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Sally Friedberg Zerker (1928- ) was born and educated in Toronto, receiving a PhD from the University of Toronto in 1972. She joined the Division of Social Science at York University in 1970 and also taught for many years in the Department of Economics on a secondment. In 1994, Zerker published a book of articles as editor and contributor, entitled Change and Impact and is the author of The Rise and Fall of the Toronto Typographical Union, 1832-1972 (1982). She has also authored several articles dealing with labour history, the economic thought of Harold Innis, and the political economy of the international oil industry. Zerker was a member of the Ontario Energy Board and has made many contributions to the regulation and restructuring of the electricity and natural gas industries in Ontario.

Zealand, Percy (1895-1957)
Person · 1895-1957

Percy Zealand (1895-1957) was born in Port Hope to John H. and Mary Zealand on 24 Feb 1895. The second youngest of five children, Percy graduated from Port Hope High School (PHHS). After high school Percy joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served during World War I, 1914-1918. Upon his return he married Irene Thirnbeck, 23 May 1921. It is unknown if the pair had any children. Percy died of tuberculosis after a long stint in a sanitarium, 1957. He is buried at Canton Cemetery.

Middlesex Centre Archives · Family · c1850-1980

The records are a collection of family research, articles, journals, diaries, and photographs from the Zavitz and Bycraft families. These were early Society of Friends families and provide a good overview of the families' relationships and stories. The records were organized by Anna Mary Bycraft Ward who worked on a history of the Bycraft/Zavitz families in Coldstream, Ontario (part of the former Lobo Township). The records were deposited in the archives by Anna's family. The following is from the genealogy and explains some of the records that will be found in this colleciton.

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Donald Elliott Zarfas was born on 3 July 1920 in Hamilton, Ontario. He and his family moved to Orillia when he was six years old. He grew up on the grounds of the Orillia Hospital School for infants, children and adults with developmental disabilities (formerly called mental retardation), which later became the Huronia Regional Centre. His father was the business manager at the hospital. Growing up in this environment sparked an interest in working with persons with developmental disabilities, and this became the life-long focus of his later career. Sometime after finishing secondary school at Orillia Collegiate Institute, Donald served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Reserve (1941 - 1946). Returning to school, he later obtained a medical degree from Queen's University in Kingston in 1952, a Diploma in Psychiatry from the University of Toronto in 1957, and a Specialist Certificate in Psychiatry from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1958. His post-graduate training included a Junior Rotating Residency at Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston (1952 - 1953), a residency in psychiatry at the University of Toronto (1955 - 1957), and a course in mental retardation at Letchworth Village in New York (1958). Dr. Zarfas held many professional appointments throughout his career, beginning with a position at the Ontario Hospital School in Orillia (1953 - 1955). In 1958 he became a Staff Psychiatrist at Ontario Hospital, Hamilton, and a Psychiatric Consultant to Lynwood Hall, which was also in Hamilton (1958 - 1959). Moving on to London, Ontario, he helped to found the Children's Psychiatric Research Institute (CPRI) at the University of Western Ontario in December 1959. He was its first Superintendent, a position he held until June 1965. While at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Zarfas also held teaching positions, specifically as a Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry (1960 - 1963) and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (1963 - 1965). In addition, Dr. Zarfas served as a Consultant in Mental Retardation to the Ontario Ministry of Health during that time (1963 - June 1965). Dr. Zarfas moved to Toronto to fill the position of Director of the Mental Retardation Services Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Health in July 1965 and held that position until March 1974. Dr. Zarfas was one of the key persons who worked on the transferral of the Mental Retardation Services Branch from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Community and Social Services, and became the Executive Director of the Mental Retardation Program Development Division of the latter Ministry in April 1974. He was also responsible for bringing Dr. Benjt Nirje - a world leader in the field of normalization with respect to mental retardation - and Dr. Joe Berg, an expert in Down Sydrome - to work with him at the Ontario Ministry of Health from Denmark and Great Britain, respectively. Returning to London in 1974, Dr. Zarfas resumed various teaching appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Western Ontario. More specifically, he was a Clinical Professor in both Departments from 1974 to 1975, an Associate Professor in both Departments in October 1976, the Acting Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry (1977 - 1978), a Professor of Psychiatry and the Associate Director of Pediatrics (July 1978), a Professor of Pediatrics (1980), the Assistant Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry (August 1981), and the Acting Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry (October 1985 - June 1986). Dr. Zarfas became a Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and Pediatrics in 1988. Aside from his clinical and teaching appointments, Dr. Zarfas was a consultant to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Community and Social Services with regard to numerous institutions that treated persons with developmental disabilities located in Southwestern Ontario. He was also a consultant to several other health related organizations such as the World Health Organization, for which he was a consultant in mental retardation from 1969-1970. In addition, Dr. Zarfas was an important member of many committees and a participant in several task forces throughout his career. For instance, he chaired the Professional Advisory Council of the Canadian Association for Retarded Children (1964 - 1975) and he chaired the provincial Professional Advisory Committee for the Ministry of Community and Social Services and the Ministry's Task Force on Disturbed Retarded in the 1970s and 1980s. He also sat on numerous committees while employed at the University of Western Ontario (UWO) including the UWO/CPRI Liaison Committee and the Appointments, Tenure and Promotions Committee. Dr. Zarfas was an active member of several professional associations, including serving as President of the Ontario Psychiatric Association (OPA) and chair of the OPA's Legislative Review Committee. He was also a member of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), a Fellow of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD) (1968), a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (1972), a member the International Association for the Scientific Study of Mental Retardation (IASSMD), a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA), a member of the Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatrists, a member of the Harvey Club, and a member of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. In the area of research in the field of developmental disabilities, Dr. Zarfas was an author or co-author of several significant studies pertaining to such issues as the relationship of Depo Provera to breast cancer, the incidence of Down's Syndrome with respect to maternal age, the sterilization of people with developmental disabilities, and other human rights issues with respect to persons with developmental disabilities. A long-term research interest and specialty of Dr. Zarfas was that of dually diagnosed persons-that is, persons diagnosed both as having developmental disabilities as well as some form of mental illness. For his long and distinguished career, Dr. Zarfas was awarded the Surrey Place Centre (Toronto) Award of Merit on 28 Sept. 1983 and the Hull-Roeher Award of Merit, the latter of which was presented to him by Ontario's Minister of Community and Social Services at the annual meeting of the Ontario Chapter, American Association on Mental Deficiency on 7 May 1986. He also received the American Psychiatric Association Gold Award on behalf of the Children's Psychiatric Research Institute (CPRI) as its founder in 1970, and has a room named after him at the Surrey Place Centre. Dr. Zarfas was one of the leading proponents for moving mental retardation out of field of psychiatry and into the field of community and social services, for moving people with development disabilities out of large impersonal institutions and into community-based facilities such as group homes, and for moving away from over-medication of persons with developmental disabilities to other forms of treatment. He was also a strong advocate for the human rights of persons with developmental disabilities and that they be treated fairly, humanely and, more than anything, respectfully. Dr. Zarfas died from the effects of leukemia in London, Ontario, on 12 October 2001. He was survived by his wife Jean, who was also a highly regarded physician, and their two daughters. Dr. Jean Zarfas died of cancer on 29 March 2003.

Zandbergen, Lewis
Person · 1949-2016

Lewis Zandbergen was a local historian and collector. He was a former president of the Stirling-Rawdon Historical Society.

Zagerman, Norman, 1929-
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Norman Zagerman was born in Ottawa, 1929, son of Morris and Mildred Zagerman. He worked in the family business, Zagerman & Co. which operated from 1923 to 1994 and then joined BMO Nesbitt Burns in 1994. He has been a strong supporter of the Ottawa Jewish Community. He was a charter member of the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation in 1971 and served as President of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa between June 1973 and June, 1975.

Zagerman, Joel, 1928-1944
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Joel Zagerman was born in Ottawa on April 20, 1928 and died August 17, 1944. He was the son of Morris and Mildred Zagerman. Joel attended York St. Public School and then Lisgar High School. He was a bright young man who enjoyed debating. He debated with Irving Aaron, and Martin Schneiderman for AZA. In addition, Joel campaigned for the Jewish Community Centre, 151 Chapel St. In his tenth grade and at the age of sixteen, Joel died of unknown causes. A bright future was cut short.

Zaborszky, Dorothy 1943-1991
Person

Dr. Zaborszky was born in Hungary in 1943 and came to Canada with her mother in 1953. In 1965 she graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor's Degree in English. One year later she earned a Master's Degree from the same university. Dr. Zaborszky received her Ph.D. from the University of London in the United Kingdom. After teaching at Concordia University and the University of Toronto, she began teaching at Laurentian University in 1970. Throughout her professional career, the focus of her interest was Women's Literature of the Victorian and Romantic periods. Dr. Zaborszky was a founding member of the Feminist Party of Canada (FPC). Her work for FPC included presenting speeches and writing articles regarding feminist organizations. She passed away on March 5, 1991. A Memorial Scholarship in her name was founded by Laurentian University in the same year.

Zaborowska, Janina
Person · 1918 -

Dr. Janina Zaborowska was born in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1918. Her father was a commandant of the underground Polish army in the Ukraine who died in 1925. Her mother was a mathematician who became an accountant in the Polish Red Cross Central Office. Her family went to Warsaw in December 1922, where she finished high school in 1937 and got into medical school of Warsaw University the same year. In 1938, She married her husband Eugene Zaborowski, who was an officer in the Polish army. After the outbreak of the war her husband was captured and prisoned in a concentration camp in the Gulag Archipelago until 1943. In the meantime, Dr. Zaborowska was in Warsaw and involved in the Girl Guide, an underground organization. In 1939 she worked as a nurse in the field hospital and became a bath woman on the clean side in 1940. Following that she was appointed to run a scabies clinic till 1944, when the uprising started. She was also in charge of Warsaw Communication Services and became involved with the Intelligence Service as a secretary to one of the chiefs of the districts in 1943. She was also the commandant of the communications for the whole Warsaw between 1942-1944. She was in the camp at Bergen-Belsen until they were released in 1945 by Canadian and American forces. After the war, Dr. Zaborowska went to Brussels in 1945 to work with the Red Cross before she received a scholarship and entered the university of Brussels to continue her medical study. She reunited with her in Brussels. They came to Canada, living in Oakville, Ontario, and had two children there.

Y.W.C.A. of Woodstock
Corporate body

Woodstock Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) was formed in 1914 when a number of prominent local women set up a dormitory on the second floor at 419 Dundas Street. In 1917 they purchased the Dufferin Hotel on Peel Street and in 1953 a gymnasium was added on. In the early 1920s the wife of Norman Garfield, condemned murderer, stayed at their facilities. Controversy abounded with this decision and a special meeting of the YWCA board was held to determine whether the 17 year old expecting girl should be taken in as requested by the lawyer for the Defence. After amalgamation with the YMCA in 1982, the Peel Street building was used as a housing co-op, but was sold in 1985 when they could not afford to repair the building to city standards.

In 1964, the YWCA formed the Christian Emphasis School which provided interdenominational spiritual fellowship and growth for Christian women. During January and February of each year for six weeks, programs and guest speakers relating to personal experiences with a religious theme were conducted. Each “school year” was planned by a committee of ten, made up of representatives from ten different churches in the Woodstock area.

Young's Point Cheese Factory
Corporate body

The Young's Point Cheese Factory was located in Young's Point, Smith Township, Ontario. It was established in the early 1900s and run by Andrew Wilson.

Person · 1854-1933

William Robert Young (1854-1933) was a Methodist and United Church minister and administrator. Born near Kingston, Ontario, he studied at Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, 1879-1881, and received a B.A. from Victoria College, Toronto, in 1890. He was ordained in 1881, and served numerous charges in Ontario and Quebec, including St. James Church, Montreal, 1905-1913. He served various offices in Church courts, and was a longtime Secretary of the General Board of Missions. He was involved in the final negotiations for Church Union in 1925, and planned the inaugural service of 1925 June 10. He retired in 1928, but served on the United Church General Council Executive until 1932. He also served on several non- church boards.

Person · 1892-1958

William Harold Young (1892-1958) was a Methodist/United Church minister and administrator. He was born at Millbrook, Ontario, was educated at McGill and Columbia Universities, and at Union Theological Seminary, New York. He was ordained into the Methodist Church in 1916 and served charges in Montreal, Peterborough, and Toronto. He served as Secretary of the United Church Board of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 1947-1958. He also chaired numerous national committees of the Church.