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Joseph Garnet Bennett, 1882-1940, was born in England and came to Calgary, Alberta in 1910. In 1916 he formed a construction firm in partnership with William White. Joseph's sons, John Garnet Bennett, 1906-1987, and A. Gordon Bennett, 1908-1990, soon joined the firm. It was incorporated as Bennett and White Construction Ltd. in 1925. When White retired in 1932 Bennett's sons bought his shares, and in 1936 they took over active control of the company from their father. The firm opened a Vancouver office in 1936 and an Edmonton office in 1938. It has been involved in a wide variety of construction projects including public buildings, roads, grain elevators, bridges and dams. It was the contractor for the Glenmore Dam project in Calgary in the early 1930s. During the Second World War the firm constructed many of the facilities used by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. In the 1966 it was renamed Bennett and White Ltd. It was the 15th largest non-residential construction contractor in Canada in 1981. For further information see Calgary : Canada's Frontier Metropolis : An Illustrated History / Max Foran and Heather MacEwan Foran. -- Burlington : Windsor Publications, 1982, p. 284-285.

Best of Bridge Publishing Ltd. was formed by a group of women in Calgary, Alberta who met regularly to play bridge and who decided to publish a cookbook of their favourite recipes. Karen Brimacombe, Mary Halpen, Linda Jacobson, Helen Miles, Val Robinson, Marilyn Lyle and Joan Wilson ultimately published nine best-selling cookbooks and promoted these volumes energetically for several decades through the media and bookstores. In total they sold over three million copies worldwide. The group also hosted a short-lived cooking show on television. They retired in 2008 and licensed their brand to another company operated by Robert Rose. The books were The Best of Bridge (1976), Enjoy! (1979), Winners (1984), Grand Slam (1988), Aces (1992), That's Trump (1995), The Best of the Best and More (1998), A Year of the Best (2001) and The Rest of the Best and More (2004). A new group of food writers was enlisted to reinvigorate the brand in 2015 including Julie Van Rosendaal, Elizabeth Chorney-Booth, and Sue Duncan.

The Big Seven company was formed in 1917 by Alex Craig, Bill Craig, Ross Beatty, Alex Muir, Gordon Cox, Bill Watson, and Omar Stuart, all of whom were farmers in the Wembley area. The company owned a steam threshing machine which was used to harvest crops in the area from 1917 to 1934. During the 1920s the company also operated a sawmill on the Wapiti River, south of Dimsdale. The company later disbanded and in 1936 the steam threshing outfit was sold to Thomas E. Cooke of Grande Prairie by the remaining shareholders, Ross Beatty, Alex Craig, and Bill Craig.

The Blackie Co-operative Association Limited was incorporated in Blackie, Alberta 1915. Its leading proponent and first manager was O.W. Bowlus, a local farmer and surveyor. A store was built almost immediately, selling lumber, hardware, and petroleum products. It was destroyed by fire in 1926, but was rebuilt and expanded with the purchase of a neighboring hardware store. A larger new store was built in 1976, but because of the declining number of farms in the Blackie district, it was not sustainable, and ceased operations in 1979. The building was rented out but was not sold until 2002. The sale of the building enabled the Co-op to disband and distribute its assets to its members.

According to Estella Esselink's record in The Big Bend, Blueberry Mountain School began here in 1929, with Miss Jean Walker, teacher. Minutes of a trustees meeting June 20, 1931 record the reappointment of W.M. Wood as chairman and Mrs. Minnie Wood, secretary/treasurer. Teachers in the 1930s include Miss Walker, Miss Yoder, Miss Comer and Miss Jones, Helen Boadway, Irene Schieck and E.V. Coykendall. In 1933, the board requested from the Department of Education a list of teachers willing to accept positions at an annual rate of $500. due to their poor financial position. Attendance figures often determined when school would close and the teacher often was asked to make the decision. By 1936, one student was attending Spirit River School and the district paid her tuition. A new school and barn was built in 1937 on land donated by Mr. Dewey Keebler. The work was accomplished over a number of years and many families contributed labour in exchange for payment on back taxes owing. Teachers in the 1940s included Irene Godberson, Louise Martin, Betty Hopkins, Olive G. Holmberg, Hattie Carder, Dorothy Lilge, Madge.Smyth, Miss Carvell. In the 1950s teachers included Melba Cyr, Joan Bayers, Stella Brett, Estella Esselink, Mr. W. G. Marles, William Konapelka, Melba Peg and Mrs. Maxwell.

The Board of Governors is a corporation which consists of a Chair appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, the Chancellor, the President, and persons appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, who include representatives from the Alumni Association, the Senate, the academic and non-academic staff, undergraduate and graduate students, and the general public. The conduct, management, and control of the University and all its property, revenue, business, and affairs are vested in the Board. The Board appoints the deans of all faculties, all members of the teaching staff, the Librarian, the Registrar, and all members of the administrative staff, but no one may be appointed to a senior administrative post or to the academic staff of the University unless first nominated by the President of the University. The Board provides for the maintenance of buildings and the erection of new buildings. It has authority to purchase and acquire property. It fixes the fees charged for courses and it makes financial provision for the establishment of new faculties, departments, and courses. It may establish extension programs to contribute to the educational and cultural advancement of the people of Alberta. When any question arises as to the powers or duties of the Senate, any other University body, the President, a dean, or any other officer or employee, and these powers and duties are not definitely provided for in the Universities Act, the Board's decision on the question is final (Calendar, 1990/91). The Board was created by the University Act (1910) which was modelled on the Ontario statute which created the University of Toronto. Chairs: 1911-1917 Edwin Charles Pardee; 1917-1940 Horace Harvey; 1940-1950 Harold Hayward Parlee; 1950-1966 Charles Malcolm Macleod; 1966-1972 John Edward Bradley; 1972-1975 Fred T. Jenne; 1975-1978 Eric A. Geddes; 1978-1990 John Schlosser; 1990- Stanley A. Milner. Executive Directors: 1911-1968 University Bursar; 1968-[1979] John Nicol; 1979-1984 Brian J. Silzer; 1984- Paul Robison.

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Associates was established as The Women’s Committee of the Edmonton Symphony Society on January 28, 1953. It was established as an independent organization from the Edmonton Symphony Society, but intended to cooperate with the Edmonton Symphony Society in every way to assure support for the orchestra. Mrs. Donovan Ferris was the Committee’s first president.

The Women’s Committee’s objectives were to promote and maintain a friendly understanding between the citizens of greater Edmonton and the Edmonton Symphony Society, to assist in obtaining a full subscription list for the Symphony season, to cooperate in all ways to promote and to perform liaison work for the Students’ concerts, to contribute from time to time to the Sustaining Fund of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, to cooperate with the Board of Directors of the Edmonton Symphony Society to further the objectives of the Symphony and to further musical appreciation in Edmonton and throughout the district; these objectives were soon condensed to support the activities of the Edmonton Symphony Society, to contribute financially to the Edmonton Symphony Society, and to further musical appreciation in Greater Edmonton and District through educational projects. The latter was accomplished through collaboration with other arts groups and support for related projects such as the University of Alberta Music Department and the Edmonton Youth Orchestra.

In 1984, the name of the volunteer organization changed to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Associates, with membership including both men and women. The objectives remained to support the activities of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, to provide financial support for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and to continue to foster music appreciation.

Educational Media Services, formerly the Visual Instruction Division, provides equipment, educational materials, consultation, and production services to support the Facultyþs continuing education courses. Educational materials are also supplied to other faculties and departments for their credit programs. A province-wide materials service is provided to other educational institutions, government agencies, businesses, community organizations, and individuals. A library of 16 mm educational films, slide-tape sets, overhead transparencies and videocassettes is available for educational programs (Calendar, 1990/91). Supervisors: 1917-1952 Harold Purcey Brown; 1952-[1953] Martin Adamson; [1953-1955] Ronald William Nablo; [1952-1961] Lawrence Twigge (Acting); 1961-1963 C.F. Ritchie; 1963-1975 Jim Shaw; 1975- 1977 Ilonka Halpern (Acting); 1977- Jim Shaw.

The Effective Writing Program Office was established in 1976 and reports to the Faculty of General Studies. The Office administers the Effective Writing Requirement which all students at The University of Calgary must meet within twelve months from the beginning of the session of their initial registration. The requirement is otherwise known as the Alberta Universities' Writing Competence Test. To pass the test, students are required to write an essay on a general topic in which they demonstrate a university entrance level competence in writing. The Office also arranges for individual tutoring for students experiencing difficulties in their writing through its Writing Centre.