Andrew Cory Courtice (1857-1908) was born in Prince Albert, Ontario and attended the University of Toronto and Victoria University in Cobourg, where he received his Bachelor of Divinity in 1885. In In 1888 he married Ada Mary Brown (1860-1923). After serving in several charges in Ontario and Quebec, he was elected in 1894 as editor of the Christian Guardian, the official publication of the Methodist Church, where he remained until 1902. During his tenure as editor, Courtice became one of Canada's leading Christian socialists and was active in securing the federal plebiscite on prohibition in 1898. He was the founder of the Canadian Peace and Arbitration Society in 1905 and was also involved with the Ontario Sunday School Association and the University of Toronto Alumni Association.
Frank Crane was an American clergyman and writer. He was born on May 12, 1861 in Urbana, Illinois, to a Methodist minister. Crane was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1882, and served as a pastor for over 25 years. From the year 1909, he wrote syndicated newspaper columns and books that provided reflections and advice. Crane passed away in Nice, France on November 5, 1928.
Percy Edward Culverhouse, born in Guelph on August 6, 1892, was the son of Dr. Edward Culverhouse (1854-1942) and Sarah Frances Fraser (1858-1922). He was a student at the University of Toronto, and afterwards attended the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, graduating in 1915. After graduation, he was appointed to the staff of the Government Horticultural Experimental Station at Vineland Station. He was the By-Products expert there, managing the science of canning produce. By 1918, he was superintending the production of canned fruits and jams for the Ontario Government. These cans were produced to be shipped overseas for the Canadian wounded in hospitals during the First World War. In 1919, he went into the canning business at Vineland Station in partnership with his brother, Norman Fraser Culverhouse (1883-1951). The company was called the Culverhouse Bros.
Percy died of colitis on June 27, 1926 at the age of 33.
Cunningham is Nēhiyawi/Cree/ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐃ from Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta) and a member of The Michel Band First Nation
Colleen Curran was born in Montreal in 1954 into a family deeply invested in media and the arts. Before becoming a playwright and novelist she wrote and researched for radio at the CBC.
She became playwright-in-residence at Montreal's renowned Centaur Theatre in 1984 and has had her more than 20 plays performed across Canada, the US, and Australia. The Blyth Festival has presented at least five of her plays--Cakewalk (1984, 2019) , Moose County (1985), Miss Balmoral of the Bayview (1987), Local Talent (1990), and Ceili House (1993).
In 1996, Curran published her first comedic novel Something Drastic about Lenore Rutland, a singing waitress in Montreal, followed in 2000 by its sequel Overnight Sensation, and in 2005 the completion of her trilogy about Rutland, Guests of Chance. Curran adapted Something Drastic for stage in 2001/2002 and it opened in Winnipeg at the Prairie Theatre Exchange in April 2002.
Jeffrey Dallas was a gifted lighting designer who worked with Christopher Newton at the Vancouver Playhouse. He, along with set and costume designer Cameron Porteous, followed Artistic Director Christopher Newton to the Shaw Festival in 1979. According to Duncan McIntosh, former Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, Dallas was "a master light designer who not only created some of the most memorable productions in the Canadian theatre but also developed a unique philosophy of repertory stage lighting." Among his memorable designs include the original lighting designs for Cavalcade (Shaw Festival) and the world premier of Salt Water Moon (Tarragon Theatre, 1984). He designed for many of Canada's leading professional theatre companies; in addition to the Shaw, Tarragon, and Vancouver Playhouse, he also designed for Theatre Calgary, Theatre Passe Muraille (Toronto), the Western Canada Theatre Company, and Bayview Playhouse (Toronto), among others.
Sources
McIntosh, Duncan. [Abstract of] "Lighting from Character: The Art of Jeffrey Dallas." Canadian Theatre Review. Volume 107 (Summer 2001): pp. 21-25. Accessed October 16, 2024. Available at https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/epdf/10.3138/ctr.107.004.
"Newton, Christopher [Obituary]." Toronto Star. December 23, 2021. Accessed October 16, 2024. Available at https://obituaries.thestar.com/obituary/o-c-newton-1088257065.
Ken Danby was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on March 6, 1940, the second son of Gertrude and Edison Danby. Danby enrolled in the Ontario College of Art in 1958. In 1963, after working a variety of art related jobs over the previous three years, arranged to review his work with gallery owner Walter Moos of Toronto. In 1964, Gallery Moos presented Danby's first one-man show, which promptly sold out and sparked a life-long business relationship with Moos.
Danby became a well-respected and recognized realist painter and became one of Canada's best-known artists. Notable works of Danby’s include a portrait of Pierre Elliott Trudeau (featured on Time Magazine’s cover in 1968), “At the Crease” (1972), “Lacing Up” and “Poncho” (1973), 1976 Olympic sketches and coins, portraits of Gordie Howe and Terry Fox (1981), portrait of Gordon Lightfoot (1989), partnership with the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame to create portraits of inductees in 1990, “Trail 2000” (2000), “The Great Farewell” (2001), and “Stampede” (2006).
Danby was a supporter of environmental causes and became heavily involved in the N4 Landfill site in the 1990s, the restoration of the Guelph Carousel, First Nations relations, a member of the Canada Council for the Arts, and Parks Canada. Danby became a member of The Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada in 2001. Danby died on September 23, 2007, while canoeing in Algonquin Park.