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Club of Rome

  • Corporate body
  • 1968-
Aurelio Peccei and Alexander King founded The Club of Rome in 1968. Its organizational structure consists of a president, vice president, secretary general, treasurer, and executive committee, which holds the highest authority. The Club is composed of an international group of scientists, economists, business people, high civil servants, heads of state, and former heads of state who work together to identify the "world problematique" - the most crucial political, social, economic, technological, environmental, psychological, and cultural issues facing humanity. The Club's mission is to bring about change free of political, ideological, or business interests. Their mandate is to identify and analyze crucial global issues, generate alternative solutions, and raise awareness among important public and private decision-makers. The Club produces reports, sponsors conferences, and was an early user of the internet to disseminate information.

Coalfleet, Carrie (Bigelow), 1849-1931

  • Person
Carrie Coalfleet née Bigelow was born 13 April 1849 in Canning, NS, to Ebenezer Bigelow and Waite Bigelow née Sanford. In 1885 she married widower Captain Hiram Coalfleet of Hant's Port, NS. After his death she operated a school for girls. She died in 1931.

Cobb, Andrew Randall

  • Person
  • 1876-1943

Andrew Cobb was born in the United States in 1876. At the age of 14, he moved to Greenwich, Nova Scotia, with his mother and sister. After graduating from Acadia University he earned a master’s degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before moving to Paris to study at the Ecole nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1907–1909.

He began practising in Halifax in partnership with Sydney P. Dumaresq, whom he had met at Acadia, collaborating on the memorial tower, known as the Dingle, erected in Sir Sandford Fleming Park in 1912. Cobb went on to become known for his domestic architecture in Halifax and Bedford, as well as for institutional designs such as Dalhousie University's Science Building, Macdonald Memorial Library and the University of King’s College, constructed on the Studley campus of Dalhousie from 1928–1931. He died in 1943 in a motor accident.

Cochrane, Andrew G.

  • Person
  • [195-]-
Andrew G. Cochrane joined Henson College as acting dean in 2000 and went on to become the inaugural dean of the Dalhousie University College of Continuing Education. He was born and raised in Windsor, Nova Scotia, received a BA in Physical Education from Acadia University in 1977 and an MBA from Saint Mary's University in 1984. He retired from Dalhousie in 2019.

Cohen, Fay G.

  • Person
Fay Cohen taught in Dalhousie University's School for Resource and Environmental Studies from her initial appointment as an honorary research associate in fisheries and community development in 1981, until her retirement in 2009 as Professor of Environmental Studies. She was educated in anthropology and law, receiving her BA and MEd at Harvard University and her PhD from the University of Minnestota and her enduring research interests focused on indigenous peoples and natural resource issues.

Cohn, Norman

  • Person
Norman Cohn is a Canadian filmmaker. Cohn became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1984 because of their involvement in a video recording entitled “Halifax cable show- 4 works”, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Cohn, Rebecca

  • Person
  • 1870-October 23, 1942
Rebecca Cohn was born in Galicia in 1870. She emigrated from Europe to New York, and then in 1910 emigrated to Nova Scotia. Cohn married Moses Cohn, who died in 1922. When Rebecca first arrived in Halifax, she was a rag merchant. She was eventually able to invest in the real estate market and built a fortune. When her financial situation had improved, Cohn contributed large sums of money to various charities but insisted on remaining anonymous. She died on October 23, 1942 at Victoria General. Since she was childless, she named her nieces and nephew as executors of her will. In the will, Rebecca laid out what she wanted done with her estate and this included a sizeable amount of money set aside for charitable donations. Rebecca stated that the money should be saved for 20 years after her death and then be donated, preferably to Jewish charities in Poland. However, there was a suggestion that after World War II, it would be too difficult to make such donations. By the time of the donation to Dalhousie University in 1962, the money had grown to a total of $400 000. The donation to Dalhousie University had stipulations put in place by Louise and Marion Keshen. One of the stipulations was that the Arts Centre would have to be completed within 5 years. If the building was not built in the 5 years or any of the other stipulations were not met, the money would be repaid to the donors. Dalhousie University was able to build the Dalhousie Arts Centre with these funds in addition to several other donations. The Arts Centre features an auditorium named the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in honor of the donation from Cohn’s estate.

Colchester Historical Society

  • Corporate body
  • 1963-
The Colchester Historical Society was founded in 1963, with the mandate of education and preservation of historical material and buildings relating to Colchester County.

College Music Co. Publishers

  • Corporate body
College Music Co. Publishers was a music publishing house based in Toronto, Ontario in the twentieth century.

Collyer, Gillian

  • Person
Gillian Collyer is a Canadian performance and video artist. Her education includes a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1995) and a MFA from the School of Art Institute Chicago (2007). Collyer has exhibited nationally and her work belongs in collections in Halifax and in Ontario. She became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1997 because their video recording “Surge” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Comeau, Steve

  • Person
Steve Comeau became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1990s because of their involvement in a compilation tape which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Comedy Asylum

  • Corporate body
  • 1981-1986
The Comedy Asylum was a theatrical troupe based in Fredericton, New Brunswick. They toured dinner theatre productions around the Maritimes in the early 1980's.

Community Planning Association of Canada, Nova Scotia Division

  • Corporate body
  • 1954 -

The Community Planning Association of Canada was established in Ottawa in 1946. Financed by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) through the National Housing Act, the association had as its aim the education and involvement of community members in local planning initiatives.

As the central organization grew, provincial divisions were formed. In 1954 the first information session for CPAC Nova Scotia was held in Windsor, and the provincial chapter has since been involved in the national organization through National Council meetings. In Nova Scotia, CPAC is active in community planning, conference planning, consultation to local government, and in bringing together community members over planning issues.

The Nova Scotia Division of CPAC is run by a board of governors with executive and program committees.

Connelly, Marcia

  • Person
Marcia Connelly became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1995 because their video recording “Social Dance” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Conover, Shirley A.M.

  • Person
  • 1929 - 2007
Shirley Conover was a Leslie Pearson Senior Fellow at Dalhousie University's School for Resource and Environmental Studies and made significant contributions to the field of environmental assessment and management in Canada and internationally. Born 9 July 1929 in Brantford, Ontario, to Hazel and Carter MacMillan, she was educated at Oberlin College and Yale University before earning her PhD in marine zoology at Dalhousie. In the 1970s and early 1980s she led teams carrying out environmental impact assessments for the Davis Strait, Sable Island and Hibernia oil fields. Later she became director of two CIDA international development projects through Dalhousie University: Environmental Management Development in Indonesia and the Environment and Resource Management Project in the Philippines. Both projects supported government and academic infrastructure development and provided heavily used baseline ecological information. They were also a fertile training ground for many distinguished professionals in Canada, Indonesia and the Philippines. In 1990 Conover was appointed to chair the Environmental Assessment Panel for the Halifax Harbour Clean-up Project. She was a member of the Canadian Environmental Advisory Council to federal environment ministers for eight years, served as secretary to the International Association for Impact Assessment and, in 2002, she was awarded the Rose Hulman Award for her contributions to environmental assessment in The Hague, Netherlands. Conovers died 8 January 2007 in Cobourg, Ontario.

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Cook, Gregory, A., 1950-

  • Person
Gregory Cook was born in 1942 in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. In 1958, he began attending Acadia University. He became involved in editing The Athenaeum, the student newspaper, and then founded and edited Amethyst, a student literary quarterly. Cook graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts in English but remained at Acadia University to edit Amethyst until 1964. Through his work with Amethyst he had begun a correspondence with many Canadian writers including Ernest Buckler, Alden Nowlan and Irving Layton. Upon leaving Acadia University in 1964, he founded and edited The Crier, a magazine that focused on the arts from a Maritime perspective. The Crier was short-lived, lasting only four issues. Next, in 1964, Cook formed Crier Publications Ltd., a publishing company that did numerous printing jobs for many Nova Scotia organizations such as Acadia and Neptune Theatre. In 1966 Cook returned to Acadia University where he completed his Masters in English, writing his thesis on Ernest Buckler. Several years later, he was hired as a lecturer in the English Department at Acadia University. In 1972, he edited the book Critical Views of Canadian Writers: Ernest Buckler. In the 1970's he also worked as a freelance journalist and had articles published in Maclean's and The Atlantic Advocate. In the late 1970's he served as Executive Director of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. Gregory Cook continues to work as a reporter, freelance writer and lecturer. His poems have been published as books, in numerous periodicals and broadcast on CBC radio. He is a member of Writers' Union of Canada, The League of Canadian Poets, and the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick and honorary member of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia.

Cooke, Jennifer

  • Person
Jennifer Cooke is a set and costume designer based in Quebec and a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. She has designed for the Young Neptune Company, the Prairie Theatre Exchange, Centaur Theatre, and Théâtre Français de Toronto.

Cooke, William

  • Person
William Cooke fl. 1785, and served with the Prince of Wales American Volunteers, a Loyalist militia.

Cooley Jewelers

  • Corporate body
  • 1914-1974
Cooley Brothers Jewelers was started in 1914 by brother Charles L. and Robert W. Cooley, who immigrated to Canada from London, England, in 1912 and 1914 respectively. Charles' son, Donald Leonard Cooley, born in 1926, began his career as a watchmaker and jeweler in the family business in 1946. The store was renamed Cooley Jewelers and was located at 1569 Barrington Street; the company was a member of the Halifax Jewellers Association. Cooley Jewelers went out of business ca. 1974.

Cooley, Martha

  • Person
Martha Cooley works in the Nova Scotian film industry, through the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative. Cooley’s education includes a diploma in Screen Arts from the Nova Scotia Community College and a Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie University. In 2011, Cooley received the Canadian Progress Club’s “Women of Excellence Award” in the Arts and Culture Division. Cooley became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2008 because their video “Bell Lake” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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