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"Ronnie Douglas is an Ojibway from the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, (located near the City of Orillia) and has been performing in clubs and on festival stages throughout Southern Ontario since the early 1990’s. A roots vocalist/guitarist in the blues tradition, he cites Howlin’ Wolf as a primary influence. Since forming the group in the mid nineties, notable festival performances include the Great Canadian Blues Festival, the Mariposa Folk Festival, the Southside Shuffle, and the Orillia Spring Blues Festival, in addition to appearances on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)." https://culturedays.ca/en/events/e4de90a4-3934-42f5-a2ec-6dd750f9f6ad

Rhombus Media Inc. was formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department, when Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman created, Opus One, Number One, a documentary short that established the company's musical direction. Larry Weinstein joined soon after, and the trio have since produced and directed numerous television programs, and they are known as one of Canada's leading independent producer of television programs on the performing arts. Rhombus Media has received nominations for many international awards and has won two International Emmys, for 'Le Dortoir' in 1991, and for 'Pictures on the Edge' in 1992, and several Canadian Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture in 1993 for 'Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould' and for 'The Red Violin' in 1999. 'The Red VIolin' also garnered an Oscar for best musical score in 2000. Rhombus also produced the award-winning television series 'Slings & Arrows'. In recent years Rhombus projects have been internationally co-produced with many of the major European television networks.

“RéVeillons! is a wellknown quartet involving crowd with arrangements simmered in the authentic Quebec’s culture, a resolutely urban, assumed and scouring traditional music, with its rush hours and its traffic jam, its terrace and its barbecue. Music made in Quebec, traditionnal with a crude energy.” https://soundcloud.com/reveillons

"Reuben and the Dark are a Canadian indie folk band from Calgary, Alberta. Led by singer and songwriter Reuben Bullock, the band also currently includes Sam Harrison (guitar/keys/vocals) Brock Geiger (guitar/keys/vocals), Nathan da Silva (bass/vocals), and Brendan 'Dino' Soares (drums)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_and_the_Dark

During the late 1940s and early 1950s, small groups of retired women teachers began meeting in various parts of Ontario for fellowship, and to discuss issues of mutual concern. A group in Toronto known as the Rendezvous Club organized the inaugural meeting of the Ontario Association of Superannuated Women Teachers of Ontario in April 1956 for the purpose of persuading the provincial government to raise the level of pensions for retired women teachers to the same amount as that of male teachers. The organization grew steadily over the next 20 years, introduced a unique post-hospital insurance plan in 1963, and won the government's agreement to raise the pension rates for retired women teachers in 1967. The Provincial Office was established in Peterborough in 1971, when Cora Bailey was appointed the association's first Executive Secretary. Major changes were made to the constitution in 1999, when the name of the organization was changed to the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario. It continues to operate as a support system for the special interests and well being of over 5,700 retired women teachers. Meetings, excursions and other events organized by more than 50 branches throughout Ontario provide a forum for networking, socializing, and sharing information about health, hobbies and emerging issues such as telephone fraud. The branches also support numerous charitable causes such as food banks, women's shelters, the homeless, sick children, the Salvation Army and the Canadian Cancer Society, and provide support to members who are ill, home bound or have suffered a loss in their families. In addition, the RWTO commemorates the contributions of women teachers through published profiles, donations in memory of deceased teachers, and entries in a book of remembrance.

The Rendezvous Club of Toronto, a social club for retired teachers, was formed in 1937. The goal of the organization was to provide a way for members to maintain friendships made during the teaching years through social activities. The group's constitution details the duties of the executive, including liaising with the Women Teachers' Association of Toronto, and maintaining and documenting the history of the organization.

The Regent Park Film Festival is Toronto's longest running free-of-charge community film festival, dedicated to showcasing local and international independent works relevant to inner-city life. In 2003, Chandra Siddan, a filmmaker and student in the York University’s “Regent Park Community Education Program”, founded the RPFF as an alternative educational setting for an assignment with support from her instructor Jeff Kugler, principal of Nelson Mandela Park Public School, who offered his school as the venue for the event, and Prof. Harry Smaller who garnered broadly-based support from the University.

For seven years, the festival screened at the Nelson Mandela Park Public School before moving to the Lord Dufferin Public School for 2010 and 2011. On the tenth anniversary in 2012, the festival and its offices moved into the Daniels Spectrum cultural hub and started delivering year-round programming such as workshops and community screenings.

In 2007, a year after RPFF incorporated, Siddan stepped down as Festival Director and was replaced by Karin Haze until 2010, Richard Fung in 2011, Ananya Ohri from 2012 to 2018, and Tendisai Cromwell as of 2018.

In 2017, the RPFF embarked on a three-year home movie archive project titled “Home Made Visible” after receiving funding from the Canadian Council for the Arts New Chapter. The three-part nationwide project digitized home movies from the Indigenous and visible minority communities and donated a selection of clips for preservation, commissioned six artist films, and exhibited the artworks and selected home movie clips across Canada to encourage discussions around diverse histories and futures.

"Red Wanting Blue (also known as RWB) is a rock and roll band led by Scott Terry that formed in Athens, Ohio in 1996. In 1999, the band relocated its headquarters to Columbus, Ohio, the city Red Wanting Blue now calls home. RWB has been touring for nearly two decades playing around 200 live shows a year. Members: Scott Terry (vocals, ukulele, tenor guitar), Mark McCullough (bass, Chapman Stick, vocals), Greg Rahm (guitar, keyboard, vocals), Dean Anshutz (drums, percussion), Eric Hall (guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, vocals)."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Wanting_Blue

Radio York was established in 1969 as a student-operated radio station that broadcast throughout York University. In 1987 the station received Canadian Radio and Television Commission approval to begin public broadcasting as radio station CHRY 105.5 FM. The station has limited revenues from advertising sales and receives the bulk of its operating monies from a levy on York University students. It has a Board of Directors made up of students, alumni, radio alumni and members of the external community. The Board is elected annually, and oversees the operations of the station. The daily decision-making power at the station rests with the Program Director.

“Quartette is a Canadian country-folk group consisting of Cindy Church, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick and Sylvia Tyson. Each of the four members also record as solo artists in addition to their work as a group.” Colleen Peterson was a past member. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartette_(band)

“PrufRock Shadowrunner is a well-known veteran of the slam poetry scene in Canada. Based in Ottawa, he's a member of the city's slam team, and also DJs, raps and acts.” https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.4266637

"Prosad has been studying classical sitar for many years both in Toronto an dIndia. His original music fuses edgy electronic beats and live percussion with sitar, didgeridoo, flute and vocals to create a unique and captivating style called 'Trance Sitar'. In 2008, Prosad was invited to perform for His Royal Highness Prince Edward of Great Britain. In the same year, Prosad's song "Bryon Bay," was used in the Hollywood movie, The Love Guru, starring the Canadian comedy superstar Mike Myers. Prosad is a remarkable guitar player as well. [...]" Mariposa Folk Festival programme, 2009, p.51

Project Ossington was opened in 1967 on Portland Street, Toronto, as a hostel for distressed children. It soon moved premises to Ossington Avenue, Toronto (1968). The hostel took in all young people including those turned away from other facilities. A strict regimen was followed at the hostel. It was closed in 1971 by its director, Mrs. Patricia Whitehead, because of a drop in attendance. In its four years of existence it was host to 3,000 youths.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was established in 1942 when John Bracken, a Progressive party premier of Manitoba, became leader of the national Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. The Party enjoyed electoral success under John Diefenbaker, forming governments in 1957, 1958 and 1962, but losing the elections of 1963 and 1965. Diefenbaker was ousted from the leadership in 1967.

The Professional Librarians' Association of York University was established in 1970. The objectives of PLAYU were to support and improve library service to the York community, to foster professional development of the librarians, and to promote the interests of its members. Membership was open to all professional librarians on campus, the Director of Libraries and all those who reported to that officer. The Association had a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and an annual meeting. The Association played a role in establishing the professional status of librarians on campus. Librarians were placed on par with faculty and they were eventually admitted to the York University Faculty Association. With the development of the Library Council in 1976 and in the light of the librarians' membership in YUFA, the reasons for PLAYU's existence disappeared and the organization was disbanded in 1975.

The Portuguese Interagency Network (PIN) was founded in 1978. PIN was a community-based, non-profit organization which connected agencies and individuals who were concerned with the provision of Portuguese-speaking Canadians in Ontario. Member agencies in the early years included: The Doctors Hospital Social Work Department, The Working Women Community Centre, Parkdale Community Legal Services, St Christopher House, St Stephen’s House, C.R. Sanderson Public Library, and the COSTI-Education Centre. PIN’s membership eventually grew to include over 200 member agencies in addition to many individual members.

PIN’s objectives included: ensuring the provision of services through community development and active cooperation of individuals and agencies; providing on-going professional development and support to its membership; acting as a consulting and resource body for organizations and individuals; providing referrals aimed at linking individuals with services in the community; developing and promote research and planning projects for educational purposes on community needs; encouraging the exchange of information among member agencies and individuals; provide community educational programs; and granting scholarships to support and encourage youth to attend post-secondary institutions.

PIN was managed by an elected twelve-member Board of Directors and an Executive Director. The programs of the P.I.N. were carried out by working committees which focused on the following areas: Adult Education, Child Education, Family and Community Services, Health, Special Needs, and Seniors. Project-based or ad-hoc committees, included: “Ready or Not,” “Youth Committee,” “Lusophone,” and “Employment Equity.” PIN produced several studies and reports on Toronto’s Portuguese-Canadian community. It also conducted a number of public education campaigns in the areas of health, adult education, literacy, sexual assault, and skills training.

PIN helped develop organizations such as Kensington Clinic, Portuguese Mental Health Clinic, Downtown Employment Services, Portuguese Family Crisis Centre, Access Alliance Multicultural Health Centre, and Bradford Immigrant Community Services. PIN played a role in the organization of several conferences for the Portuguese-Canadian community across Canada. In 1993, a conference held in Ottawa, titled “From Coast to Coast: A Community in Transition,” brought together Portuguese-Canadians nation-wide to discuss social, economic, and political issues affecting the community. During the conference, the Portuguese-Canadian National Congress was founded.

Following spending cuts by the Ontario Provincial government in the mid-1990s, PIN discontinued its work in 2009.

The Portguese Canadian History Project is a non-profit community outreach organization that aims to democratize and preserve the collective memory and historical knowledge of Portuguese immigrants and their descendants in Canada. Incorporated in 2008, Dr. Gilberto Fernandez and Dr. Susana Miranda founded the project, and were later joined by Dr. Raphael Costa and Dr. Emanuel da Silva.

In September 2009, PCHP partnered with the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections to facilitate the donation of archival records from individuals and organizations associated with Toronto's Portuguese community. In November 2015, the PCHP became associated with the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at York University, which hired Gilberto Fernandes as a postdoctoral visitor.

The PCDA (1959-2007) was a Toronto based anti-fascist organization, composed of political exiles and other oppositionists of the Salazar/Caetano dictatorial regime in Portugal. The PCDA was very active in the Toronto, especially during the years leading up to and immediately after the Carnation Revolution of 1974 in Portugal. Besides engaging in political activism, locally and abroad, the PCDA also invested a great deal in cultural development, bringing important artists and intellectuals from Portugal and organizing high-cultural activities for the members of the Portuguese community of Toronto.

“Port Cities is a Canadian band based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Formed in 2015, Port Cities is composed of Dylan Guthro, Breagh MacKinnon, and Carleton Stone —each already a singer/songwriter with an established solo career.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Cities

"Plants and Animals are a Canadian indie-rock band from Montreal (featuring two members originally from Nova Scotia) which comprises guitarist-vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque and drummer-vocalist Matthew Woody Woodley. The trio began playing together as kids and emerged on the international scene in 2008." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants_and_Animals

Planet in Focus, an Environmental Film Festival based in Toronto, Ontario, is an incorporated not-for-profit organization. Mark Haslam, a York University alumnus, founded the festival promote awareness, discussion and engagement on a broad range of environmental issues.

People or Planes Committee (P.O.P.) was established in the village of Pickering, Ontario in 1972 in response to the Canadian government's plans to build a major airport in the area and Ontario government's plans to develop an adjacent city. The organization was developed along geographic lines. It had a council with an executive and other committees and a volunteer office. The Pickering airport proposal became moot in 1975 when the province refused to build the service infrastructure necessary for the airport.

Parkdale Community Legal Services (PCLS) was established in 1971 as a community legal service for the Parkdale community in Toronto. PCLS is affiliated with Osgoode Hall Law School whose students work as interns in the programme as part of their legal education. The clinic is funded by the Clinic Funding Committee of the Law Society of Upper Canada and by Osgoode Hall Law School which provides the services of an academic director who is always a faculty member. PCLS has always defined its primary task as poverty law and students who participate in the clinic attend weekly seminars on poverty law. The clinic focuses on four main areas of poverty law: tenants rights; workers' rights; refugee law; and social assistance law.

“Over the years [Kim Halliday (Rotuman/NZ Scottish), Ora Barlow (Te Whanau-a-Apanui/English) and Jessie Hindin] have accumulated an impressive instrumental collection featuring the ukulele, cajon, fiddle, Taonga Puoro – traditional Maori instruments, guitar, stomp box, kalimba, various percussive instruments and vocals with lyrics in Te Reo Maori, Rotuman and English.” https://minersfoundry.org/pacific-curls-in-concert-thursday-september-12-2013-doors-700-music-800-pm-20-in-advance-25-at-the-door/

The Legal and Literary Society, founded in 1876, is the student government of Osgoode Hall Law School. All enrolled students are members. It acts as a liaison with the administration through its representation on the Faculty Council, and provides funding and coordinating help for all student activities within the school. It also represents the study body in external student organizations (YES) and the university Senate. The Society is run by an executive made up of a president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, external affairs officer, and representatives of the of the three classes (first, second and third year).

The Faculty Council is the primary decision- making forum in the Law School and is composed of all faculty, student representatives, representatives of other faculties at York, the administrative staff, the non-faculty library staff, the support staff and the Director of the Parkdale Community Legal Services. Its purpose is to review all academic policy including admissions, course evaluation, new programmes of study and related topics.
The Council has a number of standing committees, including Academic Policy, Academic Standing, Admissions Advisory, Clinical Education, Faculty Recruitment, Graduate Studies, Library Advisory, Nominating, Priorities and Finance, Research Advisory, Student Awards, Student Faculty Relations and Tenure and Promotion.

The Dean of the Osgoode Hall Law School is the senior academic and administrative officer in the School. The Dean oversees the implementation of legislation (Senate and Faculty) within the Law School, promotes and facilitates the academic program, administers all facets of personnel management in the Law School especially with regard to the hiring of faculty members in accordance with collective agreements and promotes research and professional development. Planning is an additional area of responsibility
along with financial management where s/he is to strike the Law School's budget in accordance with university priorities and finances. Finally the Dean is responsible for external relations both within the university and in the wider community.
In the period covered by these records the following men have served as Dean of the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University and when it was still operated by the Law Society of Upper Canada:
H. Allan Leal (1958-1966), Alan Mewett (Acting 1966), Gerald LeDain (1967-1972), Harry Arthurs (1972-1978), Stanley M.D. Beck (1978-1983), John D. McCamus (1983-1986), John Maxwell Evans (1987-acting), James C. MacPherson (1988-1992).

Osgoode Hall Law School, the teaching arm of the Law Society of Upper Canada, admitted its first students in 1889, and affiliated with York University in 1968 beginning classes on the York campus in September 1969. In its first year the new law school introduced the semester system of teaching and attempted to integrate itself into the university by offering joint course with the faculties of Arts & Science and Administrative Studies.
Student representatives were admitted to the Faculty Council in keeping with York' s policy of student participation in university government. The move to York coincided with the expansion of the library what now is the largest law library in the British Commonwealth.
The Law School is administered by a Dean, an Associate Dean with responsibility for the academic programme, and two Assistant Deans, the one responsible for student counselling, the other with responsibility for some aspects of the administration of the first year programme, admissions and computers. There is a Director of the Graduate Programme, a Director of Clinical Education (with responsibility for Parkdale Legal Aid Clinic), and a Co-Director of the M.B.A./LL.B. programme. In addition, there is a Faculty Council which advises on curriculum, admissions and academic policy.
Osgoode Hall offers the LL.B., LL.M. and D.Jur. degrees in law, as well as joint LL.B./M.B.A. (M.P.A.) degrees with the Faculty of Administrative Studies, and the LL.B./M.E.S. degree with the Faculty of Environmental Studies. The School also operates the York University Centre for Public Law and Public Policy, a research institute sponsoring major research projects and conferences, and the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies. The School publishes the 'Osgoode Hall Law Journal', and sponsors several annual lectures and events on aspects of the law. The School also produces 'Continuum', a newsletter for alumni.
The Legal and Literary Society serves as the student council, and there are several student societies geared to various ethnic, political, religious and social interests. The student-run Community Legal Aid Services Programme (CLASP) operates a community legal clinic at Osgoode as well as the Parkdale Legal Aid Clinic in downtown Toronto. The student newspaper, 'Obiter Dicta ', is published weekly.

The "Onion", the Toronto paper on the arts, was a twice-monthly tabloid newsprint publication. It published fiction, reviews, essays, and artwork. The paper was edited by Stephen Mezei, an author, scriptwriter and instructor in the arts at several institutions, including York University (1974-1975). The Onion's editorial board included Pauline Carey, John Hebert, and other Canadian and foreign writers.

“Ohbijou was a Canadian indie pop band that was based in Toronto, Ontario. The music of Ohbijou draws on pop, folk and bluegrass influences.” Members include Casey Mecija, Jennifer Mecija, Heather Kirby, James Bunton, Anissa Hart, Ryan Carley, and Andrew Kinoshita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohbijou

“[The Winnipeg-based roots quartet Oh My Darling has] prairie roots mixed with Appalachian old time, bluegrass, country, funk and Franco-folk, makes their style a melting pot of musical languages. Infused with dynamic vocals, brilliant claw-hammer banjo, inspired fiddling, and grooving bass, their music will get your hips swinging, toes tapping, and put your heart right into their hands.” http://www.ohmydarling.ca/bio

Founded in February 2000, Obsidian Theatre Company is a leading black theatre companies in Canada. As a producer of black theatre and community advocate, the company has endeavoured to produce plays, develop playwrights and train emerging theatre professionals. Their mission statement focuses on the exploration, development, and production of the black voice. The founding board included Awaovieyi Agie, Ardon Bess, David Collins, Roy Lewis, Yanna McIntosh, Diane Roberts, Kim Roberts, Sandi Ross, Djanet Sears, Satori Shakoor, Tricia Williams, Alison Sealy-Smith, and Philip Akin. Obsidian has encouraged Canada's local black playwrights and actors, mounting local works such as "The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God", "Consecrated Ground", "Born Ready" and "The Monument", as well as the first international collaboration (Canada and Barbados) of Austin Clarke's Giller Award winning novel "The Polished Hoe". They have also produced international plays such as "Intimate Apparel", "Late" and "Black Medea". Obsidian has established partnerships both locally and provincially working with companies such as The Stratford Festival of Canada, Mirvish Productions, The Harbourfront Centre, The Canadian Stage Company, Nightwood Theatre, The Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Factory Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, fu-GEN Theatre, Aluna Theatre, Roseneath Theatre, bcurrent, and the Frank Collymore Hall in Barbados. Obsidian produces plays from a world-wide canon focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on the works of highly acclaimed black playwrights.

“Canadian Folk Music Award nominated Notre Dame de Grass is a five-piece bluegrass band specializing in original songs and instrumental material. Songsmith/guitarist Matt Large and composer/banjoist Guy Donis provide the palette for fiddler Chris Bartos, mandolinist Joe Grass and bassist Solon McDade to exhibit their exceptional skill. While staying true to the conservative sensibilities of bluegrass music, Notre Dame de Grass calls upon the deep well of North American folk idioms to inform their work. Featuring strong vocal harmonies and high calibre instrumental musicianship, just one Notre Dame de Grass concert has been known to make folks crave another.” https://summerfolk.org/performers/notre-dame-de-grass/

'Northern journey' was a Canadian literary magazine published in Montreal from 1971-1976. Its original publisher was Terrance MacCormack, who was also a founding co-editor with Fraser Sutherland. The magazine published many of Canada's best poets and writers, including Earle Birney, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Norman Levine, George Woodcock, Margaret Atwood and others. It was also a forum for literary and cultural debate, particularly in the area of Canadian nationalism.

The Bethune College Council is made up of student members (elected by all of the College' s undergraduate students), the Master, the administrative staff and Fellows of the College, and two appointees. Nine student members are elected as Chair, Vice-chair, Treasurer, Freshmen Reps (2) and General Members (two representing the Residence Council, one representing commuting students, and the Student Senator). In addition, the Master serves on Council, as does one Fellow of the College, elected by the Council of Fellows. If s/he is not elected to council, the chair of the Programme Committee becomes the twelfth member of Council. There are two appointed officers of Council, the secretary and the chief returning officer, both non-voting members. The Programme Committee, a working committee of Council, consists of the Master (or designate), the Student Liaison Officer and two students appointed by Council.

Norman Bethune College (initially College 'G' ) was established in 1971. The college' s operations were located in the Steacie Science Building until the 1972-73 academic year when the college moved into its own building. The College was initially associated with many of the community and socially-active programmes and services on campus (LaMarsh Centre on Violence and Conflict Resolution,
York Community Connection, the Chile Project) and, beginning in 1989-90, when faculties were formally linked with the colleges, Bethune began an affiliation with the Faculty of Science which has offices on site. The college' s formal disciplinary theme is Science and Society. Many of the science-related clubs on campus (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics) are housed in the College, along with the York Malaysian/ Singapore Club, the York University Chinese Students ' Association and the Association of Chinese Scholars and Students at York. The College also houses the newspaper, 'The Lexicon ', and the literary publication, 'Borderlines'.
The Master is the senior college officer, aided by a senior tutor, residence dons, the Master 's Advisory Council and the College Fellows. There is an Alumni Association, College Council, and a Residence Council for students.

“Lowe has been tag teaming with Yep Roc labelmates Los Straitjackets since 2014. The masked, instrumental heavy hitters have toured with everyone from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers to El Vez, racking up almost 20 albums in 20 years.” https://www.npr.org/2019/11/12/778505361/nick-lowe-and-los-straitjackets-on-mountain-stage

“After he moved on from a ten-year stint as the front man of a touring rock band, Nicholas Keays spent time writing and stockpiling a bunch of great songs for a rainy day. When it came time to make his next move, he went in a new direction, joining Justin Rich and Jason Turner to form Nicholas Keays and the North River. The trio has crafted a stripped down, harmony filled, sound that is gracefully carried by a standup bass, acoustic guitar, banjo, and a kick drum fashioned out of an old suitcase. They play tunes of home and family that are hook-filled, simple, and of the foot stompin’ variety.” https://mariposafolk.com/nicholas-keays-north-river-make-festival-debut-mariposa/

“The family-composed Next Generation Leahy consists of father and mother pair Doug and Jennifer and their children Adele, 13; Gregory, 12; Angus, 10; Cecilia, 8; Joseph, 7; and Evelyn, 5. The family began performing its Celtic-based music and step dancing show about a year and a half ago and Doug said he and Jennifer have tried to instill a sense of giving back to the community in their children.” https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/next-generation-leahy-performance-to-benefit-groves-hospital/

The New Play Society, established by Dora Mavor Moore in 1946, was a professional, non-profit theatre company, which produced original and other works (seventy-two productions in total). One of its most enduring efforts was the annual review 'Spring thaw,' which Moore's son, Mavor Moore, took charge of in the 1950s. The society was also responsible for a theatre school in Toronto.

“New Country Rehab is a Canadian alternative country band.[1] Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band consists of John Showman on vocals and fiddle, Anthony Da Costa on guitar, Ben Whiteley on bass and Roman Tomé on drums. All four members are established session musicians in the Toronto area, who have played in supporting bands for artists such as Basia Bulat, Justin Rutledge and Amy Millan.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Country_Rehab

“The members of the Neema Children’s Choir are orphaned and destitute children aged 8 to 17 who are being raised by Pastor Francis Daniel Mutibwa and his wife Winnie Tumu of Kingdom Child Project, a registered charity in Uganda that runs a school and orphanage near Kampala.” https://sunfest.on.ca/event/neema-childrens-choir/

"NNEWH is one of four federally funded Centres of Excellence of the Women’s Health Contribution Program at the Bureau of Women’s Health and Gender Analysis, Health Canada. It brings together a diversity of perspectives and evidence-based findings to address gaps in health policy, practice and education. Research Associates come from a variety of academic disciplines and multiple sectors including sociology, psychology, anthropology, political science, nursing, law, health promotion, NGO’s, and community and health services organizations. NNEWH’s women’s health research priorities include chemical exposures including pharmaceuticals, maternal health and water quality. Dayna Nadine Scott, Osgoode Hall Law School and Environmental Studies, is the director of NNEWH and Anne Rochon Ford, Coordinator of Women and Health Protection, assumed co-directorship in April 2009. At that time, NNEWH also welcomed two sister working groups under its administration: Women and Health Care Reform and Women and Health Protection." Retrieved from http://yihr.info.yorku.ca/national-networks-on-environments-and-womens-health-nnewh/ on 2 Nov. 2018

"My Sweet Patootie is a swinging roots group from rural Ontario that brings twining vocal harmonies, monstrous fingerstyle guitar, sizzling fiddle, percussion and abundant charisma together in one perfect package. Their music is a tongue-in-cheek blend of swing and americana. Complete with tall tales and corny jokes, the My Sweet Patootie show is modern-day Music Hall that Driftwood Magazine describes as “two parts exemplary musicianship, one part vaudeville comedy”."https://www.centralontariomusicians.org/bands/my-sweet-patootie

"My Bubba is a Swedish/Icelandic duo whose music is described as minimalistic, vocal-oriented folk which 'belies a modern sensibility and often a sultry suggestiveness'. The lyrics are playful and the vocals are simultaneously delicate and disarming." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bubba

The Music Gallery is a musician-run venue, located in Toronto, for the performance of electronic music, multimedia productions, dance, contemporary jazz and world music. It was established in 1976 by the Canadian Creative Music Collective (CCMC), a composer/improvisor collective initially aligned with the free-jazz movement. The Music Gallery was directed jointly by the CCMC's Peter Anson and Allan Mattes from 1976-1989 and soley by Mattes from 1980-1987. Jim Montgomery assumed direction in 1987, a position he held until 2005 when Jonathan Bruce became its interim director. By 1990, it averaged nearly 65 concerts annually and has hosted up to 150 concerts in a year. Through the 1980's and 1990's The Music Gallery was the home of the CCMC but also served as the home base of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble, the Glass Orchestra, the Evergreen Club Gamelan Orchestra, Hemispheres, New Music Co-op and Sound Pressure among other groups. It produced 'Ear It Live, a traveling festival of improvised music that toured Ontario and Quebec from 1979-1988 and sponsored an annual electronic music festival from 1979-1991. It has hosted residencies by artists including Derek Bailey, Mischa Megelberg and Barre Phillips. It has also operated it own record label, Music Gallery Editions, and is responsible for the issuing of some 27 lps, many of which are live performances taped at the Gallery itself including recordings of the CCMC, Lubomyr Melnyk, The Artists' Jazz Band, John Oswald, Peggy Sampson, Casey Sokol and The Nihilist Spasm Band. Music Gallery performances have also been featured on CBC Radio and CKLN-FM in Toronto.

Based out of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, band members include Steph Duchesne (percussion), Kris Dickson (upright bass), Sam Cassio (guitar, mandolin vocals), Geoff McCausland (violin), Barry Miles (banjo, dobro, vocals), and Jonathan Danyliw (guitar, mandolin, vocals). “[They] play a mixture of outlaw country and bluegrass [alternative folk]. [...] [Their] music is heavily rooted in the traditions of folk music, especially the old murder ballad tradition (hence the name).” https://canadianbeats.ca/2017/07/31/five-questions-with-murder-murder/

"In 1978, Ian Bell, Kate Murphy, and Anne Lederman joined up to form Muddy York, to play the traditional songs and dance music of Canada, especially Ontario. The group's name, Muddy York, refers to an old epithet for Toronto. They played in venues from church basements to barn dances to festivals, in Ontario and the western provinces. In 1982 Kate Murphy left the group but Bell and Lederman continued. They became well known and played at Expo 86 in Vancouver, BC." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bell_(musician)

The Mountain Fund to Help Save the Boat People was founded in 1979 by John Smith, a Christian politician in Hamilton, Ontario in response to the plight of the Vietnamese refugees who fled communist rule in their country in boats to neighbouring countries. Supported by local Hamilton-Wentworth citizens, the Mountain Fund sponsored hundreds of Vietnamese refugees in the 1980s and assisted them in integrating into Canadian society quickly. The Mountain Fund aid extended beyond the crisis and continued to help the Vietnamese in refugee camps into the 1990s.

The Track and Field Centre was first proposed as a small stadium to replace facilities lost at the Canadian Exhibition Stadium when it was expanded for professional sports. The stadium was proposed in 1974 and York won a competition to have it located at the university, thanks to its generous land endowment. The centre was opened in 1979.

The Memorial Society Association of Canada received its letters patent in 1971 although some of the chapters were established as early as 1957 (Edmonton). The purpose of the society was to promote the formation of non-profit memorial societies in Canada and to promote dignity and simplicity in funeral rites. Individuals joined local chapters which then subscribed to the national association. There were local chapters in most provinces. At its height in 1987 the Association had 200,000 paying members. It was disbanded in 1990, and dissolved in 1992.

“Mélisande [électrotrad] offers an energetic blend of traditional music, pop and electro with a mix of acoustic and electric instruments, vocal harmonies and programming. Formed by Mélisande and her husband Alexandre ‘Moulin’ de Grosbois-Garand, the duo offers a fresh artistic proposal to the folk-world-trad music scene since its debut in 2014. From repertoire research in folklorists collections, to excavations in archive centers and then by collecting traditional songs from elders along the Richelieu River, the duo has been able to remain rooted in tradition while creating a modern sound. Its fourth album Flash de mémoire (2021) presents a mix of traditional classics as well as covers from famous Québec artists influenced by trad music. Greatly acknowledged by critics in Canada and abroad, the duo won a Canadian Folk Music Award and two Independent Music Awards as well a being nominated for several other awards. Four seasoned musicians on stage giving a powerful show with an infectious energy and engaging stage presence. The band performed over 300 concerts in Canada, the United States, France, Spain and Australia.” https://melisandemusic.com/bio

The McLaughlin Student Council was instituted in 1968, the year the College opened, as the elected voice of the student body. It was made up of all registered students with non-voting status given to Fellows, Alumni and College officers. The elected members of Council include the President, Directors of External Affairs, Business Affairs, Cultural Affairs, Social Affairs, Communications, a representative to the York Federation of Students, general councillors and a first year councillor. The Council appoints a Speaker, Secretary and Treasurer, the last two being paid, non-voting members. The Council was responsible for the appointment of the Orientation Co-ordinator(s), the editor of the McLaughlin 'Mirror ' and the managers of the Games Room, the ARGH [coffee shop] and the Mac Pub. In addition, the Council elected an Athletic Council. In 1982 the Student Council was dissolved and was reconvened as the College Council in 1983.

The Tatham Hall Council (formerly Residence Council) represents the interests of the residential students of McLaughlin College, to the College administration and assumes the responsibility of ensuring discipline through the application of residence regulations with recourse to a discipline tribunal with power to enforce fines and punishments. The Residence is divided into six houses, each having an elected House Committee consisting of a House President, Vice-President and Treasurer and other officers as it sees fit. The Tatham Hall Council is made up of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Houses together with a Student Council representative and College officers who all sit as ex-officio members. The Council Executive consists of an elected Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary, Social Convener and Chair of Complaints.

The Residence Council represented the interests of the residential students of McLaughlin College, to the College administration and assumed the responsibility of ensuring discipline through the application of residence regulations with recourse to a discipline tribunal with power to enforce fines and punishments. The Residence was divided into six houses, each having an elected House Committee consisting of a House President, Vice-President and Treasurer and other officers as it sees fit. The Council was made up of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Houses together with a Student Council representative and College officers who all sit as ex-officio members. The Council Executive consisted of an elected Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary, Social Convener and Chair of Complaints.

The McLaughlin College Council (formerly the Student Council) was instituted in 1968, the year the College opened, as the elected voice of the student body. It is made up of all registered students with non-voting status given to Fellows, Alumni and College officers. The elected members of Council include the President, Directors of External Affairs, Business Affairs, Cultural Affairs, Social Affairs, Communications, a representative to the York Federation of Students, general councillors and a first year councillor. The Council appoints a Speaker, Secretary and Treasurer, the last two being paid, non-voting members. In addition, the Council elects an Athletic Council. The Council must meet at least twenty times during the Fall/Winter Academic year. In 1982 the Student Council was dissolved and was reconvened as the College Council in 1983. The Council represents the interests of the student body to the administration of the College and to the wider university community. Within the College the Council is responsible for the appointment of the Orientation Co-ordinator( s), the editor of the McLaughlin 'Mirror' and the managers of the Games Room, the ARGH [coffee shop] and the Mac Pub.

McLaughlin College was established in 1968, the fourth college on the York University campus. It is associated with the Faculty of Arts on campus and several student associations representing students in academic departments (Economics, Labour Studies, Political Science, Public Policy) are located at McLaughlin. The College emphasizes public policy is its broadest sense as an area of interest. To this end symposia, guest lectures and conferences on public policy themes are sponsored by the College through the Public Policy Programme. The College is also host to several research centres and external bodies including the Refugee Documentation Centre, the Canadian Council for Social Development and the Research Programme in International and Strategic Studies. The College is administered by a Master assisted by a Senior Tutor and a Resident Tutor. Fellows of the College include University faculty members as well as representatives of business,government, politics and the arts. The College Council is an elected student body which provides social activities and administers student recreational services in the College. The College residence is named Tatham Hall after a former Master, George Tathum. It is co-educational and has an active student Residence Council.