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E. Sydney Jackson
Edwin Sydney Jackson (17 May 1922 – 10 April 2016) was a Canadian actuary who served as president and chairman of Manulife. Jackson joined the Manufacturers' Life Insurance Company in 1948 in Toronto, and during the 1950s and 1960s rose through the company's ranks. In 1970 he was elected a director, and in 1972 was appointed president. After the death of Manulife's chairman in 1978, he became acting chairman of the board. In 1985, Jackson stepped down from the presidency and was elected chairman. He served in that role until 1990, through he stayed on as a director. After the abrupt resignation of chairman Thomas di Giacomo in August 1993, Jackson served as the interim chairman until March 1994. That year, aged 72, Jackson retired from Manulife. Biography Edwin Sydney Jackson was born on 17 May 1922 in Regina to Edwin Jackson (1882–19??) and Dorothy Hazel Bell (1892–1974). In 1940 he graduated from Regina Central Collegiate. From 1943 to 1945, Jackson served as an officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina ( ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 census, Regina had a List of cities in Saskatchewan, city population of 226,404, and a List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, metropolitan area population of 249,217. It is governed by Regina City Council. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159. Regina was History of Northwest Territories capital cities, previously the seat of government of the Northwest Territories, North-West Territories, of which the current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta originally formed part, and of the District of Assiniboia. The site was previously called Wascana (from "Buffalo Bones"), but was renamed to ''Regina'' (Latin for "Queen") in 1882 in honour of Queen Victoria. The name was proposed by Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurentian Bank Of Canada
The Laurentian Bank of Canada (LBC; ) is a Schedule 1 bank that operates primarily in the province of Quebec, with commercial and business banking offices located in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia. LBC's Institution Number (or routing number) is 039. The institution was established as the Montreal City and District Savings Bank in 1846. The bank's shares were publicly listed on the Montreal Stock Exchange in 1965 and the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1983. In 1987, the institution was renamed the ''Laurentian Bank of Canada''. It is the only bank in North America to have had a labour union, some 1,100 positions becoming unionized in 1967, with the rest of non-managerial positions joining decades later. In 2017, there was a failed attempt by the bank to decertify the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, but a majority of workers voted for union decertification in March 2021, leading the Canada Industrial Relations Board to revoke the union's certi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Army Personnel Of World War II
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
