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Carmichael, James M.

  • Person
James Carmichael was the son of J.W. Carmichael of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He entered Dalhousie College in 1868 at the age of fourteen and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1872. James Carmichael was on the Managing Committee of the Dalhousie Gazette from 1871-1872. After graduating, he became Secretary of Dalhousie’s Alumni Association and began working in his father’s New Glasgow office.

Carman, Bliss

  • Person
  • 1861-1929

William Bliss Carman was a poet and editor born on April 15, 1861 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. A descendant of United Empire Loyalists, Carman attended the Fredericton Collegiate School and the University of New Brunswick. He developed a love of classical literature while attending Fredericton Collegiate, where he was introduced to the poetry of Rossetti and Swinburne by headmaster George Robert Parkin. His own first published poem appeared in the University of New Brunswick Monthly in 1879.

Carman served as editor of the New York Independent, Current Literature, Cosmopolitan, The Chap-Book and The Atlantic Monthly. His first book of poetry, Low Tide on Grand Pre, was published in 1893, followed by Songs of Vagabondia in 1894. In total he published over 25 collections of poetry.

During the 1920s Carman was a member of The Song Fishermen, a Halifax-based literary and social set that included Charles G.D. Roberts (Carman’s cousin), Andrew Merkel, Robert Norwood, Evelyn Tufts, Stewart MacAuley, Kenneth Leslie, and Ethel Butler. He was named Canada’s Poet Laureate on October 28, 1921. He died in 1929 in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he had moved to be near Mary Perry King, one of his greatest literary influences.

Carl Fischer, Inc.

  • Corporate body
  • 1872-
Carl Fischer, Inc. is a music publishing house which was founded in 1872 in New York City. In 2004, it joined with the Theodore Presser Company. Today, it is more commonly known as Carl Fischer Music.

Cardona, Luckas

  • Person
Luckas Cardona became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2005 because their video recording “Enterviews” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Cantley, Thomas

  • Person
  • 1867-1945
The Hon. Col. Thomas Cantley was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, on 19 April 1857, the son of Charles and Catherine (Fraser) Cantley. He attended public school in New Glasgow before working odd jobs, beginning as messenger for Western Union Telegraph Co. In 1878 he opened a crockery store, Thomas Cantley and Company, on Provost Street, which he ran for seven years with silent partner James D. MacGregor. He joined the Nova Scotia Steel Company Ltd. (later BESCO) in 1885 as a general sales agent and was elected to the board of directors in 1901, followed by appointments as president and general manager on 13 July 1915. Between 1895-1919 he travelled extensively in Europe where he successfully marketed Wabana iron ore and coal. He was instrumental in negotiating deals to manufacture ammunition for Great Britain during the First World War. Cantley served as MP for Pictou County from 1925 until his appointment to the Senate on 20 July 1935. He was active in professional and civic organizations, serving as founder, trustee, and president of the Aberdeen Hospital; first member of Canadian Shell Committee; president of Canadian Manufacturers' Association; chairman of Canadian Munition Resources Commission; and president of Nova Scotia Mining Society. He received an honorary LLD from Dalhousie in 1919 and was later appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts of Great Britain. In 1893 he married Maria Jane Fraser of Pictou, with whom he had five children: Charles Lang, Howard, Donald, Helen and Marian. He died in New Glasgow at his house, "Bonniebrae," on 24 February 1945.

Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 108.

  • Corporate body
Halifax Civic Workers Association Local 108 were founded on November 20, 1941. Halifax Civic Workers are outside Workers Employed by Halifax Regional Municipality. There are over 400 members in this Unit which include; Labourers, Facility Maintainers, Gardeners, Utility Workers, Storepersons, Traffic Sign & Marking Technicians, Cemetary Attendents, Painters, Plant Operators including Arena, Rink, Pool and Engine Room Operators, Chief Plant Operators, Building Trades Persons, and Fleet Trades Persons.

Canadian Union of Public Employees. Local 1725.

  • Corporate body

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) was formed in 1963 by merging the National Union of Public Employees and the National Union of Public Service Employees. CUPE is now Canada’s largest union. With over 600,000 members across Canada, CUPE represents workers in health care, education, municipalities, libraries, universities, social services, public utilities, transportation, emergency services and airlines.

CUPE is a strong and democratic union that is committed to improving the quality of life for workers in Canada. Women and men working together to form local unions built CUPE. They did so to have a stronger voice – a collective voice – in their workplace and in society as a whole. Together they have won the right to negotiate their wages and working conditions; to stop arbitrary action by employers; and to speak out without fear of reprisal. In 1967, CUPE made labour history when the members elected Grace Hartman as national secretary-treasurer. She was the first woman to hold a top position within a Canadian union. In the same year, CUPE made its first pay equity breakthrough when female members working for the city of London, Ontario won an end to wage discrimination enshrined in separate wage schedules for men and women.

Canadian Society of Civil Engineers

  • Corporate body
  • 1887-
The Canadian Society of Civil Engineers was founded in 1887 with the objective of facilitating the acquisition and interchange of professional knowledge among its membership. With headquarters in Montreal, by 1910 the society had branches in Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. In 1918 the name was changed to the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), but the branch structure remained the same. Branch numbers and memberships increased steadily through the first half of the twentieth century, peaking in the early 1960s. However, by the mid-1960s, smaller branches had closed and others amalgamated. Semi-autonomous constituent societies for civil, mechanical and other engineering disciplines were created in the early 1970s, which established their own branches, some of which competed with the EIC. These dual arrangements lasted until the mid-1980s, when the EIC branch structure disappeared.

Canadian Seamen's Union

  • Corporate body
  • 1936-1950
The Canadian Seaman's Union was established in 1936 to improve the working conditions and wages of commercial seamen. Affiliated with the Trades and Labour Congress, the Communist-led industrial union gained prominence during the Second World War. It gained concessions, was recognized as a collective bargaining agent for ordinary seamen, and fought unsuccessfully to retain Canada's merchant fleet. After the war it was crushed by opposition from the government, shipping companies and by the Seafarers' International Union.

Canadian Pharmacists Association.

  • Corporate body
  • 1907-
The pharmacy profession and health care in general are changing, creating new opportunities for pharmacists to focus on providing better patient care. Since 1907 the Canadian Pharmacists Association, a national non-profit organization, has charted the course through many developments in pharmacy and continues to be the voice of pharmacists in Canada.

Canadian Pharmaceutical Association.

  • Corporate body
The Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association represents the Canadian-based generic pharmaceutical industry, a dynamic group of companies which specialize in the production of high quality, affordable generic drugs, fine chemicals, and new chemical entities. The industry plays a vital role in Canada's health care system by providing safe, proven alternatives to more expensive brand name prescription drugs. Their companies are increasingly exporting their products and expanding their presence throughout the world.
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