Cape Breton University (CBU) is a public,co-ed,primarily undergraduate 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. 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.
Portia May White was a Canadian contralto,known for becoming the first Black Canadian concert singer to achieve international fame. Growing up as part of her father's church choir in Halifax,Nova Scotia,White competed in local singing competitions as a teenager and later trained at the Halifax Conservatory of Music. In 1941 and 1944,she made her national and international debuts as a singer,receiving critical acclaim for her performances of both classical European music and African-American spirituals. White later completed tours throughout Europe,the Caribbean,and Central and South America.
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.
Viola Irene Desmond was a Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946,she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow,Nova Scotia,by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre. For this,she was convicted of a minor tax violation for the one-cent tax difference between the seat that she had paid for and the seat that she used,which was more expensive. Desmond's case is one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Canadian history and helped start the modern civil rights movement in Canada.
Beverly Mascoll was a Canadian businesswoman,fundraiser,community leader,and Member of the Order of Canada.
William Lawson was a Canadian 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.
Megan Anissa Leslie is a Canadian politician and environmental advocate. She is the president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWFC) and on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.
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 a number of positions in Canadian Olympic sport,Government Stewardship and in 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.
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.
Violet Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant who currently serves as the lieutenant governor of Ontario,the 29th since Canadian Confederation. She is the viceregal representative of the King in Right of Ontario.
Rania Llewellyn is a Kuwaiti-born Canadian banking executive and the CEO of Laurentian Bank. 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.
