Cape Breton University (CBU) is a public university located in Sydney,Nova Scotia,Canada. It is the only post-secondary degree-granting institution within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and on Cape Breton Island. The university is enabled by the Cape Breton University Act passed by the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Prior to this,CBU was enabled by the University College of Cape Breton Act (amended). The University College of Cape Breton's Coat of Arms were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on May 27,1995.
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John,New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada,and among the oldest public universities in North America. UNB was founded by a group of seven Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution.
The Bank of Nova Scotia,operating as Scotiabank,is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto,Ontario. One of Canada's Big Five banks,it is the third-largest Canadian bank by deposits and market capitalization. In 2023,the company’s seat in Forbes Global 2000 was 88. It serves more than 25 million customers around the world and offers a range of products and services including personal and commercial banking,wealth management,corporate and investment banking. With more than 92,001 employees and assets of Can$1,136 billion,Scotiabank trades on the Toronto and New York exchanges. The Scotiabank swift code is NOSCCATT and the institution number is 002.
Indira Vasanti Samarasekera is the former president and former vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta. She has been a member of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments,which advises on appointments to the Senate of Canada,since 2016.
Yvonne Atwell is a Canadian community activist,former provincial politician and former hospital administrator. She is known for being the first Black woman elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Elizabeth Evans May is a Canadian politician,environmentalist,author,activist,and lawyer who is serving as the leader of the Green Party of Canada since 2022,and previously served as the leader from 2006 to 2019. She has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Saanich—Gulf Islands since 2011. May is the longest serving female leader of a Canadian federal party.
Beverly Mascoll was a Canadian businesswoman,fundraiser,community leader,and Member of the Order of Canada.
William Lawson was a Nova Scotian businessman,office holder,justice of the peace,and politician. He was born in Halifax,Nova Scotia,and was the son of John Lawson and Sarah Shatford.
Richard E. Waugh is a Canadian banking executive. Born in Winnipeg,Manitoba,he is the Deputy Chairman of Scotiabank,and an Officer of the Order of Canada. He was the chief executive officer of Scotiabank,between 2004 and 2013.
Higher education in New Brunswick refers to education provided by higher education institutions in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Higher education has a rich history in New Brunswick. The first English-language university in Canada was the University of New Brunswick. Mount Allison University was the first in the British Empire to award a baccalaureate to a woman,Grace Annie Lockhart,B.Sc. in 1875. Education is the responsibility of the provinces in Canada and there is no federal ministry governing it.
Nova Scotia Archives is a governmental archival institution serving the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The archives acquires,preserves and makes available the province's documentary heritage –recorded information of provincial significance created or accumulated by government and the private sector over the last 300 years.
Julia (Rivard) Dexter is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Rivard and her teammates finished ninth in the K-4 500 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She has since become an entrepreneur in Halifax,Nova Scotia,and has held several positions in Canadian Olympic sports,Government Stewardship and the Arts and Culture community.
James S. Kinnear is a Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist. Kinnear was born in Toronto,Ontario,and grew up in Montreal and Toronto.
Governor Parr was a four-masted schooner built in Parrsboro,Nova Scotia in 1918. Built by W.R. Huntley &Sons for Archie Davidson and Captain Angus D. Richards,she is claimed to be the "most handsome schooner built in Atlantic Canada" and was also the last schooner built in Parrsboro. She was named after early Governor of Nova Scotia John Parr.
Lena Metlege Diab is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party,she represented the electoral district of Halifax Armdale until 2021.
Nancy J. Hartling is a Canadian Senator from Moncton,New Brunswick. She was Executive Director of Support to Single Parents Inc.,as well as a founding member of St. James Court Inc.,a non-profit housing complex which provides single parents with affordable housing. On October 27,2016,Hartling was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit as an independent and assumed office on November 10,2016.
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin is a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 provincial election. She is an Independent member and represents the electoral district of Cumberland North.
Rania Llewellyn is a Kuwaiti-born Canadian banking executive. She was educated at Saint Mary's University and The American University in Cairo and had a 26-year career with Scotiabank before her appointment to Laurentian Bank in October 2020.
Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald was a Canadian writer of poetry,children's literature,essays,and short stories. She regularly contributed articles to a number of Canadian and U.S. dailies. MacDonald was also one of the leaders of women's suffrage in Canada. She died in 1922.
