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Mrs Pearson was in correspondence with Reverend James Rosborough of Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia.
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- 1877 - 1938
George Frederick Pearson was a graduate of Dalhousie University. Born in 1877 in Truro, Nova Scotia, he was the son of Julia Reading and the Hon. B.F. Pearson, a noted Halifax lawyer, publisher and financier. He graduated with his LLB from Dalhousie in 1900, the same year he was called to the Nova Scotia bar. In addition to his law practice, Pearson was chairman of the Nova Scotia Housing Commission, director of Maritime Telephone & Telegraph, and honorary president of the Nova Scotia Good Roads Association. He was also chair of Dalhousie's Board of Governors, a position from which he resigned after his failed campaign to oust Carleton Stanley from the presidency. Pearson was married twice, first to Ethel Miller, with whom he had one daughter; later he married Agnes Crawford, with whom he had two children. He died in 1938.
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Alex Pearson became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2004 because they were featured on the video recording "Lis van Berkel", which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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Richard S. Pearce taught in the department of agricultural biology at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. He was co-author with J.H.M Willison, a former professor of biology at Dalhousie University, of a paper published in the Canadian Journal of Botany 61 (1983).
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- 1955-
Jan Peacock is an internationally known Canadian mixed media artist, born in Barrie, Ontario in 1955. Peacock received a BFA from the University of Western Ontario (1978) and a MFA from the University of California, San Diego (1981). Peacock has been a prominent Halifax artist since the 1980’s, and much of her media and video art has been associated with the Centre for Art Tapes (MS-3-46). Peacock currently is a Professor in the Department of Media Arts and Director of the MFA program at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Peacock received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2012.
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- 1761-1857
James Patterson was born ca. 1761, the second son of Squire John Patterson, one of founders of Pictou, Nova Scotia, who arrived aboard the vessel Hope, which transported six families from Philadelphia to Nova Scotia in 1767. In 1790 Patterson married Miss Lowden, the daughter of Captain William Lowden, who was a prominent merchant trader in Pictou. He died on 14 May 1857.
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Graeme Patterson is a stop-motion animator and installation artist. His artwork aims to bring the viewer into a world of play and imagination with alternate realities. Patterson’s education includes a BFA from NSCAD University (2002). Patterson became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2012 with his material “Grudgematch Files” which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Patterson, George, The Reverend, 1824-1897
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George Patterson was a journalist, Presbyterian minister, author and antiquarian. He was born in 1824 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the son of Abraham Patterson and Christiana Ann MacGregor. He married Margaret McDonald in 1851, with whom he had eight children. Patterson was educated at Pictou Academy, Dalhousie College and Edinburgh University. He was licensed to preach in 1848 and became minister of Salem Presbyterian Church in Greenhill, Pictou County, from 1849-1876.
Patterson is best remembered for his biographies of pioneer ministers in the Maritimes and early missionaries to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), which did much to strengthen the church’s missionary program. After he left the Salem church, he published articles on scholarly and antiquarian subjects. He was a member of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, the Nova Scotia Historical Society, the American Folk-Lore Society, and the American Institute of Christian Philosophy. His best known-work is History of the County of Pictou, Nova Scotia (1877). He died in 1897 in New Glasgow.
Patterson, George Geddie, 1864-1951
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George Geddie Patterson was a barrister, teacher, judge, historian and author. He was born in 1864 at Greenhill, Pictou County, the son of the Rev. George Patterson and Margaret McDonald. He received his BA (1882), MA (1887), LLB (1889) and LLD (1933) from Dalhousie University before setting up a private law practice and lecturing at Dalhousie Law School. From 1901-1906 he served as stipendiary magistrate and MLA for Pictou County. He was appointed to the Executive Council in May 1906, but was defeated in that year's general election. From 1907-1939 he served as judge of County Court District No. 5.
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Duane Patterson became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1994 because their video recording “The Trap” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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John Paterson was 71 years old when he was interviewed by the Our Voices Matter Project. John learned spelling and math at a young age with the assistance of his father. He skipped grade 1 and went from grade 6 to grade 9. His father knew he was going to die and wanted John to get a good education to support the family but John was bullied at school and has mostly negative memories of his childhood. He graduated from grade 10 at age 13 and went into a collegiate Institute in Prince Edward Island, where his father encouraged him to take grade 11 and 12 together, but it was too much for John and he got sick. He went away to stay with his grandparents in the country. John returned to school and graduated at age 14. John went to university at 16 but did poorly at his studies. He dropped out of college to work; eventually he got his engineering diploma but not his degree, a disappointment to his father and family.
John describes himself as troubled in college and later in life he "got in trouble" and started seeing a psychiatrist. He has had therapy all his life since seeing the psychiatrist. John sees a nurse now.
John feels he is in recovery "to a degree." He is not outgoing with people except at Connections Clubhouse, and isn’t very close to his family. John spends his time at Connections and watching television. John never married.
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- 1887 - 1973
John Paterson lived in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, for many years and played a significant role in the arming of Canadian merchant ships during World War Two. He was born on 23 June 1887 in Wick, Scotland, and moved to Paisley when he was 14 to work in the shops and drawing offices of Fleming and Young. He later earned a diploma in engineering from Paisley Technical College and sailed as 5th engineer on Johnston Line Ships, bringing cattle to Liverpool. After working on cargo ships in the Mediterranean he took his Extra Chief Engineer's Certificate in London and then moved to Port Glasgow, Scotland, to gain experience in naval architecture. Following World War One, he moved to Canada and worked at the Welland Canal in Ontario until 1921, when he moved east and became superintendent of Dartmouth Marine Slips at the Halifax Ship Yards, a position he held for 37 years until his retirement in 1958. He was active in his community, serving on the Dartmouth town council, the municipal school board, the ferry commission and the Dartmouth Rotary Club. He also served as an elder in St. James United Church, a member of the North British Society, and a director of the Dartmouth Boys Club. Following his retirement, he consulted with shipping interests and taught at the Dartmouth Marine Engineers' School. Paterson was married to Hilda M. Long, from Ireland, and had four daughters. He died in 1973.
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Trevor Parsons designed Neptune Theatre's lunchtime production of "The End of the Beginning" and drew stage plans for the Holiday Inn in Halifax, Nova Scotia for Neptune Theatre.
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Hayward Parrott is a recording engineer, sound designer, and producer. Parrott began his career at RCA Records in Toronto, Ontario. He became chief engineer at Manta Sound and, in 1985, became vice-president and general manager of McClear Place Studios. Parrott formed "Hands On Productions Music House" in partnership with Eric Robertson and Larry Trudel.
In May 1993, Parrott and his family moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he became a partner in Solar Audio Recording Studio with Bob Quinn and Russell Brannon. As vice-president and general manager of the studio, Parrott helped Solar Audio refit one of its rooms into a successful audio post production facility.
Hayward has received more than 35 Gold and Platinum records and a number of Juno, Gemini, ECMA, MIANS and Ampac awards and nominations.
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- 1890-1963
Kathleen Parlow was a child prodigy violinist, born in Calgary, Alberta on September 20, 1890. She studied with her cousin Conrad Coward in San Francisco, California from age 4, and then with Henry Holmes from age 14. She gave her first recital at age 6 and appeared regularly as a child, including performances at Buckingham Palace and with the London Symphony Orchestra. In 1906, she moved to St. Petersburg with her mother to attend the St. Petersburg Conservatory and study with Leopold Auer. She was the first international student at the Conservatory. From 1907 onward, she toured professionally in North America and Europe. In 1926, she moved back to the United States permanently, where she taught and performed as a soloist and chamber musician. She joined the Toronto Conservatory of Music faculty in 1941. She died in Oakville, Ontario on August 19, 1963.
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- 1945-
Ron Doug Parks is a music producer who has been active in the Nova Scotia music industry since the 1980s.
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Etta Parker became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1996 because their video recording “The Plight of the Piping Plover” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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- 1822-1907
Daniel McNeil Parker was a physician and politician in Dartmouth and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1822, he received his early education in Windsor and at Horton Academy. He studied medicine and graduated from the University of Edinburgh with his MD and LRCS from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. He returned to Nova Scotia in the late 1930s and established a family medical practice, which he maintained until the 1890s. Dr. Parker was president of both the Provincial Medical Association of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Medical Association. He was also an active member of the Liberal-Conservative Party; in 1867 he was elected to the Legislative Council, resigning in 1902. He died on 4 November 1907.
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Don (Donald Charles) Palmer is a saxophonist, flutist, and teacher from Nova Scotia. Born on April 9, 1939 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, he played clarinet in the Royal Canadian Artillery Band in Halifax and attended the Maritime Conservatory from 1956 to 1959. In 1959, he moved to New York where he studied with Lee Konitz and Lennie Tristano, among others. Palmer returned to Sydney as the artist-in-residence at the College of Cape Breton (1975-1977) and became the director of jazz studies at Dalhousie University in 1978. In 1987, he co-founded the Atlantic Jazz Festival with Jo Stern.
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Christopher Palmer was born in The Hague, Netherlands, and grew up in London, England. He studied music at the Royal College of Music in London and then at the University of Ottawa. He is a professional bassoonist with Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax.
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Madelaine Palko was educated in Fine Art at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and in Communication and Media Studies at Concordia University. She became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1980 when she was featured on a video recording “Tele-video: four Halifax artists”, which became part of their tape collection.
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Ariella Pahlke is a documentary and video artist who currently resides in Terence Bay, Nova Scotia. Pahlke has been teaching, curating, and creating documentaries and independent shorts over the past nineteen years. She has exhibited works nationally and internationally. Pahlke is currently involved in the Centre for Art Tapes, Visual Arts Nova Scotia and the Documentary Organization of Canada.
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- 1905-1989
Frances Hilton Page taught psychology at Dalhousie University from 1929 until his final retirement in 1986. He was initially appointed by the University of King's College to teach psychology in Dalhousie's Philosophy Department and became the head of the newly-formed Department of Psychology, where he taught from 1948-1962. He then served as head of Philosophy, retiring in 1971, but teaching part-time until he was 81 year old. He sat on the editorial advisory board of the Dalhousie Review from 1962 until his death in 1989, and served as Vice-President (1959-69) and Acting President and Vice-Chancellor ( 1969-70) of the University of King's College. He was an ordained United Church priest and In 1966 he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Pine Hill Divinity Hall.
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- 1860-1941
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist and composer and was prime minister of Poland in 1919.
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- 1920-2008
Harry Oxorn was a 1945 graduate of Dalhousie Medical School. Born in 1920, he completed post-graduate studies at Yale and McGill before moving to Ottawa, where he ended up heading the departments of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Reddy Memorial and the Ottawa Civic Hospitals. He was professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa, and also taught at McGill University and Hong Kong University. In 1994 he received the President's Award from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, and in 2003 he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada. His textbook Human Labor and Birth, first published in 1964, is considered one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. He died in 2008.
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Dan Owens became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1980s because of their involvement in video recordings which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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- 1950-
Richard Ouzounian is a director, playwright, critic, and artistic director. Born in New York in 1950, he graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Master of Arts in 1972. Since then, he has been involved with over 250 theatre productions, working with various theatre companies across Canada. He served as the Artistic Director of Neptune Theatre (1986-1989), Manitoba Theatre Centre (1980-1984), Festival Lennoxville (1978-1980), and Young People's Theatre (1979). He was also the associate director of the Stratford Festival (1986-1989). From 1995-2000, he was Creative Head of Arts Programming at TV Ontario and from 1991 to 200, he worked as a theatre critic from Radio 1. From 1990 to 2004, he hosted Say It With Music on Radio 2. In June, 2000, he became the theatre critic for The Toronto Star.
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Joseph Outram lived in Halifax ca. 1844. He may be the same Joseph Outram (1803-1855) who wrote A Hand-book of Information for Emigrants to Nova Scotia (Halifax: A. Grant, 1864) and The Counties of Nova Scotia: Conditions and Capabilities (Halifax: A. Grant, 1867).
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- 1837-1913
Milton Outhouse was born in 1837 in Tiverton, Nova Scotia, the son of James and Maria Outhouse. He began work as a fisherman, like his father, eventually becoming a port master. In 1870 he married Mariah Blackford, with whom he had at least one daughter. He died in 1913.
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Stephen Osler is a scenic designer, artist, and intaglio print maker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has worked with various theatre companies, including Neptune Theatre in Halifax and the Ship's Company in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia (mid-1980s-1990s). He attended the Ontario College of Art and Design before beginning his career in the Atlantic Provinces. He also worked as the art director for CBC's "This Hour has 22 Minutes" (2009-2010) and was the production designer for the films "One Heart Broken into Song" (1999); "Violet" (2000); "Young Triffie's Been Made Away With" (2006); and the television series "The Industry" (2001-2003).
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John Orentlicher was born in Virginia in 1943 and grew up in Washington, D.C. He received a BA in 1968 from the Goddard College in Vermont, after interrupting his studies to serve in the Peace Corps from 1964 to 1966. He received a MFA from the School of Art Institute in Chicago in 1970. Orentlicher taught the Art Video program at Syracruse University, and has been the Chair of many media programs over the years. He is currently a Professor Emeritus. Orentlicher has exhibited artwork internationally and has won international awards.
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- 1923-2009
Joan Orenstein was an accomplished Canadian stage and film actor. She was born Joan Travell on 4 December 1923 in London, England, and studied sociology at the London School of Economics during World War Two. She emigrated to North America in the late 1940s after meeting her Canadian-born husband Henry Orenstein. They moved to New York for two years, where he studied painting, she worked for the economist Karl Polanyi, and together they helped to register voters for the civil rights movement. After moving to Toronto she worked with the United Jewish Peoples Order and sang with the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir. In the mid fifties, when Henry's work brought them to Halifax, which would remain their home, Joan began writing for radio and television while raising their five daughters. She began acting in her forties, and had leading roles on major stages across Canada, including Centuar Theatre, Montreal; National Arts Centre, Ottawa; Tarragon Theatre, Toronto; Belfry Theatre, Victoria; Theatre Calgary; the Shaw Festival; and the Manitoba Theatre Centre; and, primarily, Neptune Theatre, Halifax. She also acted for radio, television and film, winning an Atlantic Canada Award and Genie for her work in The Hanging Garden (1997) and an Atlantic Canada Award for The Event (2003). The youngest of her daughters, Sarah Orenstein, was also an actor, appearing with her mother in Mrs Klein and Song of this Place at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Joan Orenstein died on 10 October 2009.
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- 1918-2008
Henry Orenstein was a visual artist and long-time graphic designer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Born in 1918 in Midland, Ontario, he grew up in Toronto, where he developed a lifelong interest in politics and human rights. He was a foot soldier in World War Two, which cemented his commitment to pacifism. After the war he met and married his wife Joan Tramell. They left England for New York, where he studied painting at the Art Students League, later returning to Toronto to work as an artist. In the 1950s they moved to Halifax, where Orenstein was employed by the CBC as a graphic designer. He also taught animation and drawing at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design while producing his own art and becoming an active member of Halifax's arts community. His work hangs in Sudbury Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. He died on 8 August 2008.
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Jasmine Oore is a filmmaker. Oore became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2003 because their video recording "After the Fall” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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Irène Oore is a professor of French language and literature at Dalhousie University. She received her BA from the University of Tel-Aviv, Israel, with a double major in French Literature and American Literature, and an MA from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, where she wrote her thesis on Quebec novelist, André Langevin. Her PhD is from the University of Western Ontario, London, where she wrote about the work of Quebec writer, Marie-Claire Blais. She has also written on Anne Hébert, André Giroux, Sergio Kokis, Monique Bosco, Aki Shimazaki, Lise Tremblay and others.
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Daniel Olson is a Montreal-based artist who holds a BFA (1986) from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a MFA (1995) from York University. Olson has exhibited internationally. Olson became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2004 because their video recordings became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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- 1913-1983
Victor Oland was born in 1913 to Sidney Culverwell Oland and Linda de Bedia. He married Nancy Jane Metcalf in 1939, with whom he had four children: Sidney, Peter, Susan, and Victoria. He was educated at Dalhousie University and Pembroke College, Oxford. Between 1946 and 1950 he served with the Canadian Army Reserves and was deployed in the South Pacific, attached to the United States Forces. He rejoined in 1956 and retired in 1960 with the rank of Brigadier. He was president and general manager of the family business, Oland and Son Limited, and was responsible for convincing Maritime Cans to build their plant in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, which enabled Olands to become the first Canadian brewery to sell their products in aluminium cans. He resigned from the company in 1968 to become the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
As with many of the Olands, Victor Oland was actively involved with a wide range of organizations. He was president of both the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the International Chamber of Commerce; vice-president and director of Canada Council; a member of the Canadian-American Committee; director of the Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition; vice-president of the Canadian Olympic Association; president of the Canadian Tourist Association; a member of the Board of Governors of Dalhousie University; and honorary consul-general of Japan in Halifax. He was also a member of the Corps of Commissionaires; a charter member of the Halifax Junior Board of Trade; president of the Halifax Board of Trade; chairman of the Halifax 1980 Committee (a planning group formed in 1960); and vice commodore of the Nova Scotia Schooner Association. He died in 1983.
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