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Foran, M. Roy

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Dr. M. Roy Foran, Dean Emeritus of the Nova Scotia Technical College and Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, began his career at Dalhousie as Assistant Professor of Chemistry in 1944. Three years later, he joined the Nova Scotia Technical College as one of the founding members of the Chemical Engineering Department. He served as Department Head for 20 years and then as Dean of Graduate Studies, a post he held until 1974. Dr. Foran then became Registrar of the Nova Scotia Technical College, a position he held until his retirement in 1977. The M. Roy Foran Scholarship was established in his honor.

Fogarty, Mike

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Mike Fogarty is a recording artist who is known to have recorded songs at Solar Audio & Recording Limited in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Florizone, Richard

Florizone, Richard

  • 1967 -
Richard Florizone was Dalhousie University's eleventh president. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in 1967, he attended the University of Saskatchewan, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in engineering physics in 1992 and a Master's degree in physics in 1992. He was awarded his PhD in physics in 1998 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to coming to Dalhousie in 2013, he worked at Bombardier Aerospace, Boston Consulting Group, University of Cambridge, the International Finance Corporation, and University of Saskatchewan. In 2018 he resigned from Dalhousie University to serve as the Director of the Quantum Valley Ideas Lab at the University of Waterloo. In January 2020 he began as the President and CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

Flood, Patricia

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Patricia Flood is an associate professor at the School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph (2005 - present). She has worked as a theatre, film, and television designer for various organizations, including The Gate Theatre (Dublin), Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, Theatre New Brunswick, Neptune Theatre (Halifax), and Tarragon Theatre (Toronto). Before joining the faculty at the University of Guelph, she taught at Concordia University in Montreal.

Flinn, Sue Caits

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Sue Caits Flinn became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2008 because their video “Nice Families Don’t” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Flewelling, Charlotte Whitney, 1839-1927

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Ormand E. Flewelling was born in 1840 in Clifton, New Brunswick, the son of William Puddington Flewelling, Surveyor General of New Brunswick, and Esther Ann Merritt. In 1863 he married Charlotte Whitney Whelpley of Westfield, New Brunswick, born in 1839 to Titus Brown Whelpley and Elizabeth Anne Belyea.Together they had four children of their own, Douglas Scoville, Esther Ann, Bertha Brown and Stanley Elting, as well as an adopted son, Frederick.

Flewelling was by trade a cabinetmaker. He was actively involved in the Episcopal church as a layreader, vestry man and warden, in both New Brunswick and Somerville, Massachusetts, where the family moved c. 1890. In 1908 ill health caused Flewelling and his wife to move to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where they lived with their married daughter, Esther Holloway. He died of Bright's disease on 5 August 1908. His wife remained in Halifax until her death in 1927.

Fletcher, Peter

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  • 1936-1996
Peter Fletcher was a noted British orchestral and choral conductor, music educator and author, who taught at Dalhousie from 1973-1976. He came in 1973 at the invitation of Henry Hicks to chair the Music Department, to which he was instrumental in bringing William Tritt, Carol van Feggelen, Jefferson Morris and Phillipe Djokic. While at Dalhousie he was conductor of the Dalhousie Chorale and the Dalhousie Orchestra, and was a principal founder of the Dalhousie Opera Company. In 1976 he returned to the UK.

Flemming, Brian

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Brian Flemming was born 19 February 1939 to Everett F. J. Flemming and Margaret Meagher. He received a B.Sc. from St. Mary’s University (1959), a LL.B. from Dalhousie University (1962), a LL.M. in Public International Law from University of London, England (1964), and the Hague Diploma in International Law (1964).

Flemming has led a multifaceted career as a lawyer, educator, and author. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s he lectured at Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s universities on the law of international institutions, the law of the sea, and commercial law. He also served as a consultant in international law to U.S. Naval War College from 1968 to 1971, was a senior partner of Stewart, MacKeen & Covert, Halifax, and was made a Queen’s Counsel in 1978.

In the 1970s Flemming became more involved with government. He became an advisor to the Department of External Affairs and the Department of the Environment in 1972 on the subject of marine and environmental conferences. He also served as Principal Secretary and Policy Advisor to Prime Minster Trudeau between 1976 and 1979. In 1974 and again in 1979, Flemming entered the federal elections as a Liberal, losing the 1979 election by a mere fifteen votes. More recently, he served as chairman for the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel in 2000.

In addition to these activities, Flemming has been active in business, publishing, and in various other organizations. He has held directorships at Noranda Inc., VGM Capital, and Brunswick Mining; written a substantial volume of literature related to the law of the sea and international law, as well as article and book reviews; was a member of the executive committee and ultimately the chairman of the Canada Council (1972-1975); and he served as a director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He has also been involved with artistic organizations such as the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Neptune Theatre, and the Maritime Conservatory of Music among others.

A recognized community leader, Flemming was awarded the Order of Canada in 1989 for his contributions to law and his volunteer community activities. He also received a honourary doctorate from the University of King’s College in 1991.

Brian Flemming currently resides in Halifax and writes weekly columns for the Halifax Daily News and AOL Canada.

Fleming, Sir Sandford

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  • 1827 - 1915
Sir Sandford Fleming was a Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, as well as the chief government surveyor of Nova Scotia charged with the construction of a rail line from Truro to Pictou. He promoted worldwide standard time zones, a prime meridian, and use of the 24-hour clock, all of which influenced the establishment of Coordinated Universal Time. He also designed Canada's first postage stamp, engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was a founding member of both the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Institute.

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Flanagan, Kathleen

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Kathleen Flanagan became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1980s and 1990s because of their involvement in documentary video recordings. These videos commonly feature Nova Scotian, or local Atlantic Canadian, subjects or themes. Works of Flanagan's that have been included in the centre's tape collection include “Fisherman to Fisherman” na d"Gunning the Economy".

Fitzgerald, Thom

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Thom Fitzgerald is an international award winning film director, producer, writer and actor. Born in 1968, in New Jersey, Fitzgerald was a film student at the Cooper Union in New York when he studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia as an exchange student for one semester. In 1988, after graduating from the Cooper Union with a BFA in performance and film, he relocated to Nova Scotia where he still currently resides. Fitzgerald became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1991 because his video recording “My Mother’s House” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Fitzgerald, Francis J.

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  • 1869-1911
Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald was born in 1869 to Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzgerald in Portuguese Cove, Halifax County. Fitzgerald enlisted in the North West Mounted Police in 1888 and later fought in the Second Boer War as a member of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. Fitzgerald was posted to Herschel Island, Yukon in 1903 and stayed there for six years. In 1910, he went to Fort McPherson in the present-day Northwest Territories. In December of 1910, Fitzgerald was sent with three other men on an annual patrol from Fort McPherson to Dawson, Yukon. The patrol was hindered by poor weather and difficulty finding the route and ran out of food and supplies. One man committed suicide and the other three, including Fitzgerald, died from starvation and exposure. This patrol is known as the "Lost Patrol." They were found and buried in March of 1911.

Fitt, Art

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Art Fitt is a musician from Stellarton who started performing at age 12, filling in for a band whose guitarist was missing. Art Fitt largely performs in the genre of country rock and plays many instruments.

Fish, Frances Lilian

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  • 1888–1975
Frances Fish was the first woman to graduate from Dalhousie Law School in 1918, the first female lawyer in Nova Scotia, and the first woman to run for office in the New Brunswick legislature. She later became the first woman to be admitted to the Barristers’ Society of Nova Scotia. The Frances Fish Women Lawyers Achievement Award, presented biennially by the Nova Scotia Association of Women and the Law, is named in her honour.

Fingard, Judith

  • Person
  • 1943 -

Judth Fingard is an historian with research interests in Canadian social history, including religion, class, gender, race and disability. She was educated at Dalhousie University and the University of London, where she earned a PhD in 1970. From 1967-1997 she taught history at Dalhousie University, also serving as coordinator of Women's Studies (1989) and Dean of Graduate Studies (1990-1995).

From the late 1990s Fingard served terms as president of the Canadian Historical Association and the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Association. For her contributions to Canadian history she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1991. She received a number of other awards and honours, including the John Lyman Book Award (1982), the Hilda Neatby Prize (1990) and the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Award (1990).

In addition to a wide range of scholarly articles, biographical entries and book reviews, Fingard wrote The Anglican Design in Loyalist Nova Scotia (1972); Jack in Port: Sailortowns of Eastern Canada (1982); The Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax (1989); Halifax (Canada): The First 250 Years (1999), with Janet Guilford and David Sutherland; Mothers of the Municipality: Women, Work, and Social Policy in Post-1945 Halifax (2005), with Janet Guildford; and Protect, Befriend, Respect: Nova Scotia’s Mental Health Movement, 1908–2008 (2008), with John Rutherford.

Findlay, Allan Charles

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  • 1914-1982
Allan Charles Findlay was born in 1914 in Watson, Saskatoon. He moved to Sydney, Nova Scotia with his family in 1929 when his father was transferred to a branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Allan Findlay entered Dalhousie in 1921, winning the third Campbell scholarship. In 1934, he obtained his B.A. with the highest honors, the only honor degree awarded at Dalhousie-Kings that year. He enrolled in the Dalhousie Law School that fall, but withdrew after the conclusion of his first year to accept a teaching position at King’s Collegiate School in Windsor. Allan would return to Dalhousie in 1939 as a full time junior lecturer. It was a one year position, renewable by mutual consent. On December 2nd, 1939, he was charged under the Defence of Canada Act with having sent a treasonable letter. Allan had sent a letter to his Danish fiancée which included a sketch of Halifax Harbour. On December 28th, 1939, Findlay was found guilty as charged however it was believed that romantic impulse did not constitute treason. Therefore, the fine for his actions was $1 plus costs which amounted to $6. Allan continued with his position at Dalhousie until the year was over. His contract was not renewed as The Board of Governors stated that due to budget constraints brought on by the war, the University could only afford three law school staff. Findlay left Canada on October 4, 1941 as a member of the R.C.A.F and was stationed in the Middle East. He returned to Canada in January 1945, and died September 27, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario.

Fillmore, Roscoe A.

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  • 1887-1968

Roscoe Fillmore was an horticulturalist, author and political activist. He was a principle organizer for the Socialist Party of Canada in the Maritimes before World War One and joined the Communist Party of Canada in the early 1920s. Born in Lumsden, New Brunswick, on 10 July 1887, in 1923 he spent time at an experimental farm in Kuzas, Siberia, working as an horticultural expert. He was president of the New Brunswick Fruit Growers' Association before losing his job as a large orchard manager in 1924 and moving his family (wife, Margaret, and children, Dick, Ruth, Rosa and Alexandra) to Centreville, Nova Scotia. He built a house and a nursery, and in 1938 became Head Gardener for the Dominion Atlantic Railway, where he was also responsible for gardening at the Grand Pré Memorial Park.

Fillmore was politically active in Centreville and a strong supporter of socialist causes. He wrote numerous political articles for magazines and, with Charles MacDonald, Frank Parry and Jim Sim, he helped to form the Centreville Socialists, a small group that met on Sundays at Sim's residence to discuss politics and government. When the Communist Party of Canada was banned in 1940, Fillmore helped refound the party as the Labour-Progressive Party of Canada. In the 1945 federal election he ran as the Farmer-Labour Candidate in the Digby-Annapolis-Kings riding. He received 362 (1.4%) of the 25,944 votes cast. The Centreville Socialists met regularly until 1951 when Jim Sim died.

After the Centreville Socialists broke up, Fillmore and Parry focused on developing Valley Nurseries. Fillmore developed new plant varieties suitable for Nova Scotia's climate. He also published four books on gardening, which were written without the obscure terminology found in many contemporaneous gardening books, and he became a popular speaker on radio and across Canada under the nickname "Mr. Green Thumbs." Fillmore renounced the Labour-Progressive Party of Canada in the 1950s, but continued to remain politically active until his death in 1968. Since 1978, semi-annual picnics have been held in his honour.

Fillmore, Herman Clide

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  • 1893-1977
Herman Clide Fillmore was an activist with the Maritime Communist Party. He was born in Lumsden, New Brunswick, on 14 March 1893 to Beverly Wellington Fillmore and Ada Bertha Tingley. Fillmore married Lilian Chapman in London, England, on 25 April 1919. They had two children: Dorothy Fillmore (who died at age four) and Marion Betty Fillmore. Fillmore worked in the lumbering industry and was an active organizer for the Maritime Communist Party. He died on 12 June 1977.

Ferley, Susan

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Susan Ferley is a Canadian director and actor. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Alberta. She has acted in various plays across Canada, including "The Diary of Anne Frank" (Carousel Theatre); "If We Are Women" (Globe Theatre); and "Glass Menagerie" (Western Canada Theatre Company). She was the Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre in Regina from 1990 until 1998, after which she served on the Board of Directors of Canada Council for the Arts (1998-2001). From 2001 until 2016, she was the Artistic Director of the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. She has taught in theatre training schools and programs across the country, including Studio 58, Banff Centre for the Arts, University of Alberta, University of Regina, and the National Theatre School of Canada.

Ferber, Edna

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  • 1885-1968
Edna Ferber was an American writer of novels and plays. In 1924, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "So Big." She is perhaps best known for her book "Show Boat" (1926), which was made into a musical by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern. She died on April 16, 1968.

Fenerty, Charles, 1821-1892

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Charles Fenerty was born in 1821 in Springfield Lake, Nova Scotia, the second son of James Fenerty and Elizabeth Lawson, farmers and sawyers. He is most well known as the first inventor of wood pulp paper, although no commercial success came out of his own discoveries. He subsequently turned to writing verse and took first prize at the Nova Scotia industrial exhibition in 1854 for “Betula Nigra,” a poem celebrating a giant black birch on the family farm.

Fenerty moved to Australia in the late 1850s, where he may have worked in the goldmining industry. After his return to Nova Scotia he married Ann Maria Hamilton in 1868 and farmed in the Sackville area. At various times he served as health warden for his district, measurer of wood, overseer of the poor, and county tax collector. He was also active in the Anglican Church as a lay reader. He was a staunch Conservative, supported the temperance cause, and opposed tobacco smoking. He died in 1892 in Sackville, Nova Scotia.

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