une correspondance intensive avec sa famille pendant cette période.Gertrude épousa Alphonse Gagné le 23 mai 1950. Alphonse naquit le 31 juillet 1920 à Sainte-Marguerite, Québec, et vint en Alberta en 1939. Il travailla sur des fermes à Vimy, puis en loua une. Quant le propriétaire l'a vendue, il prit des cours de coiffeur et eut un salon de coiffure pour hommes à Saint-Paul pendant 27 ans. Gertrude fut couturière. Gertrude et Alphonse eurent cinq enfants : Lucille (1951), Maurice (1952), Norman (1958), Elaine (1960) et Alma (1963). Alphonse décéda dans un accident d'auto à Toronto, le 27 juillet 1973. Gertrude se maria une deuxième fois avec Chris Hartry en 1990. Elle vit présentement (2011) à Edmonton.
Family Herald (Montreal, PQ)
Corporate body
The Family Herald was based out of Montreal and the earliest date attributed to a Family Herald is 1859, however it is more likely that the Family Herald described herein had its origin in the 1870s. At the closing of the Family Herald in 1968 it was associated with a sister paper the Weekly Star. The earliest date available for the pairing of the Family Herald and the Weekly Star is [1873?]. There was an Eastern edition and a Western edition of the Family Herald. The date at which two editions began to be run is not available. The Family Herald's main subject matter was farming and rural life across Canada. The paper not only ran articles on current events and farming practices but also ran articles documenting the history of farming in Canada. The Western edition provided a particular emphasis on the Prairie Provinces and British Columbia. Peter Hendry provides a personal account of the last few years of the paper and what lead to its demise in Epitaph for nostalgia: a personal memoir on the death of the Family herald by its last editor. (Montreal: Agri-World Press, 1968). The photographs and other material within the fonds were originally collected or taken by J.S. Cram (Jack) in the course of his work for the Family Herald, [ca. 1951] – 1968. During the course of his employment with the Family Herald, J.S. Cram had been the Western Editor and at the time of its closure he was the senior associate editor. J.S. Cram was born north of Edmonton in 1912 and began his career in journalism in Lacombe, Alberta. After the closure of the Family Herald in 1968 Cram took up a civil service position within the federal Ministry of the Environment and was responsible for water. In 1968 he had published, Water: Canadian needs and resources (Montreal: Harvest House). Second and third editions were published in 1971 and 1973 respectively. J.S. Cram died in Ottawa in 1980.
Farmilo, Alfred
Person · 1885-1965
Alfred W. Farmilo was born in 1885 in Nottingham, England. He immigrated to Canada in 1906 and settled in Edmonton, Alberta in 1908. He worked as a stonemason in Edmonton and became involved with the Trade Union movement. Farmilo was associated with the Edmonton Trades and Labour Council from 1911 to ca. 1946, acting as Secretary and President, and also held the position of Secretary General for the Alberta Civil Service Association for many years. He also served as President and Secretary of the Alberta Federation of Labour from 1913-1944. In this capacity, he represented Alberta in the American Federation of Labour. Farmilo was appointed Labor Representative on the Alberta Workman's Compensation Board from 1941-1955 and in 1948 he was appointed to the Executive Committee of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. He received the Member of the British Empire (MBE) title for his efforts to restore bombed cities in Europe during World War II through labor reorganization. Within his community, Farmilo served as a councilor for the City of Edmonton from 1926-1930, the Royal Alexandra Hospital Board, the Edmonton Advisory Housing Commission, and the Salvation Army Advisory Board. He also held membership with the Masons. Farmilo died on December 12, 1965, survived by his wife Ada and two sons Charles George and Alfred William.
Finn, G.N.
Person · 1880-1963
Reverend George Newport Finn was born in 1880 at Canterbury, England to Frederick and Maryann Finn. He attended school in the area and then went to Jesus College and Ridley Hall at Cambridge University. After ordination in 1904 Finn became a curate in Milverton, England and elsewhere before immigrating to Canada in 1909 to serve at Hardisty, Alberta. He served in this position from 1909-1914 and then returned to England for a time. He returned to Alberta in 1915 and ministered at Edmonton until 1916 when he moved to the parish of St. Luke in Red Deer. He resigned from the minister circa (ca.) 1918 and joined the Canadian Field Artillery, serving overseas in France. After his return he worked for the Town of Vegreville in Alberta before moving to Red Deer in 1922 to work for the customs service. He married Eliza J. (Niblock) Densmore (1895-1978) in Edmonton in 1941 and died on July 9, 1963.
First United Church (Fort Saskatchewan)
Corporate body
The first service of the Presbyterian Church in Fort Saskatchewan was conducted by Rev. A.B. Baird in the N.W.M.P. barracks on January 8, 1882. The original log church was built in 1886 in the vicinity of the old courthouse. The first resident minister, Rev. Alexander Forbes, arrived in Dec. 1884 and a new church building was dedicated on October 13, 1895, north of the present train station. The first Methodist service was held in Fort Saskatchewan in Marriaggi's Hall in the Mansion Hotel on Dec. 23, 1900 and in the same year the Beaver Hills Methodist Church was completed on the present Josephburg Recreation Grounds. A new church was built in 1902 on the site of what is now the First United Church parking lot. The first United Church parsonage was built in the Fort proper in 1901, the same year as the arrival of the first ordained minister, Rev. A.R. Aldridge. In 1925, with the union of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational denominations into the United Church of Canada, the First United Church congregation in Fort Saskatchewan was established, holding services in the Presbyterian Church building for the first three years. That property was then sold and the congregation moved into the Methodist Church. In 1943, First United Church became part of the Fort Saskatchewan Pastoral Charge, a multi-point charge. In 1956, the Charge became a two-point charge including First United and Partridge Hill United Church. The original church building was destroyed by fire on March 5, 1947. A new sanctuary was completed on the same site in 1949. In 1953, Beaver Hills United Church amalgamated with First United and in 1961 a Christian Education wing was added. The current Sanctuary was dedicated on November 21, 1993 and the original sanctuary was demolished in 1998. The wing added to the old building remains and is currently used to house the church offices. First United Church is located in Yellowhead Presbytery and, as of 2009, the only charge of the Fort Saskatchewan Pastoral Charge.
First United Church (Lethbridge)
Corporate body · 1917-2014
Methodist history in Lethbridge (AB) dates back to 1880 and Rev. John MacLean. By 1907, Methodists felt that a new congregation needed to develop north of the CPR tracks. A Greek Catholic church was purchased and moved into town and Westminster Methodist Church held its first service in the building in May, 1908. Groups included a Ladies Aid, Women’s Missionary Society, Sunday School, Girls Sewing Circle and a men’s club. That building burned Christmas Day, 1916. Members of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, which had been established in 1909, invited the Methodists to share their building and in 1917, the two united to form North Lethbridge United Church. When the United Church of Canada was formed in 1925, the congregation was renamed First United Church. First United was part of Lethbridge Presbytery of the United Church. That presbytery name was discontinued in 1952 when South Alberta Presbytery was formed. The church was sold in 1939 and the church hall used for services. A new building in 1950 was soon outgrown and a new sanctuary proposed to seat more than 400. That opened in 1961. In 1962, the church was home to a Japanese congregation that met Sunday afternoons. In 1979, they began a refugee sponsorship program.
First United Church closed and the building was sold in 2014.
Fyfe, Richard
Person · 1932-2017
Richard Fyfe was born on 1 February 1932 in Saskatoon, SK and was raised in Kindersley, SK. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Wildlife Management from the University of British Columbia and a Professional Certificate in Education from the Regina Teachers College and would subsequently work as a teacher and school principal in the Canadian Arctic, including Great Whale River, QC and Coral Harbour, NWT. After his career in education, Fyfe took a position as a biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Government of Canada. He began work in this capacity in Sackville, NB where he was responsible for marine and wetland bird surveys. Fyfe then relocated within the Canadian Wildlife Service and settled in Fort Saskatchewan, AB where he continued his work monitoring and surveying Prairie wildlife and toxic chemicals used in agriculture and their effects on wildlife. In 1970, Fyfe coordinated the Canadian portion of the North American Peregrine Survey, which was instigated in response to the endangered classification of the peregrine falcon. He then brought the results of the survey, which showed links between the decline in peregrine numbers and agricultural pesticides, to the Federal-Provincial Wildlife Conference and lobbied the body for action. This led to the Canadian Wildlife Service launching the Peregrine Captive Breeding and Recovery Program, a project designed to breed peregrine falcons in captivity and release them into the wild in order to prevent extinction. At the start of the project, Fyfe bred peregrine falcons on his property in Fort Saskatchewan but in 1973 a permanent location was secured at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. This facility remained open until 1996 and the project resulted in the successful breeding and release of over 1,500 peregrine falcons and the removal of the bird from the endangered species list. In addition to his work on the peregrine project and other wildlife surveys in Canada, Fyfe was also involved in the Canadian Wildlife Service’s Latin America Project and traveled to Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Costa Rica on various wildlife surveying projects. He retired from the Canadian Wildlife Service in 1986 but continued working as an environmental consultant, scientific advisor, and educator and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2000. Richard Fyfe married Lorraine Doll in 1957 and the couple had five children: Kenneth, Kipling, Maureen, Kelly, and Carolyn. The couple was actively involved in several community and religious organizations, including the Christopher Leadership Institute, the Alberta Rural Crime Watch Association, Catholic Women’s League, and the Edmonton Catholic Social Justice Commission. Richard Fyfe died on 17 June 2017.
Gaulin, Agathe
Person
Agathe Gaulin was born in Bonnyville, Alberta. She grew up with five siblings on a farm in La Corey, to the West of Cold Lake. She studied at the University of Alberta in Edmonton where she received a B.A. in Sociology and a M.A. in Education. For more than 40 years she volunteered and worked for a large number of nonprofit and cultural Francophone associations in Canada, as president, executive director, outreach or communications officer, coordinator, and event planner. She worked in Edmonton for Francophonie Jeunesse de l'Alberta as its first provincial president in 1979; in the early1980s, she became president of the Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (ACFA), Edmonton branch, and later worked as outreach officer for this organization, before holding for three years the position of communications officer in the provincial office of the ACFA. In 1993 she became the Bonnyville New Democratic Party candidate for the provincial elections in Alberta. In the late 1990s she worked at the Faculté Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, with adults as director of the Centre de l'éducation continue de l'Alberta, and later she developed a Francophone employment office in Edmonton which became Accès Emploi. In addition, she served on various committees and boards of directors for the Théâtre du Coyote, the Unithéâtre and the Cité Francophone in Edmonton. She has a special interest in social justice and women's organizations: in 2004-2005 she became president of the Fédération nationale des femmes canadiennes-françaises and the following year, president of the Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne. In 2009 she became director for the Fédération provinciale des Fransaskoises in Saskatchewan. She was a member of the Alberta Status of Women Action Committee where she represented Francophone women. She received several awards, including a national award of excellence in 2000 from the Fédération nationale des femmes canadiennes-françaises for her volunteer work to improve women's conditions at the regional, provincial and national levels. During her career, Agathe Gaulin developed a Francophone housing cooperative, opportunities for continuing education in French for adults, an employment office in Edmonton for Franco-Albertans, the Centre de Développement musical, as well as organizations supporting women's needs, such as the Comité femmes of the Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta, and Coalition des femmes de l'Alberta.
Geodetic Service of Canada
Godwin, Reverend Aubrey Eric Walter
Person · [1909?]-2005
Aubrey Eric Walter Godwin was born in England and immigrated to Canada at the age of 18 as part of his service with the Church of England's Church Army. In 1930 he attended Bishops University in Lennoxville, Quebec and was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church in 1935. That same year, he married Florence Bennett and the couple would have five children: John, Margaret, Joan, Eleanor, and Jennifer. During his career as a priest, Godwin served in Anglican parishes across Canada, including in Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia (including in Burquitlam, Surrey, Vancouver, Squamish, and Pemberton). In the 1950s, Godwin served as priest and principle of St. John's Mission in Wabasca, Alberta. Aubrey Godwin died in Coquitlam, BC in 2005.
Good Samaritan Society
Corporate body
The Good Samaritan Society was a Lutheran Social Service Organization. On June 15, 1949, Gottlieb Wedman made a donation to the Evangelical Lutheran Church Synod of Western Canada to build a home for the aged. The Synod accepted the gift, but did not want the responsibility of building and operating the home. A meeting of various local Lutheran organizations was held on November 13, 1949, and the decision was made to form an independent society to build and operate the home. At a meeting on December 7, 1949, the Bethesda Lutheran Home Society was formally organized, with Reverend E. Duesterhoelf as its first president. The name of the organization was changed at the first annual meeting to the Lutheran Home Society. The Lutheran Home Society of Edmonton was incorporated under the Societies Act on June 23, 1951, to provide a Christian home for aged and infirm men and women, preferably of Lutheran faith. The name of the organization was subsequently changed to the Good Samaritan Society. The Society opened its first continuing care hospital, the Good Samaritan Auxiliary Hospital, on May 15,1955. The Good Samaritan Society continues as Christian, non-profit, care-giving organization offering support services and care for people who are elderly, infirm, chronically ill, and mentally and physically or developmentally challenged.
Greenwood, Henny
Person · 1917-2006
Irene "Henny" Greenwood (nee Henderson) was born on January 3rd, 1917, in St. Edouard de Frampton, Quebec. She graduated as a registered nurse from Jeffrey Hale's Hospital School of Nursing in Quebec City in 1930 and served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in the United Kingdom and Central Mediterranean (Sicily and Italy) throughout the Second World War. While posted in Italy, she served in Casualty Clearing Stations throughout the Allied-held areas of the country and was one of the first nurses assigned to use penicillin in treating wounded soldiers. During her service, she met and married Captain Francis James Greenwood of Fort MacLeod, Alberta. She returned to Canada in 1945 and continued to work as a clinic nurse with Tubercular Services at William Aberhart Memorial Hospital in Edmonton until her retirement in 1981. Throughout her career, she served as Secretary and member of the Nursing Sisters Association of Canada, Edmonton Unit. She had two children: Maureen Jackson and Peter Greenwood. Irene Greenwood died on June 30, 2006, in Red Deer, Alberta.
Griesbach, William A.
Person · 1878-1945
William Antrobus Griesbach was born on January 3, 1878 in Fort Que'appelle, Saskatchewan to Major Henry Arthur Griesbach (1839-1916), an officer of the Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP), and Emmaline Maria Hodgins (1851-1932). Griesbach graduated from St. John's College in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1895, moving to Edmonton, Alberta that same year. While in Edmonton, Griesbach worked in a law office, bank, and milling business before deciding to study law. He was called to the Alberta Bar in 1901 and he formed a partnership with C. Macdonald in Edmonton, Alberta, which lasted until 1905. Griesbach practiced on his own for a year before partnering in the firm Griesbach and O'Connor in 1906, becoming King's Council (KC) in 1919, and remaining with the firm until his retirement in 1940. Griesbach was elected as an alderman in Edmonton in 1905, served as mayor of Edmonton in 1907, and was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1921. Griesbach had a long career in the military that began with his service as a member of the Canadian Mounted Rifles in the Boer War in South Africa from 1899-1900. He then returned to Edmonton, Alberta and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 19th Alberta Dragoons, becoming captain in 1908 and major in 1910. He served in World War I in the First Canadian Division, Calvary Squadron, returning to Canada in 1914 and, after promotion to lieutenant-colonel, raised the 49th Battalion, which he then commanded in Europe until 1917. At that time Griesbach was promoted to brigadier-general and given command of the First Canadian Infantry Brigade, later receiving a promotion to major-general in 1921. In 1940 Griesbach was appointed inspector-general in western Canada for the Canadian Military Forces, a position he held until 1943 when he had to resign for health reasons. He married Janet Scott MacDonald Lauder (1877-1950) in 1906, and they had a stillborn child in 1913. Griesbach died in 1945.
Harkness, James
Person · 1897-1990
James A. Harkness was a self described Rambler as indicated by the title he gave to his two photo albums, “Ramblings of a Rambler.” Harkness was born in Penicuik, Scotland, on 23 December 1897 and emigrated to Canada after the First World War. He lived and worked in a number of Alberta communities before settling down with his wife Doris Minnie and daughter Mary in Edmonton after the Second World War. Harkness served in both the First and Second World Wars. In the former he was a Stoker, second class, on the H.M.S Topaz and in the latter he served in Britain as an RCMP officer. Harkness' service as an RCMP officer spanned a period from 1932 to 1953 with a 3 year absence from the force between 1936 and 1939. Harkness also appears to have been active in the Legion of Frontiersmen [ca. 1925 – 1930]. While in Britain during World War II Harkness married. As a war bride, Doris Minnie Harkness arrived in Canada with her daughter, Mary, aboard the Queen Mary in 1946. Mary later married Richard Sanders. James and Doris Harkness returned to England in 1974. James died 1 May 1990 at the age of 93. Doris died in 1995.
Hess family
Family
F.W. (Frederick Welker) Hess was born in 1874 in Clinton, Iowa and immigrated to Calgary, Alberta in 1911. He was married to Ina Perkins in Vancouver, B.C. in 1914, and together they had one daughter, Margaret. F.W. Hess was president of the Revelstoke Sawmill Company and a member of the Ranchmen's Club, Rotary Club of Calgary, the Shriners, and the Glencoe Club. He died in 1956. Born in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Ina Perkins Hess attended the Toronto Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Ontario, in circa (ca.) 1896. She came to Calgary in 1909 but later moved to Vancouver, where she married in 1914. She returned to Calgary, where she was involved in a variety of community groups, including the Provincial Executive Committee of the Canadian Girl Guides Association in Calgary. She died in 1946. Born in 1916, Margaret P. (Marmie) Hess attended Earl Grey School, Western Canada High School, St. Hilda's School for Girls. She attended the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto. She and was a member of the Girl Guides in ca. 1931-1933. She taught at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and the Banff School of Fine Arts. She completed her post-graduate studies at the University of Iowa in 1947. She established Calgary Galleries Limited in Calgary, Alberta in 1970, which specialized in Inuit Art. She received a variety of awards and honourary degrees resulting from her community service, including the Order of Canada in 1983. She died in Calgary in 2016.
High River United Church
Corporate body · 1925-
The history of High River United Church dates to the Presbyterian Church built 1891 in High River, followed by a Methodist Church in 1901. In its early years, the Methodist congregation often met in homes and sometimes in the Masonic Hall for meetings and communion. A building and manse for the Presbyterian Church was built on two lots donated by George Lane and was completed in 1902. That building was moved across the street in 1915. The first communal service was held on July 5, 1925, in the Presbyterian facility. However, some of the Presbyterian members separated to form their own church. This building served as the building for High River United Church until a new building opened in 1951. Construction had begun in the summer of 1950 and the cornerstone reads 1950 but due to delays in construction and the pews arriving the dedication service only took place on December 14, 1951. In the 1940s, beginning in 1941, the church building served as a recreation hall for young men from No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School, and in 1941 the church re-affirmed for all members and guests that smoking would not be allowed inside the building. The church was part of the High River Presbytery from 1925-1964 and was then part of the Foothills Presbytery (which took over from High River Presbytery) from 1964-2018, when the four-court system in The United Church of Canada was replaced with a three-council model. As of 2024, High River United Church is the sole preaching point within High River Pastoral Charge, a pastoral charge within Chinook Winds Regional Council. Tongue Creek United Church was a former preaching point within the pastoral charge that closed in 1968.
Hill, Walter
Person · 1900-1986
Walter Hill was born in Tring, Hertfordshire, England in 1900. His family emigrated to Canada, arriving in Edmonton in 1913. He served overseas in World War I and, upon his return, enrolled in the pharmacy program at the University of Alberta. After his graduation in 1921, he moved to Fort McMurray to work at Sutherland's Drugs. He took over the operation in 1951 and renamed it Hills Drugs in 1955. Hill was involved in various community groups, including the British Empire Service League (which later became the Royal Canadian Legion), the Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce, the local Masonic lodge, and the Anglican Church. He received the Centennial Medal in 1967 and the Legion's Meritorious Service Medal in 1976. He married Glady May Percy (1900-1985) in 1923, and together they had two children, David (1924-1945) and Kenneth. He died in Fort McMurray in 1986.
Hillhurst Presbyterian Church
Corporate body
Hillhurst Presbyterian Church was one of three Presbyterian missions to be established in the Calgary area in 1907, along with Bankview and Crescent Heights. The first service was held in Riley Hall that same year and a Sunday School was opened. A church building was completed on Kensington Road in Calgary and dedicated in 1908. An increasing congregation led to the construction of a new church building which was completed in 1913. The original church building was purchased by the Salvation Army in 1917. Unification discussions were held between St. Paul's Methodist and Hillhurst Presbyterian as early as 1915 and they began holding joint summer services in the summer of 1922. In 1925 both congregations voted in favour of joining the newly formed United Church of Canada, a union of Methodist, Congregational, and some Presbyterian congregations. They were reconstituted as a single congregation, Hillhurst United Church, and services continued in what had previous been the Hillhurst Presbyterian building.
Hillhurst United Church
Corporate body
Hillhurst United Church has its origins in St. Paul's Methodist Church and Hillhurst Presbyterian Church. In the spring of 1907, a Methodist Sunday School was established in the Hillhurst subdivision of Calgary, meeting in Riley Hall, on the corner of 11th street and 5th Avenue. The first church services were also held in Riley Hall that year. A permanent church building was completed in 1908. An auditorium was added in 1912 and a basem*nt in 1913. Hillhurst Presbyterian Church was one of three Presbyterian missions to be established in the Calgary area in 1907, along with Bankview and Crescent Heights. The first service was held in Riley Hall that same year and a Sunday School was opened. A church building was completed on Kensington Road in Calgary and dedicated in 1908. An increasing congregation led to the construction of a new church building which was completed in 1913. The original church building was purchased by the Salvation Army in 1917. Unification discussions were held between St. Paul's Methodist and Hillhurst Presbyterian as early as 1915 and they began holding joint summer services in the summer of 1922. In 1925 both congregations voted in favour of joining the newly formed United Church of Canada, a union of Methodist, Congregational, and some Presbyterian congregations. They were reconstituted as a single congregation, Hillhurst United Church, and services continued in what had previous been the Hillhurst Presbyterian building. The old Methodist building was sold to the Oddfellow's Lodge no. 46 in 1928. The mortgage on the Hillhurst United Church was paid in full in 1948 and a mortgage burning ceremony was held. The original pipe organ was rebuilt by Keates Organ Co. in two stages completed in 1952 and 1958 respectively. A new manse was constructed in 1954. Discussions began on building a church hall as early as 1954 and it was completed in 1965. The dedication ceremony included the re-laying of the memorial stone from the original Hillhurst Presbyterian Church building on Kensington Road. Hillhurst United Church celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2008. In the same year is formally became an Affirming Ministry within the United Church of Canada. It is located in the Calgary Presbytery.
Holmes, Peggy and Harry
Family
Peggy Holmes was born in Kingston-upon Hull, England in 1897. During World War I, she met her husband, Harry, through a friend; the two married in 1917 in England. After the war, in 1919, the couple moved to Canada to work on Harry's homestead near St. Lina, Alberta. Harry Holmes was born in 1887 in Kingston-upon Hull, England. Harry came to Canada in 1911, spending a few months in Ontario before moving to High River, Alberta. In 1913, Harry and a few friends traveled to St. Lina, Alberta to start a homestead. At the start of World War I, Harry volunteered for the war and served in the 31st Battalion. While serving in France, Harry suffered an injury, leaving him with shrapnel in his leg. In 1922, Peggy and Harry moved to Edmonton, AB. While in Edmonton, Peggy worked as a book-keeper, and in real estate. She also taught singing and elocution during the 1940's and 1950's. In addition, she worked as a consultant in voice placement from 1935 until [1989]. In the 1960's and 1970's, she took up painting, and sold several hundred paintings. Harry worked as a court reporter for the Supreme Court of Alberta for 45 years. He retired in 1961, but continued to work part-time for several years. He died in Edmonton in 1976. At the age of 77, Peggy Holmes became a CBC radio Alberta broadcaster. She wrote radio scripts that detailed her homesteading life for a show entitled “The Way it Was” until 1990. From 1981- 1984, she also co-hosted a program entitled “Something for Seniors” for an Edmonton Community Radio Station (CKUA). Peggy volunteered for numerous organizations including the Canadian Cancer Society, Red Cross, the War Brides Association, YWCA. She was also a member of ACTRA, the Civil Servant's Association, St. Georges Society, War Bridges Association, the Writer's Guild of Alberta, and the Physicians and Surgeons for Third World Aid. Peggy also worked as a public speaker throughout the 1970's and 1980's. She gave talks for the Alberta Hospital Association, Business and Professional Women, Chiropractor's Corporation, Lions Club, Northern Alberta Transportation Association Conference, Oilmen's Wives of Sherwood Park, Old Timer's Association, Progress Club, Rotarians, Saint George's Society, Senior Welcome Wagon, Stockman's Association, University of Alberta Faculty Wives Club, University of Toronto Alumni, War Brides Association, and Women's Canadian Club. Peggy Holmes received numerous awards throughout her career including the following awards and honors: Peggy Holmes also published several books, including the following: "It Could Have Been Worse" (written with Joy Roberts), Toronto: Collins, 1980; "Never a Dull Moment" (written with Andrea Spalding), Toronto: Collins, 1984; "Still Soaring," Edmonton: Loon Books, 1987. In addition, Peggy published articles in the Alberta Motorist, the Alberta Report, the Edmonton Journal, and the Strathcona Harvest. Peggy died in Edmonton in 1997.
Holowach, Ambrose
Person · 1914-1993
Ambrose Holowach was born in Edmonton in 1914 to Sam Holowach and Josephine Dwornik. He completed his early education in Edmonton, which included piano instruction beginning at age 11. He left Edmonton in 1930 to study piano for six years at the Vienna Conservatory of Music, winning a gold medal at the Vienna Music Festival in 1934. He also served as a musical journalist for the Salzberg Festivals from 1931-1936. Upon his return to Edmonton, he operated a music school and acted as a pianist to local and national touring artists. He was involved in a variety of community cultural organizations, including the Empire Opera Company, with respect to dance and music. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS), translating English, Ukrainian, German and Russian. A fall from a truck during his service caused permanent injury to his right hand, ending his career as a pianist. Upon his return to Canada, he managed the family's dry-cleaning business. After an unsuccessful campaign in 1949, he was elected as a Social Credit Member of Parliament in 1953 for the Edmonton East electoral district, serving until his defeat in the 1958 federal election. He was elected as a a Social Credit MLA in 1959 for the Edmonton Centre electoral district. He served as Provincial Secretary (1962-1971) and Minister of Culture, Youth and Recreation (1971), the first person of Ukrainian origin to serve on Alberta's Executive Council. He was defeated in the 1971 provincial election, and a bid for re-election in the 1975 provincial election was unsuccessful. After leaving office, he continued to operate the family's dry-cleaning business. He died in Edmonton in 1993.
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Calmar, Alberta)
Corporate body
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Calmar, Alberta had its official beginning February 13, 1927, when an organizational meeting was held at the home of John Fitzowich, with Steve Mryglod as Chairman and Walter Shewkewich as Secretary, and twelve other community members in attendance. A unanimous decision was made to build a church. Two acres of land, on which to build the church, were donated by Dan Karashowsky. In addition, the members made a motion to apply for membership to the Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. Action was quickly taken to provide regular Sunday services. The first service was held at the home of John Fitzowich on June 2, 1927. Rev. Metro Senata celebrated the first Liturgy and blessed the cemetery. At that time Rev. Senata also gave the church its new name - “The Holy Trinity”. At this service, he also united in marriage Mike Jakowicki and Mary Verhun. The construction of the church started August 29, 1927 with Peter Turetsky hired as the lead carpenter. Members of the parish volunteered their labor and within a week the foundation was completed. Services continued to be held at the Fitzowich residence until partial completion (1928) allowed for services in the church. The church was completed in 1936. A parish hall was later built in 1945 by members of the parish. The parish hall became a place for meetings, social and religious functions, Ukrainian language and dance classes, as well as a place for various fundraising events. The membership in the parish increased over the years and in 1958 it was decided to build a larger church. The original church was dismantled and the new church was built on the same site. Most of the work was provided by the membership and the new church held its first liturgy in 1960. Its bell was purchased in the early 1960s by Steve Olekshy from the Leduc Fire Hall. In 2002 the parish celebrated its 75th anniversary. To document the 75 year history the parish compiled an anniversary booklet.
Hope, John William
Person · 1875-1956
John William Hope, a Barr Colony settler, was born in Manchester, England in 1875. The son of a craftsman, Hope was forced to drop out of school at the age of 12 to provide for his brother and three sisters when his father died unexpectedly at age 40. After a series of labour jobs, including stints at a leather works and steel mill, Hope learned of the Barr Colony plan of settlement in Canada. Desiring to escape from brutal working conditions, and aspiring to find a new home for his wife, Louisa Cox (1874-1942), and their growing family, Hope left for Canada in 1903. Hope arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick, on April 12, 1903 along with thousands of other would-be settlers. He traveled with an assortment of middle-class and working-class Britons to Barr Colony, in northwest Saskatchewan. He left the settlement, which is now named Lloydminster, soon thereafter, journeying to Edmonton in search of work. However, Hope soon found himself reliving the arduous working conditions he endured in England after labouring in lumber camps and coal mines around Edmonton. After saving enough money, he resumed his education and took a course in accountancy and stenography at the Alberta College. After graduating from Alberta College in 1905, Hope worked as a stenographer and traveling car service agent for Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in Alberta and Saskatchewan. He and his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1909 assuming a variety of posts with CPR and the North Vancouver Ferry Company until his retirement in 1940. He and Louisa had four children: Robert (1900-1966), Marian (Moores) (1906-1993), Dorothy (Armstrong) (1908-2000), and Katheleen (Mussell) (1910-1994). John William Hope died in North Vancouver, British Columbia in 1956.
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Dates of Founding and/or Dissolution: Functional Responsibility: The Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs also supported offices outside of Alberta. An office had been maintained in Ottawa since the 1930s, and came under the department when it was established, though with reduced functions. This Office was primarily a "listening post," gathering information on issues of the day, monitoring House of Commons and Commons committees, and monitoring meetings or hearings of federal agencies when of significance to Alberta. An office in Toronto, primarily related to the manpower field, was opened in February 1975, and closed in October 1984. The Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs also monitored and coordinated Government of Alberta activities internationally. The Department initially supported three international offices. Alberta House, in London, England, represented Alberta's interests in the United Kingdom and in Europe, and traced its root back to when Alberta's first Agent-General, Herbert Greenfield, was appointed in 1925; he held the position until 1931. The position was vacant from 1931 until 1948, when R.A. McMullen became Agent-General, holding the post until 1970. The Alberta Government also supported smaller offices in Los Angeles, which opened October 1962, and Tokyo, which opened May 1970, both of which were to develop and improve trade relations. New international offices were opened in Hong Kong in 1980, in Houston in 1982, in New York in 1982 and in Seoul in 1988. The Houston Office closed in 1989 and the Los Angeles Office in 1991-1992. The remaining international offices were transferred to Economic Development and Tourism, where they were restructured and refocused on commercial activities. The Agent-General Act was repealed in 1996 (S.A. 1996, chapter 1). The Ottawa Office remained a part of International and Intergovernmental Relations, but was closed on June 28, 2000 after it was determined that the Office's services were no longer necessary. The Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs Act was repealed and superseded by the Government Organization Act (S.A. 1994, G-8.5), which became effective January 1, 1995. The Department continued to develop government-wide policy and strategies for Alberta's relations with other Canadian governments and the international community. In April 1997, as part of government-wide restructuring, the Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs amalgamated with Aboriginal Affairs, with Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs assuming the responsibility for Alberta's relations with Aboriginal people and Aboriginal governments. The name of the department was changed to reflect this, becoming Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs. The Métis Settlements Appeal Tribunal and the Métis Settlements Transition Committee were to report to the Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs. In May 1999, the name was again changed, this time to International and Intergovernmental Relations, and a new Associate Minister of Aboriginal Affairs was appointed. Following the March 2001 ministry restructuring, Aboriginal Affairs became an independent ministry, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. This new ministry assumed the responsibility for Aboriginal Affairs previously undertaken by International and Intergovernmental Relations. A number of different offices have also been part of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs and International and Intergovernmental Relations. The Protocol Office organized visits of visiting trade missions and ambassadors. The Office was transferred to Executive Council April 1, 1978. Responsibility for the Protocol Office returned to Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs on June 7, 1993. The Office was transferred again from International and Intergovernmental Relations to the Executive Council as part of the government-wide restructuring announced in May 1999. In 1980-1981, an Office of the Provincial Pipeline Coordinator was established to coordinate Alberta's involvement in the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline Project; the Office was abolished in 1983. Translation Services were transferred from Public Works, Supply and Services in 1985, forming the Translation Bureau. In 1986-1987, the department assumed responsibility for the Office of the Alberta Trade Representative from the Department of Economic Development; the Offices, one in Edmonton and one in Calgary, were closed in 1988. In 1993, an Office for Internal Trade Negotiations was established, to coordinate Alberta's participation in talks to eliminate internal trade barriers within Canada. In March 1999 the Francophone Secretariat was created, serving as a liaison between the government and the Alberta Francophone community; it was moved to the Ministry of Community Development in July 1999. A new office, the International Governance Office, was created in April 2000 within the Ministry, which was to coordinate the Alberta government's participation in international governance projects, which has become part of the International Relations Section. Predecessor and Successor Bodies: Administrative Relationships: Administrative Structure: Names of the Corporate bodies: Names of Chief Officers: Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs: Ministers of International and Intergovernmental Relations:
The Department of International and Intergovernmental Relations was established as the Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs under The Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs Act (S.A. 1972, chapter 33), which came into force June 2, 1972.
The newly-elected Lougheed Government, which assumed office on September 10, 1971, recognized a need for a department devoting its full attention to intergovernmental affairs. A Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs was appointed in 1971, and the Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs was established under The Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs Act (S.A. 1972, chapter 33), which came into force June 2, 1972. This Department was responsible for advising the Minister on the coordination and review of all policies, programs and activities of the Government of Alberta and its agencies in relation to the Government of Canada, other provincial and territorial governments, as well as governments of foreign countries and states, and the agencies of all of these governments. These responsibilities involved regular liaison with other provincial departments, involvement in negotiations of intergovernmental agreements and participation in intergovernmental meetings. The activities of the government were initially divided into three functional categories: Social and Cultural Affairs, Resource and Industrial Development, and Constitutional and Economic Affairs.
When the Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs was established, it was to administer those parts of the public service consisting of the Office of Special Counsel for Alberta in Ottawa and the Alberta Intergovernmental Affairs Agency. The Foreign Office in London, England (Alberta House) and the office in Los Angeles had been administered by the Department of Industry and Tourism until the establishment of the Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs.
The Ministers of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs and International and Intergovernmental Relations were to be members of the Executive Council.
The Department initially consisted of three divisions, Social and Cultural Affairs, Resource and Industrial Development and Constitutional and Economic Affairs. The divisions were reorganized to Resources and Industrial Development (becoming Resources and Economic Development in 1980 and Economics and Resources in 1986-7), Social and Cultural Affairs, and Research and Planning. A new division, Urban Affairs and Housing, was established in January 1977, but integrated into Social and Cultural Affairs division in 1977-1978. In 1978, two new divisions were established, International Affairs and Northern Affairs, while the Protocol branch was transferred to the Executive Council. The following year, the work of the Northern Affairs division was reassigned to the Resources and Industrial Development division. Departmental services were provided by the Administration and Communications (established in 1982) divisions. In 1985, the Research and Planning and Social and Cultural Affairs divisions merged to form the Constitutional, Fiscal and Social Affairs division (becoming simply Social and Constitutional in 1987-1988). The department was reorganized in 1991 into the following divisions: Constitution and Coordination, Policy and Planning, Canadian Intergovernmental and International, with continued support from Administration and Communications. These became Planning and Coordination Division, Canadian Intergovernmental Division, and International Division, along with the Office of Internal Trade Negotiations in 1993. In 1996, another reorganization resulted in two sections, International Relations and Canadian Federalism, and two major policy teams, Trade Policy and Social and Fiscal Policy Reform. With the addition of Aboriginal Affairs in 1997, three new divisions were added: Aboriginal Relations, Indian Land Claims, and Aboriginal Self-Reliance Initiatives; Social and Fiscal Policy Reform was removed from the organizational structure and Canadian Federalism became Canadian Intergovernmental Relations. The divisions related to Aboriginal Affairs formed the basis for the new Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, which was established in 2001.
The Department of International and Intergovernmental Relations was first established as the Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs. In 1997, the department added Aboriginal Affairs to its responsibilities, and its name was changed from Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs to Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs to reflect this change in responsibility. In 1999, the name was changed again, to International and Intergovernmental Affairs.
Ministers of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs:
Don Getty (1971-1975)
Lou Hyndman (1975-1979)
Dick Johnston (1979-1982)
James D. Horsman (1982-1992)
Peter Elzinga (1992-1993)
Ralph Klein (1993-1994)
Ken Rostad (1994-1997)
Dave Hanco*ck (1997)
Dave Hanco*ck (1997-1999)
Shirley McClellan (1999-2001)
Pearl Calahasen (Associate Minister of Aboriginal Affairs) (1999-2001)
Halvar Jonson (2001-present)
Jackson, Mary Percy
Person · 1904-2000
Dr. Mary Percy Jackson served the people of the Peace River country as a physician for over 45 years. Born in Dudley, England December 27, 1904, Mary Evangeline Percy grew up in an urban setting, leading a rather sheltered life. She graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1927 with degrees in surgery and medicine, and in her final year won the Queen's prize as the best all-round student. By the time she was 24 years old, she had accumulated impressive experience and could list M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.S., and L.R.C.P. after her name. She had also been house physician at Birmingham General Hospital, casualty house physician in the children's hospital and house surgeon in the maternity hospital. In 1929, in answer to an advertisem*nt in a medical journal for women doctors to go to Alberta, Dr. Jackson embarked upon an opportunity that was originally intended to be only a one-year assignment. In an attempt to provide better medical services in outlying areas, the Alberta Government hired Dr. Jackson and three other British doctors. Following an orientation tour with a travelling medical clinic, she was assigned to the territory of Battle River, a vast area covering 250 square miles that soon grew to nearly 400 square miles. The nearest medical aid was the town of Peace River, 120 kilometers to the south. Dr. Jackson became the only physician responsible for the well being of Indigenous peoples and settlers in a wide radius of remote territory. Despite the isolation, Jackson was vigilant about nutrition, vaccination, and tuberculosis control and she kept up with the latest advances in health promotion. In 1931 she married rancher and fur trader Frank Jackson, a widower with 3 children, and moved to his homestead at Keg River, 500 miles northwest of Edmonton. Dr. Jackson continued her dedicated service as a general practitioner in the area. Married and in relative prosperity, no longer under contract with the provincial government, she did not seek payment for her medical work, although she appreciated gifts in kind. During her long career, Dr. Jackson treated hundreds of Indigenous people and developed many long-standing friendships with them. In 1975, she was named "Woman of the Year" by the Voice of Native Women. In 1976, she was awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Alberta and delivered the Convocation address. Also in that year, she and her husband were honoured by the Province of Alberta with an Alberta Achievement Award for outstanding service. The couple had previously been recognized for their contributions with a Master Farm Family Award in 1953. Dr. Jackson received the Alberta Centennial Medal and the Canadian Centennial Medal. She was also hounoured with the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1983. Recognized on a national level as well, Mary Percy Jackson was nominated an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1989 and invested with that honour on April 18, 1990. She retired from active practice in 1975 and held senior membership in the Canadian Medical Association, senior life membership in the Alberta Medical Association, and a life membership in the College of Family Physicians. Predeceased by her husband in 1979, Dr. Jackson resided in Keg River until her death on April 6, 2000. She has a son and a daughter, three stepsons, 25 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
Jampolsky family
Family
Moses Jampolsky was born June 22, 1893 in Seveth, Bukovina, Austria; he was the son of Isaak and Sheva (Bayshl) Jampolsky (also spelled Yampolsky). Moses came to Canada in 1913, and studied at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then taught in Saskatchewan. He came to Alberta in 1919, studying medicine at University of Alberta (U. of A.) from 1919 until 1921; he earned his Master of Arts from the U. of A. in 1922. Moses then returned to teach in Saskatchewan, remaining there until 1928, when he moved to Spedden, Alberta. He received his permanent teaching certificate for Alberta in 1944. Moses became a naturalized citizen in 1945. Beginning in about 1938, Moses taught in Spedden, and was principal of the Spedden High School from 1941 until 1953. He continued to teach in Alberta in Smoky Lake, Manville, Fawcett and Legal. Moses died May 7, 1961. On March 27, 1923, Moses married Sonya Greenberg, daughter of Mordechei Stern and Esther (Woloshin) Greenberg. Sonya was born in circa (ca.) 1893 in Russia, and came to Canada in about 1913. Sonya died April 20, 1958. Sonya and Moses had three sons, one of whom was adopted. The Jampolsky's adopted son Hyman (Hymie) Greenberg born circa (ca.) 1918 and was killed in action in Hong Kong in 1941; he was a member of the Royal Canadian Signals. Lyman Jampolsky was born September 10, 1924. He worked on the Alaska Highway construction before enlisting with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1944. After the war, he completed his high school diploma. He then studied at the University of British Columbia, completing his Bachelor of Arts in 1949 and Master of Arts in philosophy in 1950; his Master's thesis was entitled “Ethical Values and Political Theory.” Lyman then earned a Bachelor of Education degree from the U. of A. He taught around Alberta for a short time before undertaking doctoral studies in California. Lyman and his wife Jeanette, daughter Lisa, and son Samuel were briefly located in Baker, Oregon, where Jeanette was able to teach. Between 1959 and 1966 Lyman was principal of the Stony Sarcee Indian Agency, Regional Inspector of Indian Schools for the Indian Affairs Branch, and Chief Superintendent of Vocational Training and Special Services. Lyman died in 1982. Murray was born November 5, 1930 in Spedden. He received his permanent teaching certificate in 1957. Murray first taught in Glendon, Alberta. He completed his Bachelor of Arts at the U. of A. in 1962, his Master of Arts at California State College, and his doctorate in educational psychology at U. of A. in 1972. Murray taught in Limbang, a northern town in Sarawak, Malaysia. In 1964, he married Doreen Fialkow. She was born in 1935, likely in Edmonton; she was the daughter of Martha (Hacker) and Harry Aaron Fialkow. Her family moved to Sedgewick, Alberta in 1946. Doreen did a year of service, Shanet Sherut, in Israel from 1956 to 1958. She was also a teacher. Murray was a district representative for Edmonton to the Alberta Teachers' Association, and was later president of the Alberta Teachers' Association. Murray and Doreen had two daughters, Sonya and Fia. Murray died August 9, 1984.
John Stuttaford family
Family
John Morehouse Stuttaford was born in 1843 in Camelford, Cornwall. In 1860, he immigrated to Canada. He worked as a tailor, and became a regimental tailor for the North West Mounted Police (NWMP). In 1874, he formed part of the first NWMP police service in Fort Macleod, Alberta. He worked as a Sub-Constable from 1874-1877, as a Constable from 1877- 1880, and as a Special Constable from 1884- 1890. In 1890, he finished his service with the NWMP, and moved to Fort Walsh. He died in Fort Macleod in 1927. He married Barbara Jane Peyton (1849-1921) in Ottawa, Ontario in 1877, and together they had three children: Mabel Irvine (Perkins) (1881-1965), Elizabeth Sara Jane (Hammon) (1879-1953) and Susan Barbara (Elliot) (1885-1978). Barbara Stuttaford died in Fort Macleod in 1921. Mabel Irvine Stuttaford married Frederick Perkins (1870-1941) in Fort Macleod in 1903. They had eight children: Theodore Frederick (1904-1994), Barbara Annie May (Aitchison) (1905-1990), Frank William (1907-1994), Mabel Clara (Burns) (1909-1999), Bernard Herbert, (1911-1993), Harry George Moorehouse (1914-1972), Margaret Audrey (Culver) (1920-2000), and Edward Jones Perkins (1923-1934). Mabel Perkins died in Fort Macleod in 1965. Mabel Clara Perkins married Arthur Burns (1891-1972) in Lethbridge, Alberta in 1929, and they lived in Fort Macleod. They had eight children, five daughters and three sons. Mabel Burns died in Lethbridge in 1999.
Johnston, John Henry
Person · 1922-2011
John Henry Johnston was born in Vegreville, Alberta in February 1922. He was the youngest of Henry Johnston and Georgina (nee Young) Johnston's three children, following older sisters Louise and Georgina. The family moved to Vermillion when John was in grade school, then later to Jasper Place in Edmonton when John entered junior high. In 1941, after receiving training under the Dominion Provincial Youth Training program, John enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as a wireless operator. During the Second World War, John was an active service member in London, England, working as a telecommunications officer. After the war, John reenlisted with the RCAF and pursued additional telecommunications training in Centralia, Ontario between 1946 and 1947. After graduating from training in 1948, John returned to Edmonton to work for North West Air Command. After a few months in Edmonton, John was asked to relocate to cover the wireless operations of the RCAF base in Whitehorse. John remained in Whitehorse until late 1949, eventually returning to Edmonton. Upon his return, John met Hazel Gregory, a nursing student at the Edmonton General Hospital (EGH). Hazel's family was originally from Hythe, Alberta, but relocated to Grand Prairie when Hazel's mother remarried in the 1930s. John and Hazel began dating shortly before she graduated from nursing school in May 1950. After graduation, Hazel worked at the Charles Camsell Hospital and Central Alberta Sanatorium, while John continued to work for North West Air Command. John and Hazel married in April 1951 at the Robertson (now Robertson-Wesley) United Church in Edmonton. In the early years of their marriage, they lived on a variety of military bases in Canada where John worked, including Whitehorse, Ottawa, Victoria, Winnipeg, Trenton, Comox and Quebec, and travelled extensively in Europe. John retired from active service after 30 years, and joined the Commissionaires (a security firm that hires Commonwealth veterans) where he worked for 10 years. In December 1989, Hazel passed away, and John moved into an adult living community in the Capilano neighbourhood of Edmonton. He took on an active role in the community, supporting and advertising for the Reform Party, and participating in the community Glee Club. It was through the Glee Club that John met Lisa Klem, whom he married in December 1997. John passed away in March 2011 at the age of 89.
Johnstone, E. Mary
Person · 1879-1975
Dr. Emma Mary Johnstone was born in 1879 at Manipu, India, near the border of Burma, to Emma and James Johnstone, who was the British adviser to the Raj. Mary Johnstone returned to England for her schooling and eventually opened a medical practice. In the early 1920's, in response to a lecture given by the Fellowship of the Maple Leaf about the horrible conditions the settlers in Grande Prairie, Alberta faced, Johnstone moved to Alberta offered her services to George Hoadley, then Minister of Health. She was sent to Wanham, Alberta and in 1928 was asked by Hoadley to help try to influence other female doctors to work in outlying districts of Alberta. Johnstone then traveled to England to interview possible candidates and while there, lectured for the Fellowship of the Maple Leaf, who raised money for supplies to be sent to Canada and to cover the fares of the three female doctors who were going to Alberta. Johnstone then returned to Alberta and worked as a doctor for a number of years in a variety remote settlements, and distributed clothing, books and other items sent to Alberta by the Fellowship of the Maple Leaf. During World War II Johnstone returned to London, England and was in command of a mobile first aid post for the duration of the war. After the war, she returned to Edmonton and campaigned for the start of the Flying Ambulance service. She died in Edmonton in 1975.
Kaye, Vladimir J.
Person · 1896-1976
Vladimir Julian Kysilesky, more commonly known as Vladimir J. Kaye, was born in 1896 in the province of Galacia, in what was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He received a Ph.D. in 1924 from the Institute of East European Studies at the University of Vienna. He then moved to Paris, and subsequently to Canada. From 1928 until 1930, he was the editor of Western News, a weekly Ukrainian newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1931, he returned to Europe, to England, for postgraduate studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London. While in London, he also served as Director for the Ukrainian Press Bureau, and then with the British Ministry of Information. Kaye returned to Canada in 1940, and held a position with the information branch of the Department of National War Service. The branch became part of the Department of the Secretary of State in 1946, and in 1950, became the newly established Department of Citizenship and Immigration. In 1950, Kaye was appointed an associate professor at the University of Ottawa. He retired in 1961, but continued his research into the beginnings of Ukrainian settlement in the Canadian North-West. Kaye's books on the subject include Early Ukrainian Settlements in Canada. 1895-1900: Dr. Josef Oleskow's Role in the Settlement of the Canadian Northwest, and Ukrainian Canadians in Canada's Wars, as well as being editor and compiler for Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian Biography: pioneer settlers of Manitoba, 1891-1900 and Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian biography of pioneer settlers of Alberta, 1891-1900. Kaye passed away in Ottawa in 1976 before the Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian biography of pioneer settlers of Alberta, 1891-1900 was completed and published.
Klein, Ralph
Person · 1942-2013
Ralph Phillip Klein was born in Calgary, Alberta on November 1, 1942 to Phil and Florence Klein. He attended school in Calgary, but interrupted his high school studies to enlist in the Canadian Air Force. Upon leaving the service, Ralph Klein completed his high school education, eventually becoming principal of the Calgary Business College. He married Hilda Heppner but they later divorced. From 1963 to 1969 Ralph Klein pursued a public relations career with the Alberta Division of the Red Cross and the United Way of Calgary and District. For the next eleven years, he was the Senior Civic Affairs reporter with CFCN Television and Radio. He married Colleen Hamilton in 1972, and together they had one child. On October 15, 1980 Ralph Klein was elected Calgary’s 32nd Mayor, one of only two mayors born in the city. He was re-elected in 1983 and 1986. During his time as mayor he had several major accomplishments including the 1988 Olympic Winter Games, the building of Calgary’s Light Rail Transit System and protection of the Bow River. Ralph Klein was elected MLA for the Calgary-Elbow electoral district on March 20, 1989 and on April 14, 1989 was appointed Minister of Environment. Three years later on December 5, 1992, he was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and was sworn in as Alberta’s 12th Premier on December 14, 1992, replacing Don Getty. Several months later, in June 1993, he was elected to his first term as Premier. Albertans returned Ralph Klein and his government to office for a second term in March 1997 with an increased majority. He was re-elected in March 2001 and again in November 2004. During his tenure as Premier, Klein also served as President of the Executive Council (1992-2006), Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs (1993-1994), Minister of Economic Development and Tourism (1994-1995), and Executive Chair of the Alberta Economic Development Authority (1994-[2006?]. As President of the Executive Council, Klein was the authority to which the Personnel Administration Office reported from 1992-1997. Klein’s foremost success as Premier was the elimination of Alberta’s $2.5 billion deficit, which he achieved through deep cuts to healthcare, education and other social programs; the 2002 Alberta Teacher’s Strike is one notable result of these actions. While Klein’s early years as Premier were marked by frugality, he later chose to share the provincial surplus with Albertans, distributing a $400 Prosperity Bonus, colloquially known as “Ralph Bucks,” to all citizens in 2005. Some Albertans criticized the Bonus, believing the money should have been spent by the government to benefit the public as a whole. After more than 13 years in office, Ralph Klein formally resigned as premier on September 20, 2006. He resigned his Calgary-Elbow seat in January 2007. Over the years, Ralph Klein has received a number of honours and awards including the Order of St. John in 1986. In 1988, he received the Alberta Achievement Award, the Lion’s Club Medal of Distinction for Service to Humanity, and was inducted into the Olympic Order. In 1989, he was selected as Calgarian of the Decade by the Calgary Herald. In 1992, he received a Governor General's Award and in 1993 he became the second white person in history to be adopted into the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation and was given the name Otskoipiiksi (Bluebird). In 1994 Premier Klein was named Man of the Year by the International Young Entrepreneurs Organization over Boris Yeltsin, also nominated that year; was awarded the Colin M. Brown Freedom Medal by the National Citizens' Coalition; and was named B'nai B'rith's Citizen of the Year. In 1995 he was named Calgary's Outstanding Citizen of the Century, and the first recipient of the Fraser Institute's International Fiscal Performance Award. In 1996, the Blood Tribe made Ralph Klein an honorary chief in the Kainai Chieftainship. In 1998, Premier Klein was distinguished with an Honourary Bachelor of Applied Technology Degree from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). In June 2000, the Premier became an honourary degree recipient at Olds College, receiving the Agriculture Technology and Entrepreneurship Applied Degree. During a trip to China and Korea in June 2004, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Political Science from Kangwon National University in Korea. Although Klein was a widely popular political figure, his tenure as Premier was not without controversy. In November 2001, Klein visited a homeless shelter in Edmonton. Intoxicated, he became argumentative and was witnessed throwing money down and telling shelter drop-ins to “get a job.” This was the catalyst for Klein to publically admit his drinking problem and vow to address it. He did so through a nationally-covered press conference, and soon after received hundreds of messages of support. Despite this and other similar incidents, Klein remained popular and his transgressions were forgiven by the majority of the public. Following his retirement, Ralph Klein took a position at the Calgary law firm Borden Ladner Gervais as a senior business adviser and he served the first term in the Ralph Klein Chair in Media Studies at Mount Royal University. He also received a number of awards, including induction into the Alberta Award of Excellence in 2010, an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Calgary in 2011. In 2012, his wife Colleen accepted the Order of Canada and a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on his behalf. Suffering from pulmonary disease and dementia, Ralph Klein moved to a Calgary care facility in 2011, where he passed away March 29, 2013.
Knights of Columbus. Alberta and Northwest Territories State Council
Corporate body
The Knights of Columbus was founded by Father Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882 in New Haven, Connecticut. The purpose of this fraternal organization was to help strengthen Catholicism in male parishioners and to provide life insurance for widows and orphans of deceased members. The Knights of Columbus was established in Canada on November 25, 1897. Council No. 284, the first Canadian council, was founded in Montreal, Quebec. Within 10 years, councils were established in every existing Canadian province. In Alberta, the first councils were established in January 1907, in Edmonton, Council 1184 with N.D. Beck as first Grand Knight, and Calgary, Council 1186 with Patrick J. Nolan as first Grand Knight. Patrick J. Nolan was also the first Territorial Deputy of the Knights in Alberta. Presently, Alberta is covered by the Alberta and Northwest Territories State Council. The Canadian Association of the Knights of Columbus was created in 1918 with the approval of the Supreme Board of Directors. The goal of the Association was to promote goodwill among Canadian jurisdictions and to work toward solidarity in Canadian matters and of particular concern to Canadian Knights of Columbus, to Canadian Bishops and for the good of the Order in Canada as a whole. The first meeting was held on December 2, 1918 in the Catholic Army Hut Headquarters in Ottawa. In 1922, the Canadian Superintendent of Insurance empowered the Order to write insurance policies in all provinces. The Knights of Columbus is a fraternal organization of Catholic men who are community minded and do charitable work. The members donate millions of hours in volunteer service and fund-raising efforts to their local communities and church parishes. The organization is also firmly committed to the protection of human life, from conception to natural death, and to the preservation and defense of family. Today the Knights of Columbus forms the largest catholic lay organization in the world with more than 1.5 million members. Any male Catholic, 18 years of age or older, qualify to join the Knights of Columbus. The hierarchy of the organization consists of a Supreme Council (International body), which creates and distributes the charter, constitutions and laws to the various State Councils. The state councils are divided into chapters, districts, and councils. The chapters act as organizing bodies for the local districts to help coordinate the efforts of the various councils throughout the state. The councils are composed of members of local parishes based within a community. Although each level of the hierarchy has authority to create and disband lower councils, the local, state, and supreme councils operate independent of each other insofar as they are concerned with local initiatives and funding. The charter, constitution and laws of the organization are the rules that bind councils to the Knights of Columbus and adherence to those rules along with the payment of dues by members and councils up the hierarchy are what grants the various levels entry into the organization. Each state council organizes an annual convention. The Fourth Degree is the highest degree of membership to the Knights of Columbus. The Fourth Degree came into existence in 1900, and in Alberta in 1910, as part of the Champlain Province. This degree is also known as the Degree of Patriotism and indicates a love of the country through the duties of citizenship informed by religion. In 1921-1922 Alberta had its own district, in 1930-1931 Saskatchewan and Alberta formed one district together, but separated again in 1937. The Columbian Squires began in 1925, providing an opportunity to young Catholics to unite and develop their leadership and various humanitarian projects. In Alberta the first squire circles were formed in 1924-1928 by Cyril Bretchel and revived by Walter Leeb in 1959.
Kunda, Vera
Person · 1928-2005
Vera Pawlikowsky was born 12 of August, 1928 in Lviv, Ukraine. Her parents were Irene (nee Makukh) and Julian Pawlykowsky. She received her high school education in Lviv, Vienna, Carlsurg and finished her university degree in Munich. She received her Library degree at the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 1971. She was a member of the Ukrainian scouting organization Plast since 1940. She was also very active in the Ukrainian community in Edmonton. In 1948, Vera Pawlikowsky married Wasyl Kunda (1913-1997) and together they moved to Canada. They landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia and traveled by train to Winnipeg, Manitoba. After spending a few days in Winnipeg they continued by train to Tees, Alberta arriving there in October 1948. The Kundas first daughter, Irene, was born a short time later. While in Tees, Wasyl Kunda found work as a farm labourer while Vera Kunda worked as domestic help. The family then moved to Winnipeg. In 1951 Wasyl found a research job with Sherritt Gordon in Ottawa, and the family moved to Ottawa. The stayed in Ottawa until 1953, at which time they moved back to Alberta, to Fort Saskatchewan. At this time the Kunda's second daughter, Lydia, was born. Two years later their son Andrey was born. In 1964 the family moved to Edmonton, where they became active in Ukrainian community life. Vera Kunda, was a librarian by profession, and a well-known community person and exemplary leader and role model in both her professional and community life. Her achievements and work were multifaceted. Vera Kunda completed her Library degree at the University of Alberta and started working for the University Library system in 1971. She came to the University Library with a strong background in pre-Med. and with numerous languages. She worked with almost every department in Science, Engineering, Home Economics and Agriculture, and Forestry. Vera Kunda's first position at the University of Alberta Science Library was that of reference librarian, a position she held until 1984. From 1984-1987 she was the Coordinator of Reference in the Science Library. In 1987 – 1991she held the position of Reference Coordinator and Periodicals Librarian in the Science and Technology Library. In 1986 she was a member of the Library Tenure Committee for one year. She was also a member of the Special Libraries Association as well as other professional library organizations in Canada and the United States. She is acknowledged for her contribution to the bibliography on Geotextiles, published jointly by Home Economics and Civil Engineering. Vera Kunda retired November, 1991. In 1964 when the Kunda family moved to Edmonton, Vera and her entire family joined Plast and became very active and well known in the Ukrainian scouting organization Plast. In Plast Vera held many positions from the role of counselor to various board and administrative positions. For her efforts and commitment to Plast and her long term service she received the recognition award of St. George's medal in silver and then in gold. Vera Kunda was also involved in the Ukrainian Catholic Women's League of Canada (UCWLC) and was instrumental in establishing and maintaining the UCWLC museum. She dedicated much of her efforts and time (over 30 years) to the museum, gathering grants to bring the storage and collections processes to a national museum standard. Vera was secretary of the museum board for 17 years. Moreover, thanks to her efforts the museum had strong ties with the Provincial Museum, the Museum Association of Alberta and the University of Alberta. On the basis of the sources available Vera wrote a history of the UCWLC Museum in Edmonton which was published in the Western Canadian Anthology #3 in 1999. As part of the 50th anniversary of the Museum in 2002 the Museum Board of the UCWLC Edmonton branch recognized Vera for her long term service and commitment and work on the Museum. In 1982 – 87 Vera Kunda was nominated by Alberta Culture to the Advisory Council at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. She was on the planning committee of the exhibition of Ukrainian weavings “Tkanyna” which was opened at the Ukrainian Village and then was exhibited at the Provincial Museum afterwards and was exhibited for one year. Vera secured materials for the bilingual publications of the illustrated catalogue of the exhibit and she wrote the introductory article to the book. This was the first time that Alberta Culture and the Museum agreed to a bilingual ( Eng. And Ukr.) publication and captions for the exhibit. In 1994 Vera was nominated by the Alberta Government to the Advisory Committee for Academic Publications for the Ukrainian Village. As part of the Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine celebrations she prepared and exhibit called “Kyiavan Treasures of Timely Christianity”. Vera Kunda was a founding member (from 1979) and long term treasurer of the Alberta Commemorative Society of Ukrainian Culture. She organized many fundraisers for various cultural needs and in assistance of Ukraine. From 1989-1991 she was the president of this organization. Vera was also a member of and contributor to the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations. Shevchenko Foundation, Ukrainian Museum in New York, the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, member of the Committee of Ukrainian Folklore at the University of Alberta and a member of the Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society. In 1987 Vera received the Alberta Achievement Award from the Alberta Government. In 1998 the Provincial Council of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress awarded Vera Kunda with the Hetman award for her service to her community. In 1975 Vera buried her mother to whom she was very close. In 1995 Vera survived a very difficult operation which was diagnosed as cancer, which she fought for 10 years. In 1997 her husband Wasyl, who suffered from Alzheimers for 12 years, passed away. Vera Kunda passed away in Edmonton in 2005.
Labour
Corporate body
Dates of founding and/or dissolution: The Department of Labour was re-created in 1975 by means of the passage and proclamation of The Department of Manpower and Labour Amendment Act, 1975 (2nd), c. 14. The department was dissolved again May 26, 1999. Functional responsibility: In 1979, responsibility for workplace safety and oversight of the Workers' Compensation Board was transferred to the Minister responsible for Workers' Health, Safety and Compensation. The Board was transferred back to the Department of Labour in 1993. In 1981, responsibility for inspection and licensing of theatres and public halls and for the examination and licensing of film projectionists was transferred to the joint administration of the Provincial Treasurer and the Minister of Culture. In late 1992, responsibility for the registration of professional and occupational associations and the Professions and Occupations Bureau was transferred to the Department. In 1995, the Department delegated responsibility for the administration and delivery of safety programs related to boilers and pressure vessels to the Alberta Boilers Safety Association, a non-profit organization registered under the Societies Act. Also in 1995, the Department delegated responsibility for the administration and delivery of safety programs related to petroleum storage tanks as required under the Alberta Fire Code to the Petroleum Tank Management Association of Alberta, a non-profit organization registered under the Societies Act. In 1996, the Department delegated responsibility for administration of safety programs related to elevating devices and amusem*nt rides to the Alberta Elevating Devices and Amusem*nt Rides Safety Association, a non-profit organization registered under the Societies Act. Also in 1996, the Department delegated responsibility for administration of safety programs related to propane powered vehicles to the Alberta Propane Vehicle Administration Organization, an organization incorporated under the Business Corporations Act.In 1998, the agency headed by the Minister of Labour was renamed the Ministry of Labour. The principal component of the Ministry was the Department of Labour, which continued to be responsible for the planning, development, administration and delivery of programs under its mandate. The Ministry also contained the Workers Compensation Board, the Workers' Compensation Board Appeal Commission, the Occupational Health and Safety Council, the Safety Codes Council, the Council on Professions and Occupations, and the Health Disciplines Board. The Minister of Labour was responsible for the administration of the following acts. Labour-management relations and conditions of employment:Alberta Labour Act, 1973 Worker's compensation:Blind Worker's Compensation Act (to 1979, 1993-1999 only) Apprenticeship training and certification:Apprenticeship Act (1959-1972 only) Certification of employment agencies:Employment Agencies Act (to 1976 only) Workplace and public safety:Alberta Uniform Building Standards Act Professions and occupations:Certified General Accountants Act (1988-1989, 1992-1999 only) Human rights protection:Human Rights Act (from 1968) Consumer protection:Consumer Affairs Act (1971-1972 only) Predecessor and successor bodies: After the dissolution of the Ministry of Labour in 1999, its programs formed one of the principal components of the new Ministry of Human Resources and Employment. Administrative relationships: Administrative structure:Until 1991, the following branches were responsible for administering the various programs of the Department:- Labour force research: Labour Research Section (Labour Research and Immigration Division), Service Research (Planning Secretariat), Labour Research Branch Beginning in 1991, the Department of Labour went through a number of administrative reorganizations. Effective April 1, 1991, the Labour and General Safety Services Divisions were merged to form the new Work and Safety Standards Division. The Employment Standards Branch was renamed the Work Standards Branch. The new Safety Standards Branch incorporated all the programs of the former General Safety Services Division. The Employment Pensions Branch was also part of this Division. A new unit, the Client Services Division, was created to deliver departmental programs across the province. Regional offices were opened in Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary. District offices were opened in Peace River, Fort McMurray, Edson, St. Paul, Vermilion, Camrose, Drumheller, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. These offices became responsible for delivery of programs related to employment standards, boiler and pressure vessel safety, plumbing and gas safety, electrical safety, building safety, and elevator and fixed conveyance safety. The Mediation Services Branch and the Office of the Provincial Fire Commissioner were also placed in this Division. A second new unit, the Issues Management Group, was formed to facilitate long-term planning, program development and inter-agency liaison activities. This group included the Information Services and Communications branches. The other branches of the former Support Services Division now reported directly to the Deputy Minister. In 1992, the Work and Safety Standards Division was merged into the Client Services Division. The Safety Standards Branch was renamed the Technical Services Branch and absorbed the Work Standards Branch. At this time, the Mediation Services Branch was moved to the Issues Management Division. In 1992, responsibility for the registration of professional and occupational associations was transferred to the Department. This resulted in the creation of the Professions and Occupations Division. In 1993, responsibility for occupational health and safety programs returned to the Department of Labour. This resulted in the re-creation of the Occupational Health and Safety Division. In 1995, the Issues Management Division and Regional Services portion of the Client Services Division were merged to form the new Issues and Regional Management Division. This Division became responsible for planning and coordination for all program areas. The remainder of the former Client Services Division, the Occupational Health and Safety Division, the Professions and Occupations Division, the Employment Standards Branch, and the former Finance and Administration Branch were merged to form the new Professional and Technical Services Division. In 1997, administration of the Department's core programs was reorganized into two new divisions. The Workplace Health, Safety and Strategic Services Division was responsible for occupational health and safety, mediation services, planning and research, and inter-agency liaison. The Technical and Safety Services Division was responsible for safety services, the Office of the Fire Commissioner, registration of professional and occupational associations, employment standards, employment pensions, and regional services. At this time, the Information Management and Privacy Branch was created to administer the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The Communications, Human Resources, and Business Management Branches continued to report directly to the Deputy Minister. This administrative structure remained unchanged until the dissolution of the Ministry in 1999. Names of chief officers:
The Ministry of Labour was first founded in 1959 by means of the passage and proclamation of The Department of Labour Act, 1959 c. 42. In 1972, the Department was dissolved.
The Department of Labour was responsible for the administration of provincial government programs regarding labour-management relations, conditions of employment, apprenticeship training and certification, the accreditation of trade schools and employment agencies, the safe construction and operation of elevators and fixed conveyances, electrical, gas and plumbing installations, and pressure vessels, the enforcement of laws and regulations regarding fire safety, the inspection and licensing of theatres and public halls, the examination and licensing of film projectionists, the registration of professional and occupational associations, consumer protection, oversight of the Workers' Compensation Board, and the maintenance and protection of human rights in Alberta.
General:Department of Labour Act
Department of Manpower and Labour Act
Government Organization Act, Schedule 10
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (1997-1999)
Public Service Act (1986-1992 only)
Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues Act (1989-1992 only)
Women's Secretariat Act (1989-1992 only)
Burial of the Dead Act (1984-1999 only)
Employment Pension Plans Act
Employment Standards Act
Employment Standards Code
Firefighters and Policemen Labour Relations Act
Health Services Continuation Act
Industrial Wages Security Act
Labour Relations Act
Labour Relations Code
Pension Benefits Act
Police Officers' Collective Bargaining Act
Public Service Employee Relations Act (1993-1999 only)
Blind Workmen's Compensation Act
M.L.A. Compensation Act (to 1979, 1993-1999 only)
Workers' Compensation Act (to 1979, 1993-1999 only)
Trade Schools Regulation Act (1959-1972 only)
Amusem*nts Act (sections relating to amusem*nt licensing and taxes, inspection of facilities, and licensing of projectionists, to 1981 only)
Atomic Energy Control Act (Canada)
Factories Act
Boilers and Pressure Vessels Act
Boilers and Pressure Vessels Act, 1975
Electrical Protection Act
Elevators and Fixed Conveyances Act
Fire Prevention Act
Gas Protection Act
Lightning Rod Act
Occupational Health and Safety Act (1976-1979, 1993-1999 only)
Plumbing and Drainage Act
Public Health Act (relating to the Industrial Health Services Division: section 7, subsection (1), clauses 28 and 50; section 7, subsections (2) and (3), and sections 44, 50, and 51)
Radiation Protection Act (1975-79, 1993-1999 only)
Radiological Technicians Act (Part 2 only, 1975-1979, 1986-1999 only)
Safety Codes Act
Certified Management Accountants Act (1988-1989, 1992-1999 only)
Chartered Accountants Act (1988-1989, 1992-1999 only)
Chiropractic Profession Act (1987-1989, 1992-1999 only)
Dental Disciplines Act (1992-1999 only)
Dental Mechanics Act (1992-1999 only)
Forestry Profession Act (1987-1989, 1992-1999 only)
Health Disciplines Act (1992-1999 only)
Occupational Therapy Profession Act (1992-1999 only)
Opticians Act (1992-1999 only)
Pharmaceutical Association Act (1992-1999 only)
Podiatry Act (1992-1999 only)
Professional and Occupational Associations Registration Act (1992-1999 only)
Psychology Profession Act (1987-1989, 1992-1999 only)
Social Workers Act (1992-1999 only)
Provincial Human Rights Code
Individual's Rights Protection Act (to 1993 only)
The first predecessor of the Department of Labour was the Department of Industries and Labour. Between 1972 and 1975, the functions of the Department of Labour were the responsibility of the Department of Manpower and Labour.
The Ministry of Labour reported to the Legislative Assembly through the Minister of Labour. As well, a number of semi-independent agencies reported either to the Minister or through him to the Legislative Assembly. These agencies included the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board, the Alberta Human Rights Commission, the Women's Secretariat, the Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues, the Labour Relations Board, the Public Service Employee Relations Board, the Personnel Administration Office, the Health Disciplines Board, the Registrar of Registered Professional and Occupational Associations, the Alberta Building Standards Council, the Fire Prevention Council, the Safety Codes Council, the Occupational Health and Safety Council, Workers' Compensation Board, and the Workers' Compensation Board Appeals Commission. Information on these agencies may be found in their respective sous-fonds descriptions.
Ministers of Labour:
Raymond Reierson (Sept. 1, 1959-Sept. 9, 197)
Albert E. Hohol (Sept. 10, 1971-June 1, 1972)
Neil S. Crawford (Apr. 3, 1975-Mar. 22, 1979)
Leslie G. Young (Mar. 23, 1979-May 25, 1986)
Ian W.C. Reid (May 26, 1986-Sept. 7, 1988)
Richard D. Orman (Sept. 8, 1988-Apr. 13, 1989)
Elaine J. McCoy (Apr. 14, 1989-Dec. 14, 1992)
Stockwell B. Day (Dec. 15, 1992-May 30, 1996)
Murray D. Smith (May 31, 1996-May 26, 1999)
Lamothe, Romeo
Person · 1914-1991
Romeo B. Lamothe was born on October 2, 1914 in Saint-Edouard, Alberta to J. Arthur Lamothe and Marie Louie Durand. He was educated at Labrie School Saint-Edouard, Saint-Paul School, Saint-John College and Camrose Normal School, where he earned his Teacher's Certificate. He married Paulette Ouimet (1922-2016) of Bonnyville, Alberta and together they had three children, Raymond, Lilliane, and Noëlla. Lamothe served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) from 1942-1945 and was elected as the Alberta Social Credit Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bonnyville in 1961. Lamothe was re-elected in 1963 and again in 1967, and served until 1971. He later moved to British Columbia and died there in 1991.
Lamothe, Romeo
Person · 1914-1991
Romeo B. Lamothe naquit le 2 octobre 1914 à Saint-Édouard, Alberta, fils d'Arthur Lamothe et Marie Louise Durand. Il poursuit son éducation à l'École Labrie, Saint-Édouard, École Saint-Paul, Collège Saint-John et l'École Normale de Camrose, d'où il obtint son certificat d'enseignant. Il épousa Paulette Ouimet de Bonnyville et ils eurent trois enfants : Raymond, Lilliane et Noëlla. Lamothe fit son service militaire dans l'Aviation royale du Canada entre 1942-1945 et fut élu à l'Assemblée législative de l'Alberta pour Bonnyville en 1961, pour le Parti du Credit Social. Lamothe fut réélu en 1963 et 1967 et siégea à l'Assemblée jusqu'en 1971.
L'Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta
Corporate body
On December 13, 1925, the Cercle Jeanne d'Arc, supported by the Chevaliers de Colomb (Knights of Columbus), organized a conference for 400 Franco-Albertans at the Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton to discuss the creation of a French provincial association. A temporary committee was formed at that first meeting and given the responsibility of attending to all aspects of French culture in Alberta, including religious, moral, social, intellectual and economic life. However, its chief concern was education and the survival of the Francophone community's identity in Alberta. This temporary committee was responsible for drafting an organizational constitution. The document was completed on July 12, 1926. It was ratified at the organization's first general meeting and marked the establishment of the Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (ACFA). Initially the ACFA was made up of parish associations governed by a head office in Edmonton. Parishes would send one delegate to the annual general meeting for every 25 dollars received in contributions to the head office. Although the annual meetings were open to all Franco-Albertans, the fact that they were held in Edmonton made it difficult for members outside the capital region to contribute. In addition, because the ACFA was based on parish affiliation, cities with several parishes had a greater say in the organization's overall policy and direction. Consequently, in its early years the ACFA was controlled by Alberta's urban centres: Edmonton, and to a lesser extent, Calgary. In order to counteract this disparity the constitution was amended in 1930 to allow remote centres to form committees composed of representatives from parish associations. The first regional reorganization took place in Peace River. Then in 1961 the ACFA decided to separate the regional associations from their parishes and instead organized them according to their location and density of the French population. These new regional associations would later incorporate individually, allowing them to become semiautonomous from the parent organization. In 1928, following a disagreement with the French newspaper L'Union, the ACFA decided to start its own weekly newspaper called La Survivance. It would become the primary communication tool between the organization's representatives and its membership. As such, it represented the ACFA's attempt to solidify the Francophone identity and forge closer ties between various groups of Francophones throughout the province. During the 1920s and 1930s the ACFA's membership began to decline. This was due to the general move away from parish associations for entertainment and community recreation. The Francophone community began to seek inclusion in the larger English society of Alberta, causing the traditional French parish branches to lose their importance. Instead of gathering at the community church for recreational activities, Franco-Albertans were, in increasing numbers, taking part in the more diverse cultural activities of the English community. Beyond the obvious problems this presented for the Francophone community with respect to cultural assimilation, the drift away from the parish as the foundation of the French identity affected the ACFA's ability to secure membership and notably membership fees. The Great Depression compounded the situation, all but decimating the association. By the end of the Depression, the ACFA's membership had reorganized itself. Ordinary members, who had previously resisted the system that transferred control to urban elites in Edmonton and Calgary, had drifted away from the organization. In their place the elites remained, leaving the organization composed primarily of people from medical and legal backgrounds. In addition to discussions with government, the ACFA showed its commitment to education by setting up organizations concerned with French language instruction in schools. In 1926 the ACFA founded the Association des instituteurs bilingues de l'Alberta (AIBA) and helped establish the Association des commissaires bilingues de l'Alberta (ACBA). The ACFA also set up French libraries and an inspection and visit system for French and bilingual schools. However, in keeping with its goal to aid in all aspects of Francophone life in Alberta, the ACFA turned its attention to the membership's economic and agricultural concerns. It helped develop credit unions, first in Calgary, and by 1963 there were 16 French credit unions across Alberta. In 1997 the ACFA opened La Chambre économique de l'Alberta, which provided a full range of economic services to the Francophone community. In the 1930s and 1940s the ACFA organized its annual meetings around specific themes. For example in 1939 the theme was cooperatives and in 1941 it was problems relating to colonization. However, the messages tended to be overshadowed by the political intrigue and anti-French fanaticism of the larger community. In 1949, in response to these realities, the ACFA established CHFA, a French radio station aimed at countering anti-French and assimilationist influences. During the 1950s the ACFA experienced a funding crisis. Its popularity had started to wane, causing donations to decline. The ACFA responded by setting up satellite organizations that not only helped Francophones but also benefitted the ACFA. The first such organization was the Almanach francoalbertain, established in 1959 along with Assurance-vie Desjardins and the Service de sécurité familiale. Then in 1965 a system of general insurance companies was introduced with the help of Securité du Canada (insurance company). These institutions would provide funding for programming.The 1960s was a decade of important gains for Alberta's Francophone community in terms of advocacy and education rights. In 1964 the ACFA was incorporated by a provincial act, which solidified the organization as an entity tied to its charter and capable of existing independently of its board and membership. In 1968 the organization's lobbying led to legislation allowing French to be the language of instruction in public schools 50% of the time. In 1976 it was increased to 80%. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, signed in 1982, gave all Canadians the right to instruction in French, thereby allowing all French schools to receive public funds. From that point on the ACFA's activities relating to education shifted from lobbying for concessions to protecting rights and facilitating education. The creation of the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada in 1969, later to become the Department of Canadian Heritage, provided the organization with funding to broaden its mandate, allowing the ACFA to take a more active role in providing cultural activities. At the provincial level the ACFA's administration is composed of an elected Board of Directors and an Executive Committee. It offers services to regional associations in Wood Buffalo, Plamondon/Lac La Biche, Peace River, Grande Prairie, Bonnyville/Cold Lake, Saint-Paul, Centralta, Edmonton, Jasper, Red Deer, Calgary, Lethbridge and other local centres. The ACFA's mission is to rally the living forces of society in order to protect gains, advance rights and enhance the vitality of Alberta's Francophone community. The ACFA's past presidents include: Joseph-Étienne Amyot (1926–1927), Adéodat Boileau (1927–1928), Jean-Louis Petitclerc (1928–1932), Lucien Dubuc (1932–1934), Léon-Omer Beauchemin (1934–1946), Louis-Phillipe Mousseau (1946–1952), Joseph-Oreux Pilon (1952–1955), André Miville Déchène (1955–1962), Louis A. Desrochers (1962–1964), Lucien Maynard (1964–1966), Joseph Moreau (1966–1967), Gérard Diamond (1967–1969), Roger Motut (1969–1971, 1978–1980), Jules Van Brabant (1971–1973), François McMahon (1973–1975), Hervé Durocher (1975–1977), Jean-Paul Bugeaud (1977–1978), Roger Lalonde (1980–1982), Gaston Renaud (1982–1983), Guy Goyette (1983–1985), Myriam Laberge (1985–1986), Georges Arès (1986–1989), France Levasseur-Ouimet (1989–1991), Denis Tardif (1991–1993), Paul Denis (1993–1995), John Moreau (1995–1997), Louisette Villeneuve (1998–1999), Suzanne Dalziel (2000–2001), Ernest Chauvet (2001–2004) , Jean Johnson (2004–2009) et Dolorèse Nolette (2009–2013), Jean Johnson (2013-2017), Albert Nolette (2017), Marc Arnal (2017-2019), Sheila Risbud is the current president (2020-).
L'Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (F)
Person
Le 13 décembre 1925, le Cercle Jeanne d'Arc, soutenu par les Chevaliers de Colomb, a organisé un congrès pour 400 francophones à l'hôtel Macdonald d'Edmonton afin de discuter de la possibilité de créer une association provinciale française. Un comité provisoire a été formé lors de cette première rencontre. Il avait pour mandat de veiller aux divers aspects de la vie culturelle francophone en Alberta, y compris la vie religieuse, morale, sociale, intellectuelle et économique. Cependant, son principal souci était l'éducation et la survie de l'identité franco-albertaine. Le comité a été chargé de rédiger une constitution et six mois plus tard, soit le 12 juillet 1926, le document était complété. La nouvelle constitution, ratifiée lors de la première assemblée générale de l'organisation, a marqué la création officielle de l'Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (ACFA). Au départ, l'ACFA était composée de cercles paroissiaux régis par un bureau principal à Edmonton. Les paroisses envoyaient un délégué à l'assemblée générale annuelle pour chaque contribution de 25 dollars au bureau principal. Bien que ces assemblées fussent ouvertes à tous les Franco-Albertains, le fait qu'elles avaient lieu à Edmonton rendait difficile la participation des membres qui habitaient à l'extérieur d'Edmonton. En outre, étant donné que l'ACFA était basée sur l'affiliation des paroisses, les villes comprenant de nombreuses paroisses jouissaient d'une plus grande importance quant à la politique et la direction globale de l'organisation. Par conséquent, au tout début, l'ACFA a été dirigée par les centres urbains : Edmonton et, à un moindre degré, Calgary. Afin d'instaurer un meilleur équilibre, la constitution a été modifiée en 1930 pour permettre aux centres éloignés de former des comités composés de représentants des cercles paroissiaux. La première réorganisation régionale a eu lieu à Rivière-la-Paix. Puis, en 1961, l'ACFA a dissocié les associations régionales des paroisses pour les organiser plutôt par lieu et densité de la population francophone. Par la suite, ces nouvelles associations régionales se sont incorporées individuellement, permettant ainsi une semi-autonomie par rapport à l'ACFA provinciale. En 1928, à la suite d'un différend avec le journal francophone L'Union, l'ACFA a fondé son propre journal hebdomadaire, appelé La Survivance. Le nouveau journal est devenu le premier moyen de communication entre les représentants et les membres de l'organisation. En tant que tel, le journal représentait la tentative de l'ACFA pour solidifier l'identité franco-albertaine et forger des rapports plus étroits entre les différents groupes de francophones de la province. Vers 1920-1930, l'ACFA a connu un déclin du nombre de ses membres. Cette baisse était liée au mouvement général d'éloignement des cercles paroissiaux pour le divertissem*nt et les loisirs communautaires. La communauté francophone commençait à vouloir faire partie de la société anglaise de l'Alberta, diminuant ainsi l'importance des associations paroissiales françaises traditionnelles. Au lieu de se rassembler dans les églises pour les loisirs, les francophones de l'Alberta participaient de plus en plus aux activités culturelles plus variées de la communauté anglophone. Au-delà des problèmes évidents que cela posait pour la communauté francophone par rapport à l'assimilation culturelle, l'éloignement des membres des paroisses, qui étaient la base de l'identité francophone, a eu un effet sur la capacité de l'ACFA à recruter des membres, ainsi que sur les droits d'adhésion. La crise des années 1930 aggrava la situation à un point tel que l'association a presque disparu. Vers la fin de la grande dépression, l'association s'était réorganisée. Les membres ordinaires, qui avaient précédemment résisté au système qui donnait le pouvoir aux élites urbaines d'Edmonton et Calgary, s'étaient éloignés de l'organisation. À leur place, les élites des domaines médical et juridique étaient désormais majoritaires. En plus des discussions avec le gouvernement, l'ACFA montra son engagement envers l'éducation en formant des organismes liés à l'enseignement du français dans les écoles. En 1926, l'ACFA a créé l'Association des instituteurs bilingues de l'Alberta (AIBA). Elle a également facilité la création de l'Association des commissaires bilingues de l'Alberta (ACBA). En outre, l'ACFA a fondé des bibliothèques françaises et a établi un système d'inspections et de visites dans les écoles françaises et bilingues. Cependant, conformément à l'objectif de l'association touchant l'aide prévue pour tous les aspects de la vie des Franco-Albertains, l'ACFA a ensuite porté son attention sur les préoccupations économiques et agricoles de ses membres. En réponse à ces besoins, l'ACFA a favorisé la création des caisses populaires, d'abord à Calgary, puis partout en province. En 1963 il y avait 16 autres caisses populaires francophones en Alberta. En 1997 l'ACFA a fondé la Chambre économique, qui offrait une gamme complète de services économiques à la communauté franco-albertaine. Dans les années 1930-1940, l'ACFA organisait ses assemblées annuelles autour de thèmes précis. Par exemple, en 1939 le thème était les coopératives et en 1941 c'était les problèmes liés à la colonisation. Cependant, ces idées avaient tendance à être éclipsées par les intrigues politiques et le fanatisme anti-francophone courants dans la province. En 1949, en réponse à ces réalités, l'ACFA a créé CHFA, une station de radio française visant à contrecarrer les influences anti-francophones et l'assimilation. Au cours des années 1950, l'ACFA a connu une crise de financement. Sa popularité était en baisse, provoquant une diminution des dons. En réponse, l'ACFA a mis en place des organismes satellites qui ont non seulement aidé les Franco-Albertains, mais qui ont également profité à l'ACFA. Tout d'abord il y a eu l'Almanach franco-albertain, créé en 1959, ainsi que l'Assurance-vie Desjardins et le Service de sécurité familiale. Puis, en 1965, un système de compagnies d'assurance de dommages a été mis en place grâce à l'aide de Sécurité du Canada (compagnie d'assurances). Ces établissem*nts ont contribué au financement de programmes. La communauté francophone a fait de grands progrès dans les années 1960 en matière de droits et d'enseignement. En 1964, l'ACFA a été constituée en personne morale en vertu d'une loi provinciale, la consolidant de ce fait comme entité liée à sa charte et capable d'exister indépendamment du conseil d'administration et des membres. En 1968 les pressions politiques exercées par l'ACFA ont mené à des dispositions législatives permettant le français d'être la langue d'enseignement 50% du temps dans les écoles publiques. Puis en 1976, ce pourcentage est passé à 80%. La Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, signée en 1982, a accordé à tous les Canadiens le droit de choisir le français comme langue d'enseignement, permettant ainsi à toutes les écoles françaises de recevoir des fonds publics. La création du Secrétariat d'État du Canada en 1969, qui est devenu par la suite le ministère du Patrimoine canadien, a permis à l'ACFA d'élargir son mandat grâce au financement qu'il lui accordait. L'ACFA a notamment joué un rôle plus actif dans l'organisation d'activités culturelles. Au niveau provincial, la gestion de l'ACFA est assurée par un conseil d'administration élu et un comité exécutif. L'ACFA fournit des services aux associations régionales de Wood Buffalo, Plamondon/Lac La Biche, Rivière-la-Paix, Grande Prairie, Bonnyville/Cold Lake, Saint-Paul, Centralta, Edmonton, Jasper, Red Deer, Calgary, Lethbridge et autres centres locaux. La mission de l'ACFA est de rallier les forces vives de la société afin de protéger les acquis, faire avancer les droits et accroître la vitalité de la collectivité francophone de l'Alberta. Les anciens présidents de l'ACFA sont : Joseph-Étienne Amyot (1926–1927), Adéodat Boileau (1927–1928), Jean-Louis Petitclerc (1928–1932), Lucien Dubuc (1932–1934), Léon-Omer Beauchemin (1934–1946), Louis-Phillipe Mousseau (1946–1952), Joseph-Oreux Pilon (1952–1955), André Miville Déchène (1955–1962), Louis A. Desrochers (1962–1964), Lucien Maynard (1964–1966), Joseph Moreau (1966–1967), Gérard Diamond (1967–1969), Roger Motut (1969–1971, 1978–1980), Jules Van Brabant (1971–1973), François McMahon (1973–1975), Hervé Durocher (1975–1977), Jean-Paul Bugeaud (1977–1978), Roger Lalonde (1980–1982), Gaston Renaud (1982–1983), Guy Goyette (1983–1985), Myriam Laberge (1985–1986), Georges Arès (1986–1989), France Levasseur-Ouimet (1989–1991), Denis Tardif (1991–1993), Paul Denis (1993–1995), John Moreau (1995–1997), Louisette Villeneuve (1998–1999), Suzanne Dalziel (2000–2001), Ernest Chauvet (2001–2004), Jean Johnson (2004–2009) et Dolorèse Nolette (2009–2013). Le président actuel est Jean Johnson (2013–).
Lawrence, Bertha
Person · 1901-2002
Bertha Lawrence was born in 1901 in England and immigrated with her family to Edmonton, Alberta when she was a small child. She returned to England to attend high school and later studied history at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. Lawrence became a teacher and continued her education, pursuing a graduate degree in the late 1930s. With the advent of World War II, Lawrence stopped teaching and joined the British Army Auxilliary Territorial Service, serving in London during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. After the war she resumed teaching and became a member of the United Nations Association in Canada (Edmonton Branch). While a member, she worked with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for ten years and was an Edmonton representative to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees. As a member, she also spoke to numerous local organizations in Edmonton about the activities of the United Nations (UN) world body. Lawrence retired from teaching in 1964 and in 1965 she won a three-month UN fellowship that allowed her to study the inner workings of the UN. Lawrence was a member of various other organizations in Edmonton, including the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE), the International Aid Society of Edmonton and District, and the Royal Society of Saint (St.) George, and she was awarded the Alberta Achievement Award in 1976. Lawrence died on November 21, 2002.
Le Club Jean Patoine d'Edmonton
Corporate body
Intending to create a chain of friendship and fraternity among the French Canadians and offer them a frame for personal, social and cultural fulfillment, the Richelieu Society ('Société Richelieu') obtained its federal charter in 1944 and the first Club Richelieu opened in Ottawa in 1945. It became an international movement, the first club outside Canada opening in the United States in 1955, than in France in 1969, Belgium in 1974 and later in several other countries. In April 1970, Paul Emile Belanger and Gilles Gatien, representatives from Richelieu International, visited Edmonton, Alberta; soon after Club Richelieu d'Edmonton was founded, receiving its charter on November 26, 1971. The founding president of Club Richelieu d'Edmonton was Hervé Durocher. Club Richelieu d'Edmonton was incorporated as the Richelieu Society July 17, 1973 under the Societies Act to promote brotherhood and understanding. The Richelieu Society changed its name to Le Club de Service Jean Patoine, which was registered under the Societies Act on October 16, 2001 with the same mission of promoting the fraternity among its members and helping the youth. The club is managed by a board of eight directors elected annually, and an executive office including a president, a vice-president, a treasurer, and a secretary. Since its foundation in 1971, more than 1 million dollars have been allocated to different francophone groups and to youth. A Jean Patoine Bursary Fund for Campus Saint-Jean (University of Alberta) was established in the 1980s and a bursary is awarded every year to a francophone student.
Leech, Robin
Person · 1937-2016
Dr. Robin Ernest Leech was born 1 February 1937 in Berkeley, California. His father, Hugh Leech, was a water beetle specialist doing his MSc in Berkeley, and his mother, Frances, had a BA in English and Economics. In the summer of 1937, the family moved to Vernon, British Columbia, where Hugh could take up a position with the Canadian Forest Service. In 1947, the family moved to the San Francisco Bay area in order for Hugh Leech to start a new job at the California Academy of Sciences. In 1955, Robin Leech left California to attend the University of British Columbia (UBC) with hopes of becoming a surgeon, but in his first year realized he did not have the aptitude for chemistry. Leech had his first experience with entomology in the summer of 1956, where he was given the job of assistant to Ed Cashman on the Northern Insect Survey, a Canadian government program to do a biological inventory of the arctic. They were stationed at Aklavik, North West Territories. The next year, Leech was invited on a 14-month expedition to Africa with Dr. Edward Ross of the California Academy of Sciences. The equipment used on the expedition was partially funded by National Geographic. It was during this trip that he fell in love with arachnology. During the trip, Leech was able to meet the famed Leakey family of anthropologists, travel to all of the countries in Africa, collect over 250,000 insects and arachnids, and over 400 reptiles and amphibians. At the time, it was the largest single collection of specimens for scientific study collected in Africa in one expedition. Their collection of over 20,000 feet of 16 mm Kodachrome film and thousands of Kodachrome slides became the basis of a soon-to-be popular article in National Geographic. In the fall of 1958, Leech returned to UBC and in the summer of 1959, he moved around to several jobs, including Agriculture Canada, and the Northern Insect Survey. Instead of returning to his studies in the fall of 1959, Leech was invited by J. Linsley Gressitt of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, to join a two-year expedition to the southern Pacific and Antarctica. The project, funded by the United States Antarctic Research Program, had Leech studying aerial-borne arthropods to help determine where exotic pests in Hawaii were coming from. This expedition was documented in the National Geographic story written by Glenn McDonald in 1962. Leech spent his summers working for the research program, and in the winter he was sent by the US government to Laos and Vietnam studying vectors of the bubonic plague. In 1961, Leech returned to UBC to complete the third year of his degree, and then again went off to work for the Northern Insect Survey, collecting specimens up and down the Alaska highway. In 1963, Leech completed his BSc after an eight-year-long undergraduate experience. In 1963, Leech began his research for his MSc at the University of Alberta, under the supervision of Dr. George E. Ball. His research had him travelling to Lake Hazen at the northern end of Ellesmere Island collecting spiders for two summers. His finished work, titled “The Spiders (Araneida) of the Hazen Camp area, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada [81°49’N, 71°18’W],” earned him his degree in 1965 and was published in 1966. While studying in Edmonton, Leech met his first wife, Alice Payne, and had two children: Katherine and Stuart. Leech and his wife spent the following year in Ottawa, where he was employed in the spider section of the Canadian National Collection. However, in 1966 they returned to Edmonton for Leech to start work on his PhD, again under the supervision of Ball. His thesis, entitled “Revision of the Amaurobiid Spiders of the Nearctic Region (Arachnida: Araneida),” was successfully defended in 1970, after which the family once again moved back to Ottawa in order for Leech to take up a new position with the National Research Council of Canada as a post-doctoral fellow. Following his time with the National Research Council, Leech went on to a variety of other jobs, including Parks Canada and the Research Secretariat of Alberta Environment. While employed with the Alberta provincial government, Leech and his colleagues established the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists (ASPB), with Leech acting as the first secretary. This group was eventually accredited by the Alberta Government, allowing them to grant professional status to biologists. Leech remained active with the Society for the remainder of his life. From 1978-1984, Leech worked as a consultant on environmental matters for the federal and provincial governments. He also worked with Edmonton-area filmmaker, Albert Karvonen, doing photographic work and creating films and educational materials about the flora and fauna of Alberta. As photographic work started to dry up at the end of this period, Leech earned extra income as a taxi driver. During this time, he divorced his wife Alice (1979), and married Maja Laird (1980). In 1984, Leech began his teaching career at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), in Edmonton, contract teaching in the Biological Sciences. In 1988 he became a full-time teacher and continued to teach there until his retirement in 2002. During his tenure at NAIT, Leech taught a variety of subjects, including comparative vertebrate anatomy, meteorology, ecology, invertebrate zoology, entomology, botany, English grammar and report writing. In 1987, Robin and Maja divorced, and in 1989, he married Bonnie MacDonald, an Australian scientist. However, their careers on separate continents proved to be too much for them, and in 1994 they separated, with an amicable divorce following in 1998. After his retirement in 2002, he continued his research into spiders, eventually teaming up with artist and educator Lorie Taylor, whom he married in 2010. They continued to carry out spider research at the Wagner Natural Area near Edmonton. Leech was co-author of a book chapter on spiders of the Canadian Prairies. In March 2012, Leech suffered a fall which broke his back and rendered him a paraplegic. Unable to scrutinize spiders, he took a keen interest in optics and binoculars, eventually publishing a few papers on the subject. His enthusiasm for arachnids and biology never abated, and known as “Spiderman,” he spent much of his later years presenting to children in various classrooms around Edmonton. Additionally, known as a grammarian and English language enthusiast by friends and colleagues, Leech wrote a book on puns, illustrated by his wife Lorie, titled “Once Apun a Time.” He also was an avid gun enthusiast, becoming involved in the Canadian Historical Arms Society. Leech was a proponent of the ASPB, serving as its executive director from 2002-2009, and received an Honorary Life Membership with the society in 2013. The ASPB also created a University of Alberta graduate scholarship endowment in his memory. He also was involved with the John Janzen Nature Centre in Edmonton, and was the founding president of the Edmonton Nature Centres Federation. Leech passed away from cancer on 17 June 2016. His large collection of over 75,000 spider specimens was donated to the University of Alberta’s Strickland Museum.
Leffler, Jamerson family
Family
In 1911, Junetta Halley Leffler (nee Henderson) and George Leffler came to Edmonton, Alberta from Monmouth, Illinois with their two children. Mrs. Matilda Groff accompanied them. Matilda's husband, Joseph Groff, and Junetta's brother, Andrew Henderson, had already moved to Edmonton in 1910. Junetta and George rented a house at 10520 - 102 Street in Edmonton. However, the family didn't stay long in the city. They took up a homestead at Junkins, Alberta (later known as Wildwood). George built a large two story log house on the homestead. While in Junkins, Junetta and George had several more children, and in all they had eight surviving children: Ermon, Velma, Georgia, Berniece, Edna, Jay, Agnes, and Frank. There were no places of worship at the time of George and Junetta's arrival. The Lefflers therefore opened up their home for Sunday school, and Junetta served as superintendent. Neighbours would gather at the house to sing and pray. George later helped build Junkins Baptist Church on Groff's land. George and Junetta were both active musicians in the community, singing and playing various instruments. Junetta also provided the service of taking care of neighbour's children: a type of early daycare. At first there was no school in Junkins. Later, school was held in the summer when teachers were on holiday and would come to Junkins from Edmonton. In the early days there was no telephone, postal service, radio, or television. Frank and his wife Gladys opened a cookhouse for sawmill workers and later started the Dry Goods and Novelty Store in Junkins. They moved from Junkins to Edmonton in 1958. After they retired, they began managing an automotive repair business in Edmonton with their daughter, Joy, and son-in-law, Mark. Joy and Mark had three children: Trevor, Alyson, and Sheldon. Ermon married Connie Johnson. They had five children: Ernest, Russell, Dean, Pamela, and Tracy. Ernest worked as a social worker in Vancouver, B.C., while his brother Russell worked as a Hospital Aid. Dean lived in Edmonton and was self-employed. Tracy, the youngest son, worked in electronics sales. Pamela was a professional model in New York, N.Y. but she returned to Edmonton and married Larry Clayton Parker in 1988. Pamela also started her own business in 1988: Pamela Parker Cosmetics. Berniece married William Lail and lived in Fresno, California. She and William adopted twins Paul and Paulette. Paul lived in Fresno and Paulette was a university administrator in Virginia. Edna married Reverend Shepherd Holland in a double ceremony with her brother Frank and his wife Gladys. Edna and Shepherd moved to Fresno, California where Edna became a school teacher. They had three children: Merna, Alois, and Lynne. Merna was a hospital administrator. Alois was the business owner of Holland Appraisals Ltd. in Edmonton. Lynne works for the US Federal Government in Washington, DC. Edna died in 1999. Velma married Mitchell Carter. They had a son, LeVero Carter, who became known as the father of gospel music in Edmonton. He and his wife Judy had three children: Junetta (the donor of the family fonds), Leah, and Thane. Velma received a teaching degree in Edmonton and taught at the Empyrean School in Wildwood, Alberta (formerly known as Junkins) and at King Edward School in Calgary, Alberta. With her niece, Wanda Leffler Akili, she co-authored The Window of Our Memories, a collection of oral histories about the black pioneers of Alberta. Junetta Jamerson (the donor of the family fonds) worked as an actor, singer, and storyteller in Edmonton, head of the Alberta Black Pioneer Heritage Singers gospel choir, and on the executive committee of the Black Pioneer Descendants' Society of Western Canada. Her husband, Rick Jamerson, has served as president of the Society and a boxing coach in Edmonton. In 2007, Rick was presented with a Man of Honour Award by the Prostitution Awareness and Action Foundation of Edmonton (PAAFE) for being a positive male role model in Edmonton. Georgia earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree at the University of California, Berkeley. She taught at several schools in Edmonton, and she was an active member of Shiloh Baptist Church. She died in 1978. Jay married Caroline Johnson. He worked as an electrician, and Caroline worked in telecommunications for the Edmonton Police Service. They had seven children: Wanda, Debbie, Byron, Kenneth, Kurtiss, Roderick, and Darren. The eldest, Wanda, worked as a teacher in Alberta. Wanda married Samaji Akili, and they had two sons. Debbie has worked as a teacher in Edmonton. She married Herbert McKerry Dobbins and they had three children: Byron and Darren - both entertainers, and David who moved to Calgary. Kurtis worked as an electrician in Edmonton. Rod owned an auto body business in Edmonton. Agnes went to Edmonton to live with her grandparents, where she earned her teaching certificate. She married Bishop C.A. Perry from California. They had one child, Bernice, and a grandchild, Julianne. Bishop Perry, now deceased, was both a pastor and missionary.
Loehde , Franklin Caesar
Person · 1936-2023
Franklin Caesar Loehde was born on 17 November, 1936, in Edmonton, Alberta to Heinz John Loehde (-1986) and Mitzi (Marie) Merth Loehde (-1971). He and Audrey June (Lea-Wilson) Loehde ([1940]-1989) met in the staff room at Bonnie Doon High School when they were both teachers there and married on November 11, 1965. Together they had three children, Jason, Diana, and Laureen. Franklin Loehde spent 30 years teaching primary physics at high schools in Edmonton and was a co-founder and past president of the Edmonton Regional Science Fair. He was the first chair of the Edmonton Space & Science Foundation, was instrumental in getting the Science Centre in Edmonton built, and was a long-time member of the foundation. He also took part in the planning and shaping of the Telus World of Science in Edmonton and was a frequent supporter of the Edmonton Opera, the Citadel Theatre, and the Fringe Festival. One of Loehde’s first passions was astronomy; he joined the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Edmonton Centre while in junior high and was a member of RASC for 65 years. He was later the President of RASC Edmonton for two terms, with one in 1961 and the other from 1971-1972. He was also the Director of Educational Activities at the Edmonton Centre for several years and served with the National Council of the RASC. This included work on the Committee for Observational Activities in 1965 and as representative of Edmonton Centre since 1973, with a period in the Presidential Offices. Loehde received a RASC Service Award in 1976 for encouraging public appreciation of science and support of RASC, was active in federal and provincial politics with conservative parties, was a frequent astrophotographer, and considered himself a traveler and explorer. He moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2018 and passed away on March 23, 2023.
MacGregor, James Grierson
Person · 1905-1989
James Grierson MacGregor was born at Dornoch, Scotland in 1905. In 1906 the MacGregor family moved to Canada and settled on a homestead west of Westlock, Alberta. James MacGregor attended the University of Alberta and graduated in 1926 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Three years later he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the same university. MacGregor then joined Canadian Utilities Limited as a professional engineer, rising to the position of general manager in 1950. In 1952 he resigned from the company to become Chairman of the Alberta Power Commission. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1970. In 1949 MacGregor began writing and released his first book entitled Blankets and Beads. Over the course of his writing career he wrote 20 books about the history of Alberta and Western Canada including The Land of Twelve Foot Davis, Behold the Shining Mountains and Northwest of 16, an autobiographical account of his parents' experiences homesteading near Westlock. His writings have brought him awards from the Historical Society of Alberta, the Canadian Historical Association and the American Association for State and Local History. .James MacGregor died in Edmonton on October 10, 1989. At the time of his death he was survived by his wife Francis, his son, Jim and his two daughters, Helen and Jean.
MacGregor was granted an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta in 1971 and the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada in 1973. He also served a term as Governor of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute
Macleod, James F.
Person · 1836-1894
James Farquharson Macleod was born in Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland in 1836, the son of Martin Donald Macleod and Jane Fry. Emigrating with this family to Upper Canada in 1845, James later attended Upper Canada College and ultimately received his BA in classics and philosophy from Queen's University in 1854. He served in the Volunteer Militia Field Battery of Kingston as a lieutenant during the summer of 1856 and would have joined the British Army but for his father's refusal to allow it. Subsequently, he enrolled in Osgoode Hall to attend law school and was called to the Bar in 1860. Practicing in Bowman Ontario from 1860-1870, he maintained his military connections through his service with the Bowman Rifle Company. In 1870, he received a commission and served under Colonel Garnet Wolseley during the Red River uprising. While at Lower Fort Garry, he met Mary Isabella Drever (1852-1933), whom he would marry in 1876. They had four daughters and a son, Helen Rothney (Cross) (1878-1959), Norman Torquil (1880-1970), Mary Macleod (Townshend) (1882-1970), Roma (Sharpe) (1882-1966?), and Jean Macleod (Montgomerie-Bell) (1886-1972). In 1873 he accepted the position of Assistant Commissioner in the newly formed North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), and the following year led a police column to southern Alberta and established Fort Macleod. In 1875 he sent troops to establish Fort Walsh and Fort Calgary. He left the NWMP in 1875 and received an appointment as a Stipendiary Magistrate in the District Court of the Northwest Territories, but he soon rejoined the NWMP as its Commissioner of the NWMP from1876 until 1880. Also in 1876, he was appointed to the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories, serving from 1876 to 1888. Macleod resigned from the NWMP in 1880, moving to to Pincher Creek to devote himself to judicial duties. He became a judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories when it was created in 1887 and was appointed as one of three legal advisors to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in 1888. He died in Calgary in 1894.
Manson, Jack M.
Person
Born in 1926, Jack Manson was raised in Edmonton, Alberta. As a youth, he played amateur hockey for the Edmonton Mercuries. He also served with Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. After his military service, he continued playing hockey and was a member of the Edmonton Flyers when they won the 1949 Allan Cup and the Edmonton Mercurys when they won the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships in London, England. As a member of these teams, he was later inducted into the Wetaskiwin and County Sports Hall of Fame, Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame, and the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame for these achievements. Jack's grandfather immigrated to Canada from Scotland and worked as bricklayer on the Legislature buildings, the Hotel MacDonald, and Government House. Jack himself later worked as a bricklayer. In 1983, Jack published a history of the brick trade in Alberta: Bricks in Alberta. Jack and his wife Joan had six children. They resided in Thorsby as well as Pigeon Creek, Alberta.
