Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada, in office from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911.
Arthur Llewellyn Basham was a noted historian, Indologist and author of a number of books. As a Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London in the 1950s and the 1960s, he taught a number of famous Indian historians, including Professors R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar and V. S. Pathak.
Robert "Bob" G. Rosehart is a Canadian chemical engineer and university executive.
William C. Leggett is a Canadian biologist who served as the 17th Principal of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario from 1994 to 2004. He was only the second scientist to hold the Principalship. Leggett's term as Principal was notable for his strong leadership and his insistence on measuring Queen's against the highest national and international standards. Dr. Leggett is currently Principal Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Biology at Queen's. He is the author/co-author of over 170 peer reviewed scientific publications in the fields of Fish Ecology and Fisheries Oceanography.
Martin Luther University College, formerly Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada federated with the nondenominational Wilfrid Laurier University, located in Waterloo, Ontario.
William Daum Euler, was a Canadian parliamentarian.
Lorna Marsden, is a Canadian sociologist, academic, and former politician. She is the former President and Vice-Chancellor of both Wilfrid Laurier University and York University, and a former senator.
Wilfrid Laurier University is a public university in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Laurier has a second campus in Brantford, Ontario, and recently has opened a third campus in Milton, Ontario as well as offices in Kitchener, Toronto, Yellowknife and Chongqing, China. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada. The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a variety of fields, with over 15,000 full-time undergraduate students, over 1000 full‑time grad students and nearly 4,000 part-time students as of Fall 2019. Laurier's varsity teams, known as the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, compete in the West Conference of the Ontario University Athletics, affiliated to the U Sports.
John A. Pollock, b. 1936, is a businessman who was the president of his family's company, Electrohome, from 1972 to 2008. He also was the seventh chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University, and held this position from March 31, 2008 to October 28, 2011.
Max Blouw was the president and vice-chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University. He was inducted into this position on September 1, 2007. After serving two 5 year terms, Dr. Blouw stepped down.
John Angus Weir was the fourth president of Wilfrid Laurier University, serving from 1982 until his retirement in 1992. Weir was born to J. Angus and Mary in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on October 29, 1930. He was usually called "Jack". He has a brother named Robert. Weir graduated from St. Dunstan's University (now known as the University of Prince Edward Island with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953. He then moved to London, Ontario, where he received his master of business administration degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1955. Weir moved to Kitchener, Ontario to work at a company called Electrohome.
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Vernon Kay Robbins is an American New Testament scholar and historian of early Christianity. He is currently Winship Distinguished Research Professor of New Testament and Comparative Sacred Texts at Emory University, as well as visiting professor of New Testament at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. He is a major figure in Markan scholarship and is the creator and a prominent proponent of socio-rhetorical criticism in New Testament studies.
The Confederation Club is a local service club whose stated mission is a networking organization whose purpose is to promote awareness and inform members on matters of economic, social or national interest with a conservative focus. While maintaining a partisan bias, it is a secular organization open to all persons regardless of race, colour, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. Currently there is only one club in located in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada. Members and guests usually meet on the third Thursday of every month for lunch at the Kitchener Crowne Plaza Hotel while listening to a guest speaker.
Gregory Betts is a Canadian poet, editor and professor.
Harold Coward is a Canadian scholar of bioethics and religious studies. A Bachelor in Divinity, he earned a doctoral degree in Philosophy in 1973 from the McMaster University. He was a professor at University of Victoria and the University of Calgary. He is particularly known for his studies of Indian religions, as an editor of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism, and has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1991.
Tanis MacDonald is a Canadian poet, professor, reviewer, and writer of creative non-fiction. She is Associate Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University with specialities in Canadian literature, women’s literature, and the elegy. She is the author of three books of poetry and one scholarly study, the editor of a selected works, and the founder of the Elegy Roadshow.
Philip Stratford was a Canadian translator, professor and poet. Winner of the 1988 Governor General’s Award, Stratford was also well recognized for his translations of works by Antoine Maillet, René Lévesque and Robert Melaçon and published articles on English and French-Canadian literature and translation. He has been collected by libraries.
David T. McNab is a Métis historian. He is a professor at York University and cross-appointed in the departments of Equity Studies and Humanities in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. McNab works on Aboriginal land and treaty rights issues in Canada and as a claims advisor.
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is an academic library consortium of Ontario’s 21 university libraries located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 1967, OCUL member institutions work together to maximize the expertise and resources of their institutions through shared services and projects. OCUL works together in a number of key areas of importance for library services, including collective content purchasing, shared digital infrastructure, external partnerships, and professional development initiatives.
