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Leonard and Reva Brooks are noted Canadian artists who have lived and worked in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, since their arrival there in 1947.

Leonard Brooks was born in London, England, 7 November 1911 and came to Canada in 1912, where he attended public and high schools in North Bay, Ontario. From there he studied at Central Technical School and the Ontario College of Art, in Toronto. During 1932-34, he travelled and painted in England, France, and Spain, and exhibited in London and Barcelona. On 18 October 1935, he married Reva Silverman, daughter of Morris and Jennie (Klein) Silverman, in Toronto. He then entered the Ontario Teachers' Training College, Hamilton and beginning in 1937 he taught art at the Northern Vocational School, Toronto. During World War II (1943-45), he served with the R.C.N.V.R. as a Lieutenant; and in 1944 he was appointed an Official War Artist. In 1947 he went to Mexico where he attended the Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, taking courses in lithography and fresco. Thereafter, the Brooks resided in San Miguel. Leonard also instructed on the art of painting at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Doon School of Art, Ontario; University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas; and Wells College, Aurora, New York. He has exhibited in Canada, England, and the United States, and his works hang in galleries around the world, including the National Gallery, Ottawa; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City. He is also the author of several authoritative texts on painting and has been a prime mover in establishing a musical presence in San Miguel.

In 1855 John Morton purchased the Ontario Foundry on Kingston's waterfront and began the manufacture of locomotives for the rapidly expanding Canadian railway system, producing five locomotives in 1856. By 1864, however, Morton was bankrupt and, upon his death that year, the firm passed to the Montreal-based interests of the Canadian Engine and Machinery Company with the head offices being removed to that city. In 1878 the company was re-incorporated by federal charter as the Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company Limited and the head offices were moved back to Kingston but within two years the firm was again bankrupt. In 1881 it was reorganized once again by by a group of Kingston businessmen-cum-politicians that included William Harty, George Kirkpatrick, Alexander Gunn, and Sir Richard Cartwright. George Kirkpatrick became president with William Harty as managing director. Although the company did well under Harty's direction, it was sold to a Scottish firm, Dubs and Company, in 1887. Increased competition and a softening market led to Dubs declaring bankruptcy in 1900.The firm was purchased in 1901 by Harty and reorganized under the name The Canadian Locomotive Company. Harty remained in control of the company until 1911when, due to the need for expansion, the company was reorganized once again, this time under the company name Canadian Locomotive Company, Limited, at the direction of a group of Canadian and British bankers headed by Aemelius Jarvis. The company continued producing locomotives until 1969 when, due to decreasing demand and increasing labour problems, the plant ceased production.

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QUFA is the exclusive bargaining agent for all faculty, librarians, and archivists at Queen's University and Queen's Theological College. From its founding in 1951 until 1995 QUFA was a non-unionized Faculty Association organized by the professorate to protect collective and individual rights, with librarians and archivists joining in 1977. In November 1995, the majority of faculty as well as professional librarians and archivists at Queen's were organized by QUFA into a collective bargaining unit under the Ontario Labour Relations Board. In May 2003 QUFA added a second bargaining unit, called Sessional Adjuncts, who teach either individually or jointly for pay. With only a very few exceptions, all Queen's University faculty were automatically members of one of the two bargaining units. In July 2007, the two bargaining units amalgamated to form one bargaining unit. The definition of individuals who are included in the bargaining unit is available on QUFA's website in Article 1 of the Collective Agreement 2008-2011. In April 2009 QUFA became a multi-employer union when it added a bargaining unit comprising academic staff at Queen's School of Religion (QSR). In the spring of 2012, QSR became part of Queen's University and those members joined the main unit to form a single bargaining unit of Faculty, Librarians and Archivists (FLA).

Student (Med's 1890) at Queen's University at Kingston; Physician, Hamilton, Ont.; Medical Officer of Health and Mayor, Kingston, Ont.

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Author. English Professor at Queen's University 1949-1954. Editor of the Kingston Whig-Standard 1954-1958.

Professor of Civil Engineering, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont.

Montreal businessman.