Born in London in 1932, Arnold Wesker is an important figure in 20th century drama having written 40 plays in addition to a myriad of short stories, essays, poetry and books one for children and one on journalism. He was knighted in 2006.
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Andrew J. Connidis was born in London, England in 1926. In 1942, at the age of sixteen, he received a scholarship to study at Regent Street Polytechnic School of Achitecture in London. His studies were interrupted in 1946 for military service. He returned to his studies in 1948, receiving his Diploma in Architecture in 1950. In 1952, Connidis emigrated to Canada where he worked with several firms before founding his own practice in Kingston, Ontario, in 1960. In 1967, while maintaining his private practice, he collaborated with Wasteneys and Stern, Architects of Toronto to found the firm of Connidis, Stern, Wasteneys with offices in both Toronto and Kingston. Connidis remained active in both firms until 1974 when he left Kingston to join the Department of National Defence as Project and Production Officer. In 1975, he joined Public Works Canada where he was actively involved in promoting the application of thermography to building design and construction. In 1979, he joined the Technical Services Branch of Correctional Service Canada and, in 1982, briefly returned to Public Works Canada before joining the Bank of Canada in 1983 as Building Consultant. He retired in 1990. Connidis is a member of the Ontario Association of Architects, the Royal Achitectural Institute of Canada, and an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was married in London, England, in 1949, to Dr. Ingegjerd Lilla Arnet. They have seven children.
The Village of Gananoque, Ontario, was incorporated effective October 15, 1862 through Leeds and Grenville Bylaw 227 under the terms of the Municipal Act, Ontario Statutes, and amendments.
This Act permitted communities to petition the Legislative Assembly for incorporation as townships, towns or villages on reaching specified population levels. The Village was incorporated as the Town of Gananoque through a proclamation effective November 28, 1889. The Town was separated from the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville by Ontario Statutes 1922, Chapter 112.
An incorporated town, lower tier municipality,has a council consisting of an elected Mayor and councillors the number of which depend on the size of the municipality. Its responsibilities relate largely to the upkeep of the local road system and the delivery of services such as policing, water and sewage. It has wide powers relating to the regulation of land and local administration through by-laws. It has the power to raise money through direct taxation on land and through the use of debentures.
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Born 6 February 1930, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Allan King is one of Canada's leading filmmakers.The son of John Owen and Kathleen Mary (Keegan) King, he graduated from the University of British Columbia, with a B.A. in Philosophy, in 1954. His career spans four decades and every genre except animation. Retrospectives of his work have been shown in Montréal 1961, London 1970 and 1984, Rome 1983, Cinematheque Ontario 1995.
As an independent filmmaker, he was responsible for the documentary SKIDROW (1956); THE YUKONERS (1956); DREAMS (1956); PEMBERTON VALLEY (1957); and RICKSHAW (1960), which won awards at both the Leipzig and Vancouver Film Festivals the following year. After forming "Allan King Associates Ltd.", he opened a studio in London, England ("Allan King Associates England Ltd.") in 1961. It pioneered the then novel techniques of cinéma vérité and "direct cinema". By the mid-sixties he moved toward a genre he describes as "actuality drama," shaping spontaneous action into dramatic form to explore personal experience. The first was WARRENDALE, a film about emotionally disturbed children. It won the Priz d'art et d'essai at Cannes in 1967. It also shared the British Academy's Best Foreign Film Award and the New York Critics' Award in 1968.
In the decade from 1974 to 1984, his credits included the television dramas A BIRD IN THE HOUSE, which won four Canadian Film Awards; BAPTISING, which won the Best Drama Award at the Yoletin Festival; RED EMMA; SIX WAR YEARS; READY FOR SLAUGHTER, which was a winner at the Banff Film Festival; and WHO'S IN CHARGE?, that was shown by invitation at the Landon Film Festival; and the dramatic feature film (his first), WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND, in 1976. It won the Grand Prix at the Paris International Film Festival and the Golden Reel Award for the highest grossing Canadian film of the year. In 1978, his ONE NIGHT STAND won four Canadian Film Awards including Best TV Drama; and SILENCE OF THE NORTH..
In 1988 King was given the Ontario Film Institute Award for Excellence in Canadian Cinema. 1998 saw Allan King awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from Hot Docs, the Canadian international documentary festival, in recognition for his long and distinguished career. In 2000 he received the Directors Guild of Canadas Distinguished Service Award and the Arts Toronto Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2002 "Warrendale" was denoted a masterwork by the AV Preservation Trust.
Allan King was married to Patricia Watson (30 June 1970), and they have two children, a daughter, Maggie Amarita; and a son, Robert Alexnader. Allan King alos has a daughter (Anna Augosta) by a previous marriage (Phyllis April Leiterman, 10 May 1952). He passed away at age 79 , June 15, 2009.