Rinfret, Lilianne. Secrétaire et collaboratrice de l'historien Guy Frégault. Ange-Gardien-de-Rouville (Québec), 31 août 1917 - Québec (Québec), 30 mai 1997. Mariée à Guy Frégault, le 20 novembre 1943 à Montréal; mère de Guy. École normale de Mont-Laurier, diplôme supplémentaire (1er prix de pédagogie); Université de Montréal : baccalauréat ès lettres, 1938; licence ès lettres, 1940 (Prix du Gouverneur général); certificat d'études en histoire, 1940. Conférencière : «L'Esprit français selon Désiré Nisard»; «Titien»; «Van Gogh»; «Les Trois Premiers Romans de notre littérature». Participation à des émissions télévisées : Le Théâtre lyrique de la Nouvelle-France; La Femme dans l'ombre; La Femme collaboratrice d'un écrivain. Membre : Les Amis du Musée du Québec; Les Amis du Musée de la Civilisation, Québec. Bénévolat auprès des malades. Publication : en collab., Frontenac, 1956.
Lillian Freiman was born in Mattawa, Ontario on June 6th, l885, the daughter of Moses and Pauline Bilsky. At the age of eighteen, she began her charitable and philanthropic career as a Canadian leader by attending her first Zionist Convention in Montreal in 1903. On August 18, l903 she was married to Archibald Freiman in Ottawa. In 1919, Mrs Freiman, as President of Canadian Hadassah, toured Canada on behalf of Hadassah and organized chapters in every province. One of Mrs Freimanâs outstanding accomplishments was the organization of the Jewish War Veteransâ Committee in 1920. Subsequently she went to Europe and brought over 150 of these children to Canada for adoption. In Ottawa she was for many years President of the Ottawa Ladiesâ Hebrew Benevolent Association and active in the Perley Home, the Girl Guides Association and in many other societies, both Jewish and non-sectarian. For her welfare war for war veterans she received the rare distinction of a life membership in the Canadian Legion. In 1934 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)For âleadership in Jewish charitable organizationsâ. She died in 1940. Archibald Freiman, was born at Wirballen, Lithuania on June 6th, l880 and came to Canada with his parents in 1893. He attended public school and business college in Hamilton, Ontario. At the age of 19, he joined his fatherâs business, the Canadian House Furnishing Company of Kingston, Ontario and in 1902 they moved the business to Ottawa. In 1910 A. J. Freiman & Co. was still a modest business but under his guidance it grew into one of the largest department stores in Canada. Like Mrs Freiman, he began his remarkable career as a Zionist leader during his teenage years. Commencing in the Ottawa Zionist organization, he rose to occupy a position on he World Zionist Organization’s Actions Committee. In 1920, he was elected President of the Zionist Organization of Canada. Between 1905 and 1930, Mr Freiman was president of the Adath Jeshurun Congregation. In 1934 he became the first President of the Ottawa Vaad Ha’Ir and continued in that capacity until his death in 1944. Lawrence Freiman, son of Lillian and Archibald, assumed the presidency of A. J. Freiman Ltd.
Established in Montreal, the French Canadian Missionary Society (1839-1881) was an interdenominational organization that sought to evangelize Protestant beliefs to French Canadians.
French Colonial Historical Society. Fondation, Athens, Ga, 1974, par un groupe de spécialistes de l'histoire coloniale française aux États-Unis. Objectifs : encourager le développement des études de l'histoire coloniale française en Amérique du Nord par la recherche et la publication (C92-7/1/1). Structures : Congrès annuel; Comité exécutif. Effectifs : en 1992, 100 membres. Publications : Newsletter; Proceedings.
The French Work Inter-Church Committee was made up of church staff from the Anglican, Baptist, Presbyterian, and United Churches as a cooperative effort of French mission work carried out by Protestant (English) Churches. United Church involvement included Baord of Home Missions staff, Rev. A. L. Smith, Rev. J. I. MacKay, Rev. George Dorey, Rev. Claude DeMestral, Rev. Beaudon, as well as Mr. Boucher, principal of the Point-Aux-Trembles School. Participants listed in the 1945 meeting also include women from the Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian and United Churches.
Bessie French (1893-1979) was a deaconess and missionary in the United Church. She was born at Morton's Harbour, Newfoundland. She studied at the School of Social Work, University of Toronto, a Christian Education Course at Hartford, Connecticut, at Union Theological Seminary in New York, at Emmanuel College and at the United Church Training School.
Bessie French was both commissioned as a missionary under the Women's Missionary Society and designated as a deaconess. Prior to being designated as a deaconess, she spent eight years as a matron under the Board of Home Missions at Norway House and two years as a matron at Coqualeetza Indian School at Sardis, B.C. After designation, she served at File Hills, Saskatchewan, Crosby Girls' School, Port Simpson, B.C., Warden United Church, Glace Bay, N.S., St. Columba Community Centre, Montreal, and All People's Church, Hamilton.
Miss French retired in 1961 but continued to be very active in church work in the Hamilton area.
Frederick John French (1847-1924) was a lawyer in Prescott Ontario, a conservative member of the Legislative Assembly for the ridings of South Grenville and Grenville from 1879-1890, and President of the Grenville County Historical Society.
Margaret Frenette (née Fleming) was born in Windsor, Ontario, in 1941 to Gordon and Gloria Fleming. She graduated from London Teacher's College in 1961 and accepted a position with Armstong Public School in Northwestern Ontario. Margaret was manager, administrator, fundraiser, and voluntary board member for several arts and heritage organizations in the area including: Magnus Theatre, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay Regional Arts Council, Thunder Bay Jazz Society, and the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society. She worked several years in for city in the Planning Department and as an instructor at Confederation College in the Arts Administration program. Frenette returned to school at the age of 40, and received her Master's Degree in Canadian History in 1996. She wrote numerous local history articles published by both the TBHMS and the Lakehead Social Planning Council. She also co-wrote with Dusty Miller, the Arts Voices column for the Chronicle Journal. Before retiring at the age of 70, Frenette spent her last working years with the St. Joseph's Foundation. Frenette died on Jan. 3 2022.
Frenière, Maxime. Dessinateur industriel. Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec), 23 avril 1880 - [s.l., après 1957]. Petit-fils d'Isaac Daunais dit Frenière et de Bibiane Rivard; fils de Jean-Henri Frenière et d'Octavie Ménard ([18--]-1922); marié à Mabel Rose Morier, 5 novembre 1901, Springfield (Mass.). Études primaires à Rutland (Verm.) où la famille Frenière s'est établie en 1880; Collège de Farnham (Québec); Institut industriel de Springfield, cours de dessin; Fithburg (Mass.), études de dessinateur commercial et industriel. General Electric Company, dessinateur, 1900. Knox Automobile Company, Springfield, 1900-1922. Compagnie Gilbert et Barker, inspecteur des dessins, 1922-1929. Chapman Valve Manufacturing Company, 1929-1949. Franco American Credit Union, caisse populaire franco-américaine, fondateur, 1931; vice-président. Membre de nombreux organismes, dont la Ligue des patriotes et la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Springfield. S'intéresse à la généalogie et à l'histoire des Franco-Américains. Collabore à de nombreux périodiques de la Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Mira Friedlander was a theatre critic and writer. She was born in Jaffna, Israel in 1944 and graduated from York University with a B.A. in Theatre History and Criticism in 1975. As a regular contributor, features writer or critic, she wrote for numerous publications including The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Financial Post, Seniors, Performing Arts in Canada, Canadian Theatre Review, Scene Changes and American Variety. She championed Canadian theatre drawing attention, notably, to the work 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. Friedlander was the winner of the Canadian Theatre Critics' Association's Nathan Cohen Award twice and served as the Association's president for 1998-1999, in addition to being a member of numerous theatre or arts organizations. She also reported for CBC Radio. Friedlander was filmed for the Barbra Ames' documentary, 'Wars: Dispatches From the Front' during Friedlander's treatment for breast cancer. She died on 10 May 2000 in Toronto, Canada.
Otto Friedman (1905-1978), born and educated in Prague, emigrated to England in the 1930s where he served the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during the German occupation of his native country. He taught in English universities (London, Oxford, Reading) following graduation from the London School of Economics in 1947 and he worked as a management consultant in London prior to moving to Canada in 1968. In Canada he taught at the University of Western Ontario, the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto, 1968-1971. In the latter year he joined the faculty of York University as a visiting professor in the Division of Social Science and the Faculty of Environmental Studies where he remained until his death in 1978. Friedman was the author of several books, articles, and lectures in the fields of sociology, organizational theory and practise, and psychology, and produced Czech translations of several works of Freud. His own titles included 'The dangers of fascism,' (1931), 'The break-up of Czech democracy,' (1950, 1971), as well as lectures on 'Productivity in retailing and staff management,' (1956), 'Management ideologies and organizational change,' (1967) and others. In addition he was an avid chess player and contributed newspaper articles, and television and radio programmes on the game while living in Toronto.
Minutes state "the first monthly meeting of the second year of the Home" was held on 6 November, 1889. According to newspaper accounts, the Ladies Benevolent Society, which gave rise to the Home of the Friendless began ten years prior. The Society set up a soup kitchen and solicited donations, primarily to assist the homeless and elderly citizens of Windsor, Ontario. Eventually, enough funds were raised to purchase a building on the corner of Mercer and Wyandotte Streets. The Home of the Friendless was officially established. The organisation's name changed to "Homestead" in 1939. As part of a major revitalisation effort in the downtown area, the Homestead was torn down in 1961. Residents of the home were moved to the newly completed Huron Lodge.
The Friends of the Bata Library was established in 1978 as a support group for the Bata Library. It consists of citizens who hold regular evenings with guest speakers and whose membership fees contribute to donations to the library and archives at Trent University. The initial meeting was held May 23, 1978 with Professors Gordon Roper, R.D. Chambers, F.A. Hagar, Graham Cogley, John Wiseman, Elwood Jones and Head Librarian Brian Heeney. They proposed that Michael Treadwell head the Friends of the Bata Library Steering Committee as chairman. By October 12, 1978 the formation of a Friends group at Trent was well under way. The committee outlined the purpose of the new group as fostering the role of the Library as the intellectual heart of the University and community which it serves. The Friends would be helping to accomplish their purpose through their fees thus providing a special fund for the acquisitions of rare books and manuscripts; by encouraging gifts and bequests of books and manuscripts from the wider community and by enriching the intellectual life of the University through their participation in the meetings of the Friends. The meetings were to take the form of informal lectures and seminars on subjects of general interest, but focusing on the Library's collections and archives. The Committee solicited members by inviting people to become founding members and to come to the founding meeting of the new group. The founding meeting was held October 27, 1978 at 4:OO pm with the official opening of the Bata Library's new A.J.M. Smith Collection with Dr. Smith being the guest of honour and speaker. Since then the Friends of the Bata Library have made numerous purchases and given donations to the Library and Archives
Friends of McMaster was incorporated in New York state on March 4, 1953, and formally organized into an incorporation on November 19, 1955. The object of the organization was: “To solicit and collect funds and contributions and to receive by gift, deed, legacy, bequest or devise, and otherwise to acquire money an property of every kind and description, and to administer the same, both as to principal and income exclusively towards the charitable, scientific, educational, literary and/or religious activities carried on by McMaster University, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the specific provision of scholarships to enable students from the United States of America to enter McMaster University, and to enable Canadian students to undertake post-graduate studies in the United States, and to expend, use, or otherwise dispose of such principal and income for the furtherance of the above-mentioned charitable, scientific, educational, literary and/or religious activities of McMaster University in such fashion as that body may prescribe and determine.” The organization was originally headed by Dr. Wallace P. Cohoe of the Bank of Nova Scotia, New York. Directors were elected by and from among the New York district of McMaster Alumni. Other presidents include W. Alec Jordan and Gordon W. McKinley. Dr. Harry Lyman Hooker was a prominent benefactor to the Friends of McMaster. The organization mainly held their accounts at C.I.B.C. and Chemical Bank, both in New York.
The Port Hope Friends of Music was founded in 1974 and it is run by volunteers under a Board of Directors.
The Friends of the Guelph Public Library was established in November of 2003 as a charitable, volunteer organization. It was officially constituted in January 2004 during a meeting at the Guelph Public Library. Founding members include Madeline Bakker, Bill Mckinnie, Ann Reed, Marilyn Shapka and Susan Percival. Initially the organization started with one chair Susan Percival, but she was later joined by Bill Mckinnie as co-chair. The executive is also made up of members at large and ex-officio members consisting of library staff and library board members. Membership is open to individuals and corporations who share the goals of the organization.
The goals of the Friends are to work with the library to promote reading, information literacy and to arrange programs of interest to the community in cooperation with library staff. The Friends are also involved in fund-raising activities and they serve as an advocate for the Guelph Public Library. They also produce a newsletter and participate in organizing events to celebrate library milestones.