Otto Cohnheim, who later changed his name to Otto Kestner, was born 30 May 1873 in Breslau, Germany. He received his medical education in Leipzig and Heidelberg, graduating in medicine in 1896. In 1897 he was appointed Privat-dozent (lecturer) in the Physiological Institute at Heidelberg, an appointment resulting from a paper on absorption from the stomach and intestine. His greatest achievement was the discovery of an enzyme responsible for breaking peptones down to free amino-acids, which he called “erepsin” from a Greek word meaning “I break down”. After this discovery he was promoted to ausserordentlicher Professor (senior lecturer) at Heidelberg, where he also stood in as head of the department when the head of the department fell ill. In 1913 he was appointed ordentlicher (full) Professor at the newly founded Institute of Physiology in Hamburg. It was at this time that Cohnheim, at the request of his mother, changed his name to Kestner, a name which was in his mother’s family.

Otto then served as a medical officer in the field during the Great War, putting his career in Hamburg on hold. In 1919 he took the appointment at Hamburg, becoming the director of the institute. He continued to do extensive research into the physiology of the kidney, general metabolism, and the physiology of marine animals, all of which he published on extensively. He lectured in Italy and the USA and worked for a time in Russia with Pavlov.

Due to his Jewish birth name of Cohnheim, he was investigated by the Gestapo. His post at the Institute of Physiology in Hamburg ended in 1934 when he was abruptly dismissed without compensation. Otto was forced to sell much of his family’s possessions and escaped with his family to Britain. In 1940 he was interred for six months on the Isle of Man as a potential enemy alien. After being released Otto worked for several institutions in Britain including the Rowett Institute in Aberdeen and the Royal Sea-bathing Hospital at Margate. In 1942 he went to Cambridge where he became a member of Downing College and was associated with the School of Agriculture.

Otto returned to Hamburg to fill his former post as director of the Institute of Physiology. He died in Hamburg in 1953.

Norman Colbeck was born in London, England. On leaving school he worked for three years as a clerk with the Orient Steam Navigation Company in London. In 1923, after a brief period of self-education, chiefly at the British Museum, he was hired to manage the Rare Book Room of Foyles bookshop in Charring Cross Road. In 1927 he launched his own bookshop, later relocating his home and business to Bournemouth. Colbeck moved to Vancouver in 1967 when the University of British Columbia Library acquired his collection of books and manuscripts. He catalogued that collection, an activity which culminated in the publication of A bookmans catalogue: the Norman Colbeck collection of nineteenth-century and Edwardian poetry and belles-lettres in the Special Collections of the University of British Columbia in 1987. Colbeck became a Canadian citizen in 1976 and in 1987 UBC awarded him the degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causae) in recognition of his contribution to education and scholarship.

Joan Coldwell received her PhD. from Harvard University and taught English at the University of Victoria until moving to Ontario. Coldwell became a professor of English and director of Women's Studies at McMaster University. She was introduced to Jane Rule and Helen Sonthoff through their mutual friend Gail Pass. She has also worked as book page editor and columnist for the Victoria Times-Colonist and as a food writer and radio producer. She is the founder and publisher of Hedgerow Press. Established in 2004, Hedgerow Press has published books by B.C. writers and artists, including Jane Rule's last book, Loving the Difficult, a collection of essays that received the Lambda Award for non-fiction.

Jim Coleman, born October 30, 1911, in Winnipeg, Manitoba was an award winning Canadian sports journalist that focused his efforts primarily on the three sports of: horse racing, Canadian football, and hockey. He was named to the Order of Canada in 1974; was inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame in 1980; won the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association, Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984; and was inducted into the Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.

Mr. Coleman wrote prolifically for the Vancouver Province (1939-1941), and the Globe & Mail (1942-1961) newspapers, and eventually became a syndicated columnist writing for Southam Newspapers (1962-1983).

Mr. Coleman also wrote two books, both on the topic of sports. The first book, titled “A Hoofprint on my Heart” was published in 1971; and the second book, titled “Long Ride on a Hobby Horse” was published in 1990.

Mr. Coleman passed away on January 14th, 2001 in Vancouver.

The College of Pharmacists of British Columbia was originally established under the Pharmacy Act of 1891 as the Pharmaceutical Association of British Columbia. Prior to 1891, the practice of pharmacy was unregulated. The Association was initially located in Victoria, but later established College offices in Vancouver. The broad mandate of the College is to oversee the practice of pharmacy in the province which includes education, regulation, discipline and administration.

A longtime grape grower and an amateur winemaker from the Okanagan region in British Columbia, Bill Collings has been an involved member of the wine industry in BC for several decades. Previously owners of Sumac Slope Vineyard, Bill Collings and his wife Joan, were both actively involved in several wine and vineyard related associations within the Okanagan area and throughout the province, including the British Columbia Amateur Winemakers Association (BCAWA) and the British Columbia Wine Institute (BCWI). Bill Collings has written extensively on the topic of winemaking and British Columbia’s wine industry and remained actively involved in the wine industry until his retirement.

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In 1957, a committee composed of faculty members of the University of British Columbia, headed by James M. Mather, investigated the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic in Dallas, Texas. This investigation was undertaken at the request of the Minister of Education and the Minister of Health and Welfare of the Government of British Columbia, and was financed by them. The committee examined various aspects of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic, including patient treatments, facilities, and procedures.

The Committee on Academic Status for Librarians of the Canadian Association of College and University Librarians (CACUL) was established to solicit data on the status of librarians at Canadian post-secondary institutions from university and college librarians through an annual survey. The Committee would use that data to advise the CACUL Executive on the academic status of librarians across the country.

The President's Ad Hoc Committee to Consider the Future Use of the University Endowment Lands was appointed by UBC President Walter Gage in November 1972. Chaired by Philip White, Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, the committee invited submissions from faculty and students on the educational, recreational, and financial potential of the UEL and possible future development and use. Residents and organizations also submitted statements. The committee's report was to be forwarded to the provincial Ministry of Lands, Forests and Water Resources for consideration.

The Refinery Workers Union at the Imperial Oil plant in Port Moody had a long history prior to being permanently closed. The plant was organized by the United Oil Workers Union, Local #3, in 1946 and became the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers, Local 16-614 in 1955 and the Energy and Chemical Workers Union, local #614 in 1980. In 1991 it changed its name to Communication, Energy, and Paperworkers Union, Local #614 and became Local #601 in 1995. A national history of much of the union's history can be found in Wayne Roberts, Cracking the Canadian Formula, The Making of the Energy and Chemical Workers Union, 1990.

The Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada discovered records of predecessor unions in the forest products sector and donated them. The predecessor unions include the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers, local 312 (Ocean Falls), United Papermaker and Paperworkers, local 360 (Ocean Falls), the Canadian Paperworkers' Union, and the Pulp Paper and Woodworkers of Canada.

Founded in Ontario in 1921, the Communist Party of Canada is one of two federally registered Communist parties in Canada, the other being the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), an anti-revisionist Maoist party. Though without elected federal or provincial representation at present, the CPC is active in trade unions, the civic reform movement, and a number of social justice, anti-war and international solidarity groups and coalitions. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the party was thrown into crisis. The CPC leadership and a segment of its general membership began to abandon Marxism-Leninism as the basis of the Party's revolutionary perspective, and ultimately moved to liquidate the Party itself, seeking to replace it with a left, social democratic entity. The protracted ideological and political crisis created much confusion and disorientation within the ranks of the Party for over two years. Ultimately, the majority in the Central Committee (CC) led by Maurice Hewison of the party voted to abandon Marxism-Leninism. An orthodox minority in the CC resisted this effort. Provincial conventions were held in 1991 in British Columbia and Ontario. At the B.C. convention, delegates threw out one of the main leaders of the Hewison group. A few months later, Ontario delegates rejected a concerted campaign by Hewison and his supporters, and overwhelmingly supporters of the Marxist-Leninist current to the Ontario Committee and Executive. The Hewison group moved on August 27, 1991 to expel eleven of the key leaders of the opposition and also dismissed the Ontario provincial committee. The expelled members threatened to take the Hewison group to court. After several months of negotiations , an out-of-court settlement resulted in the Hewison leadership agreeing to leave the CPC and relinquish any claim to the party's name, while taking most of the party's assets to the Cecil-Ross Society, a publishing and educational foundation previously associated with the party. Following their departure a convention was held in December 1992 at which delegates agreed to continue the Communist Party. The renovated party, now with fewer than 1,000 members, was smaller than before the split and had lost a number of assets. It was not in a position to run fifty (50) candidates in the 1993 federal election, the number required to maintain official party status. As a result, the CPC was deregistered by Elections Canada, and its remaining assets were seized by the government. A prolonged legal battle ensued, resulting in a Supreme Court of Canada ruling in 2003 that overturned a provision in the Elections Act requiring fifty candidates for official party status.

The Community Arts Council of Vancouver was the first arts council in North America. CACV was instrumental in creating the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, the Vancouver Museum and Planetarium, the UBC School of Music, the first Vancouver Film Festival, and many other Vancouver’s cultural institutions and events.

The Community Health Nurses Group of the Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia was established in 1979. The need for such a group had been identified in the spring of 1978, when the Public Health Nursing Council (PHNC) was disbanded. Some of the nurses from the PHNC came together with the goal of establishing a new group to provide a united professional voice for community nurses and their interests.

After much discussion, it was decided to pursue interest group status in the RNABC, rather than membership in the Canadian Public Health Association. On September 6, 1978, an organizational meeting was held, and “Community Nurses’ Interest Group” was chosen as the name of the proposed group. A presentation was made by the group to the RNABC Board of Directors one week later, and on September 29 permission was granted for the formation of the Community Nurses’ Interest Group.

The major objectives of the group were to promote professional growth among nurses; to contribute to continuing education for community health nurses; and to facilitate communication among members and between community health nurses and the RNABC. The group, under the name Community Health Nurses’ Interest Group, (CHNIG), was not officially established until November 1979, when its bylaws were approved by the RNABC’s Board of Directors.

The Group’s first president was Joey Williams. Membership in the group was made available to all RNABC members engaged or interested in community health nursing. As the Group’s membership grew, regional groups were established throughout British Columbia. In 1987, the Group was involved in the formation of the Community Health Nurses’ Association of Canada (CHNAC).

The CHNIG changed its name to the Community Health Nurses’ Group (CHNG) of the RNABC in 1990. The following members served as Presidents of the CHNIG/ CHNG: Joey Williams (1979-1983); Joan Gallacher (1983-1985); Nora Whyte (1986-1988); Gail Beddome (1989-1991); Diane Harding (1992-1993); Ray Thompson (1993-1995); Cindy Fox (1996-1997); Tamara Olson (1998-1999); and Shirley Sterlinger (2000-2004).

Declining membership (33 in 2003), a shortage of people willing to perform necessary tasks, and the lack of executive support from PH nurse administrators, led to the Group being placed on modified inactive status from October 2000 to October 2002. Subsequent attempts to revive the group were unsuccessful. The Group applied to the RNABC for dissolution February 21, 2003.

The UBC Community Learning Initiative (UBC-CLI) was established in 2006 to develop curricular community-engaged learning opportunities. Its central principle was the importance of "community service learning" (CSL). The University's Trek 2010 strategic plan had set a goal of developing programmes that engage 10% of UBC students in CSL each year. Students worked in teams on short-term projects linked to course content and met the participating organizations' goals. Its work was made possible by a grant from the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. UBC-CLI worked parallel with the Learning Exchange, founded in 2000 to facilitate student volunteer opportunities in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. There was a great deal of overlap between the two programmes, and they initially reported to the same Director, Margo Fryer. In 2011 CLI and the Learning Exchange were separated into two distinct units, each with its separate director, with CLI reporting to the Vice-President, Students. In 2012 CLI re-organized and changed its name to the Centre for Community Engaged Learning.