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Jones, Burnley A. (Rocky)

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  • 1941-2013
Burnley Allan “Rocky” Jones was born in Truro, NS on August 26, 1941. He joined the armed forces when he was 16 and served for three years. When he was 19 he moved to Toronto, where he got involved in social justice. He was actively involved in issues of racism against Black populations. He moved back to Halifax where he started many initiatives to further the Black Nova Scotia population in society. He got his bachelor’s degree from Dalhousie University in 1974, and was the co-founder of the Transition Year Program at Dalhousie, which brought Black and Indigenous students into university. He taught in the program for ten years. In 1989 he helped create the Indigenous, Black & Mi’kmaw Initiative at Dalhousie Law School, to bring more minority populations into law school. He was valedictorian of the program when he graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1992. He worked as a legal aid lawyer after graduating, and eventually opened his own law firm – B.A. Rocky Jones & Associates. He worked mainly with black and aboriginal communities and on prisoner’s rights. Rocky Jones was the co-founder of the Black United Front of Nova Scotia and the National Black Coalition of Canada. He brought the Black Power movement to Nova Scotia in the 1960s and 1970s, and was tailed by the RCMP and FBI for over ten years for his involvement in political and racial activism. Rocky Jones holds and honourary degree from Guelph University, and was named to the Order of Nova Scotia in 2010. Rocky Jones passed away from a heart attack in 2013 at the age of 71.

Jonàs, Alberto

  • Person
  • 1868-1943
Alberto Jonàs was a Spanish pianist, composer, and, perhaps most prominently, piano pedagogue. He started his musical education at the Madrid Roal Conservatory under Manuel Mendizábal before entering the Brussels Conservatory where he studied with Arthur De Greef and François-Auguste Gevaert. After competing the the first international Anton Rubinstein Competition, he became one of Rubinstein's pupils in St. Petersburg. In 1893, he moved to New York City, where he performed regularly. He returned to Europe in 1904 to teach at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin. The First World War forced him to return to New York, where he remained for the rest of his life. During this time, he became a respected and sought-after piano teacher. One of his students in New York City was the Canadian pianist Ellen Ballon. His correspondence and experiences during this time also led him to write the seven-volume Master School of Piano Playing and Virtuosity, with a number of well-known contributors and numerous examples from the piano repertory.

Johnstone, John Hamilton Lane

  • Person
  • [ca. 1890-1973]
John Hamilton Lane Johnstone was educated at Pictou Academy before before earning a B.Sc. (1912) and M.Sc. (1914) at Dalhousie University. He became a student instructor of mathematics in 1911 and received the University Medal in mathematics and physics in 1912. Johnstone went on to complete a Ph.D. at Yale in 1916, after which he joined the army and became captain of the Royal Canadian Engineers in France. He also fought with British forces in Salonika and was made a member of the Order of the British Empire. In 1919, Johnstone returned to Dalhousie to teach and was made a full professor in 1926. In 1925, he was sent by Dalhousie to Newfoundland to advise in the creation of Memorial College. During the second World War, Johnstone was seconded to the National Research Council for naval research, along with fellow Dalhousie professor G. H. Henderson. The two professors research magnetic mines that were used by the Germans and built an instrument to detect them. After the war, Johnstone returned to Dalhousie and became the head of the Physics Department. In 1949, he was appointed as the first Dean of Graduate Studies. Johnstone was involved in the construction of the Sir James Dunn Science Building and the Nova Scotia Research Foundation building. He passed away in the winter of 1972-73 at the age of 83 during a holiday in Mexico.

Johnstone, Dean

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Dean Johnston became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1979 because of their involvement in the video recording “Coke adds life?” which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Johnston, William H.

  • Person
  • 1874-1937
William H. Johnston was the International President of the Industrial Alliance (I.A.) and a prominent labour leader of his day. He was born in Westville, Nova Scotia, on 30 December 1874. Raised by his father in a trade union atmosphere, he started an apprenticeship with the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1888. He later worked for the Builders' Iron Foundry and between 1895-1897 he aided the Jencks Manufacturing Company in refining their experiments on automatic knitting machines. During this time he became a charter member of a new lodge, No. 379 of the I.A. He was elected president of Local No. 147 while employed with Armington and Sons from 1897-1903, then became the Local No. 147 delegate for the Boston Convention, and by 1912 was the International President of the I.A. of M.

Johnston, James Robinson

  • Person
  • 1876-1915
James Robinson Johnston was born March 12, 1876 in Halifax, NS. He attended a black segregated school before they were repealed in 1884, and he was able to attend a white school. He went on to do a Bachelor of Letters (Arts) at Dalhousie University in 1896. He then went to Law School at Dal and got his degree in 1898. Johnston was the first black person to earn a degree from Dalhousie, and the first African Nova Scotian to earn a university degree. He started working at John Thomas Bulmer’s law firm, and took it over in 1901 when Bulmer died. Johnston was the only black person practicing law in Nova Scotia before WWI. In 1902 he married his wife Janie. They had one son but he died when he was an infant. Johnston was an organ player at the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church, and an active member of the black community in Halifax. He was on many committees and boards. He was an advocate for education. James Johnston died on March 3, 1915, at 38 years old after being shot and killed by his brother-in-law at home.

John Burns Martin

  • Person
  • 1895-1957
John Burns Martin was a First World War veteran and professor of English at the University of King's College and Dalhousie University from 1931 until his death in 1957. Martin was born in 1895 in Toronto and received his BA (1922) and MA (1923) degrees from the University of Toronto, then entered Harvard University and earned his PhD in 1928, employed there as an instructor from 1924-1931. He was co-editor of the Scottish Text Society of Allan Ramsay and Editor of The Dalhousie Review from 1948-1951.

Jerch, Elisabeth

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Elisabeth Jerch became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1994 because their audio recording “Atlantic Earth Festival” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Jenkins, John

  • Person
John Jenkins was the lighting designer for a production of "Of Mice and Men" at Neptune Theatre (Halifax, Nova Scotia).

Jenkins, Bill

  • Person
  • 1916-2009
Bill Jenkins was the seventh principal of Nova Scotia Agricultural College, from 1964-1972. Born on 17 October 1916 in New York City, at age 13 he moved to Baddeck, Nova Scotia, with his mother, variously living in Sydney and Truro, as well as Sackville, New Brunswick. In 1938 he graduated with a BSc from MacDonald College at McGill University, followed by an MSc in 1942. In 1943 he enlisted in the No. 6 District Depot. After being promoted to First Lieutenant, he joined the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and served overseas with the Anti-Tank Company. After the war he studied for his MA in Economics at Cornell University (1947), followed by an MPA in 1952 and PhD in Public Administration in 1961 from Harvard University. He worked for both the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Nova Scotia Agricultural College, where he was appointed principal in 1964. On his retirement in 1972, he joined the staff of the Council of Maritime Premiers Higher Education Commission, serving as the Executive Vice President of Atlantic Provinces Economic Council until 1992. Bill Jenkins died in Truro, Nova Scotia, on 2 November 2009.

Jefferys, Charles William, 1869-1951

  • Person

Charles William Jefferys was born in Rochester, England in 1869. In 1877, he emigrated with his family to Philadephia, eventually moving to Toronto in 1881. With little formal schooling, he was apprenticed from 1885 to 1890 at the Toronto Lithography Company. He joined the Toronto Art Students' League in 1888 and studied watercolour painting under Charles MacDonald Manly. Jefferys worked as a news illustrator for The Toronto Globe from 1889 to 1892 before moving to New York, where he worked at The New York Herald.

Jefferys returned to Toronto in 1901, where he had a long career as a newspaper, magazine, and book illustrator, creating the illustrations for titles including The Chronicles of America, Episodes in Canada's Story, Canada's Past in Pictures, and the three-volume Picture Gallery of Canadian History. He also taught painting and drawing in the Department of Architecture at the University of Toronto from 1912 to 1929. Later work included guiding the reconstruction of the Habitation at Port-Royal, Nova Scotia in 1938 and painting the murals at the Royal Ontario Museum. Jefferys was a founder of the Canadian Authors' Association, a councillor of the Royal Academy of Arts, and served as president for the Ontario Society of Artists and the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts.

In 1915, Jefferys drew over one hundred sketches to illustrate a projected series on the works of Thomas Chandler Halliburton. The project never came to fruition and the illustrations were published posthumously in the 1956 volume Sam Slick in Pictures.

Jefferys passed away in 1951.

Jean, Laura

  • Person
Laura Jean became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2003 because their video recording “Manufactury” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Janzen, Ed

  • Person
Ed Janzen became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 2000s because their audio recording became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Janson, Rick

  • Person
Rick Janson is an artist based in Oshawa, Ontario. Janson’s focus in the visual arts is oil on canvas paintings that shift between representational and realistic works and abstract paintings. Janson graduated with a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1987, where he studied under numerous painters. Janson became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1992 with his documentary work on the Halifax North public library, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Janigan, David

  • Person
  • 1930-2013
David Janigan was a pathology professor in Dalhousie's Faculty of Medicine and a collector of maps, a hobby that began in 1962 when he was studying medicine in England. He was married to Marilyn Ann MacLean of Sydney, Nova Scotia, with whom he had one daughter, Karen Janigan. He died in 2013.

Jampolis, Neil Peter

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Neil Peter Jampolis is an American light and set designer and stage director. He has worked on several Broadway productions, including the Royal Shakespeare Company's "Sherlock Holmes" for which he won a Tony Award (lighting). He has designed for various theatre, ballet, and opera companies around the world, including Pilobolus Dance Theatre (Principal Designer, 1976-present). He was also the art director for the 2008 film of "Forever Plaid." He currently teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theatre, Film and Television.

Jamieson, Daryl

  • Person
  • 1980-
Daryl Jamieson is a composer born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He currently lives in Kamakura, Japan. He studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts, University of York, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Wilfred Laurier University.

James, Henry

  • Person
Henry James was head of Psychology at Dalhousie, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1968 -1969.

James, Frank Cyril

  • Person
  • 1903-1973
Frank Cyril James was a Canadian academic and Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University from 1939 until 1962.

James, Donna

  • Person
Donna James became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1990s because of their involvement in a video recording, “Maigre Dog” which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

James Hillis

  • Person
  • 1903-1954
James Stanley Hillis was a Dalhousie University alumni born in 1903. He was married to Pauline E. Hillis, with whom he had a son, Eric Stanley Hillis. He died in 1954.

James Clark

  • Person
  • 1940-2004
James W. Clark joined Dalhousie’s Psychology Department in the 1960s after completing his MA at McGill University and his PhD at Queen’s. He remained a member of the department until his death in 2004.

Jacobs, Jennifer

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Jennifer Jacobs is a video artist. She was associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2006 and her video work “Insular Interior: Drawing Information from Economy Class” is part of the artist-run centre’s tape collection.

Jackson, Todd

  • Person
Todd Jackson became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2002 because their video recording “A Hard Decision” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Jackman, Lawrence

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Lawrence Jackman became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2000 because their video recording “Happy as Larry” was featured on a compilation tape that became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Jack, Lewis, The Reverend, 1815-1901

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Reverend Lewis Jack was born in 1815 in Cullodin, Inverness, Scotland. He was a student at King's College, Aberdeen ca. 1835-1839, where he studied under Hercules Scott, Professor of Moral Philosophy. In 1848 he immigrated to New Brunswick, where he settled in Springfield parish from 1854 to 1884. He married Flora MacKenzie in 1849, with whom he had five children. Reverend Lewis Jack passed away in 1901 in Bouctouche, Kent County, New Brunswick.

Izioman, Kofo

  • Person
Kofo Izioman became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2003 because their video recording "Willing to Wait" became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Irwin, Kathleen

  • Person
Kathleen Irwin is an interdisciplinary scholar and theatre practitioner. She is the Co-Artistic Director of Knowhere Productions Inc., producing large-scale, site-specific performances and installations. She is currently a professor in the Theatre Department of the University of Regina and the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. Before joining the faculty, she worked as a freelance theatre designer for 15 years and as a sessional lecturer for 10 years at the University of Ottawa. She has designed over 150 professional shows for theatre, opera, dance, film and video.

Irving, Michelle

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Michelle Irving became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1996 because their video recording compilation became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Inness, Ronald Justin

  • Person
  • 1913 - 1979

Ronald Inness was a marine engineer, collector and member of the World Ship Society, the Belgium Nautical Research Association, and the Steamship Society of America. He compiled a collection of photographs of ocean liners and merchant ships along with steamship histories and fleet lists. Born 29 January 1913 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Inness came from a long line of sea captains in Hunts Point, Queen's County, dating back to the clipper ship era.

His career with Foundation Maritime began in 1936 when he joined the tugboat Banshee as second engineer. In 1940 he was transferred to the Chedabucto on station at Gaspe, Quebec, during the salvage operation of the Furness cargo liner, Incemore. He was appointed chief engineer of the Joseph H. Martin and spent the Second World War on a series of lend-lease tugs operated by Maritime Towing & Salvage. Following this, he worked on the Banscot, sister tug of the Banshee. In 1957, he was transferred to the new motor tug Foundation Victor, where he remained until 1962.

In August 1963, Inness joined the office staff of Foundation Maritime and became the assistant superintendent marine engineer, retiring in January 1977.

Inkpen, Alan

  • Person
Alan Inkpen was a Halifax-based artist in the 1980s who worked within time-based mediums. Video works that he was associated with are a part of the Centre for Art Tapes tape collection.

Ingraham, David

  • Person
David Ingraham is a set and lighting designer who has worked with Neptune Theatre and the Banff Arts Festival.

Illsley, Cindy

  • Person
Cindy Illsley became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1995 because their video recording “Chloe” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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