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Kristjansson, Karen

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Karen Kristjansson is the creator of the workout videos “Move It to Lose It” where she exercises in front of the camera, losing weight while recording. Kristjansson became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1997 because their video recording “Move It to Lose It” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Kriztan, Steve

  • Person
Steve Kriztan became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1998 because their video recording “X” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Kubin, Felix

  • Person
Felix Kubin is a sound artist, or electronic musician who was born in Germany. Kubin became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2009 because their video recording “Sometimes Always” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Kucharski, Lisa

  • Person
Lisa Kucharski is a sound artist. Kucharski became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1990s because his audio recordings became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Kunstwart-Verlag

  • Corporate body
  • 1884-
German publisher founded in Munich by Georg D.W. Callwey.

Kwak, Jan

  • Person
  • 1942-
Jan Kwak was Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie from 2001-2006. She is also a professor Professor Emeritus at the school focusing in physical, colloid and polymer chemistry. Born in the Netherlands on May 6, 1942, Kwak received her BSc, MSc, and PhD from the University of Amsterdam in Physical Chemistry. She came to Dalhousie in 1970 as an assistant professor of Chemistry, and later became the Chair of the Department.

La Have Outfitting Company.

  • Corporate body
The La Have Outfitting Company was a ship chandlery, fish exporter, general merchant and grocer, and was also involved in buying and selling schooners. The company was founded in the early 1900s and was owned and managed by Fraser Gray of La Have, Nova Scotia. With the decline of the shipping and fishery industry, the company operated primarily as a grocery store into the 1960s.

La Liberté, Alfred

  • Person
  • 1882-1952
Alfred La Liberté was a Canadian composer, pianist, and music educator. Born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, he began his musical education on piano in Quebec before attending the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. In 1906, he returned to Canada to teach at the Canadian Conservatory of Music in Ottawa. He then spent some time in New York with Alexander Scriabin, who convinced him to return to Berlin to study with Teresa Carreño. He also spent some time in Brussels, studying compositions with Scriabin. After performing in Europe for a few years, he returned to Montreal in 1911, where he opened a private teaching studio. In 1913, he moved to New York until the end of the First World War, when he returned again to Montreal.

La Palme, Julie

  • Person
Julie La Palme became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1997 because their video recording “Embedded” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Lackey, Thomas

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Tom Lackey was an historian and author. He co-wrote Sailing Ships of the Maritimes with Charles Armour. Lackey conducted research on student movements in Toronto during the 1960s and 1870s. Little else is known about him.

Ladies' Aid Society of Central Presbyterian Church, La Have, Nova Scotia.

  • Corporate body
The Ladies' Aid Society of Central Presbyterian Church in LaHave, Nova Scotia met monthly in the homes of its members. They raised money through membership dues and events such as bake sales in order to fund the Sunday School and pay the church organist, as well as to support charitable endeavours such as the Red Cross Society. From 1918 to 1925 their membership was between seventeen to twenty women, but by 1927 it had dipped to only eight. They elected a president, treasurer, and secretary from among their ranks.

LaHave Investments Limited.

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La Have Investment Limited was an investment company owned by the Himmelman family. In 1955, Lawrence Himmelman was appointed signing officer of selling, assigning and transferring shares, bonds and stocks of the incorporated companies registered with La Have Investments. Some of the companies that were invested in include National Sea Products, Lunenburg Marine Railway, Newfoundland Light and Power, Nova Scotia Light and Power, Bell Canada, Huskey Oil and Central and Eastern Trust, among others. The company was renamed La Have Enterprises Limited, and changed their name back to La Have Investments in 1990. As of March, 2010 the current directors for La Have Investments are David and Paula Himmelman.

LaHave Shipping Limited.

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La Have Shipping Limited, a subsidiary of Himmelman Supply Company, was formed in 1962 when they purchased the vessel "OK Service XI" (See series O.K. Service XI for more information) to replace the "O.K. Service VI". The company was incorporated in 1962 and the directors included G.S. Cowan, M. Kendall, C.L. Weaver, Ernest H. Himmelman and Lawrence Himmelman. Ernest Himmelman was president of the company and his son Lawrence was secretary. In 1966, Ernest H. Himmelman and Lawrence Himmelman were the remaining directors of the company. In 1971 there was a profit loss due to an increase in wages and repair costs, heavy competition in the shipping industry and a decline in business. The company wrapped up operations in 1974 after selling their only asset the "O.K. Service XI" in 1972.

Lahde, Kristiina

  • Person
Kristiina Lahde is an artist based in Toronto. Her education includes a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1999). Lahde became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1999 because their video recording “September 29, 1999” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Laidlaw, Tony

  • Person
  • 1939-

Toni Ann Laidlaw (nee Johnston) was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1939. She earned a BA Honours in English and Psychology at the University of Calgary in 1967, followed in 1970 with a Masters of Education with a specialization in Counselling Psychology. Her PhD in Educational Psychology was granted in 1978 by the University of Alberta, her thesis titled: "Concepts of Femininity, 1890-1930: Reflections of Cultural Attitudes in Psychological Theories." In 1982 she became a registered psychologist in Nova Scotia.

In 1974 Toni Laidlaw was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Education at Dalhousie University, teaching in the area of educational psychology and offering one of Dalhousie's earliest classes in women's studies. She became an Assistant Professor in 1978 and an Associated Professor in 1980. In 1990 she was appointed Full Professor in Women's Studies. In 1997 she was appointed to the Division of Medical Education at the Faculty of Medicine, where she served as Program Director and Chair until her retirement in 2005.

In her final faculty position, Toni Laidlaw developed and implemented Dalhousie's medical communication skills curriculum. Her medical education research around communication skills teaching has been widely published, including studies on the needs assessment of communication skills at Dalhousie. She is the author, with C. Malmo and Associates, of Healing Voices: Feminist Approaches to Therapy with Women (1990), and with M. Conrad and D. Smyth, of No Place Like Home: Diaries and Letters of Nova Scotia Women, 1771-1938 (1988). She has also published articles on feminist therapy, family violence and incest, and sexual harrassment.

Laing (née Creighton), Anna, 1898-1997

  • Person
Born on June 29, 1898, author and ophthalmologist Anna St. Claire Creighton graduated from Dalhousie Medical School in 1922. After internships at Halifax Children's Hospital and Saint John General Hospital, she practiced at Dubuque, Iowa and then as an ophthalmology intern and resident at Bellevue Hospital in New York. She also taught at the University of Rochester in addition to working at private practices in both New York and Amityville. One of the few early female practitioners in her field, she received an honorary doctorate from Dalhousie University in 1985. Anna Creighton is also the author of My Father's Reply, an autobiography. She married James R. Laing (Roy) and had two children, Frederick and Ian. Anna died on February 28, 1997.

Lake, Rebecca

  • Person
Rebecca Lake became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2000 because their video recording “Hear Me” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

L'Amare, Pierre

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Pierre L’Amare is a Canadian filmmaker and animator created, or contributed to, numerous films throughout the 1960s and 1970s. L’Amare became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1985 because of his involvement in a video recording entitled “11 steps to survival” with Ronald Dic which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Lamotte, Kevin

  • Person
Kevin Lamotte is a lighting designer and is currently the head of lighting design at the Shaw Festival. He started working with the Shaw Festival in 1987 and has also worked with other Canadian Theatre companies, including the National Arts Centre, Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre, Young People's Theatre, Centaur Theatre, the Mirvishes, and Neptune Theatre. He is a recipient of the Pauline McGibbon Award and has been nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award 11 times.

Landan, Carl

  • Person
Carl Landan became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1996 because their video recording Ambition Anagram” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Landels, Bertram Howard

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  • 1881-1916
Bertram Howard Landels taught land drainage at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College for about six years after he himself graduated from the college in 1909. He was born on 20 May 1881 in River Herbert, Nova Scotia. On 6 December 1915 he enlisted as a sergeant with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Ontario Regiment) and was promoted to lieutenant on 24 August 1916. He went overseas with the 15th Battalion of the Canada Army Infantry and on 26 September 1916 he was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in Vimy, France.

Lander, Dan

  • Person
Dan Lander was born in 1953 in Oshawa, Ontario and educated at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. During his education, Lander focused in performance, video and sound. Lander became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1984 because of his involvement with a video recording entitled “2 videos by Halifax independent producers” which became a part of their tape collection.
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