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Chappelle, Margaret
AR-MS-735 · Person · 1915 - 1992

Margaret Morgan Chappelle was born Margaret Ayling in 1915 to Edward and Mary Ayling. The Aylings moved to Edmonton shortly after Margaret's birth, where Edward Ayling worked for the John Deere Plow Company. He was a member of the Masons, and served as President of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce.

In 1936 she married local doctor Gerard Chappelle, son of Walter Chappelle and Anna Nash. Mrs. Chappelle, an accomplished artist, was a long-standing member of the Alberta Society of Artists, the Federation of Canadian Artists, and president of the Edmonton Art Club. In 1947 Mrs. Chappelle trained in the University of Alberta's Fine Arts Department under H.G. Glyde and Jack Taylor. From an early age Margaret had a love of animals and nature that led to her becoming a civil activist in the 1960s. She was instrumental in halting the MacKinnon Ravine Freeway in 1965. This action also started the movement towards urban reform in the 1970s. In 1958 Dr. and Mrs. Chappelle were admitted to the Social Register of Canada Association. Mrs. Chappelle's paintings and ceramics were exhibited in many galleries across Canada. In 1962 she won the medal of honour for ceramics at the International Exposition of Contemporary Ceramics in Prague. Margaret Chappelle died on June 29th 1992 leaving her estate of $3.7 million to the Edmonton SPCA (now known as the Edmonton Humane Society).

Hon, Jordon
AR-MS-1251 · Person · 1995 - current

Jordon Hon was born in 1995 in Edmonton to Jeannie Hon and Royce Hon. His parents immigrated from Hong Kong to Alberta at different times. His mother, Jeannie, in the early 1970's and his father, Royce, in the early 1980's. He has an older sister, Jordana Hon. Jordon attended the Mandarin bilingual school system at Caernarvon School and Dovercourt School then later Lynnwood Elementary School, Crestwood Junior High School, and Archbishop MacDonald High School.

Jordon went on to receive his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta from 2013-2018 then worked full-time for the same university in the Office of the Registrar's Marketing and Communications department as a photographer and videographer from 2018-2022.

In April 2022, Jordon left his full time job at the university to start his own photography business, Be My Guest Portrait Studio Inc. and to work on community projects in Chinatown. Notable projects include A Portrait of Chinatown, a six part docuseries where Jordon deepened his relationship with his cultural heritage and home city by exploring Edmonton's Chinatown. Afterwards, Jordon worked with Chinatown Greetings to lead and curate a project showcasing photographs and short essays provided by eleven community members related to Chinatown in a project called Untouchable Chinatown.

Jordon uses a camera to document his relations, urban spaces, and cultural communities while also curating art projects and organizing local experiences to bring people together. Jordon believes in the power of art, specifically photography, to shed light on truths, archive moments in time, and spark radical imagination.

Guan, Yong Fei
AR-MS-1251-S-1 · Person · current

Yong Fei Guan is a Chinese Canadian artist-researcher who lives in Edmonton. The Living History of Gojis in Edmonton was her first bilingual book. Guan wrote it from 2020-2023, in conjunction with her Master of Fine Arts thesis at the University of Alberta.

Formally trained as an elementary school teacher in China, Guan taught Chinese in her hometown in Jiujiang, in Guangdong province for three years. After receiving her fine arts degree from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2014, Guan started to explore multicultural identity, politics and their relationship to environmental issues in her work. She has been involved in public and community art projects including 塑胶狮 Su Jiao Shi and 金猪 Golden Pig, in which she created public art installations made from plastic waste diverted from the landfill. She received the Waste Reduction Hero Award from the City of Edmonton in 2018 and the Edmonton Trust Fund Award in 2019 and 2021. Her artworks have been publicized in many media reviews and interviews including CBC Edmonton, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, CTV News Edmonton, Global News Edmonton and CKUA.

Alberta Thai Association
AR-MS-1251 · Corporate body · 1985 - current

In the 1960s, Thai students studying at the University of Alberta first got together to form a group to promote Thai culture and cultural understanding. Their activities included developing a membership directory and newsletters and hosting events and gatherings.

In 1985, the Alberta Thai Association was formally established. The members of the first executive included Mr. Boon-Oom Gosinet (President), Mr. Buncha Ooraikul (Vice president), Mr. Anan Kaewmongkol (Secretary), Mr. Sombot Patayanikorn (Treasurer), Miss Ngamta Tekauyporn & Mr. Sanguan Parnmukh (Directors of Activities), Mrs. Kritsana (Saruprath) Wototschek & Mr. Pornchai Pannopsri (Directors of Fundraising), and Mrs. Banyong Gosinet & Mr. Nivat Chainarongpinij (Directors of Information).

The Alberta Thai Association works to promote appreciation and understanding of Thai culture, provide events and activities for members, and offer language and cultural enrichment programs. Programs include lessons in Thai conversation, fruit carving, cuisine, traditional music, and dance. The Alberta Thai Association also provides scholarships and awards to recognize achievements of community members.

Michelle Shegelski
AR-MS-1263 · Person · 1985 - 2012

Michelle Shegelski (nee Ernst) was born in High Level, Alberta on June 29, 1985 and lived there until she moved to Edmonton to attend the University of Alberta in Edmonton at age 18. She graduated from the University of Alberta in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Philosophy. Shortly after graduating, Michelle began working for G4S Security, initially as a security guard, before transferring to G4S’s armoured security division. In 2009 while working as a trainer for G4S armoured division, she met her future husband Victor Shegelski, a new employee she was asked to train. Michelle and Victor were married on April 12, 2012 in a Victorian-themed wedding at Fort Edmonton Park, with Michelle wearing a Victorian wedding dress she had designed. On June 15, 2012 while working for G4S, Michelle was shot and killed by a co-worker in an ambush and armed robbery at the University of Alberta’s HUB Mall while refilling ATM’s. Michelle and two other G4S guards, Eddie Rejano and Brian Ilesic, lost their lives in the incident.

Robert J. McClure
AR-MS-98b · Person · 1941-2013

Bob (Robert) J. McClure was born in 1941 to Bob and Marge McClure in Edmonton AB. He would marry Margaret in 1971. During his life he worked at the University of Alberta and the City of Edmonton as a curator of Artifacts. He also worked as a Captain for the 12th Air Cadet Squadron and as a Justice of the Peace in the Stony Plain and Spruce Grove Area.

Bob died  in Stony Plain in 2013.

Kentwood Ford
AR-MS-1255 · Corporate body · 1970 -

Ken Haywood opened Kentwood Ford in June 1970 at 13344 - 97 Street NW, offering the full range of Ford vehicles. Ken Haywood’s vision statement for his dealership stated that “we shall create a rewarding and fun environment where employees and customers are treated as friends, with honesty, integrity, and respect. We are committed to providing a superior customer experience and a better future for all concerned.” Kentwood Ford quickly became an award winning Ford dealership, claiming the Ford Distinguished Dealership Award in 1973 and 1978 and Time Magazine’s Quality Dealer Award in 1989. By 1995 Kentwood Ford employed 95 full time employees, over 50% of which had been employed with Kentwood Ford between 10 and 25 years. Employee appreciation was a core aspect of Kentwood Ford with an Employee Awards Night celebration held annually throughout many years of operation. Beyond its showroom floors, the dealership has actively engaged with Edmonton through various philanthropic endeavors, supporting local charities, and sponsoring community events. Ken Haywood remained President of Kentwood Ford until his retirement in 1996, at which point Kentwood Ford was sold to the Go Auto dealership group.

Rule Wynn & Rule
AR-MS-425 · Corporate body · 1938 -

Rule Wynn and Rule was an architectural firm founded in Edmonton in 1938 by John Ulric Rule (1904-1978) and Gordon Kenneth Wynn (1912-1994). They established the company in response to a need for jobs for architects in Edmonton. John Rule’s brother, Peter Leitch Rule (1913-1964), joined the company two years after he graduated from the University of Alberta, leading to the company’s name becoming Rule Wynn and Rule (1938). As the economy improved near the end of the 1930s, jobs slowly began to trickle in. Eventually, the company was contracted by funeral director Don McGarvey to build a funeral home. This would be the first of many contracts for the company.

During the Second World War, the company was managed by the Rule siblings’ father, Peter Sr., who helped run the company while his sons and Gordon Wynn assisted in the war effort. Despite Peter Sr. not being a trained architect, he was given an honorary certificate by the Alberta Association of Architects, allowing him to manage the company without the other architects. When the war ended, Peter Rule was sent to work in the Calgary branch of the business, leading to more contracts in southern Alberta. He would oversee work in the Calgary branch until he passed away from a heart attack in 1964.

As the company continued to thrive, it expanded its partnership a year before Peter’s untimely demise. The Edmonton and Calgary branches witnessed these changes, with the Edmonton branch welcoming Gordon Forbes (1912- 2004), David George Lord (1917- 1990), and Heinz Feldberg (1928-2018). This expansion changed the company's name, now known as Rule Wynn Forbes Lord & Partners (1963), but this would change again after John Rule retired in 1966, leading the company to be known as Wynn Forbes Lord and Partners (1965), then Wynn Forbes Lord Feldberg Schmidt. This new partnership name reflected the addition of Sieghard Schmidt (1933-2005), who had joined the staff in 1964.

In 1973, Gordon Wynn officially retired from active practice, which led the partnership to change again, becoming Forbes Lord Feldberg Schmidt Croll (1972). This reflected the addition of Norman H. Croll, who joined the office in 1967 after searching for a change of pace from his practice in Wembley, England. In 1973, he would interview future company partner Craig J. B. Henderson, who had applied to work with the company after seeing an ad in the British Architectural Journal. Henderson became a company partner in 1981.

Across Alberta and other provinces, the company became known for the buildings they helped design and build, with many praised for their classic, modernist design. The firm specialized in building and consulting on commercial and residential buildings for over 70 years.

AR-MS-56 · Corporate body · 1894-current

The Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers’ Association (NAPOTA), now called the Northern Alberta Pioneers and Descendants Association (NAPODA), is one of Edmonton's oldest chartered clubs.
It was founded on 22 Jun 1894 as the Edmonton Old Timers Association by a group of 36 pioneers who either trekked across the prairies from the east or worked their way up the Saskatchewan River by boat. There may have been an attempt to establish an old timers’ association as early as 1885. The association was originally open to male residents of Edmonton and district who arrived in Alberta District, NWT prior to the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883 and then almost immediately extended to 31 Dec 1883. The date was successively advanced to include more recent pioneers.
Its original objectives were “the preservation of the early history of the settlement, and the social and friendly relations of the pioneers of the district.” Its early history is poorly documented – it appears to have become moribund prior to World War I and was re-organized in 1924 as the Edmonton Pioneers and Northern Alberta Old Timers Association, with women included in membership.
It has been continuously active since then as a social organization with some benevolent objectives, including provision of cemetery plots for members. Its name changed to Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association in 1925 and Northern Alberta Pioneers and Descendants Association in 1983.

Johnston, Robert H.
AR-MS-815 · Person · 1879-1925

Robert H. Johnston was born 6 Jun 1879 to Mary Scott and Isaac Johnston in Lincoln, Ontario. He attended Harbord Street Collegiate in Toronto and graduated from Toronto University with Honours in Classics in 1900. The following year he attended the Ontario Faculty of Education.
Robert moved to Alberta where he secured a teaching position at the Edmonton High School. Robert taught at the school until about 1906, and then worked as a Dominion Land Surveyor for about ten years.
Robert married Barbara Dunlap, daughter of J.J. Dunlap in 1914, in Edmonton. They had two children. He returned to teaching in 1917 by joining the staff at McDougall High School where he taught mathematics and classics.
Robert H. Johnston died 21 Mar 1925, one day after being hit by an automobile. The accident was reported in The Edmonton Journal on March 23, 1915.