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Agnew, G. Harvey, 1895-1971
Persona · 1895-1971

Dr. G. Harvey Agnew (1895-1971) was a member of the TWH medical staff during the 1920s and 1930s and served as Secretary of the Medical Staff in 1924. He was born in Toronto. Dr. Agnew established the department of hospital administration at the University of Toronto in 1946. At that time, it was the first of its kind in Canada. In 1928 the Canadian Medical Association appointed him administrator of a new advisory service to Canadian hospitals. He was executive secretary of the Canadian Hospital Council (precursor to the Canadian Hospital Association) from 1931-1950. In 1950 he joined Jeergard, Agnew and Craig, a firm of hospital consultants, and in 1958 he formed the firm of Agnew, Peckham and Associates. Dr. Agnew was considered an authority on hospital administration and design.

Agnew, Jean (Jean Dalziel)
Persona · ca. 1993

Jean Agnew was a former Vaughan, Ontario resident, an active member of the Edgeley Women's Institute and a descendant of one of area's founding families, the Dalziels, which traces its lineage to 11th-century chiefs of the Scottish Kingdom of Mal. Ms Agnew was very active in the preservation of building the documentary cultural heritage of the City of Vaughan.

Ahern, Frances Robin
Persona · 1904-2004

Frances Eleanor Ahern (nee Robin) was born in Toronto on May 14, 1904 to the late Jane Caroline (Reid) and Vavasor Robin. In 1928, Frances joined the staff at Appleby School (now College) as the administrative assistant to Headmaster John Guest as served in this role until his retirement in 1934. That same year, Frances married Appleby Old Boy Arthur “Curly” Henry Ahern (class of 1920). Together they had two children Margot and Nick (class of 1958). In 1953, Frances returned to Appleby College as the administrative assistant to Headmaster John Bell till 1958, and returned from 1961 to 1965.

Frances was a founding member and former director of the Oakville Historical Society where she held positions of treasurer and membership secretary. She was also an executive member of the Oakville Ladies Auxiliary.In 1981, Frances published Oakville A Small Town: 1990-1930 and authored the addendum to Oakville and The Sixteen by Hazel Mathews.

Frances died on March 18, 2004 at age 100.

Aidas Hamilton Lithuanian Girls' Choir
Persona · 1970-1985

Aidas was founded in 1970 under the administration of Jeronimas Pleinys and musical direction of soloist Vaclovas Verikaitis. The choir's first performance was held on March 1, 1970 in Hamilton and on March 14, 1970, the choir was named Aidas (Echo). About 50 singers between 14-20 years of age sang in the choir. Aidas performed in various cities throughout North America and South America and Europe and recorded three phonograph records . In 1970 until 1982, the choir was under the musical direction of Jonas Govedas; from 1982-1984 under the direction of Darija Deksnys-Powell and from 1982 until the choir disbanded in 1985 under the musical direction of Jonas Govedas.

Aikenhead, James R., 1863-1946
Persona · 1863-1946

Rev. James Robert Aikenhead was born in Toronto in 1863, and died at the age of 83, June 16, 1946. Aikenhead entered the ministry at age 21 and his charges in Toronto included Westmoreland Avenue United Church, King Street United Church, Davenport Road United Church. Aikenhead’s wife was Elizabeth Dimsdale who was the first woman evangelist to be appointed by the Toronto Conference of the Methodist Church in 1885. His daughter, Gertrude Aikenhead was superintendent of the Fred Victor home for Girls, and he also had a son, James Aikenhead.

Aikins, James Cox, 1823-1904
Persona · 1823-1904

James Cox Aikins, P.C. (1823-1904) was a farmer, member of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, a Senator, a member of various Federal Cabinets, and a Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba.

James Aikins was born in Toronto and was educated at local school and Victoria College, Cobourg. He became a farmer in Peel County and in 1854 was elected as a member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly for Peel County, which he held until 1861. In 1862 he was elected to the Home District seat (Peel and Hamilton counties) in the Legislative Council, which he held until confederation. In May of 1867, he was called to the Senate of the new Dominion, and sat until May of 1882. In 1869 he was made a minister without portfolio, and was sworn in as a Privy Councillor and as Secretary of State for Canada. He held the post of Secretary of State until 1873, and was given the post again in 1878. In 1880 he was made Minister of the Interior, and in 1882 he became the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and Keewatin, a term which expired in 1888. He turned to business activities until 1896, when he was recalled to the Senate.

Aikins was also treasurer of the Methodist Missionary Society and President of the Methodist Social Union. He also served as vice- president of the Ontario Prohibition Alliance.

In private business, Aikins held directorships in several companies, including the Freehold Loan and Savings Company, the Ontario Bank, the Loan and Deposit Company, the Manitoba and Northwest Loan Company, and the Trusts Corporation of Ontario.

In 1845, Aikins married Mary Elizabeth Somerset, by whom he had four daughters and three sons. The eldest daughter, Helena, married the Reverend Donald George Sutherland, son of Captain James Sutherland, in 1872.

Aird, John Black, 1923-1995
Persona

John Black Aird was born on May 5th, 1923, in Toronto, the grandson of financier Sir John Aird. He attended Upper Canada College and Trinity College at the University of Toronto. During the Second World War, Aird served in the Royal Canadian Navy volunteer reserve. He was admitted to Osgoode Hall Law School in 1946 and was called to the Bar in 1949. Based in Toronto, Aird practised law at his own firm, which became Aird & Berlis in 1978. In addition to his legal career, Aird was appointed a Liberal senator in 1964 and served in that role until 1974, when he resigned to become chairman of the Institute of Research on Public Policy. He was also chairman of the Canadian section of the Canada-US Joint Board on Defence between 1971 and 1979. From 1980 to 1985, Aird served as the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. During this period, he was also chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University (1977 to 1985) and became chancellor of the University of Toronto in 1986. Aird was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 1987 and was made a companion to the Order of Canada in 1993. John Black Aird died in Toronto on May 6th, 1995.

Alan Lee, John 1933-2013
Persona

John Alan Lee (1933-2013) was professor of sociology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. Prior to his academic career, Lee was a labour organizer, journalist and educator.

Lee was born on August 24, 1933 in Maxville, Ontario. Lee received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto (1956) and his PhD. from the University of Sussex (1971). In 1971 he became a U of T faculty member, where he worked until his retirement in 1999.

Lee was one of the first professional Canadian's to come out in public, he did so on TVOntario's 'The Judy LaMarsh Show' in 1974, after a decade of working as an undercover gay activist, where he wrote to protest discriminatory depictions of the LGBT community members. Lee was actively involved in a gay sit-in at the Ontario Attorney General's office, as well as a gay kiss-in in the Ontario Legislature. In 1975 he was the inaugural chair of the Gay Academic Union, and elected chair of the Right to Privacy Committee after the 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids.

Lee wrote extensively throughout his life publishing 300 articles and books, including: Colours of Love: An Exploration of the Ways of Loving (1973); Getting Sex: A New Approach (1978); RCMP vs. The People: Inside Canada’s Security Service (1979); and Gay Midlife and Maturity (1991). In 2004, Lee published his autobiography on http://johnalanlee.ca consisting of 26 chapters. Over the next 8 years Lee added six additional chapters, two appendices and a bibliography of his publications.

Along with his LGBT activism he also advocated for multiple organizations and causes, including socialist groups, trade unions, anti-war movements, Amnesty International, the Sierra Club, and in later life he became an advocate for the right-to-die movement and helped found the organization Dying with Dignity.

In 2005 Lee was inducted into the CLGA's National Portrait Collection. He fathered two children.

Lee chose to end his life on December 5, 2013 in Toronto.

Albert, Edgar Tilden, b. 1905
Persona

Edgar Tilden Alberts (1905- ), businessman, was president of the Toronto Flying Club in the 1950s and sat on the Organizing Committee and later the Provisional Board of Governors of York University (1957-1959). Alberts was invited to Moscow in 1955 and 1956 to view the Soviet air show and in 1958 he was part of a business delegation that travelled to Moscow to investigate Canadian business opportunities there. He organized a second trip to Moscow in 1964 that was attended by representatives of several major Canadian companies.

Albrecht, Gisela
Persona

Gisela Albrecht was born in Germany on 18 Feb. 1928. She graduated from high school in 1945 shortly before the end of World War II. Several months later she fled her home province, which had become part of the Russian occupied zone of Germany, and relocated to the northwestern part of the country. Ms. Albrecht was accepted into the nursing program at the University Hospital, Hamburg-Eppendorf (U.K.E.) in Germany and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1949. During her eight years of employment at U.K.E., she worked first as a staff nurse in the Internal Medicine Department and later as Head Nurse of a neurology ward. In 1957, Ms. Albrecht emigrated from Germany to Canada, where she settled in Toronto. Here she worked for several months as a staff nurse at Sick Children’s Hospital before she joined the Nursing Department at the Ontario Hospital, Toronto, later re-named in 1966 as Queen Street Mental Health Centre (QSMHC). She has described her initial shock at the physical environment inside the old, dark buildings – large overcrowded wards, open bedroom dormitories, long halls with locked doors, and some of the “treatments” used such as cold wet packs, continuous water baths and insulin shock therapy. That reaction soon gave way to a real satisfaction and commitment to working with the mentally ill. During her lengthy career at QSMHC, Ms. Albrecht had the opportunity to witness firsthand and participate in the tremendous changes that occurred over the years, not only at the Centre but in the mental health field generally. Ms. Albrecht began her career there in 1958 as a staff nurse. From 1963 to 1970 she held the position of Head Nurse for Acute and Admission Services. In 1970 she was promoted to the position of Nursing Coordinator for Acute and General Psychiatry, which included several clinics, a position she held until 1979. Between 1979 and 1991 Ms. Albrecht was the Assistant Director of Nursing, and during several intervals of two or three years, she served as the Acting Director of Nursing. This was the final position she held, leading up to her retirement in 1994. While working at the Queen Street Mental Health Centre, Ms. Albrecht chaired a number of intra- and inter-departmental committees, the senior hospital management committee, and various task forces. She was also a member of the Archives Committee for several years. Ms. Albrecht was a member of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO), including its Psychiatric Nurses Interest Group and its Provincial Nursing Administrators Interest Group. In addition, she completed a two-year extension course in Communication and Organizational Psychology at the University of Toronto, and obtained the Certificate in Hospital Departmental Management from the Canadian Hospital Association.

Alexander McPherson
Persona · 1803-1861

Alexander McPherson was born to William, a carpenter, and Janet (nee Fraser) at Tain, Ross Shire in Scotland on November 25, 1803. By April 1825, McPherson left Scotland by way of an indenture for British Guiana where he was manager of Planation Nos. 17 & 18 in Berbice. The cotton planation was owned by James Blair, a slave owner and Minister of British Parliament from 1818 to 1830 and 1837 to 1841. Plantations 17 & 18 included 350 slaves and covered an area of 2000 acres. McPherson also served as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion of the Berbice Militia.

Following the abolition of slavery in 1833, McPherson made plans to leave British Guiana. He appears in the British Parliamentary Papers as a claimant receiving £63 for owning one slave at the time of abolition. McPherson arrived in Canada sometime in early 1835 and settled at Whitby, Canada West by 1837 when he was appointed Post Master.

McPherson married Fanny Moore at Whitby in November 1837 and together they had eight children. While in Whitby, McPherson was made Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Battalion of the Ontario Militia and served as Councillor for the North Ward in 1858/59. He held the position of Post Master until his death in 1861. He is buried in Union Cemetery, Oshawa.