Elizabeth Lane was educated at the University of British Columbia and has long been active in community arts organizations. She is former president of the Canadian Conference of the Arts (1976-1978), Community Arts Council of Vancouver and the Vancouver Museums Association. She also served as the first chair of the B.C. Arts Board. Among other distinctions, Lane also became Chairman of the Commission's Advisory Committee on Culture and Communications. Established in 1980, the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee evolved out of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Policy (1979).

Elsie Heaps was a kindergarten and music teacher in Prince Rupert, B.C. She also taught at the Anglican Sunday School and was involved in a youth group. In 1942, she moved to Slocan City, where she was involved in many activities. She taught at the local kindergarten and was an organist and choir leader in the local church. She also taught at Glenmere High School from its opening (1942?) to its closing in 1946.

Ephraim Weber was born in Bridgeport, Ontario. He later moved to Alberta to homestead with his family. After a few years, Weber returned to his studies in Calgary where he also taught for six months. He then attended Queen's University and the University of Chicago before returning to the Prairies. Weber was the author of articles, short stories, poems and a novel.

Eric Flesher was born in California and moved with his family to Vancouver in 1901. He began logging in 1912 and his career in the industry spanned some six decades.

Eric Patrick Nicol was born on December 28, 1919 in Kingston, Ontario of English parents. He moved at an early age to Vancouver and attended the University of British Columbia, where he started his writing career as a contributor to the student newspaper, The Ubyssey, with a humour column written under the pseudonym Jabez. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in French in 1941. From 1942 to 1945 he served with the ground crew of the Royal Canadian Air Force, contributing to service publications such as Wings and Torch. He returned to UBC after the war as an instructor in English and obtained a Master of Arts degree in French in 1948. After spending one year at the Sorbonne, he moved to London to write radio and television comedies for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He also wrote occasional columns for the The Vancouver Province. In 1948 his first book, Sense and Nonsense was published. He returned to Vancouver to become a columnist for The Province and to freelance in radio and television. His career covers a wide range of writings such as stage plays, radio and television plays, revues, radio and television variety shows, humour books, magazine articles, and historical books. He received the Leacock medal for humour three times for The Roving I, Shall We Join the Ladies, and Girdle Me a Globe. To many people, he is best known as a columnist for The Vancouver Province, 1951-1985. His columns included comments on many contentious issues such as capital punishment and fluoridation.

Ernest Fewster was born in Berkshire, England. His family moved to Canada in 1887 and to Vancouver in 1888. His father started a feed and seed business. Between 1898 and 1902, Fewster studied medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He practiced medicine in Southern Kansas, where he met and married Grace E. Smith in 1903. They returned to B.C., setting up a practice in Rock Bay, Vancouver Island. They moved to Vancouver in 1911. Fewster had an avid interest in literature and writing. In 1916, he was instrumental in the founding of the Vancouver Poetry Society and was elected its first president, a position he held until his death in 1947. Several volumes of his poetry and prose were published and reviewed.

Eugene S. Woodward came to Victoria, B.C., from England in 1908. He became President of the Victoria Trades and Labour Council and elected to City Council in 1921. A self-educated economist, he served briefly as an advisor to the Social Credit government in Alberta in 1936 before turning to a career in journalism as an editorial writer and columnist.

Evelyn Smith joined the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in 1933 but later disagreed with the movement for what she believed were its departures from the principles of the Regina Manifesto. In recent years, she has become a strong environmental activist.

Ewing Buchan compiled Buchan's Exchange Tables which were used in the conversion of sterling into dollars and cents and vice versa.

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Born in England, F.H. Wollaston was a prospector resident in Victoria, B.C. Together with his partner, C.H. Arundel, Wollaston conducted mining exploration in southern British Columbia and the Nootka region of northern Vancouver Island between 1897 and 1899. They staked numerous claims, the most productive of which was the Nickel Plate Mine at Hedley, B.C. Wollaston later began a holly and bulb farm in Victoria.

F.W. Trounce was an American photographer who relocated to Vancouver in the 1920s.

Father Marcel Bobillier has served as a Catholic missionary in northern B.C. and the Yukon for many years.

The Federation of British Columbia Naturalists was formed as a means of bringing people togethner to learn, enjoy, and preserve more of the wonders of the natural world. The group became dormant in 1978.

The Federationist Publishing Company, founded in 1936, published the Federationist, the party newspaper of the provincial CCF (Cooperative Commonwealth Federation).

The Fisheries Association of British Columbia was established in 1951 as the western division of the Fisheries Council of Canada. The activities of the Association spanned the full range of interests of the B.C. fishing industry, including resource protection and development, labour contract negotiations, product development, and safety programs. In addition, the Association also functioned as a liaison between the various departments of government and the British Columbia fishing industry. The Association severed its ties with the Fisheries Council of Canada in 1984 to become the Fisheries Council of B.C.

The Fisheries Council of British Columbia was created in 1984 when the Fisheries Association of British Columbia severed its ties with the Fisheries Council of Canada. The Fisheries Council of British Columbia has operated independently ever since. The Fisheries Association of British Columbia had been established in 1951 as the western division of the Fisheries Council of Canada. The Fisheries Association of British Columbia succeeded a number of cannery and fish processor associations that had operated in British Columbia since the 1890s. The mandate of the Fisheries Council of British Columbia is to represent the common interests of its member companies to all levels of government. These interests include: the promotion of the fish products of its members in domestic and foreign markets; the protection of salmon habitat; health and safety regulations within the fishing industry; First Nations Treaty negotiations within British Columbia where fishing interests are under discussion; international treaties related to the allocation of salmon and other west coast fish stocks; and the management and allocation of salmon and other west coast fish stocks to British Columbia fishermen.

The Fisherman Publishing Society was formed in 1937 to publish The Fisherman, a bi-weekly newspaper sponsored by the Salmon Purse Seiners Union and the Pacific Coast Fishermen's Union. The newspaper chronicled industry events and promoted unity among West Coast fishermen.

The Food and Service Workers of Canada Union (FASWOC) was created in 1958 as the White Spot Employees Union. In 1968 the White Spot Company was purchased by General Foods Ltd. and the Union changed its name to Canadian Food and Associated Service Union (CFUSA) in 1972 and joined the Canadian Council of Unions in 1973. After organizing locals in two provinces, British Columbia and Ontario, the union changed its name to the Food and Service Workers of Canada Union in 1981. At the time of its merger with the Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers (CAIMAW) in 1987, FASWOC represented nineteen White Spot Restaurants, forty-seven Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants, and other employees in British Columbia.

The Fort Langley and District Board of Trade was a non-profit organization of persons from Fort Langley, Walnut Grove, Willoughby, Glen Valley, and Port Kells, that was interested in promoting economic development and presenting public policy concerns to the government. The Board had its origins in 1910; after a period of inactivity, it was revived in 1947 and remained active until 1965, when the area came under the representation of the North Langley Chamber of Commerce. The Board was particularly active in promoting good transportation access to the area via highway, rail, and ferry; dredging and dyking for flood control; mosquito control programs; and tourism, as well as forging beneficial economic and co-operative links with other organizations.

The Franco-Canadian (Dominion) Trust Company was a real estate and insurance firm active in Vancouver from approximately 1911 to 1947.

The Franco-Canadian Trust Company was active in Vancouver as a real estate and insurance firm from 1911 to 1947.

Frank Hann came from England to Calgary, Alberta in 1910 to work in the Bank of Montreal. He later transferred to Vancouver and then to a series of villages in the interior of B.C. Hann's main interests focused on Britain, British furniture and porcelain, and the conflict between Britain and Ireland.

Frank Parish was a British diplomat in the Consular Department in China from 1844-1852.

Frank Sherman arrived in the Crow's Nest Pass coal fields from Wales in 1903 and worked as a coal miner and check weighman in the mines at Morrisey. After the organization of the United Mine Workers of America in the areas he became the first elected President of District 18, a position he held until shortly before his death.

Fraser Reid was a member of the Vancouver Burns Fellowship and the Burns Foundation.

The Fraser Valley Tourist Association was a local organization which was formed to promote tourism in the Fraser Valley area with Fort Langley as the principle attraction. The Association sponsored local essay-writing contests for school children on the theme of tourism.

A long-time member of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club and the Vancouver Art and Historical Society, Fred Perry first arrived in Canada in 1904 after apprenticing in the tailor trade in Europe. In 1905 he came to Vancouver where he soon joined several other outdoor enthusiasts in forming the B.C. Mountaineering Club. Perry later helped establish the Burrard Field Naturalists' Club.

Born in London, Ontario, Frederick Howay moved to British Columbia as a child. He attended school in New Westminster and in 1884 he went to Victoria to write his Provincial Teachers' examinations. He then taught at Canoe Pass and Boundary Bay schools. In 1887 Howay entered Dalhousie University in Halifax to study law. While in Halifax, Howay wrote articles on law, politics, temperance, and B.C. personalities, which were published in various B.C. papers. Howay graduated with his LL.B. in 1890 and was admitted to the B.C. bar in 1891. In 1907 he became Judge of County Court of New Westminster. Howay had a great interest in history and was a member and president of many historical associations in B.C and Canada such as the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, Champlain Society and the Royal Society of Canada.

Garth Brown a founding member of the NDP, ran as a candidate for Point Grey in 1966 and was active in TEAM campaigns from 1968 to 1972. He chaired the NDP Labour Policy Committee (1973-1979) and was a campaign chairman in 1981-1982 for Vancouver/Little Mountain. Brown worked at the Eburne Sawmill as Plant Chairman and headed the Plant Committee through most of the 1970s, and was an active committee member in the 1980s. As Regional Co-ordinator of the LESC/CLC (1979-1982), Brown was at the centre of labour education in B.C., co-ordinating CLC programs and advising other organizations.

Difficulties between Gary Giste and the Draft Board in Tacoma, Washington, resulted in Giste's moving to Burnaby, B.C., in order to avoid the draft. Further biographical information is unavailable.