Aberhart, William
Person · 1878-1943
William ("Bible Bill") Aberhart was born December 30, 1878 near Seaforth, Ontario; he was the son of William and Louisa (Pepper) Aberhart. He studied at Mitchell Model School, Chatham Business College, Seaforth Collegiate Institute and the Ontario Normal School in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1899, he taught at Morris School, near Wingham, Ontario. In 1901, he moved to Brantford, Ontario and taught at Central Public School; he was appointed principal of Central Public School in 1905. He was active in Brantford's Zion Presbyterian Church and for a time planned on entering the Presbyterian ministry. He married Janet "Jessie" Flatt (1878-1964) on July 29, 1902; they had two daughters, Khona Louise (Cooper) (1903-1998) and Ola Janette (Macnu*tt) (1905-2000). He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Queen's University in 1911; he accomplished this by correspondence beginning in 1907. The Aberhart family moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1910, as Aberhart had accepted an offer from the Calgary School Board to become principal of Mount Royal College beginning in the spring of 1910. However, the school was not ready when he arrived so he became principal of Alexandra Public School. In the fall of 1910, with Mount Royal still not ready, he became principal of Victoria School. When ready, he did become principal of Mount Royal School and then in 1913 became the principal of King Edward School. From 1915 to 1935, Aberhart was principal of Crescent Heights High School. He taught bible classes at Trinity Methodist Church until 1916 and attended and taught classes at Grace Presbyterian Church until 1912. The Aberhart family then attended Wesley Methodist Church and Westbourne Baptist Church where Aberhart was eventually recognized as a lay minister and baptized on May 2, 1920. By 1918, Aberhart's bible classes we so popular and well attended, the classes were renamed the Calgary Prophetic Bible Conference. In 1925, he was appointed Dean of the newly established Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute. Also beginning in 1925, Aberhart's Sunday afternoon bible lectures for the Calgary Prophetic Bible Conference were broadcast over the radio; these became known as "Back-to-the-Bible Hour." In 1929, Aberhart established the Bible Institute Baptist Church. Beginning in 1932, influenced by personal experiences brought on by the Depression, Aberhart began to give serious thought and study to the social credit theories espoused by Major C.H. Douglas. In 1933, Aberhart began giving lectures on these theories, soon forming a Social Credit Study Group; other study groups formed across Calgary and the province. Aberhart organized the Douglas Social Credit League in 1933 (later the Alberta Social Credit League). Initially trying to work with United Farmers of Alberta to implement social credit theories, when this failed, Aberhart organized the social credit movement into a political party, and this Alberta Social Credit Party won the majority of seat in the 1935 provincial election. As leader of the Social Credit Party, even though he did not run, Aberhart was sworn in as Premier and Minister of Education on September 3; on November 3, 1935, a by-election was held in the electoral district of Okotoks-High River which Aberhart won by acclamation. On September 5, 1937, he was appointed Attorney General. He was reelected in 1940 for electoral district of Calgary. Suffering from illness, Aberhart and his wife traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia in April of 1943 to visit their daughters. William Aberhart died May 23, 1943 and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Advanced Education
Corporate body
Dates of founding and/or dissolution: Functional responsibility: Predecessor and successor bodies: Administrative relationships: Administrative structure: Administration and support functions: performed by the Other Services Division (1972-1975), Administrative Services Division (1973-1975 and 1983-1988), and Department Services Division (1988-1992) System planning: Special Services Division (1973-1975) and Planning, Research and Organizational Analysis Division (1985-1986) Program planning, development, coordination and delivery, and development of campus facilities: Program Services Division (1973-1975 and1983-1988), Field Services Division (1983-1988), and Operations Division (1988-1992) Administration of Provincially Administered Institutions: Division of Vocational Education (1972-1973), Regional Colleges Division (1972-1973), Provincially Administered Institutions Services Branch (1973-1975), Financial Planning Branch (1973-1975, 1983-1986), Operations and Planning Branch (1986-1988), Operating and Endowment Support Branch (1988-1992) Policy development and evaluation of programs to ensure that they conform to provincial and departmental policies: Policy and Planning Division (1988-1992) Student support: Special Services Division (1973-1975) Adult Learning Division: responsible for working with adult learners, public and private post-secondary institutions, and community adult learning councils to support learners, provide learning opportunities and enhance the adult learning system Apprenticeship and Industry Training Division: responsible for working with industry, employer and employee organizations, technical training providers, government and ministry divisions to support the development, maintenance and delivery of designated trade and occupation programs Strategic Corporate Services Division: responsible for providing strategic, legal, system-wide planning, financial, information management and technology, international education, intergovernmental issues and policy management, and human resource services for the Ministry Communications: responsible for working with the ministry and stakeholders to provide communications support related to ministry work. Names of chief officers:
The Department of Advanced Education was first founded in September 1971 through the passage of Order in Council 1614/71 under the Public Service Administrative Transfers Act, 1971, which transferred administration of the Colleges Act and the Universities Act to the Minister of Advanced Education. Formal creation of the department occurred on June 2, 1972 with the passage and proclamation of the Department of Advanced Education Act. The department was dissolved in 1975 through the passage of the Department of Advanced Education Amendment Act.
In 1983, the Department of Advanced Education was recreated through the enactment and proclamation of the Department of Advanced Education Act , 1983. The department was dissolved again in December 1992, when its responsibilities were transferred through Order in Council 749/92 to the new Department of Advanced Education and Career Development.
In 2004, the Department of Advanced Education was founded by means of Order in Council 552/2004 under the Authority of the Government Organization Act (R.S.A., Chapter G-10, 2000). The department was dissolved again on December 15, 2006 and its responsibilities were transferred through Order in Council 636/2006 to the new Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology.
The principal functional responsibilities of the department were the planning, administration, and operation of the entire post-secondary education system in Alberta, including programs delivered through universities, colleges, and technical, agricultural and vocational institutions. The Minister was responsible for the administration of the following acts and their regulations: 19. Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act
Before the creation of the Department of Advanced Education, responsibility for delivery of adult agricultural and vocational education was held by the Department of Agriculture, by way of the Agricultural and Vocational Colleges Act , 1967. Responsibility for adult education delivered through universities, colleges, and technical institutes was held by the Department of Education, through the Department of Education Act.
In 1975, responsibility for planning, administration and operation of the post-secondary education system was transferred to the new Department of Advanced Education and Manpower, through administrative transfers formalized through Orders in Council 0140/83 and 0285/83.
In 1983, post-secondary education and manpower functions were split into two departments again, through the recreation of the Department of Advanced Education and the creation of the Department of Manpower.
In December 1992, responsibility for the post-secondary education system in Alberta was transferred to the new Department of Advanced Education and Career Development through administrative transfers formalized through Order in Council 749/92. The Department was dissolved in 1999 and its functions were divided between Alberta Learning and Alberta Human Resources and Employment.
In November 2004, responsibility for the post-secondary education system was transferred to the Department of Advanced Education from the former Ministry of Learning. The Department of Advanced Education was succeeded in 2006 by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology.
The Department of Advanced Education reported to the Legislative Assembly through the Minister of Advanced Education. The Minister also passed to the Legislative Assembly the annual reports of semi-independent agencies that reported to him:
The structure of the department when it was first formed was hierarchical. The principal components of the department were various divisions, each in turn made up of a number of branches. Three semi-independent agencies, the Students' Finance Board, the Universities Commission and the Colleges Commission, reported directly to the Minister of Advanced Education. The Communications and Personnel offices reported directly to the Deputy Minister. Provincially Administered Institutions functioned as divisions of the Department. Their presidents reported directly to the Deputy Minister, who acted in the role of Board of Directors for these institutions. Provincially Administered Institutions included the Alberta Vocational Centres (former agricultural colleges) and, until April 1982, Alberta's three Technical Institutes. In 1982, the three Technical Institutes became Board-governed institutions akin to public colleges and universities. Significant reorganizations of the Department took place in 1973, 1985, 1986, and 1988.
In the first two years of the department, the different divisions were Continuing Education, Regional Colleges (agricultural colleges), Vocational Education, and Other Services. These divisions had been transferred from predecessor agencies when the department was created, and were all eliminated with the first departmental reorganization in 1973. With reorganization, the department's divisions reflected general departmental functions, such as administration, planning, program delivery, and policy development. The principal functions of the department were performed by the following units:
When the Department was recreated in 2004, the principal components of the Department were as follows:
Ministers of Advanced Education:
James L. Foster 1972-1975
Dick Johnston 1983-1986
David J. Russell 1986-1989
John Gogo 1989-1992
Jack W. Ady 1992
David Hanco*ck 2004-2006
Denis Herard 2006
Alberta Association for Bright Children. Edmonton Chapter
Corporate body · 1980-
The first Association for Bright Children formed in Toronto in 1974, in response to a lack of programs oriented for gifted or bright children. In 1980, a group organized in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1983, The Alberta Association for Bright Children (AABC) incorporated as a provincial umbrella group. AABC operates as a voluntary non-profit, advocacy organization for gifted or bright children. In pursuit of its objectives, the AABC maintains library materials, organizes parent support groups, and collaborates with educators and government bodies to provide lectures and conferences, and investigate policy making regarding bright children. The association offers individual, local chapter, and network memberships. An elected executive manages the AABC, coordinates discussion with government, creates a newsletter, and attends the annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Gifted Education (SAGE). SAGE is an umbrella group comprised of primary stakeholders in gifted education in Alberta including AABC, the Gifted and Talented Education Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association, and the Centre for Gifted Education, University of Calgary, and Alberta Education.
Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts
Corporate body
The Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts (ACUA) was founded as a volunteer council in 1986. The purpose of the ACUA was to interest ethnic Ukrainian visual and performing artists in their heritage in order that their work stimulate growth of Ukrainian culture in Alberta. ACUA emerged from the planning for Festival '88, the largest celebration of Ukrainian arts in North America to that time. Festival '88 was held in Edmonton and Vegreville in June and July of 1988 to mark the millennium of Christianity in Ukraine and featured 2,800 dancers, music, and other cultural displays. ACUA is a non-profit organization incorporated under the Societies Act of Alberta with the specific mandate to facilitate and encourage greater appreciation and awareness of the Ukrainian arts and their cultural significance to the greater Alberta community. This mandate is accomplished through the publication of the biannual Ukrainian arts and culture magazine, ACUA Vitae; the provision of annual scholarships through the Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre and Grant MacEwan University and through the Friends of the Ukrainian Folklore Centre at the University of Alberta; publication of an artists' directory; annual artist shows in Edmonton, Calgary, and Jasper; and ongoing arts workshops. ACUA is governed by a Board of Directors that consists of a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, past president, and several directors-at-large. The office is located in Edmonton.
Alberta. Education (1905-1999). Provincial Normal School (Calgary)
Corporate body · 1905-1945
The Provincial Normal School in Calgary was established in 1905. It disbanded in 1945 when the function of training teachers was transferred to the University of Alberta.
Alberta Educational Communications Corporation
Corporate body · 1973-1996
In December 1972, an announcement was made that the Alberta government would set up an Alberta Educational Communications Corporation (AECC) to act as a designated educational broadcaster in Alberta. CKUA's radio license would be transferred from the University of Alberta to the Corporation, which would also take over two local educational television experimental projects that had been established earlier, MEETA (Metropolitan Edmonton Educational Television Association) and CARET (Calgary and Regional Educational Television Association). On 30 June 1973, AECC was established as an independent statutory corporation with its own Board of Directors appointed by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council with the passage of the Alberta Educational Communications Corporation Act (S.A. 1973, c. 3). Operating as ACCESS Alberta, the AECC produced, broadcasted and distributed television-based multimedia learning programs to learners of all ages, in partnership with provincial government departments as well as educational institutions and educators. Many of the programs, including all of the dramas, were connected to and promoted formal courses of study offered by the province's universities and colleges or the formal learning objectives of Alberta's Department of Education and Department of Advanced Education. On 9 January 1984, AECC was granted a broadcast license from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a television station. On 13 January 1985, the ACCESS Network began a twelve-hour-per-day service of both formal and informal educational programming delivered via satellite to cable companies throughout the province. The hours-per-day and the distribution expanded when two VHF transmitters were added, one in Edmonton and one in Calgary, to reach those households that did not have cable. In 1993, the Government of Alberta undertook a re-evaluation of all provincially-funded activities and announced that it would not provide direct funding for ACCESS beyond 1994. At this point, ACCESS entered an agreement to sell the CKUA radio network to the not-for-profit CKUA Radio Foundation. In 1995, ACCESS was privatized and sold to Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Limited (LTA). The Corporation's enabling legislation was repealed by the Municipal Affairs Statues Amendment and Repeal Act (S.A. 1996, c. 29, s. 1) effective July 1, 1996.
Alberta Hospital School of Nursing Affiliation Program
Corporate body · 1949-1990
The Alberta Provincial Mental Hospital was established in Ponoka in 1911. The Hospital's School of Nursing was established in 1932. In 1949, nursing students from diploma programs in other hospitals around the province were admitted into a two-month affiliation program. The first group of students came from the Galt School of Nursing, Lethbridge, and Archer Memorial Hospital, Lamont. The program expanded with at least one new hospital affiliating students each year from 1952 to 1956. These hospitals were Medicine Hat General; St. Joseph's Hospital, Vegreville; Calgary General Hospital; St. Michael's Hospital, Lethbridge; Holy Cross Hospital, Calgary; and the University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton. A total of 5,861 students from hospital and college programs completed their affiliation by the program's end. The curriculum of the affiliation program consisted of information on all aspects of psychiatric treatment with an emphasis on symptoms, causes, nursing care, and treatment procedures. By the 1960s, as nursing education moved from a hospital-based program to a college setting, the affiliation program changed. With a greater focus on "planned educational experiences," the duration of affiliation was reduced to a 2 or 3-week practicum at Ponoka preceded by a concentrated week of theory. Mount Royal College was the first to affiliate, coming for only one session in 1968. Red Deer College, located near Ponoka, began their psychiatric affiliation on April 28, 1969, and continued until 1982 with a total of 704 students. Lethbridge College commenced at Ponoka on June 7, 1970, and continued until 1988 with 617 students. Medicine Hat College began their affiliation on May 25, 1971, and attended at irregular times until 1977. From 1977 on, two or three groups attended per year, with Alberta Hospital Ponoka teaching psychiatric nursing theory at the Medicine Hat Campus. Medicine Hat College was the last college to send students for their psychiatric nursing practicum, discontinuing on December 7, 1990, with a total of 432 students.
Alberta Information Circle of Research Excellence
Corporate body
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The Information Circle of Research Excellence (doing business under the name iCore) was created by the Government of Alberta in October 1999 as a not-for-profit corporation under the Business Corporations Act. In March 2000, iCore was acquired as a wholly-owned subsidiary by the Alberta Science and Research Authority.
iCore is responsible for administering a series of grant programs in support of the Government of Alberta's policies regarding the creation of an information and communications technology (ICT) research and development community in the Province.
The corporation administers four grant programs and one scholarship program designed to increase the number of ICT research positions at Alberta's universities and research agencies, fund specific research projects, and provide support to graduate students studying in targeted fields. The corporation's programs are the Chair Establishment Grants (CPE Grants), Industrial Chair Establishment Grants (ICE Grants), Visiting Professor Grant Program, Recruitment Grants (ISPR Grants), and Graduate Student Scholarships.
Targeted research areas for grant funding are: networks and communications, high performance computing, human and computer interfaces, intelligent information systems, software systems, and new architecture and devices.
iCore has no predecessor agencies.
iCore's Board of Directors reports to the Board of Management of the Alberta Science and Research Authority.
iCore is made up of a Board of Directors, an internal review committee, and a Secretariat.
The Board is made up of at least 12 members and includes the President and Chief Executive Officer of iCore, the Deputy Minister of the Alberta Ministry of Innovation and Science, the Vice-President (Research) of the University of Alberta, the Vice-President (Research) of the University of Calgary, university professors with research records in information and communications technology, and persons with experience in the information and communications technology or business sectors.
The corporation's review process includes the iCore Review Committee (iRC), made up of nine to eleven members including university faculty, industry researchers, and iCore Board members, including the Chief Executive Officer. The iRC is responsible for the initial review of applications for grant funding. The iRC short-lists candidate applications, which are then sent to an External Review Committee for comments. Based on those comments, the iRC decides whether or not a project will be funded. After approval of an application, the iRC makes recommendations to the Chief Executive Officer regarding terms and conditions of support. Appointments to the iRC are recommended by the Chief Executive Officer in consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors. The Board must approve all appointments.
The Secretariat is made up of the Vice-President of Programs, the Director of University Relations, the Director of Corporate Relations, the Communications Office and administrative support. The Vice-President of Programs is responsible for the implementation and management of award programs and provides support to the development of strategy and award programs by the Board of Directors. The Director of University Relations is responsible for liaison with universities in support of the development of university-based research. The Director of Corporate Relations is responsible for the development of industry support and external liaison.
Chairman of the Board of Directors:
Dr. Roger S. Smith 2000-present
Dr. Brian W. Unger 2000-present
Alberta Party
PR3873 · Corporate body · 1985-2021
The Alberta Party is a centrist Albertan political party originally founded in 1985 as an alliance of smaller, separatist parties to the right of the Progressive Conservative party, including: the Alberta Reform Movement, the Western Canada Concept, the Heritage Party of Alberta, Representative Party of Alberta and Confederation of Regions. This alliance led to the creation of a new political party, the Alliance Party of Alberta, in October 1990. The party participated in two by-elections and the 1993 general election, but received only a small percentage of the popular vote in each case; the party did not contest the 1997 provincial election. In 1998, the Alliance Party followed the example of the Saskatchewan Party and the Manitoba Party by changing its name to the Alberta Party Political Association, often shortened to the Alberta Party. Shortly before the 2004 election, the Alberta Party attempted to merge with the Alberta Alliance Party (a different organization from the aforementioned Alliance Party of Alberta), but this was not completed. On October 1, 2004, the party shortened its registered name to Alberta Party from Alberta Party Political Association. Following the rise of the Wildrose Alliance as Alberta's primary right-wing alternative to the governing Progressive Conservative Party, the right-wing members of the Alberta Party left to join the Wildrose, leaving a small group of centrists in control. In 2009, former Alberta Green Party deputy leader Edwin Erickson, who had been organizing a new "Progress Party,” was invited to run as a leadership candidate for the Alberta Party and won by acclamation. In 2010, the Alberta Party board voted to merge with Renew Alberta, a progressive and centrist group. During the merger process, the Party’s board agreed to suspend its old policy platform and start anew. To create a new, more centrist platform, the party launched a campaign called "The Big Listen" in 2010, which involved canvassing the public for new policy ideas. The party held its first policy convention on November 13 and 14, 2010 to develop policies from the ideas collected during "The Big Listen". At the convention, Erickson stepped down to make way for a new acting leader until a leadership contest was held. The first set of policies was released on November 23, 2010, to coincide with the announcement of the appointment of an acting leader, Sue Huff. The policies centred on five key areas: economy, health, environment, democratic renewal, and education. On January 24, 2011, former Alberta Liberal MLA Dave Taylor announced he was joining the Alberta Party, becoming the party's first MLA. The party held a leadership convention on May 28, 2011, during which four candidates contested the party leadership: Glenn Taylor, mayor of Hinton; Tammy Maloney, a social entrepreneur; businessperson Randy Royer; and Lee Easton, chair of the English program at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Chris Tesarski, CEO of Sandbox Energy Corporation, was also a candidate early in the contest, but on April 15 announced he would not seek the party's leadership. Dave Taylor was also expected to run for the leadership, but did not join the campaign. At the leadership convention, the election was decided on the first ballot when Glenn Taylor won just over 55% of the votes. The party nominated 38 candidates to run in the 28th Alberta general election in 2012, but none were elected. On September 22, 2012, Glenn Taylor stepped down leaving the party without a leader for several months. On May 29, 2013, the party announced that it would hold a leadership vote to coincide with its Annual General Meeting on September 21, 2013, in Edmonton. Entrepreneur and 2012 Calgary-Elbow election candidate Greg Clark, and self-employed consultant and 2012 Calgary-North West candidate Troy Millington, sought the leadership. Clark won the election, receiving 87% of the 337 votes cast. On October 30, 2017, former New Democratic Party (NDP) MLA Karen McPherson crossed the floor to join the Alberta Party. On November 18, 2017, Greg Clark stepped down as leader, triggering a leadership election, which was held on February 27, 2018. In January 2018, former United Conservative Party (UCP) MLA Rick Fraser announced that he would be joining the Alberta Party and running for its leadership race. Fraser's joining of the Alberta Party tripled the caucus size from the results of the 2015 general election, leaving the Alberta Party as the third largest representation in the Legislature. Stephen Mandel, former Mayor of Edmonton (2004-2017), became the new leader of the party after achieving 66% of the vote in the leadership election. In the 2019 Alberta general election, the Alberta Party ran a full slate of candidates for the first time. Although the party gained 9.09% of the popular vote, an increase from 2.29% in 2015, it lost all three ridings it held going into the election and won no seats in the Legislature.
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)
Aldridge, A.R.
Person · 1865-1949
Reverend (Rev.) A.R. (Albert Richard) Aldridge was born about 1865 in Berkshire, England and came to Canada in 1884. He initially worked as a student minister in Canadian Pacific Railway construction camps. He attended Wesley College and the University of Manitoba, graduating from the latter in 1891. He was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1895, ministering in Manitoba for a few years before returning to England. He returned to Canada in 1901 to Fort Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories. He also served in a number of Alberta areas including Vermilion, Wetaskiwin, Edmonton, and Calgary. In 1938, Rev. Aldridge was presented with a Doctor of Divinity degree by Welsey College. He and wife Mildred (McGorman) had one daughter, Mrs. W.B. (Ruth) Crichton, and five sons: Hardy C., Lawrence, Athelstan, Edward, and Samuel Richard who died in 1917 while serving the First World War. Rev. A.R. Aldridge died in Calgary on July 13, 1949.
Anderson, Dennis
Person · 1949-2019
Dennis Anderson was born in Edmonton in 1949. He attended Rochdale College in Toronto, where he volunteered as the director of the Rochdale Employment and Drug Aid Centre from 1968-1969. Upon returning to Alberta, he studied communications at Mount Royal College, later working for CHFM Radio and CKUA. He served as the Executive Director of the Alberta Drug Education and Aid Society as well as as a board member of the Project Recycling Society and the Calgary Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. He became involved with politics, initially with the Social Credit party, and ran for school board in 1971 and 1974. He married Barbara Lupasko in 1971. He was elected as Progressive Conservative MLA in 1979 for the Calgary-Currie electoral district. He served as Minister of Culture (1986-1987), Minister responsible for the Status of Women (1986-1987), Minister of Municipal Affairs (1987-1989) and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1989-1992). He retired at the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 1993. After leaving politics, he established a media production firm. He also advised on democratic systems and mental health issues in Russia, Peru, China and India. He was a co-founder of the Alberta Alliance for Mental Illness and Mental Health and served on the boards of the Alberta Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, and other organizations. He also served as Consul-General for Thailand for the prairie provinces and was appointed as a Companion of the Order of the White Elephant. He received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta in 2017. He died in Edmonton in 2019.
Attrux, Laura
Person · [19-] - 1972
Laura Attrux graduated from St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing in Saskatoon in 1930. Her post-graduate education was taken at Vancouver General Hospital (obstetrics), the New York Maternity Centre, and the Kentucky Frontier Centre. The University of Alberta granted her a certificate in Advanced Obstetrics for Nurses, and the University of Toronto a diploma in Public Health Nursing. In 1993 she became Supervisor of Obstetrics at Holy Cross Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, and in 1939 began her career in Public Health Nursing serving in the northern Alberta communities of Valleyview, Slave Lake, Swan Hills, Whitecourt, Smith, High Level, Rainbow Lake and Wabasca/Desmarais. Attrux provided medical and obstetrical care; on occasion she acted as dentist and veterinarian. The district nurse was also looked on as the community’s doctor, counselor, social worker and community leader. She was particularly concerned for the Indigenous and Metis residents of these northern communities and extended her care to their social as well as their medical needs. At age 58 she became a licensed pilot, owing her own airplane. She received recognition for her work: the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Medal in 1953, the Pope John XXIII Bene Merenti Medal in 1960, and in 1970, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta. Much of her personal record of her work no longer exists. She was an accomplished photographer, but her prints and negatives were destroyed in a flood in High Level. Her diaries and notebooks of her field visits were destroyed on the orders of the Department of Health when the Public Health Nursing Service was disbanded. Miss Attrux retired to Edmonton in 1972, where she became an active volunteer with senior citizens and in church activities. She died in Edmonton in 1987 and was buried in Hafford, Saskatchewan, near her childhood home.
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.
Baker, Thomas
Person · 1910-1997
Thomas Davidson Baker was born in Coutbridge, Scotland in 1910, emigrating to Canada when he was twelve years old. He was active in Alberta in the fields of education, social work and health care. He received a teaching certificate in 1928 and taught in various schools in Alberta before becoming a school principal in 1947 for the Edmonton Public School Board. In 1955 he was appointed Assistant Superintendent and shortly thereafter was appointed Deputy Superintendent for the Edmonton Public School Board, a position he held until his retirement in 1971. In addition, he spent 20 years on the Executive Committee of the Alberta Teachers Alliance and the Alberta Teachers Association. His main contributions were in the creation of special programs for underprivileged and handicapped children. He developed the Glenrose Provincial General Hospital and was the Chairman of the Board of this hospital from 1963 to 1972. The T. D. Baker Junior High School in Edmonton is named in his honour. As a crusader in the fight against cancer, Thomas Baker had a major impact on the establishment of diagnostic and treatment services throughout Alberta. From 1967 to 1977 he served as Chairman of the Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board and he continued to volunteer for this Board until 1988. The Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary was named in his honour. In 1974, an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree was conferred upon him by the University of Alberta. Thomas Baker passed away in Edmonton in 1997.
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.
Bell-Hiller, Audrey
Person
Clayton Hillgardner (the original family name was changed from Hilgartner) was born September 22, 1891 in May City, Osceola County, Iowa, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (nee Wolfey) Hillgardner. The family came to Canada when he was a child and settled in Wetaskiwin. Magdalena (Lena) Sophia Hillgardner (nee Altwater/Altvater), was born November 4, 1900, in Sargent, Missouri, daughter of William and Anne Louise (nee Framell) Altvater. In 1901 the Altvater family settled in the Bittern Lake area. William was active in local politics and served as the Overseer in the village of Rosenroll. Clayton served in the Canadian army between 1916 and 1918 as a private in the infantry, and served with Bill Altwater, Lena's brother. Clayton and Lena were married on October 2, 1918, in Wetaskiwin. Clayton and Lena lived in Kitchener, Ontario briefly before moving back to Alberta, and Clayton worked for Gainers Meat Packers in Edmonton before buying farmland in the Wetaskiwin area. Clayton and Lena had 12 children, including Audrey Bell-Hiller, Shirley, Dorothy, Betty, Inez Maksymic, Benjamin, and Gordon. Magdalena died on July 4, 1976 in Calgary and Clayton died on March 26, 1990 in Edmonton. Audrey Bell-Hiller worked at the University of Alberta before retiring in 2000, and currently teaches Hatha Yoga. She lives in Edmonton.
Bentley Museum
Corporate body
The Bentley Museum is a central Alberta museum that acquires material related to the Bentley area including the towns of Rimbey, Ponoka and Red Deer. The Rimbey Record & Blindman Valley Advertiser was published and edited by W.J. Good beginning in July of 1930. By April 2, 1936, Blindman Valley Advisor was dropped from the title and the paper became solely known as the Rimbey Record. In 1937, the Record received international recognition for their support of the Edmonton Journal's defence of freedom of the press against legislation passed by the Social Credit provincial government that would put the press under a form of government control. While the Edmonton Journal received the first Pulitzer Prize awarded outside of the United States on May 2, 1938, the Record was given a citation from Columbia University. W.J. Good left the paper on October 31, 1940 to join the army and was replaced by W.R. Newsom, who stayed in the role for just over a year, leaving on November 11, 1941. He was replaced by his father, Leonard C. Newson, himself leaving in July of 1943. Elsie Worton became publisher and editor of the Review until her husband, Charles Worton, took over the role in October of 1945. This was a period of high turnover at the Review, with four people taking on the role of editor/publisher in five years, but under Charles Worton in the postwar period more stability was achieved. In 1953, Worton was joined by Jack A. Parry, who continued as editor and publisher after Worton moved to Calgary for health reasons. Olive Parry, wife of Jack A. Parry, went into business with her husband in March of 1978, when the pair founded Rimbey Record Ltd. Olive Parry was the co-editor and publisher of the Rimbey Record alongside Jack until 1985, when they sold the paper to Record Publishing Ltd. The Rimbey Record ceased publishing in 1997 after Record Publishing Ltd. flailed to go public on the Vancouver Stock Exchange. The Rimbey Review was founded in 1997 by Barry Hibbert of the Sylvan Lake News. Rob Gilgan was brought in to manage the paper from Rimbey and on January 27, 1997, the first issue was released. An offer was made to buy the Review by Gilgan and a group of Rimbey business owners from Hibbert in 2004, but this was unsuccessful. Barry Hibbert would go on to sell the Rimbey Review to Black Press Group Ltd. later in 2004. Black Press still owns the Rimbey Review, which is still an active publication as of February 2019. The Ponoka County News was published by Rimbey Record Ltd. and edited by Jack Perry, operating from October 29, 1955 to June 4, 1976. The Red Deer Advocate has been published under a number of different titles since its inception in 1901: it was called the Alberta Echo until 1903; then the Alberta Advocate, 1903-1907; followed by the Red Deer Advocate, 1907-1972; followed by the Advocate, 1972. Francis Wright Galbraith took on the role of publisher on November 30, 1906, and formed Red Deer Ltd. After his death on March 9, 1934, Francis Wright Galbraith was succeeded by Francis Philip Galbraith, who in turn stayed in the role until his passing on May 16, 1970. The paper had been sold to the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, United Kingdom, on January 1, 1958, with Francis Philip Galbraith continuing on as publisher. In 1996 Black Press Ltd. bought the Advocate and is still publishing the paper, which is once again called the Red Deer Advocate. On January 1, 1979 the Red Deer Advocate began publishing the Central Alberta Parkland News for Canwest Pub. Ltd. The paper was printed until March 28, 1989. The Herald-Tribune newspaper was created when the Grande Prairie Herald merged with the Northern Tribune on August 10, 1939. In 1950 the paper was bought by William H. Bowes and James E. Bowes of Bowes Pub. Ltd. In 1964 the paper transitioned from weekly and bi-weekly issues to daily. Along with this came a change in name, and the paper was titled the Daily Herald-Tribune. James Bowes remained involved in the paper as owner and director until 1990. In 1988 the Toronto Sun bought 60% of shares in the Herald-Tribune and in 1990 98%. The Daily Herald-Tribune is currently owned by Post Network and managed by Sun Media Division.
Bogle, Robert
Person · 1943-
Robert "Bob" J. Bogle was born in 1943 to Bob and Phoebe Bogle. He grew up near Milk River, Alberta. He attended Mount Royal College in Calgary and later obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Williams University in Montreal. After receiving a Bachelor of Education from the University of Lethbridge, he returned to Milk River to teach. While living in Milk River, he served on the Town Council as Chairman of the Finance Committee from 1969 to 1975. In 1975, he was elected as a Progressive Conservative MLA for the Taber-Warner electoral district. He served as Minister without Portfolio Responsible for Native Affairs (1975-1979), Minister of Social Services and Community Health (1979-1982), and Minister of Utilities and Telecommunications (1982-1986). He was re-elected in 1986 and 1989, and served as member of caucus on the Agriculture and Rural Economy Cabinet Committee. He retired from politics at the dissolution of the legislature in 1993. In 1977, he married Dr. Liesel Hawke. They had four children: Shannon, John, Lee, and Julie. He continues to live in Milk River.
Bowlen, J. J.
Person · 1876-1959
John James (J.J.) Bowlen was born July 21, 1876 in Cardigan, Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) to Michael and Mary (nee Casey) Bowlen. J.J. Bowlen was educated at the Public High School in Cardigan, but left school at the age of 16 and moved to Boston, Massachusetts. While in Boston he worked as a stable hand and then as a conductor on the street railway. On July 11, 1900, he married Caroline Suive (1876-1956), daughter of Joseph A. Suive of Boston. Together they had three children: J.J. Jr. (1901-1958), Mary (Mooney) (1905-1987) and Alice (Sandgathe) (1909-1998). Two years after their marriage J.J. and Caroline Bowlen moved to western Canada where Bowlen worked as a farm labourer in Manitoba and eventually became a share farmer. Bowlen then worked for a short time in the lumber camps of the northwestern United States before he and his family returned to Prince Edward Island. After farming for a short time in P.E.I., Bowlen moved to Saskatchewan and homesteaded for a number of years. Bowlen and his family then moved to Alberta and in 1917 Bowlen purchased the Tony Day ranch in the Cypress Hills near Medicine Hat. Bowlen’s political career began in 1914 as a Liberal candidate for the constituency of North Battleford. He was first elected to the Legislature in 1930 as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly and held a seat in the Alberta House for 14 years. For the final two years he was the house leader for the Liberal party. Upon his retirement from politics Bowlen was named to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Board of Governors and became the first western governor to serve on the executive. He also served on a number of other organizations including a stint as the President of Gilchrist Ranching Company, the Associate Director of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, a member of the Kiwanis Club, a member of the Canadian Club and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He received an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta and was appointed as the seventh Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta on February 1, 1950. He remained in this office until his death on December 16, 1959.
Brett, Robert George
Person · 1851-1929
Robert George Brett was born in Strathroy, Canada West in 1851. He attended Strathroy Grammar School but left to apprentice to Dr. F.R. Eccles. He then attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where he obtained his medical degree in 1872. He operated a medical practice in Arkona, Ontario from 1874-1879, where he also served as Reeve for a term. He married Louise Hungerford (1855-1935) in 1872, and together they had four children: Harry Reginald (1879-1925), Genevieve (1881), Blanche Genevere (1884-1886) and Robert Earle (1887-1912). He moved to Winnipeg in 1880 but, after losing money in a real estate crash, he took a contract in 1884 to provide medical services to Canadian Pacific Railway workers in the Kicking Horse Pass on the British Columbia / Northwest Territories border. After the railway was completed, he ran the hospital in Canmore and served as the railway's surgeon for the local mines in Bankhead, Canmore and Anthracite, later becoming responsible for medical care for all CPR workers between Calgary and Donald, B.C. by 1889. He also established a hospital and sanitorium in Banff. He became involved in politics when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories as the member for the Red Deer electoral district (1888-1891) and later for the Banff electoral district (1891-1899). He was appointed chairman of the Lieutenant Governor's Advisory Council in 1888, but he resigned four times between 1889 and 1891 as a result of conflicts between the Lieutenant Governor and other members of the Assembly. He became the Liberal Leader of the Opposition when the Northwest Territories adopted party politics in 1898. He was defeated in the 1898 territorial election and, after he contested the results, was again defeated in an 1899 by-election. He initially campaigned in the 1902 territorial election but dropped out. After Alberta became a province in 1905, he unsuccessfully campaigned as a Conservative candidate in the Banff electoral district in 1905 and the Cochrane electoral district in 1909. He served as president of the Alberta Conservative Association and on the board of a variety of other organizations, including the Senate of the University of Alberta. He was appointed the second Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in 1915, serving until 1925. After leaving office, he moved to California. He returned to Banff shortly before his death in Calgary in 1929.
Broadview Press Limited
Corporate body
Incorporated in 1985, Broadview Press Limited is an independent academic publisher with no affiliation to a larger publishing house or media conglomerate. The Press publishes in a wide variety of subject areas in the arts and social sciences including a broad range of political and philosophical viewpoints, from liberal and conservative to libertarian and Marxist. The Press also publishes feminist perspectives and environmental issues. The publishing program is internationally oriented and aimed for a broad range of geographical markets, but also publishes a broad range of titles with a Canadian emphasis. Although committed to providing texts for university courses, many titles may be of general interest to other readers. Broadview Press Limited handles production and distribution of its books through its Peterborough, Ontario facility; sales and editorial acquisitions are carried out through its offices in Guelph, Ontario, and Calgary, Alberta. The company has over 300 titles in print, and is currently publishing 40 to 50 new titles per year.Shared ownership, with all employees and with members of the public, is central to the company's corporate philosophy. Broadview Press Limited joined the Book Publishers Association of Alberta in 2000.
Brownlee, J.E.
Person · 1883-1961
J.E. (John Edward) Brownlee was born in Port Ryerse, Ontario, in 1883. He attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1908. He moved to Calgary in 1909 and married Florence Edy (1887-1975) in Toronto in 1912. Brownlee and his wife had three children: a daughter stillborn in 1913, John Edy (1915-1996), and Alan Marshall (1917-2007). In Calgary, he initially articled with the firm of Lougheed, Bennett, Allison & McLaws starting in 1909 before transferring to the firm of Muir, Jephson and Adams. He was called to the Alberta Bar in 1912 and remained with Muir, Jephson and Adams, becoming a partner in 1914. His primary client at the firm was the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA), and Brownlee was instrumental in the creation of the Alberta Farmers' Cooperative Elevator Company in 1913, which later merged with the Grain Grower's Grain Company of Manitoba to form the United Grain Growers (UGG) in 1917. He left the law firm in 1922 to take a position as the UGG's in-house legal counsel. He was elected as a UFA MLA in 1921 for the Ponoka electoral district. He served as Attorney General of (1921-1925) and Premier of Alberta (1925-1934) until his resignation. He was defeated in the 1935 provincial election. After serving as Premier, he established his own law practice in Edmonton, and his clients included the UGG as well as other agricultural organizations. He was appointed the UGG vice-president in 1942, became its General Manager in 1948 and its president in 1948. He served until his resignation on June 21, 1961. He died in Edmonton on July 15, 1961.
Bryan, George J.
Person · 1900-1975
George J. Bryan was born September 25, 1900 in Edmonton, Alberta. He received his early schooling in Calgary, Alberta, but enrolled at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta in 1920. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1923. He won the Brethren of the Pine award for public speaking in 1923 and 1924. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1925 and was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1927, opening a practice in Stony Plain, Alberta that year. He unsuccessfully ran as a liberal candidate in the Stony Plain riding in the 1935 provincial election. He lived in Stony Plain until 1939, at which time he moved to Edmonton, Alberta. He was named King's Counsel in 1943. Bryan was chairman of the Crimes Compensation Board from its inception in 1969 until his death in 1975, along with numerous prominent positions, including: elected president of the U of A Alumni Association (1943-?), chairman of the city's development appeal board (1964-1971), member of the Alberta College Building Campaign (1964-1971), chairman of the Board of Governors of Alberta College (1965-1973), president of the Law Society of Alberta (1966-1968), vice-president of the Canadian Bar Association (1966-1968), co-chairman of the International Society of Crimes Compensation Board (1970-?), and chairman of the board of stewards of Robertson United Church. In his later years, he practiced law with the law firm Bryan and Andrekson. He had two children with wife Jean: Alan and Mona (Miller). George died in December 1975.
Campbell-Hope, T. Bryan
Person · 1928-2009
T. Bryan Campbell-Hope was born in 1928 in Edmonton to L. Patrick Campbell-Hope and Jean (neé Smith) Campbell-Hope. From 1945 to 1946, Campbell-Hope served in the Merchant Navy. After the navy, he worked in the banking business in Alberta. At the end of the 1940s, he began working in his father's architectural firm in Edmonton. In 1949, he also worked for the Alberta Department of Transport. In the 1950s, he worked for Jack Cawston, an architect in Calgary, while attending architecture school at the University of Alberta, Calgary. After graduation, he was admitted to the Alberta Association of Architects in 1961. T. Bryan became a senior architect for the Alberta Department of Public Works in Edmonton, and remained in this position until retirement. He designed many buildings in Alberta including the following: the Southern and Northern Institutes of Technology (SAIT and NAIT), the University of Calgary, Keyano College and the Olds Agricultural College. T. Bryan Campbell-Hope is also an amateur artist and photographer. In 1950, T. Bryan married Faith Hawkins. After Faith's death in 1987, T. Bryan lived with Alice R. MacKinnon. Bryan died on September 24, 2009.
Carson, G.M.
Person · 1881-1969
George McManus Carson was born in Ontario, Canada on September 8, 1881 to Henry and Ellen (nee Atkinson) Carson. He grew up in Orangeville, Ontario and became a teacher. Carson moved to Alberta where he homesteaded near Blackie and taught school. He attended the University of Toronto from 1907 to 1911 and graduated with a medical degree. He then moved to Vulcan, Alberta and set up his medical practice. On May 17, 1913 Carson married Mary Jane Donaldson in the town of Medicine Hat, Alberta and they had two sons, Dr. George Donaldson Carson and Charles Henry Carson. In 1916 George McManus Carson joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) and served in France until April 1919 when he returned to his medical practice in Vulcan, Alberta. Carson was active in his community and belonged to many different organizations such as the Masons, Elks, and Odd Fellows. In June 1945 Carson's wife Mary died and in 1946 Carson retired and moved to Calgary. In 1966 he became ill and, after time spent in the Colonel Belcher Hospital, he was moved to the Edmonton Veteran's home where he died on March 31, 1969.
Carter, David
Person
David John Carter was born in 1934 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In 1958, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) from the University of Manitoba and St. John's College. In 1961, he received a Licentiate in Theology (L. th) from St. John's College, Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1968, he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B) from Anglican Theological College, Vancouver, BC. In 1976, he received a Doctorate in Divinity (D.D.) from St. John's College. David John Carter served as the Chaplain of the University of Calgary prior to becoming Dean of the Calgary Cathedral in 1979. He also worked as Archivist of the Anglican Diocese of Calgary from 1966-1980, and he edited The Slower, the diocesan newspaper. He also served as a senator of the University of Calgary from 1971-1977. In 1979, David Carter was elected to the Alberta Legislature as an MLA for the Calgary-Millican electoral district. Beginning in 1982, he served the Calgary-Egmont electoral district. He was elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in 1982 and re-elected Speaker in 1986. He remained an MLA until his retirement from politics in 1992. David Carter chaired the following committees: Social Care Facilities Review Committee, committees for Ombudsman, Auditor General, the Lupus Erythematosus Society of Alberta, the Alberta Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Canadian Speakers, and the Doctors' Extra Billing task force. David Carter also held membership with the Heath Care Facilities Review Committee, the Committee of the Legislature on Senate Reform, the Marshal Elkwater Golf Course, the Elkwater Curling Club, and the Executive Committee of the Canadian Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. He served as a director of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, the Calgary Canucks Junior hockey team, and the Medicine Lodge Coulee Heritage Society. In 1992, David Carter retired to Eagle Butte, Alberta. He continues to work as a Clergyman for the Anglican Church of Canada. David Carter also authored several publications on Western Canadian history and two books of poetry.
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.
Charyk, John C.
Person · 1908-1996
John Constantine Charyk was born in Glenbow, Alberta in 1908. He received his early education in Lake Louise, Canmore and at Calgary East Highschool. Following his graduation from Normal School in 1928, he taught school in a one-room rural school house in Blindloss, Alberta. Charyk acquired a Bachelor of Education in 1938, a Bachelor of Education in 1942, and a Master of Education in 1949 from the University of Alberta. Before moving to Hanna, Alberta in 1954, Charyk taught in Delia and Chinook, Alberta. Until his retirement in 1973, Charyk served as principal of Hanna High School in Alberta. For his long service, Charyk was a made a Fellow of the Canadian College of Teachers in 1971, and a Lifetime Member of the Alberta Teacher's Federation. Charyk is known for his numerous publications documenting the history of the one-room school house in Alberta, starting with "The Little White School House" published in 1969. On his retirement, the high school in Hanna was renamed "J.C. Charyk Hanna High School." John C. Charyk died in Hanna on February 8,1996 at the age of 87.
Chittick, Rae
Person · 1898 - 1992
Dr. Rae Chittick was born in May 1898 in Calgary, Alberta. In 1916, she graduated from the Calgary Normal School with a First-Class Teacher's Certificate. In 1922, she received her Nursing Diploma from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Nursing Degree from Columbia University in 1931, a master's degree in education from Stanford University in 1942, and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University in 1951. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Alberta in 1954, the Order of Canada in 1975, and an Honorary Doctor of Science from McGill University in 1976. In 1977, she received the Award of Merit from the Canadian Nurses Association. As president of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses from 1938 to 1942, Chittick fought for registration as a requirement for employment in Alberta. She spearheaded the movement to raise the entrance level into nursing to grade 12 and strove to improve nursing education. She was President of the Canadian Nurses Association from 1946 to 1948 and Second Vice-President of the Association of Nurses of the Province of Quebec from 1957 to 1959. In 1953, Chittick was appointed director of the McGill School for Graduate Nurses. Under her guidance, the school became a leader in nursing education in Canada. Upon her retirement, she worked as a consultant with the World Health Organization and established schools of nursing in Ghana, Jamaica, and Guatemala. Rae Chittick passed away on January 25th, 1992.
Christie, Carolla
Person · 1946-2012
Born in 1946 in Los Angeles, California, Carolla Lee Postlethwaite attended the University of Alberta and received her B.A. in Computer Science. She married fellow student Robert "Bob" Christie (1945-2013) in 1966. She and her husband had two children: Kelly and Sheila. In 1978, they formed Christie Communications, an Edmonton media firm that worked in the field of video production and computer assisted learning. She died in Calgary in 2012. .
Clark, Bob
Person · 1937-2020
Robert Curtis "Bob" Clark was born in Acme, Alberta in 1937. He began a teaching career in the County of Mountain View in 1956. He married Norma Holmes in 1964, and together they had two children: Dean Clark and Donna (van Tetering). He was elected as a Social Credit MLA for the electoral districts of Didsbury (1960-1963) and Olds-Didsbury (1963-1981). He served as Minister of Youth (1966-1970) and Minister of Education (1968-1971). Although the Social Credit Party was defeated in the 1971 election, Clark retained his seat. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1980, resigning as party leader in 1980 and as an MLA in 1981. After his political career, he served as a public relations consultant, board member of the Alberta Special Waste Management Corporation, and in volunteer positions with local hockey organizations. He served as Alberta's Ethics Commissioner from 1995-2003 and its Information and Privacy Commissioner from 1995-2001. He chaired Alberta's Electoral Boundaries Commission from 2002-2003. He served as the Ethics Advisor for the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board from 2002-2007. He received a honorary doctorate in law from the University of Calgary in 1988 and was inducted in the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 2020. He died in Carstairs, Alberta in 2020.
Cook, Rollie
Person
Rolland (Rollie) David Bertram Cook was born March 22, 1952 in Edmonton, Alberta. He was the son of Ian M. and Hope (McKay Sladdon) Cook. Rollie attended Strathcona School in Edmonton, and Earl Grey Western High School in Calgary, Alberta. He studied at the University of Alberta, the University of Paul Vallery (Montpellier, France) and Laval University. He was an accounts manager for a public relations firm before becoming the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Edmonton-Glengarry electoral district in 1979 for the Progressive Conservative Party. He was reelected in 1982 but lost the nomination race for his seat in the runup to the 1986 election. After politics, he taught in China at the Chemical Engineering University from 1989-1991. He returned to Canada and retired to a mixed farm operation on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.
Corbett, Bill
Person · 1925-2018
William (Bill) R. Corbett was born in 1925 and is the son of Thomas Eldridge (1894-1976) and Ruth (Staples) Corbett (1894-1972). After serving in the Canadian Navy from 1944-1946, he attended the University of Alberta, graduating with a degree in education. He taught in Sedgewick, Alberta and Calgary. He later earned a masters degree in education from the University of Exeter. He married fel;low teacher Dorabelle "Dora" Brooks (1928-2017) in Hillspring, Alberta in 1949, and together they had five children: Thomas, Kenneth, Roderick, Sally and Carol. Bill Corbett is the author of Adventures at Mitchell Lake: Retreating and Recharging in Canada's wilderness. He died in Calgary in 2018.
Cross, Wallace Warren
Person · 1887-1973
Wallace Warren Cross was born near Lefroy, Ontario in 1887. He went to school at Nantyr and Bradford before attending the University of Toronto, where he graduated with a degree in medicine in 1914. He interned at the Calgary General Hospital before setting up his medical practice in Youngstown. In 1918, he joined the Canadian Medical Corps, returning to his medical practice after the war. In 1922, he married Eva Mae McNabb (1899-1989). He moved to Hanna in 1926 and practiced with Dr. E.C. Argue. He formed a local chapter of the Social Credit organization in 1934. He was elected as a Social Credit MLA in 1935 for the Hand Hills electoral district. He served as Minister of Health (1935-1957), Minister of Trade and Industry (1936-1937) and Minister of Public Welfare (1944-1953). He retired from provincial politics in 1959. He died in Edmonton in 1973. The Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton and the Cross-Bow Auxiliary Hospital were named in his honour.
Danielson, Magnus
Person · 1928-1993
Born in 1928, Magnus Ingiborg "Danny" Danielson graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1953 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating, he and his family moved to Stettler, Alberta, where Danielson worked for Associated Engineers. After several years the family moved to Calgary. In Calgary, Danielson worked for the Hudson Bay Oil and Gas Co. Limited for nearly 21 years. He also worked for Pan Canadian Petroleum and Saturn Engineering Limited. He married Margaret Sigguros Sigvaldason (1928-1997), and together they had five children: Vera (Ambrosi), Ingrid (Ponto), David, Karen (Hanson) and Nina (Dawkins). He died in Calgary in 1993.
Danilowich, Dan
Person · 1921-2003
Dan Danilowich was born in 1921 in Beverly (now Edmonton), Alberta. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941, and served in England as a member of an airplane electrical maintenance crew. In 1952 he married Catherine Pelichouski and together they had two children: Carole (Grenier) born in 1955, and Daniel, born in 1957. In 1952, he opened Thomas Real Estate Ltd.in Edmonton, in partnership with Thomas Hantiuk. In 1953, he was certified in real estate principles and practices at the University of Alberta and in 1954 sold his shares to Thomas Hantiuk and joined Melton Real Estate Ltd. In 1962 he was promoted general manager of Melton Real Estate Ltd in Calgary, which became Lepage Melton Real Estate in 1970. Dan Danilowich served as a director of the Calgary Real Estate Board Co-operative Limited from 1962 to 1972. He retired from real estate in 1987. He died in Calgary in 2003. Catherine, who was born in 1931 in Edmonton to Nicolas and Eufrosina (Beznar) Pelichouski, died in 2010 on the family acreage in Bearspaw, Alberta.
Davies, Wayne K. D.
Person
Wayne Kenneth David Davies completed his Bachelor of Science and his Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) at the University of Wales. Following appointments at the University of Southampton and University College of Swansea, Davies joined the Department of Geography at the University of Calgary in 1974. For the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 sessions, he held the Craig Dobbin Professorship of Canadian Studies at University College, Dublin. His publications include: The Conceptual Revolution in Geography, Urban Social Structure: A Multivariate Structural Analysis of Cardiff and its Region, Factorial Ecology, Communities with Cities: An Urban Social Geography, Canadian Transformations: Perspectives on a Changing Human Geography and Writing Geographical Exploration: James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33. Davies' main areas of interest are communities in cities, the history of Welsh in Canada, and urban system development policies.
de Grandmaison, Nicholas
Person · 1892-1978
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison was born in Russia on 24 February 1892 into a French and Russian family of noble descent. He was educated in Moscow and studied art, music, languages, history, cartography and topography until he received a commission in the Imperial Russian Army at the age of 19. De Grandmaison served during the First World War and was captured by the Imperial German Army in 1914, subsequently spending the remainder of the war in a prisoner of war camp. While interned, he started to draw his fellow prisoners and some of his captors. Following the war, de Grandmaison went to England and registered as an artist émigré, favouring art over life as an officer. He studied at St. John's Wood School of Art in London and earned a living doing commissioned portraits. In 1923, he arrived in Canada and spent time in Winnipeg working as a commercial artist, and painting portraits of local dignitaries and of children. His first encounter with Indigenous peoples came in 1930 when he travelled to The Pas in northern Manitoba. This visit sparked his interest in the history and cultures of Indigenous peoples and he later dedicated most of his artistic output to portraiture of Indigenous subjects. De Grandmaison ventured west into Alberta where he encountered the Siksika, Tsuut'ina, Piikani, Nakoda, and Kainai Nations. The artist painted such iconic figures as High Eagle, the last warrior from the Battle of Little Big Horn. De Grandmaison was, in fact, the only artist that High Eagle agreed to sit for. Nicholas de Grandmaison was one of the four most important painters of Indigenous subjects in Canada. He recorded a visual history of the Indigenous Plains Nations during the transition from traditional to modern lifestyle. He painted mainly in Alberta and Saskatchewan from the 1930s to the 1960s, including portraits of notable non-Indigenous Canadians such as Senator James Gladstone and Prime Minister R.B. Bennett. Nicholas de Grandmaison married Sonia (Sophia) Orest Dournovo (1912-2000) on September 19, 1931 in Red Deer. Sonia was born in Russia, the daughter of Colonel Orest Dournovo and Alexandra Berdiaeff. The Dournovo family immigrated to Canada after the Russian Revolution. Sonia became a noted artist, specializing in sculpture. Their children included, Rick (Orestes Nicholas) de Grandmaison (1932-1985), Tamara (b. 1936), Nick (Nicolas) (b.1938), Sonia Clair (Szabados, then Edwards) (1946-2019) and Lou Sandra (Lubov Alexandra) (b. 1951). Rick, Nick and Tamara all went on to become successful artists and all of the children were involved in the arts in some manner. The artist and his family moved to Banff in 1940 and de Grandmaison was elected into the Royal Canadian Academy in 1942. Although de Grandmaison painted some of his portraits in oils, he preferred pastels and favoured a type of pastel paper imported from France. Since he was usually on the move in search of his subjects, he commissioned a 1950 Chevrolet ¾ ton parcel delivery van to be converted into a mobile artist's studio and living space. In the 1950s, de Grandmaison realized that what he was doing was not only important to him as an artist but that he was preserving Alberta history. He began collecting information on his subjects by taking photographs, taking notes and recording oral histories. In 1959, de Grandmaison was inducted as an Honorary Chief of the Piikani Nation and received the Siksika name of Eenuk-Sahpo'p (Little Plume), a testament to his lifetime mission to depict the Indigenous peoples of western Canada. De Grandmaison was awarded The Order of Canada in 1972 and in 1976 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta. Nicholas de Grandmaison lived most of his life in Calgary and Banff. He died in Calgary on March 23, 1978, and was buried in the Piikani Reserve. De Grandmaison's work remains a permanent part of Canadian art history.
Dell, Bernice
Person · 1910-1987
Marie Bernice Venini was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1910. She attended the University of Toronto, graduating with a bachelors degree in 1931. She married Paul E. Byrne (1903-1977) in Calgary in 1943, and together they had three children: John, Philip and Mary (Causin). She later married Fred Dell. She died in Calgary in 1987.
Detselig Enterprises
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Established in 1975 in Calgary, Alberta, Detselig Enterprises Limited is a publisher with a dual focus, including both general trade books and college or university reference books. General trade books include history, biography and family-oriented titles written by, for and about Canadians. The company also specializes in books and manuals for K9 police officers and law enforcement. Detselig's academic books include education titles covering a range of topics from administration to classroom resources, and textbooks or scholarly works about psychology, sociology, and journalism. Temeron Books Incorporated is the sales, marketing and distribution arm, with sales representation from coast to coast and distribution offices based out of Calgary, Alberta, and Bellingham, Washington. Represented publishers for sales and/or distribution are from the world over and differ in size from imprints with a single title to well known imprints with up to one hundred titles. Temeron Books Incorporated represents Ashgrove Press and Prism Press from the United Kingdom, Ennsthaler Publications from Austria, Ozark Mountain Publishers, Cherbo Publishing and Kdoshim & Bevans from the United States; Providence Road Press, Quasar Books, Earthtopia, and a number of single title Canadian publishers. Titles represented range widely, but with a considerable amount of alternative health and lifestyle, philosophy and religion, new age and parapsychology books.
Dezman, Peter
Person
Peter Dezman was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 1948, after graduating from Business Administration in Austria, he immigrated to Canada, and settled in Edmonton, Alberta. He became a Canadian citizen in 1953. In 1950, Peter Dezman joined the Edmonton Civic Opera, taking secondary leads, and leads as a tenor for operettas and musicals. In 1953, he became a Vice-President of the Edmonton Civic Opera until 1955. From 1951-1954, he also participated in the Edmonton Concert Company, traveling on weekends and performing for Northern Alberta towns and cities. In 1955, he served as first President of the Edmonton Capital Choral Society - the first organized amateur Grand Opera Company. He sang lead tenor as "Alfredo" in La Traviata and "Romeo" in Romeo and Juliet. He also sang secondary leads in other performances. Following an ear operation in 1962, he returned to the stage, but the Edmonton Capital Choral Society dissolved in 1962. In 1963, the Edmonton Choral Society's musical director and conductor turned the company professional, changing the name to the Edmonton Professional Opera Company, and later to the Edmonton Opera Company. In 1965, Peter was appointed a Director of the Edmonton Opera Company. From 1949 to 1961, the Sunburst Motor Coaches Ltd. employed Peter Dezman as an accountant. From 1961 to 1966, he was promoted to Controller. In 1966, the Sunburst Company was sold to Canadian Coachways. He served as chief- accountant for the Coachway until 1970, when the Coachway System was sold to Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd. After the sale, Peter Dezman was transferred to Head Office of Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta in 1970. While at Greyhound, he worked as an accountant in the Department of Finance. He later became a director of Agencies Cash Management until his retirement in 1987. While in Calgary, he helped form the Southern Alberta Opera Association. He served for two years as Vice-President of Finance, five years as Treasurer, and a Director for numerous years until his retirement in 1988. He focused mainly on promotion and audience development. He retired from both Opera and Greyhound in 1988, and returned to Edmonton. In 1980, Peter Dezman helped found the Canadian Music Centre, Prairie. He represented the Canadian Music Centre for three years on the National CMC- Board of Directors in Toronto from the University of Calgary Campus, and oversaw business administration and finance. In 1984, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Alberta Foundation for CMC- Alberta Region until his retirement in 1988. In 1979, he received a Provincial Achievement Award in Music.
Dickie, Bill
Person · 1925-2019
William Daniel Dickie was born in Macleod, Alberta (later known as Fort Macleod) in 1925. After graduating from high school in 1944, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy. After his discharge, he enrolled at the University of Alberta, earning a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1948. He then attended law school at the University of British Columbia but ultimately finished his law degree at the University of Alberta in 1951. He opened a law practice in Calgary, often in the oil industry. He helped provide the legal framework for the first listing of a Canadian company on the American Stock Exchange. He married Jean McPherson (d. 1979) in 1952, and together they had three children: Lorraine (Deeks) (1953-2017), Barbara, and Bill. He later married Ellen Ann (Nan) Devonshire. He began his political career serving as an alderman for the City of Calgary from 1961-1964. In 1963, Mr. Dickie was elected as a Liberal MLA for the electoral district of Calgary-Glenmore for the Alberta Liberal Party. In 1969, he crossed the floor and joined the Conservative Party. He served as the Minister of Mines and Minerals (1971-1975). He retired at the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 1975. After leaving office, he continued practicing law in Calgary. He also helped found the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. He died in Calgary in 2019.
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.
Dier, Kathleen "Kay"
Person · [19-]-2018
Kathleen "Kay" Dier received her training in nursing at Holy Cross Hospital, Calgary (1945), her BScN from the University of Alberta (1960) and her MSc degree from McGill University (1963). She held several nursing positions in northern Canada and at the Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton, becoming director of nursing for the federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. She was as well active in overseas consulting projects. In 1973 Dier was appointed to the University of Alberta as a professor in the School of Nursing and co-director, with Dr. Sue Miller, of the Northern Nurse Practitioner Program, a cooperative program of the Government of Canada and the University of Alberta School of Nursing and Faculty of Medicine. She held the latter position until 1976. Dier was especially active in cross-cultural nursing, primary health care and gerontology. She worked extensively with the World Health Organization, holding appointments in Iran, in Ghana and in Malawi. On her retirement in 1988 she was named Professor Emerita; she continued her consultation work overseas, as well as being active in nurses' professional organizations and in societies dedicated to gerontological services. Kay Dier was a founding member of the Alberta Multicultural and Native Health Association.
Dinning, Jim
Person · 1952-
Jim Dinning was born in Edmonton in 1952. After graduating from Western Canada High School in Calgary in 1970, he attended Queen's University, where he received a Bachelors of Commerce degree in 1974 and a Masters degree in Public Administration in 1977. He married Jane Peaco*ck in 1974. He was elected as a Progressive Conservative MLA in 1986 for the Calgary-Shaw electoral district (1986-1993) and later the Calgary-Lougheed electoral district (1993-1997). He served as Minister of Community and Occupational Health (1986-1988), Minister of Education (1988-1992), and Provincial Treasurer (1992-1997). He retired from the Legislative Assembly in 1997. After leaving office, he served as a board member and consultant to various businesses, non-profit organizations, and governments. He ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives in 2006. He served as the Chancellor of the University of Calgary from 2010-2014.
Dixon, Margaret
Person · 1906-1972
Margaret Dixon was born in Penhold, Alberta in 1906, the daughter of Robert Dixon (1871-1966) and Emily Harding (1866-1960). She attended Calgary Normal School and the University of Alberta. She died in Penhold in 1972.
DKG, Alberta
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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.
Donaldson, Adam G.
Person · 1909-1985
Adam "Addie" G. Donaldson was born in March 1909 in Lethbridge, Alberta; he was the son of C.S. (Christopher Storrar) and Katherine (Wilson) Donaldson. Chris had come to Alberta from Scotland in 1907, first to Edmonton then to Lethbridge. He was joined by Katherine Wilson in 1908 and they were married in Lethbridge. Chris worked in the mining industry for most of his life. Adam attended the University of Alberta, studying mining geology. He joined his father in mining in 1936. Adam succeeded his father as manager of the Cadillac mine near Shaughnessy, Alberta; his father was manager from 1927 to 1943, and Adam was manager from 1943 until 1947. In 1950, Adam was the superintendent of Lethbridge Collieries Limited's No. 8 mine. From about 1957 to 1964, Adam was president of Phillips Oil Company Limited and then Canalta Petroleum Limited, both in Calgary, Alberta. He returned to Lethbridge in 1964 and resumed work as a mining engineer. He married Margaret (Peggy) Rubbra (1910-1993) in Lethbridge in 1936. He died in Calgary in 1985.
Douglas family
Family
Howard Douglas was born in Halton District, Ontario in 1850. He was the son of Thomas Douglas, a farmer, and the oldest of four boys. Howard Douglas spent his boyhood and youth in the east. He married Alice Maud Johnston, the daughter of a ship captain, in Port Nelson, Ontario on October 11, 1872. Around 1883 Douglas moved west to Manitoba and worked as a construction bridge foreman for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His wife Alice and their three children, Katie, Thomas and Roy joined him in 1885. In 1890, Alice and Howard's fourth child, Ralph Howard, was born in Calgary, Alberta. In 1896 Howard Douglas was appointed superintendent of Banff National Park. He was promoted to Commissioner of National Parks in the West in 1911. During his term of office Jasper, Elk Island, Wainwright and Waterton Lake Parks were opened. Mount Douglas, west of Banff, was named in his honour. Douglas also arranged for the purchase and transfer of the Michael Pablo herd of buffalo from Montana, United States of America. When he retired from the Parks position in 1921 he was appointed the first moving picture censor for the Province of Alberta. He died in Edmonton on January 6, 1929. Howard Douglas' youngest son, Ralph attended public school in Banff, Alberta and was sent to St. John's College in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1903. In the fall of 1905 he attended the University of Toronto, School of Practical Science where he studied Civil and Mining Engineering. He graduated in 1909. In 1912 he married Brenda Newton and together they had two sons, C.H. and Arnold, and one daughter, Mary. For many years Ralph Douglas worked as an Assistant Structural Engineer for the Department of Public Works. He resigned in 1921 to pursue private business but returned to government construction in 1937. In 1940 he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and worked with the Works and Buildings Branch. When the war ended he was discharged with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Douglas then joined Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation in 1945 and worked as the Edmonton Branch Manager. In 1955 he became the manager of a low rental housing project called Town House Development and remained in this position until his retirement in January 1965. Ralph Douglas died on December 25, 1966.
Driver, Keith
Person · 1930-
(Haldon) Keith Driver was born on April 16, 1930 in what is now Harare, Zimbabwe. He completed a Diploma in Town Planning at University College in London, UK in 1962 and moved to Canada in the same year. In 1975 he married Susan Oakley and together they had two children, Elizabeth (1976-) and Jonathan (1980-). Driver was an architect, city and urban planner, and development consultant who was most active in his career from the 1960s to the 1990s. He began his professional career as an architect in Zimbabwe and England from 1954-1962 before starting as an Urban Designer in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, and Calgary from 1962-1967. From 1962 onwards, most of his work was across Alberta, preparing reports and plans for a variety of cities, towns, First Nations, and subdivisions. Driver worked with the firm Murray V. Jones and Associates Ltd., a consulting and planning firm with offices across the country, from 1967-1978. He formed Keith Driver and Associates Ltd. in 1978 and was the president of the firm until 1998. During this period, he also offered occasional lectures at the University of Alberta and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in land development, planning, and city revitalization. He was an independent urban planning consultant from at least 1998 to 2015. Driver was the president of the Strathearn Community League from 1983-1984, served on the Community LRT and Bicycle Committee, and was part of the Edmonton Sports Council from its inception for some years. He has also pursued interests in drawing, water colour painting, and pottery. As of 2015 Driver was living in Edmonton, Alberta.
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).
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.
Names of chief officers:
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
Edwards, Manley
Person · 1892-1962
Manley Justin Edwards was born in Caisterville, Ontario in 1892. He moved to Calgary in 1910 and, after attending the Calgary Provincial Normal School, served as principal at Connaught, Stanley Jones, and Alexandra Schools. He was rejected on medical grounds when he tried to enlist during the First World War but did serve as an officer in the 103rd (Militia) Regiment. After the war, he attended law school at the University of Alberta, graduating in 1922. By 1927, he had formed the partnership of Edwards and Cromarty. In September 1933, he married Miriam Isobel Oatey (1907-1979) in Orondo, Washington, and together they had three children: Lawrence, Douglas, and Miriam (Phillips). He served as a Member of Parliament for Calgary West from 1940-1945 and as an alderman for the City of Calgary from 1947-1949. In 1951, he was appointed as a judge for the District Court of Alberta based in Calgary. He served on the boards of several organizations, including the Kinsmen Club, the Calgary Brotherhood Council, and the Calgary Branch of the United Nations Association. He was a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association, the Calgary Executive Association, the Renfrew Club, the Glencoe Club, and Scarboro United Church. He died in 1962.
Egbert, William
Person · 1857-1936
William Egbert was born in Welland County, Canada West in 1857. He initially attended Dunville School before graduating from the Ontario Normal School in 1881 with a teaching certificate. After teaching at Moote School and Dunville School, he went to Victoria University to study medicine. He received his Bachelor of Medicine, Master of Surgery, and Doctor of Medicine degrees in 1889 and spent a year doing post-graduate studies in London and Edinburgh. He then returned to Ontario in 1891 to establish a medical practice in Milverton. He married Eva Miller (1859-1936) in 1882 and together they had three children: Ethel Camilla (1884-1976), William Gordon (1892-1960), and Alice Leah (1895-1896). He moved his medical practice to Calgary in 1904. He became involved in politics, running an unsuccessful campaign as a Liberal candidate in the Calgary electoral district in the 1909 provincial election but serving a term as a city alderman from 1909-1911. He was also involved in a variety of local organizations, including the Tubercular Hospital Site Committee of the Calgary Board of Health, Calgary Board of Trade, and the Alberta Medical Association, which elected him as its president in 1921. He was also the president of the Alberta Federal Liberal Association from 1917-1925. He was appointed the third Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in 1925, serving until 1931. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Alberta in 1927. After leaving office, he returned to his medical practice. He also served as chairman of the Economic Safety League, a provincial association of boards of trades and chambers of commerce. He died in Calgary in 1936.
Eggen, Betty
Person · July 20, 1917 - November 5, 2006
Betty Eggen was born in Bawlf, Alberta, on July 20, 1917. She graduated from the University of Alberta Hospital School of Nursing in 1938. After a short period of service with the Canadian Army Medical Corps (1945-1946), she attended McGill University to obtain her Certificate in Public Health Nursing. Betty Eggen joined the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) in Montreal in 1946, where her duties included teaching and counseling. The VON encouraged its nurses to obtain university degrees by providing bursaries, so Eggen completed her Bachelor's degree at McGill University in 1962. She returned to Calgary in 1968 as District Director of the VON, which introduced home care for the elderly at that time. From 1970 to 1974, Eggen served as a Field Nursing Officer with the Federal government's Indigenous Health Services, visiting reserves from Hobbema near Edmonton to the southern border of Alberta. In 1974, she returned to Calgary to become Director of Nursing Services, a position she held until her retirement in 1982. Betty Eggen passed away on November 5th, 2006.
Elfstedt, Michelle
Person
Michelle Elfstedt received a Bachelor of Arts in Canadian History from the University of Alberta in 1990. Her undergraduate thesis research focused on the Alberta Provincial Police. She holds a Certificate in Heritage Resource Management in Curatorial / Collections from the University of Calgary, and a degree in accounting. Michelle began working in the heritage sector in 1990 and has held a variety of positions with Alberta-based museums and archives, including the Provincial Archives of Alberta, the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, the Reynolds-Alberta Museum, and the Strathcona County Museum and Archives. Michelle has been on staff at the Royal Alberta Museum since 2003.
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.
Farran, Roy
Person · 1921-2006
Roy Farran was born in 1921 in Kingswinford, India, where his father was serving with the Royal Air Force. He attended the Bishop Cotton School, Simla, and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, later serving in the Special Air Service regiment of the British Army. During the Second World War, Farran served in North Africa, Crete, Italy, and France and earned a Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, U.S. Legion of Merit and the Croix de Guerre. After the war, Farran continued to serve with the British Army in British Mandate Palestine, where he participated in British efforts to suppress Jewish paramilitaries fighting for an independent, Zionist state. In 1947, he was arrested by the British Army and court-martialed for the suspected murder of Alexander Rubowitz, a 16-year-old who had disappeared while hanging posters for a Jewish paramilitary. The case was dismissed due to lack of evidence and Farran resigned from the military and moved to Scotland. On first leaving the Army he worked for Keir & Cawder Limited of Glasgow on the Loch Sloy hydroelectric scheme before being appointed managing director of Keir & Cawder (Rhodesia) Limited. He published numerous articles and books related to his military service including Winged Dagger - Adventures on Special Service (1949), The Search (1958) and Operation Tombola (1968). After leaving the military, he first moved to southern Africa before returning to England, where he married Ruth Harvie Ardern (1927-2005) in 1950. They had four children: Sally, Peter, Terry, and David. Following an unsuccessful run in the 1950 general election as a Conservative candidate for Dudley and Stourbridge, in Britain, he moved to Alberta. In 1954, he became the publisher of the Calgary North Hill News and the Rocky View News. He also worked for the South Calgary News, the Sunday Calgarian, the Market Examiner, the Western Farm Journal, and the Calgary Herald. In 1959, he ran unsuccessfully in the Alberta general election. In 1961, he became an alderman for the City of Calgary, holding this position until 1971. In 1971, he was elected to the Alberta Legislature as the representative for the Calgary-North Hill electoral district. He served as Minister of Telephones and Utilities (1973-1975) and, after his re-election in 1975, as Solicitor General (1975-1979). He retired from provincial politics at the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 1979. After leaving politics, he served as chair of the Alberta Racing Commission and with various sports associations such as the Canadian Amateur Jockey's Association. He also wrote a current affairs column in the Calgary Herald. In 1994, he received the Legion d'Honneur for his work with French Vosges, a Francophone Canadian student exchange program that he helped to establish. He also worked as a visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta. Roy Farran passed away in 2006.
Fetsko, Paul
Person · 1919-1997
Paul Fetsko was born in Fernie, British Columbia in 1919. He attended schools in Fernie, graduating in 1937. Unable to serve in the Second World War, he worked in the local coal mines. He later attended the University of Alberta, graduating with a degree in civil engineering in 1952. He then worked as a regional construction consultant for the Regional Transportation Division of Alberta Transportation until his retirement in 1984. He married Alexandra Fegirchuk (1931-2002). He died in Calgary, Alberta in 1997.
Friends of the Geographical Names of Alberta Society
Corporate body
The Friends of the Geographical Names of Alberta Society (FGNAS) was incorporated as a registered non-profit volunteer based charitable society in 1987. The Society supports the toponymic research and services of the Geographical Names Program of Alberta Culture and Community Spirit, although the Society exists as an independent body. The purpose of the Society is to promote the awareness of the historical and cultural significance of geographical names in Alberta and to assist in the preservation and awareness of the importance of geographical names. Among the objectives of the Society are to foster an awareness of the importance of geographical names in Alberta; to promote an awareness and understanding of the importance of geographical names in Alberta; to foster the appreciation of heritage preservation through the research of toponymy in Alberta of both historical names as well as contemporary; to further the understanding of Alberta's geographical names heritage by providing information to members from established toponymic research for their own understanding as well as for the public; and to promote public awareness of geographical names in Alberta through the supervision and production of pamphlets and books. The Executive of FGNAS consists of a President, Vice-president, Secretary/Treasurer, Director at Large and such Directors at Large and Ex-Officio members (Geographical Names Program Coordinator, Head of Research and Publications, and the Executive Director) as elected during the Annual General Meeting of the Society. Some of the activities of FGNAS have been the creation of displays and exhibits related to geographic and toponymic subjects, the creation of Social Studies curriculum materials and providing guest lectures for students on toponymic subjects, and fundraising and charity projects. In conjunction with Alberta Culture and Community Spirit and the University of Calgary Press the FGNAS also published four volumes of Place Names of Alberta between 1991 and 1996 including over nine thousand place names in the province and information about the origins of the names. The Society is no longer active.
Gardiner, Dave
Person · 1898-1968
David Neilson Gardiner was born in Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1898. He attended primary and high school in Dalserf and Hamilton, Scotland. In 1910, Dave immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba. He left Winnipeg in 1915 to serve with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Canada, England, France, and Belgium in the various units of the Canadian Engineers and Divisional Signal Companies. In 1919, Dave moved to Alberta. In 1921, he became Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal District of Dowling Lake No. 305 until 1925 when he became the Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal District of Bow Valley No. 219 at Starthmore. Dave worked for Bow Valley until 1936 when he assumed secretarial duties for the Municipal District of Beddington No. 250 in Calgary. Dave remained in this position until 1965. Dave also served as Secretary-Treasurer, member, Vice-President, and President of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts beginning in 1922. Through the Department of Extension at the University of Alberta, Dave also took courses in Municipal Administration and Local Government. He married Ida Somes (1899-1986) Calgary in 1924, and together they had two children: Robert (1927-1936) and Doreen (O'Callaghan) (1939-2016). He died in Victoria, British Columbia in 1968.
Gaudette, Douglas
Person · 1915-1981
Douglas Allan Gaudette was born in Granum, Alberta in 1915, the son of Clifford Francis Wilfred "Frank" Gaudette (originally Gandetta) (1889-1945) and Edna Luchia (1894-1971). Frank was a druggist who managed the drug store in Granum before purchasing it in 1912. The family moved to Lethbridge, Alberta in 1929. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alberta and later attended Calgary Normal School. He taught at a Lethbridge junior high school before joining the staff of the Provincial Institute of Art and Technology, later known as the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). He retired from SAIT in 1971. Douglas married Orvie Lunde (1913-1975) in Lethbridge, Alberta in 1941, and together they had six children: Barry, Allan, Shelley (Longford), Dawn, Neil and Doug. Douglas died in Edmonton in 1981.
Geddes family
Family
Malcolm Daniel Geddes was born in Wick, Scotland in 1866. In 1877, he arrived in Canada and settled with his family on a farm beside Lake Cecebe, Ontario. He attended Ontario Agriculture College and graduated in 1898. In 1902, Malcolm moved to Winnipeg to write for the Farmer's Advocate, but returned to Ontario in the next year to marry Mary Jane (Jennie) Waters (1871-February 7, 1937). Malcolm and Jennie moved to Calgary and the next year, Malcolm helped establish the first farm paper in Western Canada, The Farm and Ranch Review. In 1917, Malcolm joined the Alpine Club of Canada. In 1924, he was one of those to make the first ascent of Mt. Geikie in Jasper National Park, in a party along with Val Fynn and Cyril G. Wates. Malcolm served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926 and National Librarian for the Alpine Club of Canada. In 1927, Malcolm died in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. Malcolm and Jennie had two children: Alvin Brookes Geddes (1904-1990) and and Enid Jeane Geddes (Darroch) (1909-1969). Alvin Geddes had three children: William (Bill) Geddes, Ruth Elliot, and Anne Geddes. Enid Darroch had four children: Malcolm Darroch, Gordon Darroch, Gail Benjafield, and Karen Probert. Olive Mary Oke (neé Spacey, 1864 - 1959) moved to Creemore, Ontario from England in 1870. In 1885, she married W.T. "Tony" Oke. Tony worked for the Grand Trunk Railway, and later, Canadian National (CN). While Tony worked for the railway lines, the family lived in the Jasper area, Edson, and Edmonton. Olive maintained regular correspondence with her family and was involved in cultural and church activities. She became president of the Women's Auxiliary at Edmonton's All Saints' Cathedral. Malcolm and Jennie Geddes' son, Alvin, married Tony and Olive Oke's daughter, Olive, in 1931. Alvin Geddes was born in 1902 in Calgary. He attended South Calgary High School. In 1924, he attended the University of Alberta. After the University of Alberta, he attended Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Following his graduation from Iowa State in 1927, Alvin began working for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing in Pittsburgh. He then transferred to the Canadian branch of Westinghouse in Ontario. Alvin moved to Calgary with Westinghouse and began working as a salesperson. In 1943, he began working for National Supply. Alvin held several positions in National Supply as an order clerk, sales engineer, store manager, field salesman, district manager, and division manager. In 1968, Alvin formed Geddes Engineering Ltd. and Oilfield Personnel Canada Ltd. Alvin died in 1990. William Geddes was born in 1932. He worked as a lawyer in Edmonton, Alberta. William passed away in 2001.
Gerhart, Edgar
Person · 1923-1992
Edgar Henry Gerhart was born in Drumheller, Alberta in 1923, the son of Clarence Edgar Gerhart (1897-1965) and Mary Gelina Chambers (1901-1995). He attended school in Coronation, Alberta before attending the University of Alberta, where he earned a degree in pharmacy in 1948. He was elected as a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1952 for the Edmonton electoral district (1952-1959) and the Edmonton North West electoral district (1959). He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs (1967-1968, 1968-1969), the Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Act (1968-1971), and Attorney General (1968-1971). He made an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Social Credit party in 1968. He was defeated in the 1971 election. After leaving office, he entered private law practice. He was appointed a provincial court judge in 1979, serving four years in Grande Prairie before moving to Edmonton. He married Margaret Freida Tiffin (1923-1992) at Knox United Church in Calgary in 1944, and together they had five children: George Edgar (1946-2007), Mary Madeline (Stonehouse), Gail Ann, Robert Henry, and Terry John. He died in Edmonton in 1992.
Getty, Don
Person · 1933-2016
Donald Ross Getty was born on August 30, 1933 in Westmount, Quebec to Charles Ross Getty and Beatrice Lillian Hampton. He attended the University of Western Ontario (Western), and graduated in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Business Administration. During his time at Western, Getty was quarterback for the university’s football team, and starting guard for their basketball team. He was named Most Outstanding Athlete of 1955, and in 1980 his name was added to the University of Western Ontario’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Two weeks after his university graduation, Getty married his high school girlfriend Margaret Mitchell. The couple then moved to Edmonton, Alberta, where Getty would join the Edmonton Eskimos professional football team as quarterback. He played for the team for the next decade, including their Grey Cup championships in 1955 and 1956. In 1959, Getty was named Outstanding Canadian in the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) Western Conference. In 1955, while still playing professional football, Getty was recruited by Imperial Oil, beginning his career in Alberta’s burgeoning oil industry. By 1964, he had formed Baldonnel Oil and Gas, becoming the youngest independent oil company president in Canada at that time. Getty’s prominence in the oil industry attracted the interest of fellow Edmonton Eskimo veteran and future Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, and in 1965, he asked Getty to join the Alberta Progressive Conservative (PC) Party and run for office. In 1967, Getty became one of the original six PC Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) elected to the Alberta Legislature. As the member for Strathcona-West, Getty served as a member of the official opposition. Four years later, in 1971, Getty ran in the newly formed constituency of Edmonton-Whitemud; his party won the majority vote and formed the first PC government in Alberta, ending the Social Credit Party’s 36-year leadership. Getty was subsequently appointed as Minister for Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs (FIGA) (1971-1975), the first to ever hold the position, then as Minister of Natural Resources (1975-1979). Using his knowledge of the oil industry, Getty advocated for Alberta’s interests internationally, helping to establish Albertans’ constitutional rights as owners of the province’s natural resources, and worked with Premier Lougheed to create the Heritage Savings Fund. Following 12 years in the Legislature, Getty left politics and returned to the energy industry, founding D. Getty Investments Limited. During this time, he also served as the chair and CEO of the Nortek Energy Corporation, and on the boards of the Royal Bank, IPSCO, Genstar and several others. In 1985, following Peter Lougheed’s retirement as Premier, Getty made the decision to re-enter politics and was elected leader of the PC Party at the age of 52. On November 1 of that year, he was sworn in as Alberta’s 11th Premier. Soon after Getty’s election, Alberta’s economy was affected by a 60 percent drop in oil prices, caused by a global oil surplus resulting from the 1970s Energy Crisis. By 1986, the province was experiencing a debt of $3.3 billion, with five more deficits to follow, accumulating in $15 billion. In response, Premier Getty’s government focused on economic diversification, helping to establish the growth of forestry, technology, and non-conventional oil-projects in Alberta. Getty’s government also took a lead role in advocating for self-governance for Metis settlements, increasing school choice through the School Act of 1988, the expansion of the Grant MacEwan College (now MacEwan University) campus in downtown Edmonton, the appointment of Canada’s first elected senator (1989), and the creation of Family Day (1990), a statutory holiday promoting the importance of family values and quality time. Premier Getty also played a leadership role during negotiations for the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) (1987), senate reform, the Meech Lake Accord (1987), and the Charlottetown Accord (1992). The Getty government faced controversy and criticism regarding spending, perceived anti-labour sentiments, and the mismanagement and failure of government-backed business throughout the late 1980s. Notable related instances include the Alberta Nurses strike of 1988, the Gainer’s meat packing company strike of 1986 and failure of 1989, the $600 million loss of NovaTel, and the 1987 collapse of the Principal Group. Premier Getty led his party to majority governments in 1985, representing Edmonton-Whitemud, and again in 1989. He lost his original seat to the Liberal Party in the latter election, but won in Stettler through a by-election two months later. In 1992, Getty retired from politics. Following his tenure as Premier, Getty returned to the private sector, serving on the boards of several prominent corporations, as well as the Resources of Canada Fund. Premier Getty was an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence. He was named Honourary Chief (Plains Cree: Kinnosayoo; Plains Cree Syllabics: ᑭᐣᓄᓴᔫ) by the Whitefish Lake First Nation, and was awarded the Order of the Sash by the Métis Nation of Alberta for work with Indigenous communities. He is remembered for his professional football career on the Edmonton Eskimos’ Wall of Honour. In 2001, the Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park was established west of Calgary. Don and Margaret Getty were married for 60 years, having four sons – Dale, David, Darin and Derek – and seven grandchildren. Donald Getty died of heart failure on February 26, 2016, in Edmonton, Alberta.
Giovannetti, Phyllis
Person · 1940-2023
Phyllis Giovannetti graduated from the Calgary General Hospital School of Nursing in 1962 and moved to Edmonton shortly after to begin her career. She worked as a nurse in Edmonton and Vancouver, served as a project director for the Hospital Systems Study Group in Saskatoon, and worked as a research associate at the British Columbia Medical Centre. In 1981, Giovannetti resumed her studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (Baltimore), earning a Doctor of Science degree. Following the completion of her PhD, she joined the University of Alberta's (UofA) Faculty of Nursing and was promoted to the rank of professor by 1984. She held various administrative roles at UofA, including Acting Director of the Master of Nursing Program from July to December 1984, Director of the Research Facilitation Office from 1984 to 1988, Associate Dean of Graduate Education from 1991 to 2000, and Associate Dean of Research, Partnerships, and Faculty Development from 2000 to 2001. Throughout her career, Giovannetti conducted research on patient classification systems for nurse staffing, quality assurance, primary nursing, organizational structures, and their impacts on hospital and patient outcomes, as well as the costs of nursing care and nursing workload. She also served as a consultant at provincial, national, and international levels and authored numerous publications. Additionally, she held leadership positions, including president of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses from 1989 to 1991, and chaired the Task Force on Increased Direct Access to Services Provided by Registered Nurses. She served on the board of the Canadian Nurses Association and was president of the Canadian Nursing Research Group from 1990 to 1992. Dr. Giovannetti received several awards, including the Distinguished Alumnus Award as the Outstanding Recent Graduate of the Society of Alumnae of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1991, the YWCA Edmonton’s Woman of the Year for Health Science and Technology in 1992, an Achievement Award in Nursing Human Resources in 2004, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta in 2004, and a Centennial Award from the Canadian Nurses Association in 2008. Phyllis Giovannetti died April 28th, 2023.
Gourlay, Betty
Person · Unknown
Betty Gourlay graduated from the University of Alberta Hospital School of Nursing in 1966. She continued her education, receiving a BScN from the University of Alberta, 1967; certification as an Orthopaedic Nurse Specialist in 1978; and her Master of Health Sciences from McMaster University in 1980. Since 1990 she has conducted workshops for nurses interested in going into independent practice and has been an independent consultant in occupational health and quality assurance nursing programs. She has served as Chair of the Calgary Board of Health/Calgary Health Services. Miss Gourlay was President of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses from 1985 to 1987, and later President of the Alberta Nurses in Independent Practice. She was nominated for the Calgary YWCA Women of Distinction Award for her contributions to community health. The Alberta Association of Registered Nurses named her Nurse of the Year in 1995.
Govier, George W.
Person · 1917-2016
George Wheeler Govier was born in Nanton, Alberta on June 15, 1917, the son of George Arthur Govier of Parry Sound, Ontario and Sarah Gertrude Govier of Minnesota. He grew up in Nanton, Penticton, and Vancouver, graduated as a chemical engineer in 1939 from the University of British Columbia and moved to Edmonton in 1940 to be a lecturer at the University of Alberta. On February 23, 1940 he married Doris Eda Kemp, whom he had met when while both were in elementary school. Together they had three daughters: Gertrude (Trudy) Rose, Katherine Mary, and Susan (Sue) Elizabeth. In Edmonton he completed his Master of Science in Physical Chemistry in 1945, and his doctorate in science (Sc.D.) in 1949 from the University of Michigan. He served on the faculty of the University of Alberta, setting up the department of petroleum engineering and becoming Professor, then Dean of Engineering. Besides teaching, he also conducted and directed research on multiphase flow. His book, The Flow of Complex Mixtures in Pipes, co-authored with Dr. Khalid Aziz, remains relevant today. In 1948 Dr. Govier was appointed a member of and later became Chairman of Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board, where he served for 30 years. He became Chief Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in 1971 under the Peter Loughheed government of Alberta. From 1978, he served on the board of directors of a number of companies and enjoyed a full career for nearly thirty more years as consultant to corporations and Canadian and foreign governments, before entering full retirement in 2006. Dr. Govier was President of the Association of Professional Engineers of Alberta and of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He was active in the World Petroleum Congresses, serving as Chairman of the Scientific Program Committee for eight years. He received honorary degrees from the Universities of Calgary, Waterloo, and McGill. In 1967 he was named winner of the Sesquicentennial Award from the University of Michigan as "resource conservationist educator". He was inducted into the Calgary Petroleum Hall of Fame in 1999 and received the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2013, cited as a builder of key Alberta industries "as a university professor, researcher and leader in regulatory development". He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1982. Dr. Govier was a long time honorary member of the Calgary Petroleum Club. Doris was born October 3, 1918, the daughter of Henry Kemp of London, England and Rose Ellen Melton of Yorkshire. She grew up in Vancouver and attended the University of British Columbia receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1939, majoring in English and French. After marrying George and moving to Edmonton in 1940, Doris received her Bachelor of Education in 1943. Doris and George's daughters, Trudy, Katherine, and Sue, were all born in Edmonton before the family moved to Calgary in 1963. In 1970 Doris received her M.A. in English from the University of Calgary, focusing on Canadian Literature. She was also a pioneer in her support for Canadian and prairie literature. In 1972 she founded the "Doris Govier Canadian Literature Group", which introduced this burgeoning national book culture to hundreds of devoted Calgary followers. Doris was awarded the YWCA's Woman of Distinction Award in Arts and Culture in 1990. Doris also enjoyed swimming, badminton, tennis, golf, books, and ballroom dancing with George. His other interests included fishing, skiing, cruising, playing bridge, and gardening. Doris passed away April 19, 2014 and George passed away February 22, 2016. George and Doris' daughter Katherine was born in Edmonton, Alberta, July 4, 1948, and was educated at the University of Alberta and York University in Toronto. She has been made a Distinguished Alumna of the University of Alberta, is one of York University's "Famous Fifty" graduates, has been Chair of the Writers' Trust of Canada, President of PEN Canada, and published essays in major newspapers and magazines. She won the City of Toronto Book Award in 1992, the Marian Engel Award for a woman writer in mid-career in 1997, and her novel "Creation" was a New York Times Notable Book of 2003. Her 2010 novel, The Ghost Brush (The Printmaker's Daughter in the USA), has been published in translation in French, Japanese, Spanish, and Romanian. Katherine lives in Toronto, Ontario with her partner Nicholas Rundall. She has two children, Robin and Emily Honderich, from her previous marriage to John Honderich, former publisher of the Toronto Star.
Greenwood, H.F.
Person
Bishop H. (Henry) Allan Gray was born in London, England in July 1863 to Henry and Fanny Gray. He was educated at the University of Manitoba in Saskatchewan and moved to Alberta in 1886. He spent his first six years in Alberta as a rancher near Calgary. Gray began his service in Edmonton, Alberta in 1895 at Holy Trinity Church and from 1897 to 1914 he served as rector of All Saints Church. He was appointed as the first Anglican Bishop of Edmonton in 1914 and served in that post until 1931. Gray also served on the Edmonton School Board and was a Captain in the 19th Alberta Dragoons. He died in at age 76 in Bungay, Suffolk, England in 1939.
Grenier, Louis
Person
Louis Grenier was born in 1954 in Coaticook, Quebec. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1972-1973 and in 1999 received a Masters in Management and Development of Co-operatives from the University of Sherbrooke. He came to Calgary in 1984 to oversee the operations of the Food Bank there and in 1986 he received the Calgarian of the Year Award from the Calgary Herald. From 2000 to 2002 he was an economic development agent for the Chambre économique de l'Alberta; later he was the coordinator of the Cercle de collaboration francophone de Calgary, an organization meant to streamline the use of resources in the achievement of common goals in various sectors for the Calgary's French-speaking community. He has worked as well in Calgary for Co-options Consulting, supporting the use of the co-operative model.
Guild, Julius
Person · 1923-1990
Born in Germany, Doctor (Dr.) Julius Guild came to Canada in 1928. He received his education at primary school in Onoway and his high school education in Calgary and Lethbridge. He attended medical school at the University of Alberta, continuing his studies at McGill University and in London, England. He returned to Edmonton in 1957 and established a private practice. He served as the chief of the department of Psychiatry at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, staying there until 1982. He was a supporter of the Edmonton Symphony Society, B'nai B'rith Lodge No. 32, and Physicians Against Nuclear War. He was married to Josephine, and together they had two children, Susan and Jeremy. He died in Calgary in 1990.
Hampson family
Family
Cyril (Cy) Hampson was born in Lacombe, Alberta in May 1914. He became a teacher in Whitecourt during the Great Depression and later became a professor at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, completing his PhD thesis on the locomotion of northern flying squirrels in 1966. In addition to his teaching career, Cy Hampson was an avid wildlife researcher, photographer, writer, and documentarian. His photographs of flora and fauna, particularly birds and Arctic species, have been used to illustrate several publications on Albertan and northern Canadian wildlife. Hampson also wrote several books on Canadian wildlife, including Into the Woods and Beyond (1971) and With Ptarmigan and Timber Wolves (1991), and wrote a weekly column entitled Outdoors Unlimited on birds and other wildlife for the Peninsula News Review of Sidney, British Columbia. During his tenure at the University of Alberta, Hampson also produced Question Mark Trail, a radio program distributed through Alberta School Broadcasts that focused on Alberta wildlife. He married Margaret Harrow (1918-1962) in Clive, Alberta in 1939, and together they had a child, Michael. He later married Mary Forge (1922-2010). While visiting from Sidney, Cy Hampson died in Edmonton in July 1997.
Hamson, Ruth and Leo
Family
Ruth Cornell was born March 20, 1920 in Edmonton, Alberta to George and Sara (Moore) Cornell. In 1939 she took a job at the head office of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Toronto, Ontario where she met her husband Leo. Leo Hamson was born in Toronto on October 13, 1920. After graduating in 1939, he took a job at the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Leo served during the Second World War as a sergeant-instructor in a field artillery battery and was later granted a commission as a lieutenant. He sent for Ruth while posted to East Coast Harbour Defenses and they were married November 6, 1942 in St. John, New Brunswick. Leo was later sent to Europe and returned in August of 1945. Following the war he served in Calgary, Alberta, Wetaskiwin, Alberta and at a Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) camp. While discharging veterans, he met a group planning Little Smoky Farm Industries and was invited to join. Ruth and Leo arrived in the Guy district in March 1946 as part of Little Smoky Farm Industries. Little Smoky Farm Industries encountered many setbacks and many members backed out of the operation. Ruth and Leo left in 1951 to find work in High Prairie. Leo worked for C.A. Nantais, the Imperial Oil agent for two years before taking over management of High Prairie Medical Clinic where he stayed for 21 years. He later worked for nine years as purchaser and warehouse manager for High Prairie School Division before retiring in 1984. Ruth worked for 23 years at the central office of the School Division as Executive Secretary to Superintendents. Ruth and Leo Hamson moved to the Laurier Heights area of Edmonton in 1986 and traveled extensively from the 1960s to the 1990s. Many of their travels were undertaken with the University of Alberta's Faculty of Extension and Grant MacEwan's Minerva Senior Studies Institute. Leo was also involved in the making of a 2003 NFB documentary entitled The Enemy Within which focused on German POW camps in Alberta during and immediately after World War II. Leo was interviewed in the film about his experiences at the POW camps. Leo died on August 12, 2007. Together, Ruth and Leo had three children: Karl, Marilyn Leslie, and Laura.
Harvey, Horace
Person · 1863-1949
Horace Harvey was born in Elgin County, Ontario on October 1, 1863, the son of William Harvey (1821-1874), Liberal Member of Parliament for Elgin East (1872-1874) and Sophronia Mack (1823-1889). Harvey received his education at the University of Toronto, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1886 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1888. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1889 and practiced law in Toronto. A few years later in 1893 he was called to the Bar of the North-West Territories and began practicing law in Calgary. He was appointed the Registrar of Land Titles for the South Alberta Land Registration District in Calgary in 1896. In 1900 he was appointed the Deputy Attorney General of the North-West Territories and in June 1904 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories. Harvey became puisne judge for the Supreme Court of Alberta when that court was created in 1907 and was later appointed Chief Justice in October of 1910. When the Supreme Court was divided into Trial and Appellate Divisions in 1921, Harvey became Chief Justice of the Trial Division in 1921 and in 1924 was appointed the Chief Justice of the Appellate Division. Harvey remained in this position until his death. Outside of his duties in the Supreme Court, Harvey also served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the University of Alberta from 1917 until 1940. He was the Chairman of the Provincial Municipal Finances Commission from 1920 until 1923 and was with the Mobilization Board for National Services in 1940. Harvey married Norah Louise Palmer (1864-1948) in Illinois in 1893, and together they had one son, Alan Burnside Harvey (1899-1958). Horace Harvey died in Edmonton in September 1949.
Hawkesworth, Robert "Bob"
Person
Robert “Bob” Hawkesworth earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta and a Master of Arts degree in Resources and the Environment from the University of Calgary before being elected to Calgary City Council as alderman for Ward 3. He remained in that position until elected to the Legislative Assembly as the Alberta New Democratic Party candidate for the Calgary Mountain View riding in 1986. Hawkesworth was re-elected in 1989 but was ultimately defeated in the 1993 election, ceding his seat to Mark Hlady of the Progressive Conservative Party. After his two terms as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, Hawkesworth returned to municipal politics in Calgary and was once again elected to Calgary City Council as alderman for Ward 4. He served in this position until 2010, when he stepped down in order to run an unsuccessful campaign for Calgary mayor. Bob Hawkesworth has served as a chair, co-chair, or member of several civic boards and committees including the Standing Policy Committee on Community and Protective Services, the Standing Policy Committee on Utilities and Environment, the Disaster Services Committee, ENMAX Corporation Board, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. He also served as the president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association from 2004 to 2007. Hawkesworth received the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Award for Excellence for outstanding service to municipal government in 1999. In 2000, he received the Calgary United Way Spirits of Gold Award for co-chairing the Calgary Homeless Initiative and in 2005 he was named by Alberta Venture Magazine as one of Alberta's 50 Most Influential People. Hawkesworth is currently a board member of C3 EnviroTech Solutions, an Alberta-based non-profit organization that encourages energy efficiency and alternative energy sources, and is a coordinator of the Municipal Change Action Centre in Alberta.
Haynes, Doug
Person · 1936-2016
Doug Haynes was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1936. He studied at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art from 1954 to 1958. From 1970 to 1995, he taught at the University of Alberta's Department of Art and Design. He participated in numerous group exhibitions since 1963 including: The Fifth and Sixth Biennial of Canadian Painting: National Gallery of Canada 1963, 1965; The Canadian Canvas: Time Life Touring Exhibition, 1975; Certain Traditions: Painting and Sculpture of Canada and Great Britain, 1978; Abstraction x 4: Canada House, London England; Bonn, West Germany; Paris, France,1985; and The Development of Abstract Painting in Canada: Calgary, Alberta, 1993. His own exhibits include the following: Atlantic Provinces Art Circuit, 1967; Glenbow Alberta Institute Calgary, 1974; Cubism Revisited: A Five Year Survey, Edmonton Art Gallery, 1985; The Toledo Series, Edmonton, Calgary, Banff, Hamilton, 1992; and Douglas Haynes: 25 years, Edmonton Art Gallery, 2000. He married Patricia Kenworthy in 1958, and together they had two children: Gretta and Geoffrey. He died in Edmonton in 2016.
Health
Corporate body
Dates of founding and/or dissolution: The Department of Health was re-established in 1988 by means of Order in Council 502/88 pursuant to the Public Service Administrative Transfers Act. The re-establishment of the Department was formalized by means of the passage and proclamation of the Department of Health Act, 1989 c. D-21.5. The Department was dissolved for the second time in 1999 by means of Order in Council 241/99 pursuant to the Government Organization Act section 2. Functional responsibility: The Department was also responsible for the province's vital statistics program. Activities under this program included maintaining registers of births, deaths and marriages submitted by district registrars and clergymen, issuing burial permits, maintaining population statistics submitted by municipalities, and maintaining records on those authorized to perform marriages. Over time, additional responsibilities were added, including monitoring air and water pollution, providing sanitary health inspection services in unorganized areas, nutrition services, emergency air ambulance services, supervision of medical insurance programs, emergency medical service and disaster planning, rehabilitation services to the physically handicapped, alcoholism treatment and prevention. As the percentage of the population served by municipal health boards and health units, the Department's role in the direct provision of many medical services declined and the Department's role evolved into one where it provided consultative services to municipal boards and health units. These services were in the areas of monitoring of communicable diseases, oversight of health units, public health nursing, health education, nutrition services, entomology, dental health, and child and maternal health services. In 1922, the Department was made responsible for direct administration of the Mental Hospital at Ponoka, the Home for the Mentally Deficient at Edmonton, and the Hospital for Returned Soldiers in Red Deer. In 1923, the Department opened its facility at Oliver, which was established for the care of permanently institutionalized psychiatric patients. Psychiatric patients from the facility in Red Deer were transferred to Ponoka. Mentally handicapped patients from the south Edmonton facility were transferred to Red Deer; this facility was renamed the Provincial Training School for Mental Deficiency, later Michener Centre. In 1957, the Deerhome Institution, a home for mentally handicapped adults, was opened in Red Deer. In 1925, the Department took over the Central Alberta Sanatorium in Robertson from the federal Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment. This hospital became the first free standing tuberculosis treatment facility in the province. The Department was also responsible for providing support and coordination of tuberculosis treatment programs in approved hospitals. Other dedicated tuberculosis treatment facilities in Calgary and at the University of Alberta were opened in subsequent decades. In 1926, the Minister of Health was given responsibility for the provision of relief for residents and transients in Improvement Districts. Relief in organized areas was the responsibility of individual municipalities. In 1926, the Department had on staff a Coroner responsible for investigating deaths in hospitals. In 1930, the title of this position was changed to Medical Inspector. In 1931, the Psychopathic Ward at University Hospital, Edmonton opened. The Department was responsible for the admission, care and control of patients, and the ward operated under the supervision of the Director of the Mental Health Division of the Department. This facility was closed in 1933. Also in 1933, the Department took over the site of the former Claresholm School of Agriculture and converted it into a residential psychiatric facility for women, renaming it the Provincial Auxiliary Hospital. In 1939, a similar facility was opened in Raymond. In 1948, Rosehaven Centre was opened in Camrose. Rosehaven was a residential facility for elderly patients transferred from one of the province's psychiatric facilities. In 1960, a facility for "emotionally disturbed children," Linden House, was opened in Red Deer. With the decline in tuberculosis cases in the 1950's and 60's, one ward of Baker Memorial Sanatorium was converted to a facility for mentally handicapped children. Beginning in 1931, under the authority of the Public Health Act, areas outside cities began to organize into Health Units, through which a wide range of departmental programs and services could be delivered. After the passage of the Health Unit Act in 1953, the organization of Health Units was made easier and the number of health units dramatically increased in the next decade. This made a wider range of services available to communities that were too small to support more specialized services on their own. Beginning in the early 1930's, the Provincial psychiatric facility in Ponoka began a training program for psychiatric nurses and attendants; the first class graduated in 1933. Also at this time, the Mental Health Division began a series of periodic Mental Hygiene Clinics in Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. Throughout the 1930's this program was expanded into a number of smaller communities. In 1939, these clinics were renamed Guidance Clinics. In 1936, responsibility for child welfare and the Mothers' Allowance Act were transferred to the Minister of Health from the Attorney General. The Department became responsible for neglected children, juvenile delinquents, and distribution of the Mothers' Allowance. In 1937, administration of provincial public relief functions were transferred to the Minister of Health. In 1944, these functions were all transferred to the new Department of Public Welfare. In 1947, the Department broadened its view of health care to include nutrition education programs, conducting research and providing information on nutrition to the general public, health care practitioners, and facilities. In 1950, the Department's Sanitary Engineering Division began to provide engineering support services to municipalities planning and/or building municipal wastewater, sewage or water treatment facilities. The Division's inspectors also performed plumbing inspections for installations outside communities with municipal inspectors. In 1953, the Department began to provide direct support to the Canadian Red Cross' operations in Calgary in Edmonton, which had been established in 1947. The blood transfusion service was operated by the Red Cross, with support from the provincial government. Also in 1953, the Department opened rehabilitation and treatment clinics in Edmonton and Calgary for persons with cerebral palsy. In 1962, the Department initiated an Industrial Health program to investigate and regulate workplace health hazards. In 1965, the Department gained jurisdiction over the Alcoholism Foundation of Alberta, which provided alcoholism treatment and prevention programs. Previous to this, the Government of Alberta provided support covering the large majority of the Foundation's costs. At the time that the Department was re-established in 1988, its principal functions were largely the same they had previously been: public health services, mental health services, administration of programs supporting nursing homes and hospitals, oversight of health care insurance, development and coordination of home care programs, and vital statistics. Between 1971 and 1988, the principal role of the Department had changed from being one of directly providing services to one where the Department regulated, supported and supervised the provision of services and programs through community-based organizations and board-governed institutions. Direct administration of most programs had been shifted to the six regional offices. Beginning in 1992, the Department began to divest itself of direct management of psychiatric institutions. Effective December 1, 1992, Rosehaven Care Centre in Camrose was placed under the management of a community board. In 1994, responsibility for administration of the Vital Statistics Act was transferred to the Department of Municipal Affairs. Also in 1994, the health care system in Alberta was re-designed. Regional health authorities were created under the Regional Health Authority Act to provide direct delivery of health care services. The Department's responsibilities were limited to overall health care policy, providing direction to the health care system and Regional Health Authorities, and setting standards for service providers. On March 31, 1995, the Regional Health Authorities officially replaced 148 health facility and health unit boards and assumed full responsibility for the delivery of health care programs and services. Mental health services, including administration of the provincial mental health hospitals in Edmonton and Ponoka, the community clinics and the extended care centres in Claresholm and Raymond, became the responsibility of the new Provincial Mental Health Board. The Minister of Health was responsible for the administration of the following acts. General:Department of Public Health Act Hospitals:Alberta Hospital Association Act Health care:Alcohol and Drug Abuse Act (1988-1992, 1994-1999) Medical professions and associations:Alberta Pharmaceutical Association Act Health insurance and benefits:Alberta Health Care Insurance Act Other:ABC Benefits Corporation Act Predecessor and successor bodies: The predecessor agencies to the Department of Health when it was re-established in 1988 were the Department of Community and Occupational Health and the Department of Hospitals and Medical Care. The Department of Health was succeeded in 1999 by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Administrative relationships: Administrative structure: The divisions and branches of the Department responsible for the Department's principal functions were as follows: Providing direct grants to hospitals and overseeing creation of hospital districts and municipal hospitals: Municipal Hospitals Branch (1919-1923); Hospitals Branch (1923-1927); Hospitals Division (1927-1947); Hospital and Medical Services Division (1947-1957); Hospitals Division (1957-1971); Hospital Services Division (1988-1992); Hospital Services Branch (1992-1994) Inspection of approved hospitals and inspection and licensing of private hospitals: Hospitals Branch (1924-1927); Hospital Inspection and Coroner's Supervision Division (1927-1932); Hospital Inspection Division (1932-1947); Hospital and Medical Services Division (1947-1957); Hospitals Division (1957-1971); Hospital Services Division (1988-1992); Hospital Services Branch (1992-1994) Administration of the Health Unit program: Communicable Disease Division (1931-1953); Health Units Division (1953-1956); Local Health Services Division (1956-1971) Provision of medical care to persons on social assistance, maternity hospitalization: Municipal Hospitals Branch (1919-1923); Hospitals Branch (1923-1927); Hospitals Division (1927-1947); Hospital and Medical Services Division (1947-1957); Medical Services Division (1957-1971) Administration of municipal hospitalization program: Hospital and Medical Services Division (1950-1971) Oversight of nursing aide and medical technician training programs: Hospitals Division (1945-1947); Hospital and Medical Services Division (1947-1957); Medical Services Division (1957-1971) Supervision of hospitalization and medical insurance programs: Hospitals Division (1957-1963), Medical Services Division (1963-1967); Alberta Health Plan Division (1967-1971); Health Care Insurance Division (1988-1994) Monitoring communicable diseases and control of disease in unorganized territories: Provincial Medical Officer of Health (1919-1924); Infectious Diseases Branch (1924-1926); Communicable Diseases Division (1926-1953); Local Health Services Division (1956-1971); Communicable Disease Control and Epidemiology Branch (1988-1994) Control and treatment of sexually-transmitted diseases: Venereal Diseases Division (1921-1925); Social Hygiene Division (1925-1971); Communicable Disease Control and Epidemiology Branch (1988-1994) Public education programs: individual branches conducted public education programs regarding their particular area of responsibility, also: Public Health Education Division (1928-); Local Health Services Division (1956-1971); Local Health Services Branch (1988-1990); Health Promotion Branch (1990-1994) Public health inspection in unorganized areas: food safety inspection, investigation of complaints regarding public sanitation, sanitation inspection of logging camps and tourist facilities, and plumbing inspection: Provincial Sanitary Engineer's office (1919-1926); Sanitary Engineering and Sanitation Division (1926-1967); Environmental Health Division (1967-1971) Establishing regulations for food safety, waste management, water quality, and environmental contaminants and providing consultative services to health agencies: Provincial Sanitary Engineer's office (1919-1926); Sanitary Engineering and Sanitation Division (1926-1967); Environmental Health Division (1967-1971); Environmental Health Services Branch (1988-1994) Approval of plans and specifications for development of waterworks, sewerage and sewage disposal projects by municipalities, and approval of plans and specifications for the building or extension of hospitals: Provincial Board of Health, with technical support from the Provincial Sanitary Engineer's office (1919-1926), Sanitary Engineering and Sanitation Division (1926-1967), or Environmental Health Division (1967-1971) Monitoring of stream and river pollution from waste disposal and monitoring air pollution: Provincial Sanitary Engineer's office (1919-1926); Sanitary Engineering and Sanitation Division (1926-1967); Environmental Health Division (1967-1971) Creation and supervision of the public health and district nursing programs: Public Health Nursing Division (1919-1953); Municipal Nursing Division (1953-1956); Local Health Services Division (1956-1971); Local Health Services Branch (1988-1990); Family Health Services Branch (1990-1994) Certification of hospital-based schools of nursing and oversight of nursing aide and medical technician training programs: Hospital and Medical Services Division (1947-57); Medical Services Division (1957-1971) Laboratory services: Provincial Laboratories (1919-1971) Distribution of vaccines and sera: Communicable Diseases Division (1926-1953); Local Health Services Division (1956-1971) Administration of institutions under the direct control of the Department: Institutions Branch (1926-1930); Mental Health Division (1930-1971, 1988-1990); Institutional Mental Health Services Branch (1990-1992); Service Development and Delivery Branch (1992-1994) Provision of mental health programs: Mental Health Division (1930-1971, 1988-1994) Administration of tuberculosis treatment and prevention programs: Provincial Medical Officer of Health (1919-1924); Infectious Diseases Branch (1924-1926); Communicable Diseases Division (1926-1936); Tuberculosis Control Division (1936-1971); Communicable Disease Control and Epidemiology Branch (1988-1994) Child welfare and pre-natal programs: Public Health Nursing Division (1919-1956); Child Welfare and Mothers' Allowance Branch (1937-1944); Local Health Services Division (1956-1971); Local Health Services Branch (1988-1990); Family Health Services Branch (1990-1994) Administration of anti-cancer programs: Cancer Services Division (1942-1972) Administration of programs to control insect-borne diseases: Entomology Division (1944-1956); Local Health Services Division (1956-1972) Administration of nutrition research and information services: Nutrition Division (1947-1956); Local Health Services Division (1956-1971); Local Health Services Branch (1988-1990); Family Health Services Branch (1990-1994) Administration of blood services programs: Blood Transfusion Service (1953-1971); Ambulance Services Branch (1988-1992); Emergency Health Services Branch (1992-1994) Operation of clinics for the treatment of cerebral palsy: Cerebral Palsy Clinics Division (1952-1971) Administration of arthritis treatment programs: Hospital and Medical Services Division (1947-53); Arthritis Services Division (1953-1971) Dental public health programs and liaison with the dental profession: Local Health Services (1959-1971); Dental Health Services Branch (1988-1990); Family Health Services Branch (1990-1994) Liaison with nursing professional associations and recruitment of nurses: Hospital and Medical Services Division (1947-1957); Medical Services Division (1957-1971); Provincial Nursing Consultant (1990-1993); Health Workforce Planning Branch (1993-1994) Rehabilitation services to the physically handicapped: Medical Services Division (1963-1971) Alcoholism treatment and prevention: Alcoholism Services Division (1965-1971) Epidemiological research and collection and analysis of statistics in support of other units of the Department: Epidemiology Division (1967-1971); Communicable Disease Control and Epidemiology Branch (1988-1994) Administration of speech-language pathology and audiology programs: Local Health Services Branch (1988-1990); Family Health Services Branch (1990-1994) Supervision of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities and coordination of the long-term care system: Long-Term Care Institutions Branch (1988-1992); Long-Term Care Branch (1992-1994) Support and direction to community-based agencies providing home care programs: Home Care and Community Long-Term Care Branch (1988-1994) Liaison with medical professions and recruitment of doctors: Hospital and Medical Services Division (1947-1957); Medical Services Division (1957-1971); Provincial Medical Consultant (1988-1993); Health Workforce Planning Branch (1993-1994) Vital statistics: Vital Statistics Branch (1919-1971, 1988-1994) Systems development and support: Information Technology Division (1988-1993) Information Technology Branch (1993-1994) In 1994, the Department of Health was significantly reorganized to take into account the creation of Regional Health Authorities, integration of programs, and divestment of direct service delivery from the Department. The Mental Health, Public Health, and Acute and Long Term Care Divisions were replaced by the Area Services and Population Health & Program Development Divisions. The Health Strategies and Evaluation Division was broken up and its functions divided among the other Divisions. After the 1994 reorganization the divisions responsible for the Department's functions were as follows:1. Providing direction and support to the regional service-delivery system, including the Regional Health Authorities, the Provincial Mental Health Board, and the Alberta Cancer Board: Area Services Division (1994-1996) Creating policy guidelines for programs and services delivered by Regional Health Authorities: Population Health Division (1994-1996); Health Policy Division (1996-1997); Health Strategies Division (1997-1999) Inspection and licensing of ambulance operators: Area Services Division (1994-1996); Programs Division (1996-1997); Finance and Health Plan Administration Division (1997-1999) Evaluation of the health care system and its components: Population Health Division (1994-1996); Health Information and Accountability Division (1996-1999) Policy development for the health care system as a whole: Population Health Division (1994-1996); Health Strategies and Research Division (1996-1997); Health Strategies Division (1997-1999) Administration of health care insurance programs: Practitioner Services Division (1994-95); Population Health Division (1995-1996); Finance and Health Plan Administration Division (1996-1999) Management of health care personnel resources, including physician resources: Practitioner Services Division (1994-1995); Workforce Planning Branch (1995-1996); Health Workforce Services Division (1996-1999) Departmental support, including human resources, information technology, finance, legislative services, program evaluation, and departmental implementation of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Corporate Services Division (1994-1999) Administration of health related intergovernmental relations and agreements: Intergovernmental Issues Secretariat (1994-1996); Health Policy Division (1996-1999) Names of the corporate bodies: Names of chief officers:
The Department of Health was first founded in 1919 under the name Department of Public Health by means of the passage and proclamation of The Department of Public Health Act, 1919 c. 16. The name of the Department was changed to the Department of Health in 1967. The Department was first dissolved in 1971.
The Department of Health was responsible for the planning, administration and maintenance of all aspects of public, mental and environmental health in Alberta. At the time that the Department was first created, its activities included providing financial support to hospitals, overseeing creation of hospital districts, control and monitoring of infectious diseases, public education programs in support of disease prevention, approval of plans and specifications for the development of municipal and industrial waterworks, sewerage and sewage disposal projects, approval of plans and specifications for hospitals, inspection of sanitary services associated with institutions under the administration of the Department of Public Works, creation and supervision of the public health and district nursing program, and supervision of the Provincial Laboratory.
Department of Health Act
Government Organization Act, Schedule 7
Alberta Hospitals Act
Auxiliary Hospitals Act
Calgary General Hospital Board Act
Coal Branch Hospital District Act
Health Facilities Review Committee Act
Health Unit Act
Hospital Services Commission Act
Hospitals Act
Hospitals Ordinance
Lloydminster Hospital Act
Municipal Hospitals Act
Nursing Homes Act
Private Hospitals Act
Provincial General Hospitals Act
Regional Health Authorities Act
University of Alberta Hospital Act
Cancer Programs Act
Cancer Remedy Act
Cancer Treatment and Prevention Act
Emergency Medical Aid Act
Family Life and Substance Abuse Foundation Act (1993)
Hospitalization and Treatment Services Act
Human Tissue Act
Human Tissue Gift Act
Insanity Act
Maternal Welfare Act
Maternity Hospitalization Act
Mental Defectives Act
Mental Diseases Act
Mental Health Act
Poliomyelitis Sufferers Act
Public Health Act
Sexual Sterilization Act
Treatment Services Act
Tuberculosis Act
Venereal Diseases Act
Venereal Diseases Prevention Act
Chartered Physiotherapists Act
Chiropody Act
Chiropractic Act
Dental Association Act
Dental Profession Act
Medical Profession Act
Naturopathy Act
Nursing Aides Act
Nursing Profession Act
Nursing Service Act
Ophthalmic Dispensers Act
Optometry Act
Optometry Profession Act
Physical Therapy Profession Act
Podiatry Act
Psychiatric Nurses Association Act
Psychiatric Nurses Training Act
Psychologists Association Act
Psychologists Act
Public Health Nurses Act
Radiological Technicians Act
Registered Dieticians Act
Registered Nurses Act
Veterinary Surgeons Act
Alberta Health Plan Act
Alberta Medical Carriers Act
Medical Services (Alberta) Incorporated Act
Health Insurance Premiums Act
Hospitalization Benefits Act
Hospitalization of City Residents Act
Alberta Evidence Act, section 9 (from 1999)
Ambulance Services Act
Blind Persons' Rights Act
Cemeteries Act
Child Welfare Act (1936 only)
Employment Offices Act, 1937
Family and Community Support Services Act (to 1996)
Health Foundations Act
Health Information Protection Act
M.S.I. Foundation Act
Marriage Act
Marriage Ordinance
Maternal Welfare Act
Metis Betterment Act
Mothers' Allowance Act (1936 only)
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Act (from 1996)
Public Contributions Act
Solemnization of Marriage Act
University Hospitals Foundation Act
Vital Statistics Act (1988-1994)
Wild Rose Foundation Act (from 1993)
The predecessor agency to the Department of Health when it was first established in 1919 was the Public Health Branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs. The first Department of Health was dissolved in 1971 by the merger of the Department of Health with the Department of Social Development to form the Department of Health and Social Development (renamed Social Services and Community Health in 1975).
The Department reported to the Legislative Assembly through the Minister of Health. A number of semi-independent agencies reported either to the Minister or through him to the Legislative Assembly. These agencies included the Alberta Government Employment Office (1937-1948), the Bureau of Public Welfare (1937-1944), the Eugenics Board (1928-1971), the Health Insurance Commission (1935-1953), the Advisory Council of Nursing (1966-1971), Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board (1967-1971), the Health Care Insurance Commission (1969-1971), the Alberta Cancer Board (1988-1999), the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (1988-1991), the Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee (1988-1999), the Public Health Advisory and Appeal Board (1988-1999), the Office of the Mental Health Patient Advocate (1988-1999), and the Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities (1996-1999).
At the time that the Department of Health was first created, it was made up of the Provincial Board of Health, the Provincial Laboratory (operated by the University of Alberta under an annual grant from the Department), the Public Health Nurses Branch, the Provincial Sanitary Engineer, the Municipal Hospitals Branch, and the Vital Statistics Branch. In 1921, the Venereal Diseases Branch was established.
Department of Public Health 1919-1967
Department of Health 1967-1971, 1988-1999
Ministers of Health:
Alexander G. MacKay (1919-1920)
Charles R. Mitchell (Acting) (1920-1921)
Richard G. Reid (1921-1923)
George Hoadley (1923-1935)
Wallace W. Cross (1935-1957)
Joseph D. Ross (1957-1969)
James D. Henderson (1969-1971)
Nancy J. Betkowski (1988-1992)
Shirley A.M. McClellan (1992-1996)
Halvar C. Jonson (1996-1999)
Hébert, Yvonne
Person
Yvonne Hébert naquit en 1942 à Edmonton, Alberta, fille de Laurent Hébert et Alma Brulotte. Laurent Hébert naquit à Villeneuve, Alberta, et fut étudiant au Collège des Jésuites d'Edmonton dans les années 1930. Il fut le premier employé de l'Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta, en tant que secrétaire général du bureau provincial à Edmonton. En 1939 il épousa Alma Brulotte, originaire de Guy, en Alberta. Yvonne Hébert alla à l'école à St. Paul, Morinville et Edmonton, où elle finit ses études secondaires en 1959, à l'Académie Assomption. Elle reçut son certificat albertain d'enseignement en 1961. Elle finit son baccalauréat en éducation élémentaire en 1974 et sa maîtrise en linguistique et folklore en 1976 à University of Utah. En 1982 elle obtint son doctorat en linguistique à l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique avec une thèse intitulée Transitivity in Nicola Lake, Okanagan. Elle commença à enseigner en 1983 à l'Université de Regina et en 1985 entama une carrière de 28 ans à la Faculté d'éducation de l'Université de Calgary, d'où elle prit sa retraite en 2013. Elle est Professeure émérite dans le domaine des langues et de la diversité à la Faculté d'éducation de l'Université de Calgary. Yvonne Hébert est la mère de Lisa Hébert (1961) et Martin Stenger (1963). Les intérêts académiques d'Yvonne Hébert incluent l'immigration, l'intégration, l'éducation citoyenne, la jeunesse, l'identité, la démocratie, les études minoritaires, le bilinguisme et l'éducation en langue seconde, ainsi que les stratégies politiques et la réforme éducationnelle. Parmi les livres qu'elle a publiés, on compte Critical Perspectives on International Education; Negotiating Transcultural Lives: Belongings and Social Capital among Youth in Comparative Perspectives; Citizenship in Transformation in Canada; Indian Education in Canada, ainsi que des articles sur les jeunes de deuxième génération, leur mobilité et leurs stratégies d'identification. Elle a publié au Canada, aux États-Unis, aux Pays Bas, en Allemagne et au Royaume-Uni. En 2009, 2010 et 2011 elle a donné des conférences en Chine sur le traitement des minorités, sur les connaissances civiques et politiques, et l'identification cosmopolite. Yvonne Hébert siégea sur divers comités de rédaction au Canada, en Chine et en Espagne. Elle fut aussi présidente de la Société canadienne pour l'étude de l'éducation (SCÉÉ) et membre fondatrice de Citizenship Education Research Network (CERN), qui fait partie actuellement de la Société Canadienne d'Éducation Comparée et Internationale, à l'intérieur de la SCÉÉ. Elle est membre à vie de Gandhi Society of Calgary et de l'Association canadienne de l'éducation. En 2010, Yvonne Hébert reçut le Prix Roger Motut, le plus haut prix de la francophonie albertaine récompensant l'excellence académique. En reconnaissance de son leadership académique et de ses recherches en éducation francophone et en communautés minoritaires, elle reçut la médaille du jubilé de la reine Elizabeth II en 2012.
Hebert, Yvonne
Person · 1942-2021
Yvonne Hébert was born in 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta, to Laurent Hébert and Alma Brulotte. Laurent Hébert was born in Villeneuve, Alberta, and attended the Edmonton Jesuit College in the 1930s. He was the first employee hired by the Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (ACFA), working as Director General of the provincial office in Edmonton. He married Alma Brulotte from Guy, Alberta, in 1939. Yvonne Hébert attended school in St. Paul, Morinville and Edmonton, graduating in 1959 from the Académie Assomption. She was granted an Alberta Teaching Certificate in 1961. She received her B.A. in Elementary Education in 1974 and her M.A. in Linguistics and Folklore in 1976 from the University of Utah. In 1982 she was granted a Ph.D in Linguistics by the University of British Columbia. Her Ph.D. dissertation was entitled Transitivity in Nicola Lake, Okanagan. She started to teach in 1983 at the University of Regina, and in 1985 started a 28 years career in the Faculty of Education, University of Calgary, from where she retired in 2013. She is Professor Emerita of Languages and Diversity in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary. She is the mother of two children, Lisa Hébert (1961) and Martin Stenger (1963). Dr. Yvonne Hébert's academic interests focused on immigration, integration, citizenship education, youth, identity, democracy, minority studies, bilingualism and second language education, policy and educational reform. Her publications include several books: Critical Perspectives on International Education; Negotiating Transcultural Lives: Belongings and Social Capital among Youth in Comparative Perspectives; Citizenship in Transformation in Canada; Indian Education in Canada (2 vols.); as well as articles on second generation youth, their mobility and identification strategies. She published in Canada, the U.S.A., the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. She gave lectures in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in China on the treatment of minorities, on civic and political knowledge, and on cosmopolitan identifications. She served on several editorial boards in Canada, China and Spain. She has served as national president of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) and was founding coordinator of the Citizenship Education Research Network (CERN), now part of the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC), within CSSE. She is a lifetime member of the Gandhi Society of Calgary and the Canadian Education Association. In 2010, she was awarded the Roger Motut prize, the highest award for scholarly excellence in Francophone Alberta. In recognition of her scholarly leadership and research contributions to Francophone education and community in minority contexts, she was awarded the commemorative Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. She died in Calgary in 2021.
Hellson, John
Person · 1932-2016
John Charles Hellson was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England in 1932. He attended St. Paul's High School in Penzance. After an initial trip to North America in 1951, he left England in 1955. He first came to Alberta in 1956, when he worked on local ranches using his knowledge of veterinary medicine. He then lived on the Kahnawake First Nation near Montreal, Quebec before returning to Alberta in 1961 as part of a Baha'i outreach tour. He remained in Alberta and was working as a hospital orderly at the Baker Sanatorium in Calgary in the early 1960s, where he further developed his interest in ethnology by interviewing Indigenous patients. He worked as the Curator of Ethnology and Assistant Curator of Human History at the Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta from 1964-1968 where he conducted field research, oral history gathering, and artifact acquisitions amongst the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy) groups, Cree, Nakawe, Ojibwa, Assiniboine, and Tsuu T’ina Nations. He left Alberta to take a position as an ethnologist at the National Museum of Man (now the Canadian Museum of History) from 1968-1971 and the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature (now the Manitoba Museum) from 1971-1973. He also worked for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary (1973-1975). He obtained a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Lethbridge in 1977. From 1974 onwards, Hellson engaged in grant-funded research and writing. His research focused on Indigenous ethno-botany, artifacts and their role in ritual, ceremony, and daily life, religion, and the processes and meanings of Indigenous ceremonies. He published extensively, including Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, co-written with Morgan Gadd and published by the National Museum of Man in 1974. He also worked as an art dealer, operating Ethno Art Ltd. from 1978 until he left Calgary in 1980 to live in Vancouver, British Columbia and California. In 1981, he was arrested in San Francisco, California and charged with stealing Indigenous artifacts from the Robert H. Lowie Museum (now the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology) at the University of California at Berkeley. Claiming to be affiliated with the University of Lethbridge, he had gained access to the museum's storage facilities, stolen over three hundred artifacts worth between $500,000 and $1.5 million dollars, and sold them to collectors. He was sentenced to two years in prison. After his release, he continued his ethnographic research and publications. He was engaged as Coordinator of Research for the Institute of Man, a private research firm, from 1985-1990. He married Diana Melting Tallow in Alberta in the late 1960s, and they had children. He died in Calgary in 2016.
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.
Hillgardner, Lena
Person
Clayton Hillgardner (the original family name was changed from Hilgartner) was born September 22, 1891 in May City, Osceola County, Iowa, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (nee Wolfey) Hillgardner. The family came to Canada when he was a child and settled in Wetaskiwin. Magdalena (Lena) Sophia Hillgardner (nee Altwater/Altvater), was born November 4, 1900, in Sargent, Missouri, daughter of William and Anne Louise (nee Framell) Altvater. In 1901 the Altvater family settled in the Bittern Lake area. William was active in local politics and served as the Overseer in the village of Rosenroll.Clayton served in the Canadian army between 1916 and 1918 as a private in the infantry, and served with Bill Altwater, Lena's brother. Clayton and Lena were married on October 2, 1918, in Wetaskiwin. Clayton and Lena lived in Kitchener, ON, briefly before moving back to Alberta, and Clayton worked for Gainers Meat Packers in Edmonton before buying farmland in the Wetaskiwin area. Clayton and Lena had 12 children, including Audrey Bell-Hiller, Shirley, Dorothy, Betty, Inez Maksymic, Benjamin, and Gordon. Magdalena died on July 4, 1976 in Calgary and Clayton died on March 26, 1990 in Edmonton.Audrey Bell-Hiller worked at the University of Alberta before retiring in 2000, and currently teaches Hatha Yoga. She lives in Edmonton.
Hinman, Edgar W.
Person · 1906-1994
Edgar Wynder "Ted" Hinman was born in Cardston in 1906. He was educated in Cardston and later received bachelors and masters degrees from Brigham Young University. He attended Calgary Normal School and became a teacher and superintendent of schools in the Cardston and Pincher Creek areas. He married Della Findlay (1908-1993) in 1931, and together they had three children: LaRene (1934-2018), Nolan Edgar (1937-1984) and Susan Shelise (1946-2021). He was elected as a Social Credit MLA in 1952 for the Cardston electoral district. He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs (1954-1955) and Provincial Treasurer (1955-1964). He resigned from cabinet in 1964 and did not run in the 1967 election. In 1966, MLA Garth Turcott accused Hinman and fellow cabinet minister Alfred Hooke of using their offices for personal gain, which led to a royal commission that ultimately acquitted both the charges. He ran again and was elected in 1971 as a Social Credit MLA for the Cardston electoral district, serving until his retirement from politics in 1975. In retirement, he lived in Raymond, running the Two Arrows Ranch near Monarch and participating actively in the Mormon Church. He died in Raymond in 1994.
History of the Canadian West Centennial Conference
Other · 1967
The History of the Canadian West Centennial Conference was held in Banff, Alberta from May 18-21, 1967. The conference was jointly organized by the Historical Society of Alberta, the Alberta Teachers Association, and the University of Alberta's Department of History and Department of Extension and designed to bring forward new historical studies to aid the teaching of history at schools and universities.
Hlynka, Anthony
Person · 1907-1957
Anthony H. Hlynka was born in the village of Denysiv, Ternopil County, in Halychyna (Galicia), Western Ukraine, on May 28, 1907, the son of Harry Hlynka and Katherine Krywaniuk. The Hlynka family came to Canada from Ukraine in 1910. He attended public school at Delph, Alberta, before studying at Edmonton Technical High School, Alberta College. A founding member of the Ukrainian National Federation (UNF) in 1932, he helped with organization and with subscription drives for its publication, Novyi shliakh (New Pathway). He published his own magazine, Klych (The Call), written in both Ukrainian and English, between 1935 and 1940. In 1937, Hlynka joined the Social Credit party and began editing the party's Ukrainian-language newspaper, Suspilnyi kredyt (The Social Credit.) He also began working for the Provincial Government of Alberta in 1938 in the Bureau of Information as a translator and interpreter. Hlynka became the Member of Parliament for Vegreville in 1940, running as the Social Credit candidate, only the second person of Ukrainian descent to serve as an MP in the House of Commons. From 1940-1945 he was also the only Ukrainian elected member of a democratic parliament in the world. He was re-elected to Parliament in 1945 before being defeated in a contentious re-election race in 1949. During his time as an MP, Hlynka championed the rights of displaced persons and refugees following the end of the Second World War and spoke out against forced repatriation, touring displaced persons camps in Germany, Austria, and Italy, in late 1946 and early 1947. He also advocated for the creation of a free Ukrainian state after the end of the Second World War, speaking on the subject both in Canada and abroad. After losing his seat, Hlynka returned to Alberta and briefly practiced insurance before running again, unsuccessfully, as the Social Credit candidate for the Vegreville seat in 1953. After the election, Hlynka began writing an autobiography in Ukrainian focusing on his life in politics and various Ukrainian Canadian issues but it was not completed. Anthony Hlynka died on April 25, 1957. Hlynka married Stephanie Cholevka (1921-2012) on Nov. 27, 1943. They had two children, Gloria Alexandra and Eugene Anthony. After her husband's death, Stephanie Hlynka pursued the publication of his memoir, resulting in a Ukrainian language edition being released in 1982 and a translated English language edition being released through the University of Calgary Press in 2005.
Hornecker, William
Person · 1958-
William (Bill) Hornecker was born in Nanton, Alberta in 1958. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Calgary in 1981 and worked for Alberta Parks until attending the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver to study film and video production from 1984 to 1988. After graduating, he moved to Edmonton and joined the Film and Video Arts Society (FAVA) where he worked with other FAVA members on such projects as With Frogs and Fishes, a 1992 short film for which Hornecker won an Alberta Film and Television Award from the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association for Best Cinematography. In 1993, Hornecker wrote and directed a feature-length film entitled Two Brothers, A Girl and A Gun. The film drew upon FAVA membership for its crew, was shot entirely in Alberta, and was distributed internationally. The film won Alberta Film and Television Awards for Best Editing given to Ken Berry and Best Actor given to Shaun Johnston. After completing Two Brothers, A Girl and A Gun, Hornecker continued to work in the film industry, winning another Alberta Film and Television Award for Best Cinematography for his work on a 2000 short film, Windows of White.
Horsman, Jim
Person · 1935-
Jim Horsman was born in Camrose, Alberta in 1935. He attended the University of British Columbia, graduating with a Bachelors of Commerce degree in 1959 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1960. He moved first to Calgary and then to Medicine Hat to establish his law practice. He married Betty Whitney in 1964. He became involved in Progressive Conservative politics in the 1960s and, after unsuccessful campaigns in 1967 and 1971, he was elected as a Progressive Conservative MLA in 1975 for the Medicine Hat-Redcliff electoral district (1975-1979) and Medicine Hat (1979-1993) electoral district. He served as Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower (1979-1982), Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs (1982-1992), and Attorney General (1986-1988). He also served as Deputy Premier from 1989-1992. He retired from provincial politics at the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 1993. After leaving politics, Horsman served as the province's chief negotiator during the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks. He served on the board of Medicine Hat College and the University of Lethbridge, serving as its chancellor from 1999-2003. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Silver and Golden Jubilee Medals, the Governor General’s 125th Anniversary Medal and the Alberta Centennial Medal. In 2006, he became a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence and, a year later, became a member of the Order of Canada.
Houn, Wally
Person
Wally Houn was born as Quon Woy Tien on December 12, 1943 near Canton in Guandong Province, China. In 1953, Houn immigrated to Medicine Hat and lived with his grandfather, Ben Quon, who was the owner of a restaurant. Houn came to Canada with false identification papers in order to support his family in China. When the Canadian government granted amnesty to illegal immigrants in 1967, Houn was able to use his birth name but chose to remain Wally Houn with his birth name added as middle names. Houn attended post-secondary education at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, Mount Royal College in Calgary, and the University of Calgary. After graduation, Houn taught English in public schools in Swift Current, Nobleford, Edmonton, Hussar, and Strathmore until retiring in 1996. Houn first became interested in photography as a junior high school student and developed it as a hobby. In the late 1970s, when Houn was living and teaching in Hussar, he became interested in documentary photography and began photographing people and places in Hussar. This work was eventually exhibited in Calgary, Edmonton, and Saskatoon and led to more photography work for the 75th anniversary of Alberta in 1980 and a national exhibition of the Hussar project. Since then, Houn has worked as an actor and is a member of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists.
Hugh Dixon family
Family
Dr. Hugh Dixon was born December 28, 1887, to Chester and Mary Harriet Dixon (neé Dawson). He received his early education in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, and later, attended school in Edmonton. Dr. Dixon graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1910. He served in the Medical Corps of the Canadian Army in about 1915-1917. In June of 1917, Dr. Dixon was posted at Willow Creek as District Veterinarian and also worked part-time for Canada Customs. Dr. Dixon married Laura Ann (nee Uglum) (1911-1987) in Montana in 1934. They had six children, two born while living in Willow Creek, the other 4, after a move to Shaunavon, Saskatchewan: Bryan (1935-1976), Bruce, Chester, Dean, Mary (Haubrich), Barbara (Smith), and The children all attended school in Shaunavon. Dr. Dixon helped establish the Western Veterinary College at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He was one of the first Canadians named to the Five North Western States Exposition Hall of Fame. He was a member of the Canadian Veterinary Association, Saskatchewan Hereford Breeders, Saskatchewan Light Horse, first President of the Mankota Stockmans Weight Co. Ltd., member of the Royal Canadian Legion, the United Church, the Shriners and was a Master Mason. Dr. Dixon passed away October 20, 1977. Dean Dixon was born December 11, 1947 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. He was the son of Hugh and Laura Ann (Uglum) Dixon. Dean was educated in Shaunavon. Later in life, Dean lived in Calgary, Alberta and was a pilot for the Home Oil Company Limited.
Hugill, John
Person · 1881-1971
John Hugill was born in West Hartlepool, Yorkshire, England in 1881. After emigrating to Canada in 1896, he attended Dalhousie Law School and received his civil law degree from the University of King's College in Nova Scotia. He returned briefly to England before moving to Calgary in 1907 to work in the law office of Lougheed and Bennett. He served as a Calgary city alderman from 1921-1922. He married Eelen Cameron Templeton (1881-1948) in 1913, and together they had three children: John Templeton (1915-1989), Eelen Templeton (1916-2003), and Jean Templeton (1922-2012). He was elected as a Social Credit MLA in 1935 for the Calgary electoral district. He served as Attorney General from 1935 until 1937, when he resigned from Social Credit caucus to sit as an independent. He did not seek re-election at the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 1940. He returned to his law practice until his retirement in 1949. He subsequently moved to Victoria and died there in 1971.
Hunley, Helen
Person · 1920-2010
Wilma Helen Hunley was born on September 6, 1920 in Acme, Alberta to parents James Edgar Hunley and Esta May Hunley. Her early years were spent in the Delia district and in 1933 she moved with her family to the Rocky Mountain House district where she attended rural schools in southern Alberta and went to the Rocky Mountain House High School. She first worked as a telephone operator in Carstairs, Acme, and Calgary, then in 1941 enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps and served overseas from 1943 to 1945. After being discharged with the rank of Lieutenant, she returned to her mother's farm which she helped operate for one year. Ms. Hunley was then employed for nine years by an implement and truck dealership and an insurance agency at Rocky Mountain House. She purchased these businesses in 1957 and held the International Harvester franchise in Rocky Mountain House until 1968, making her the first woman to hold an International Harvester dealership in North America. She also had her Journeyman's Certificate as a "Partsman." She owned and managed Helen Hunley Agencies Limited, an insurance agency, from 1968-71. W. Helen Hunley was active in community affairs and volunteer agencies, particularly the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, and Rocky Mountain House Memorial Public Library. As well, she served in various executive positions in the Rocky Mountain House Badminton Club, Arts and Crafts Association, and Recreation Board. She was Town Councillor for six years (1960-66) and Mayor of Rocky Mountain House for five (1966-71). She was first elected as a Progressive Conservative and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the electoral district of Rocky Mountain House in 1971 and was re-elected in 1975. She served as Minister Without Portfolio from 1971 to 1973 and was responsible for the Alberta Health Care Commission. She then served as Alberta's first Solicitor General from 1973 to 1975, and finally, she was appointed Minister of Social Services and Community Health on April 3, 1975. She did not run as a candidate at the general election of 1979. In June, 1980 she was appointed Chairman of the Alberta Mental Health Advisory Council. The same year, she also served on the Alberta Seventy-fifth Anniversary Commission and helped form the Alberta Citizens' Coalition. This coalition was organized to inform other Canadians regarding Alberta's position during the negotiations between the Alberta and Canadian governments over constitutional and energy-related issues. In 1984, she served as President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta. On the advice of Prime Minister M. Brian Mulroney, W. Helen Hunley was appointed as the twelfth Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta effective January 22, 1985. This appointment was made by Jeanne M. Sauve, Governor General of Canada. The Lieutenant-Governor's first Aide-de-Camp was Lieutenant-Colonel John H.Quarton. He was replaced by Lieutenant Commander Donald J. Stewart. Her Private Secretary was M. Patricia Halligan-Baker. W. Helen Hunley is a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (1985) and she received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta (1985). Her term as Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta was completed on March 11, 1991 and she was admitted into the Order of Canada on October 21, 1992. Ms. Hunley died on October 22, 2010 at Rocky Mountain House.
Insurance Women of Edmonton
Corporate body
The Insurance Women of Edmonton was started in 1975 as a part of the National Association of Insurance Women, an American based organization. The group joined the Canadian Association of Insurance Women in 1981. The association was formed to help women in the insurance industry network with other women and increase their business and insurance knowledge. The group also strongly supported the Chair of Insurance at the University of Calgary and established a scholarship that still exists today. In 1999 the association officially changed its name to the Edmonton Insurance Association.
Jeffers, Allan Merrick
Person · 1875-1926
Allan Merrick Jeffers was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1875. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design before the end of the 19th Century. In 1907, Allan was appointed Alberta's Provincial Architect. In this position, he designed the Alberta Legislature building. He also designed courthouses in Fort Saskatchewan, Wetaskiwin, Cardston, and Calgary. In addition, Allan designed the University of Alberta Arts Building in 1909 and Athabasca Hall in 1911. Following the culmination of his position as Provincial Architect, in 1911, he became Architect for the City of Edmonton. As City Architect between 1912-1914, he designed the Civic Block, and the Telephone Exchange Building. He returned to private practice in 1915, and he designed several school as well as the Drumheller Hospital, which was completed in 1920. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1923. Allan married Lotta Annice Moore (1877-1955) in Kansas City, Missouri in 1903. They had four children: Ruth (Stanley) (1913-1977), Claire (Chase) (1914-2004), Alan Merrick (1910-2003), and Gertrude Ann (Eustace) (1908-1987). Allan died in Zenith, California in 1926.
Johnson, Glen
Person
K. Glen Johnson was the 11th president of Augustana University (formerly Camrose Lutheran University College) in Camrose, Alberta, and serving in the position from 1968 to 1995. Prior to serving at Augustana he was pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Starbuck, Manitoba. He served as the pastor at Ascension Lutheran Church in Calgary from 1996 to 2014.
Keeping, Frank and E. Silver
Family
Ernest Sydney (Frank) Keeping was born September 19, 1895 in Portsmouth, England; he was the son of Herbert Henry and Ellen Maud Mary (Reed) Keeping. Frank completed his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of London in 1916, and also received his Associateship of the Royal College of Science (ARCS) from the Imperial College that year. He earned a Diploma of Imperial College (DIC) in 1917. From 1917 until 1922, he served as a chemist officer in Iran and Iraq with the Electrical and Mechanical Section of the Royal Engineers. From 1922 until 1929, he was an assistant lecturer in Mathematics and Physics at University College in Swansea, Wales. He came to Edmonton, Alberta in 1929, as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Alberta; he became an Associate Professor in 1945. From 1950 until 1961, he was a full Professor of Mathematics, and from 1954 until 1961 he was Head of the Department of Mathematics. He became a Professor Emeritus in 1961, and continued as a sessional instructor for another ten years, retiring in 1971. In 1972, he was awarded with an honourary doctorate of law. He was a founding member of the Canadian Mathematical Congress. Frank Keeping died November 21, 1984. Eleanor Silver Dowding was born in 1901 in London, England; she was the daughter of George and Jane (White) Dowding. The family moved to Calgary, Alberta when Silver was six years old. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in 1923 and her Master of Science degree in 1924, both at the University of Alberta. From 1924 until 1926 she worked at the University of Alberta as a research associate for the Departments of Bacteriology, Botany and Genetics, and was a lecturer in the Department of Botany; she was one of the first women to teach at the University in a discipline other than nursing or home economics. She completed her doctorate at the University of Manitoba in 1933. In 1933, she married Frank Keeping; they had one son, John Herbert. From 1933 until 1954, she worked as a medical mycologist with the Provincial Laboratory of Public Health at the University of Alberta. She was also a research associate in the Departments of Bacteriology (1947-1954), Botany (1958-1961) and Genetics (1962-1964) at the University of Alberta. Silver was a founding sponsor of the University of Alberta's Devonian Botanical Gardens. E. Silver Keeping died March 20, 1991.
Kirkam, Tom
Person · 1913-1986
Born in Lethbridge in 1913, Thomas Walton Kirkham graduated from Lethbridge Collegiate Institute before studying engineering at the University of Alberta. He worked in the transportation industry with Greyhound Lines, Brewster Transport, Canadian Freightways, and Trans-Canada Airlines. He then worked for the City of Calgary, including a term as the manager of its General Services Division for twenty-three years. He was a founder or early member of the Association of System Management as well a member of the Canadian Micrographic Society, the Association for Records Managers and Administrators, and the Alberta Chapter of the International Risk Managers Association. He married Dorothy Kane (1923-2018) in Lethbridge in 1952, and together they had two children, Robert and Harold. In retirement, he worked for the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation, interviewing over two-hundred fifty pioneers from Southern Alberta. He died in 1986. The Association for System Management created the Tom Kirkham Memorial Award at the University of Calgary in his honor.
Klein, Colleen
Person · 1941-2024
Born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1941, Colleen Hamilton married reporter Ralph Klein in 1972, and together they had a daughter Teresa. Ralph Klein served as Mayor of Calgary (1980-1989) a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Calgary-Elbow electoral district (1989-2006), Minister of the Environment (1989-1992) in the cabinet of Premier Don Getty, and Premier of Alberta (1992-2006). Colleen participated in numerous community and volunteer organizations in Alberta and Edmonton dedicated to aiding children. She served as Director for the Legacy Board in its founding year of operation. In 2002, the University of Calgary recognized her volunteer efforts and awarded her a Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. She died in Calgary in 2024.
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.
Lefebvre, Yvon H.
Person · 1920-2000
Yvon H. Lefebvre was born November 3, 1920 in Legal, Alberta, was a decorated pilot during the Second World War and an engineering graduate from the University of Alberta. He was a Calgary resident since 1955, married to Marion and father of eight children. He was chair of the Association albertaine des parents francophones and president of the Association of Interpreters and Translators of Canada. In 1981 Yvon H. Lefebvre started a process to have his trial for a traffic infraction held in French (without the aid of an interpreter) and, at the same time, have French recognized as an official language in the provincial courts and by the Government of Alberta. In 1983, the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta and, in 1986, the Court of Appeal of Alberta rejected his request. Yvon Lefebvre died on February 20, 2000.
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.
