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Giroux, Aube

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Aube Giroux is a Canadian documentary film-maker whose films often feature a food production subject matter. Giroux’s education includes a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, where she focused in Media Arts. Giroux became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1999 because her video, “Beyond Pyramids” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Glenister, Ernest Ireson

  • Person
  • 1901-1987
Ernest Ireson Glenister was born in Halifax in 1901. He graduated with a BA from Saint Mary's College in 1920 followed by an MD from Dalhousie Medical School in 1925. He entered a general practice with Dr. Peter Hebb in Dartmouth before establishing his own general practice in 1920, where he remained until 1943, when he moved to Toronto to pursue post-graduate studies. He studied ophthalmology and received his FRCS in 1945. Returning to Halifax, Dr. Glenister set up a specialist practice, retiring in 1974. He also worked at the Glaucoma Clinic in the Victoria General Hospital from 1962-1974. He was an active member in many professional associations, and was the first secretary of the Nova Scotia Society of Ophthalmologists. He died on 27 November 1987.

Glossop-Harris, Florence

  • Person
  • 1884-1931
Florence Glossop-Harris, daughter of Augustus Harris and Florence Edgcumbe, had a long career as an actress and director of Shakespeare, managing her own theatre company, The Florence Glossop-Harris Company, which performed predominantly in London, England, and toured the Caribbean and Canada. She was married to the English Shakespearean actor Frank Cellier (1884-1948).

Glube, Constance R.

  • Person
  • 1931-2016
Constance Rachelle Glube was born in Ottawa, Ontario on November 23, 1931. She attended McGill University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1952. She was married to her husband Richard Glube, from Halifax, the same year (they had four children). She then went to Dalhousie Law School where she was one of two women in her law class, and graduated in 1955. After being admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1956, Constance struggled to find work as a lawyer, because many firms did not want to hire women. She eventually joined the law firm of Kitz, Matheson and later became a partner in the firm of Fitzgerald and Glube. Glube became a solicitor with the legal department of the City of Halifax in 1969, and in 1974 she was appointed Halifax’s city manager. Glube was the first woman to oversee the operations of a Canadian city. In 1977 she became the first woman on the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. In 1982 she was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, making her the first female Chief Justice in Canada. In 1998 she was appointed Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. Constance Glube retired on December 31, 2004. In 2006 she was given the Order of Canada for her “part in serving the community as a legal trailblazer, including becoming the first female chief justice in Canada.” In 2009, the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Bar Association established the Contance R. Glube CBA Spirit Award to recognize achievement in law by Nova Scotian women lawyers. Constance Glube holds honourary degrees from Dalhousie University (1983), Mount Saint Vincent University, and Saint Mary’s University. Constance Glube died on February 15, 2016 in Halifax, NS.

Glube, Howard C.

  • Person
  • 1903 - 1998
Howard C. Glube was a Dalhousie alumnus and later president of the Dalhousie Club of New York in the 1950s. He was born 1 September 1903 in Halifax to Harry and Sarah Glube, who immigrated to Nova Scotia from Poland. He graduated from Dalhousie with a BA in 1923 and an LLB in 1925 before moving to Long Island City, New York, where he died in 1998.

Godfrey, John F.

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Dr. John Ferguson Godfrey was born December 19, 1942 in Toronto to Senator John Morrow Godfrey and Mary Burwell. Godfrey graduated from Upper Canada College in 1960 and went on to attend Neuchâtel Junior College in Switzerland in 1961. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College (University of Toronto) in 1965, a Master of Philosophy degree from Balliol College (Oxford) in 1967, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from St. Antony’s College (Oxford) in 1975.

In 1970, Godfrey became a history professor at Dalhousie University. During this time, he worked with Dr. David Crook on developing a method of teaching History 100 to non-history majors, using lectures, videos, rap sessions and happenings, and dividing historical events from 1870-1970 into ten thematic decades.

Dr. Godfrey was Don of Chapel Bay at the University of King’s College from 1971-1976 and went on to serve as President and Vice-Chancellor of King’s College from 1977-1987. In 1988, he became the editor of Financial Post, a position he held until 1991. Godfrey also served as Chairman of the Art Gallery of Dalhousie and was a member of the National Film Board of Canada, the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, the Halifax Board of Trade, and the National Board of C.U.S.O. He was active in many other associations.

In the early 1980s, Dr. Godfrey ran unsuccessfully as a provincial Liberal candidate for Halifax-Citadel. He ran and won in Toronto's Don Valley riding in 1993 and served as Parliamentary Secretary under Jean Chrétien from 1996-2004. In 2004, Godfrey was appointed Minister of State for Infrastructure and Communities by Paul Martin, a portfolio he held until 2006. That year, Godfrey announced he was running for the Liberal leadership, but he withdrew due to health problems and announced his support for Bob Rae. In 2008, Godfrey resigned his seat.

Goldmark, Rubin

  • Person
  • 1872-1936
Rubin Goldmark was an American composer, pianist, and teacher. Although his works were frequently performed during his lifetime, he is better known today as the teacher of Aaron Copland and George Gershwin. Born in New York City, he completed his undergraduate degree at City College in New York before moving to Austria to attend the Vienna Conservatory. He then returned to the United States whre he taught at the National Conservatory. At this time, he also studied piano with Antonin Dvorak and piano with Rafael Joseffy. Apart from a brief stay in Colorado Springs, when he was the director of the Colorado Conservatory of Music (1895-1901), he spent the rest of his life in New York.

Gordon, Terrence W.

  • Person
  • 1942-
Author and educator W. Terrence Gordon was born in Montreal, Quebec, on 14 October 1942. He studied French, Italian and linguistics at University of Toronto, where he received a BA (1966), MA (1967), and PhD (1972). Gordon began his teaching career at the University of Alberta (1970-1972) before joining Dalhousie as an assistant professor of French in 1972, becoming a full professor in 1987 and being appointed Alexander McLeod Chair in Modern Languages in 1999. He retired in 2002 as a professor emeritus. He was a founding member of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association and helped to launch Italian studies at Dalhousie in 1998. He has written or edited 26 books and over 150 articles, reviews and other papers. Gordon is married to Therese-Celeste Smith-Gordon and has two sons, Perry and Paul-Michael.

Goree, Eli

  • Person
Eli Goree is a Canadian actor. Goree was a part of the Canadian production of “Sesame Street”, which was his television debut at the age of six. Goree hosted “The Big Black Rap Show” on CKDU in Halifax, and was the host of a season of CBC’s “Street Cents”. Goree has also been a Gemini and Young Art Award nominee. Goree became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1999 because their video recording “The Chosen One” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Gospel Heirs Quartet

  • Corporate body
Gospel Heirs was a gospel quartet. The quartet recorded an album at Solar Audio Recording Studio in February 1986.

Gosse, Clarence Lloyd

  • Person
  • 1912-1996
Clarence Gosse was a 1939 graduate of Dalhousie Medical School, class president and a founder of the Dalhousie Medical Journal. Born in Newfoundland in 1912, by 1922 he was living in Nova Scotia. After a year of post-graduate training in urology in Cleveland, he served overseas with the Canadian Army Medical Corps and was a member of one of the first surgical teams on D-Day. He served overseas for three years before being appointed a professor of urology at Dalhousie and chair of the Department of Urology at the Victoria General and Camp Hill hospitals. Dr. Gosse was active in his professional associations and the general community; he was appointed Nova Scotia's Lieutenant Governor in 1973, a post he held for five years. He died on 21 December 1996.

Goto, Ami

  • Person
Ami Goto became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2007 because their film, “Brain Frame” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Gould, Alfred, Captain, 1841-1896

  • Person
Alfred Gould was a sea captain from Great Village, Nova Scotia. He was born in Noel, Hants County in 1841 to Matthew Gould and Ann O'Brien. His brother, Stewart Gould (1845-1915), was also a sea captain. In 1865 Alfred married Melinda McLellan. He passed away on May 30, 1896.

Gounod, Charles-Francois

  • Person
  • 1818-1893
Charles-Francois Gounod was a French composer predominantly known for his operas (e.g., "Faust"). He spent most of his working life in Paris, although he also lived for some time in London and Italy.

Government of Canada. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

  • Corporate body
  • 1987-
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) works to create opportunities for economic growth in Atlantic Canada by helping businesses become more competitive, innovative and productive, by working with diverse communities to develop and diversify local economies, and by championing the strengths of Atlantic Canada. The agency was founded in 1987 and Gerald Merrithew was the first Minister responsible for the agency. Rob Moore, P.C., M.P. is the current Minister responsible for the agency.

Grace Maternity Hospital

  • Corporate body
  • 1922-1992

The Grace Maternity Hospital had its beginnings as Harrow House, opened in 1906 by the Salvation Army as a residential maternity hospital for unmarried women. Dr. P.A. MacDonald served as medical superintendent and physicians volunteered their services. Following the 1917 Halifax Explosion, the need for a dedicated maternity institution for all women was recognized by the Halifax Medical Association, and Dalhousie University offered the Salvation Army both the land and the money to build and run the new hospital.

The Grace Maternity Hospital opened on 29 April 1922 as the only independent maternity hospital in Canada; it was affiliated as a teaching hospital with the Dalhousie's Department of Pediatrics. Located on the east side of Robie Street on the block bounded by University Avenue and College Street, it initially accommodated 65 mothers and babies. Major renovations were made in 1956, 1962, 1973 and 1977, after the Halifax Infirmary stopped taking maternity cases. By the 1970s the Grace occupied half a city block with 126 adult beds and 166 bassinets with 40 in the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU). In 1992, the Izaak Walton Killam-Grace Health Centre for Children, Woman and Families (IWK-Grace) opened, amalgamating administrative and operational services between the two hospitals.

Graham, Dan, 1942-

  • Person
  • 1942-
Dan Graham was born in 1942 and has been an artist since the 1970s. Graham is a conceptual film and video artist, who uses also installation and performance. Graham’s artwork engages the viewer into questioning the public and private, the audience and performer, objectivity and subjectivity. Graham has also published various critical and theoretical essays that discuss and investigate the contemporary cultural ideology. In 2009, Graham had a retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, entitled “Dan Graham: Beyond”, which then traveled the United States.

Graham, John F.

  • Person

John Finlayson Graham was born in Calgary, Alberta on May 31, 1924 to parents William and Hazel Marie (Lund). He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1947, a Master in 1948, and a Doctorate in 1959 from Columbia University. Graham joined the Department of Economics at Dalhousie University in 1949 as an assistant professor and became a professor in 1960. He was the head of the department from 1960 to 1969 and was primarily interested in public finance, specifically intergovernmental fiscal relations.

Graham was active in multiple university and professional associations and organizations. He was the president of the Faculty Association at Dalhousie, vice-president of the Canadian University Teacher’s Association, president of the Canadian Economics Association (1970-1971), chairman of the Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Education, Public Services and Provincial-Municipal Relations (1971-1974), a consultant on the Royal Commission on Finance and Municipal Taxation in New Brunswick (1962-1964), a consultant on educational finance for the Newfoundland Royal Commission on Education and Youth (1966-1967), and held numerous other positions during his career. He was the author of many journal articles, reviews, Fiscal Adjustment and Economic Development: A Case Study of Nova Scotia (1963). In 1979-1980, Graham was chairman of the Dalhousie Senate ad hoc committee on the university constitution, which recommended the current structure of the Senate.

John Graham died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism on November 14, 1990. He was married to Hermioni (Nita) Graham and had four children: Andrew Thomas, James Theodore, Johanna Hermioni, and Nicholas Lund. The John F. Graham memorial lecture in the Department of Economics at Dalhousie University was established in memory of Dr. Graham in 1992.

Graham, Robert Henry, 1871-1956

  • Person
  • 1871-1956

Robert Henry Graham was a barrister and politician born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, on 30 November 1871, the son of Jane (Marshall) and John George Graham. He graduated from Dalhousie University with his BA in 1892 and LLB in 1894, and was called to the Nova Scotia Bar that same year. In 1913 he became King's counsel (crown attorney) and in 1925 was appointed to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. He was also a stipendiary magistrate from 1906-1920.

Graham served New Glasgow as town councillor in 1898 and as mayor from 1899-1900 before entering provincial politics and representing Pictou County as a Liberal in the House of Assembly from 1916-1925. Following his career in politics, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. He died in 1956 at the age of 85.

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