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- 1917 - 1986
Peter O'Hearn was a legal scholar and prominent Catholic layman who served 21 years as a County Court Judge in Halifax. He was born 2 January 1917 to the Hon. Judge Walter O'Hearn and Catherine Mahoney, and was raised and educated in Halifax. He earned a BA from Saint Mary's University in 1937 and a teaching certificate from Dalhousie in 1938. Following post-graduate work in education at McGill University, he served overseas in the Second World War until he was invalided home in 1942. In 1950 he was appointed as a Crown prosecutor for Halifax County, and in 1965 was named to the county court for District 1, a post held by his father 30 years earlier. O'Hearn organized the legal aid service of the Nova Scotia Barrister's Society in 1950, served as president of the Nova Scotia division of the Canadian Red Cross, the Children's Aid Society of Halifax, the city's Charitable Irish Society and the Halifax-Dartmouth Council of Churches. He died 7 May 1986 at the age of 69.
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Stephen O’Keefe was associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1988 with his video recording “On the Street”, which became a part of the centre's tape collection.
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Bruce Oland was born in 1918 to Sidney Culverwell Oland and Herlinda deBedia Oland. He attended King's Collegiate School (Windsor, Nova Scotia) and joined the Cadet Corps at the age of ten, in which he remained until he attended Beaumont College (England) in 1933. In 1937, Bruce registered in the Royal Canadian Artillery Halifax 1st Coast Regiment, through which he served during the Second World War. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1941 and Major in 1950. By 1951, Bruce decided that his true interests were in the Navy and he transferred to the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, accepting the lower rank of Lieutenant with HMCS Scotian. By 1970, Bruce had climbed the ranks to Commodore and was appointed Senior Naval Reserve Advisor to the Director General, Reserves, and Aide-de-Camp to Governor General Roland Michener.
Bruce was active in the brewery industry throughout his life. He attended the United Brewers Academy in New York and, among his several positions, held the title of President of the Brewery Executive of Oland and Son Limited, A. Keith and Son Limited, Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast Ltd., and Oland's Brewery Limited (Saint John).
Like his father and siblings, Bruce was devoted to community development and volunteer work. Titles he held with different volunteer organizations include Director of the Eastern Claims Committee; Director of the Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund; Chairman of the Board, Honorary Governors, Nova Scotia Division, Canadian Association for Retarded Children; Chairman of the Board, Halifax School for the Blind; Director, Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded (National Committee); Member, St. George's Society; Member, United Services Institute; Member, Naval Officers' Association; and Governor, Brewers Association of Canada. In addition, he was a rear commodore in the Royal Canadian Naval Sailing Association and an active volunteer for the Maritime Museum and the Halifax Symphony Society.
Bruce married Ruth Hurley in 1956 and had two children, Richard Hurley and Deborah Ruth. He was an avid sailing enthusiast, squash player, deep-sea fisherman, and skier. He was also a numismatist and philatelist. Bruce Oland passed away in 2009.
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Conrad George Oland was the son of John James Dunn Oland and Susannah Woodhouse Culverwell, the founders of Turtle Grove Brewery (later known as Army and Navy Brewery). Born in 1850, Conrad began his career as brew master by helping his mother create her homemade beer in a shed behind their home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. By 1911, after working in the United States Breweries, he relocated to Nova Scotia and became the brew master for A. Keith and Son Ltd. and subsequently for Turtle Grove Brewery. Conrad was killed in 1917 during the Halifax Explosion.
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David Oland was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1910. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Dalhousie University and later studied brewing at Birmingham University in England. David worked as master brewer at Oland and Son Ltd. until 1968 and later worked as Vice-President and plant manager of Public Relations with the company.
As a volunteer, David was active with the United Appeal and Canadian Heart Foundation and he acted as the Director of the Canadian Figure Skating Association.
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Don Oland was born in 1922 to Sidney Culverwell Oland and Herlinda deBedia Oland. Don was educated at the Jesuit Public School, Beaumont College in Old Windsor, England and he completed his undergraduate degree at Dalhousie University. His work with Oland and Son Ltd. began in 1940. During the Second World War, Don served in the military as a Canloan officer in the Canadian Infantry, serving with the 2nd battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a Lieutenant in France and Germany. He was severely wounded, resulting in the loss of a leg, and was officially discharged from the Army in 1946. In 1947, he was appointed plant manager of Oland and Son Ltd. and Administrative Vice-President in 1962.
Keenly interested in agriculture, Don was involved with several related associations. He sat on the board of directors of the Nova Scotia Swine Breeders' Association and was the founder of the Atlantic Winter Fair in 1963. Through his agricultural interests, contributions, and community support, he was inducted into the Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Don's volunteer history is extensive. He was an active council member for the Halifax Board of Trade. Various volunteer titles he held include: President of the Salmon Anglers Association; President of the Tourist Association of Nova Scotia; President of the Atlantic Marksmen Association; President of the War Amputees of Nova Scotia; President of the Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers; National President of the Canloan Army Officers Association; Vice-President of the Canadian Red Cross Lodge; and was Chairman of the Re-organizing Committee of the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic after the war. Don was also a member of the board of the Nova Scotia Home for Coloured Children and belonged to Branch #5 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Among his honours and decorations, Don was an honorary member of the New Brunswick War Amputees Association and was decorated by the Legion's National Council with the organization's highest award, the Order of Merit, for Legion Services.
Don Oland was married to Elizabeth M. Shutter, with whom he had three children: Brenda, Jaime, and Jennifer. He passed away in 1985.
Oland, George Woodhouse Culverwell
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- 1856-1933
George Woodhouse Culverwell Oland was born in 1856 to John James Dunn Oland and Susannah Woodhouse Culverwell. George married Ella Young Bauld and had a career in the brewery business. He began his career by assisting his father with the management of Ready Beverages Limited (which brewed Moosehead beer) in Saint John, New Brunswick. He passed away in 1933.
Oland, John Eric Woodhouse, b. 1895
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John Eric Woodhouse Oland was born in 1895 to George Woodhouse Culverwell Oland and Ella Young Bauld. He married Denise V. Harris and pursued a career in the Navy. John was also a share holder of the Capital Stock of Oland and Son Limited.
Oland, Linda deBedia, 1892-1966
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Linda deBedia Oland was born in 1892 as the daughter of parents who had settled in Havana, Cuba. As a teenager, Linda was sent to Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was while attending this school that she fell in love with Sidney Culverwell Oland. In 1912, they married, settled in Halifax, and had four children: Victor, Bruce, Don, and Amadita. Linda was president of the Atlantic War Fund of Halifax.
Upon her death in 1966, Sidney Oland established the Linda Oland Endowed Scholarship at Mount Saint Vincent University in memory of his deceased wife. The scholarship continues to be offered to students attending Mount Saint Vincent University today.
Oland, Margaret Eileen, b. 1899
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Margaret Eileen Oland was born in 1899 to George Woodhouse Culverwell Oland and Ella Young Bauld.
Oland, Richard Hibbert, 1897-1941
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Richard Hibbert Oland was born in 1897 to George Woodhouse Culverwell Oland and Ella Young Bauld. He married Margaret Helen Jean Oland, had a career in the Royal Canadian Navy, and was issued the war memorial cross. He was a share holder of the capital stock of A. Keith and Son Limited. Richard Hibbert Oland passed away in 1941.
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- 1940-2008
Sidney Oland was a businessman, fifth-generation brewer, and significant supporter of the arts in Canada. He was born in 1940 to Victor de B. Oland and Nancy Jane Metcalf, and was educated at Bishop’s College School, Sherbrooke, QC, Dalhousie University, and Harvard University. He joined the Oland Breweries in the 1960s as a sales trainee and retired as CEO and Deputy Chairman of John Labatt Ltd. in Toronto. He also served as a lieutenant colonel in the Canadian Army Reserves and was an avid recreational sailor. His community service reflected his love of the arts: he was was a director of the Shaw Festival at Niagra-on-the-Lake and a board member and chair of the Toronto Film Festival. At the time of his death he was married to Ingrid Weger, with whom he had one daughter, Sydney; he had three children from a previous marriage: Linda, Victor and Heather.
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Sidney Culverwell Oland was born in 1886 to George Culverwell Oland and Ella Young Bauld. He was educated at LaSalle Academy, St. Andrew's School, Annapolis Royal, St. Francis Xavier College, and the United States Brewers' Academy in New York. He married Linda deBedia in 1912, with whom he had four children: Victor, Bruce, Don, and Amadita.
In 1900, Sidney joined the 82nd Abegweit Regiment. Two years later, he transferred to the P.E.I. Light Horse mounted unit. In 1904, Sidney became Provisional Lieutenant in the 1st Halifax Regiment, Canadian Artillery and competed with the British Artillery Team in Canada and Great Britain in 1907 and 1911. During the First World War, he commanded the 6th Battery at Fort McNab on McNab's Island, Nova Scotia. In addition, as a captain in the Artillery, Sidney mobilized a section of the Canadian Field Artillery. He later served in France as Commander of the 66th Battery, C.F.A., the 144th Brigade, C.F.A., and the 1st. After the war, Sidney reorganized the Halifax Coast Regiment and assumed command.
From 1922 to 1925, Sidney travelled to explore different business possibilities. In 1922, he spent the winter in Havana, Cuba with his family. During this time, he was hired as an agent for the St. John Brewery and had their bottled beer shipped to restaurants and hotels in Cuba. He also spent some time in Holywood, California acting and directing silent films until he settled in Halifax and actively participated in his family's brewery business, Oland and Son Limited and A. Keith and Son Limited.
In 1927, Sidney purchased a house on Young Avenue in Halifax and named it "Lindola" after his wife, Linda. This house was a centre for social activity, as Linda Oland was fond of hosting events. Upon his wife's death in 1966, Sidney presented the City of Halifax with a memorial fountain located in Victoria Park, known as the "Linda Oland Memorial Fountain." He also established the Linda Oland Endowed Scholarship at Mount Saint Vincent University in memory of his deceased wife.
Sidney Oland had many interests, including sailing ships, fishing, rare stamp collecting, and gold-mining. He was an avid sailor and owner of many sailing vessels. In 1905, he purchased a sloop-yacht called "Lady Betty" and used her for local fishing trips and races. He later sailed further on his ninety-foot schooner "Nomad" and later on the seventy foot motor cruiser called "Lady Betty II".
Throughout his life, Sidney was a member of a plethora of organizations and clubs. His many memberships included: Commodore of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron; member of New York yacht club; Halifax Club; Ashburn Golf Club; Honorary Consul General of Peru; Honorary LL.D. St. Mary's University and member of the Senate (Halifax, NS); Chairman of the Board of Governors Nova Scotia Division Corps of Commissionaires; Director of the Headquarters of Commissionaires in Montreal; founding director of the Theatre Arts Guild; and Director of the National Gallery of Ottawa.
In addition to Sidney's noteworthy memberships, he was decorated by several organizations. His honours and decorations included: Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Chevalier of the Order of Merit of Peru; Volunteer Decoration of Canada; recipient of honorary degrees from St. Francis Xavier University, St. Mary's University, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design; and honorary Aide-de-Camp to four Governor Generals of Canada.
As a business person, Sidney held the title of President for Oland and Son Limited and A. Keith and Son Limited. He was also the Director of the Eastern Trust Company, National life Assurance Company in Toronto, Bens Holdings Limited, Maritime Paper Products Limited, Halifax Developments Limited, Canada Permanent Trust Company, and Industrial Containers Limited.
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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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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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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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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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- 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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- 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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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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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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- 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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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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- 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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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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- 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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- 1860-1941
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist and composer and was prime minister of Poland in 1919.
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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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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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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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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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- 1939-
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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- 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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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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- 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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- 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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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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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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- 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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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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