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Nova Scotia Office of Acadian Affairs
Collectivité · 1989-

In 1989 the then minister of community services, a francophone, was assigned responsibility for reporting to the Cabinet on matters relating to Acadian Affairs. The post has generally been held by a francophone member of the Executive Council. In 1990 a director of Acadian Affairs was appointed, replacing the position of officer of Acadian Affairs established in 1985. In 2004 the French Language Services Act formally established Acadian Affairs as an office of the public service. The objects and purposes of Acadian Affairs are to ensure that the Government is aware of the needs of the Acadian and francophone community; to offer advice and support to departments, offices and agencies of Government and to Crown corporations for the purpose of developing and adopting or providing programs, policies and services that reflect the needs of the Acadian and francophone community; to serve as a central support agency for other departments for French-language services within the Government; to develop partnerships with Acadian and francophone agencies at provincial, national and international levels; to ensure that Acadian and francophone needs are addressed in the development of programs, policies and services; and to recognize the contribution of the Acadian and francophone community. In January 2011 the Office was integrated into the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage for administrative purposes, with the deputy minister becoming its chief executive officer.

Lanigan, John A.
Personne · 1854-1919

John Alphonsus Lanigan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 12 November 1854 the son of John L. and Johanna (Magrath) Lanigan who were married on 14 November 1839. He attended Sulpician College in Montreal and St. Mary’s College in Halifax where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. He graduated with his medical degree from New York University in 1877 and practiced medicine in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Buffalo, New York; Toledo, Ohio; Boston, Massachusetts; and finally Niagara Falls, New York where he was head post-mortem examiner for Erie County. He married Theresa Beazley in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 26 March 1893. John was an author who had articles published in newspapers and magazines. He was also the author of Leisure Hours poems in 1869; the play The Siege of Armagh in 1871; Woodland Rambles poems in 1894 and The Theorem of the Geometric Scale in 1910. In addition he attempted to create a universal language which he referred to as “Tolien”. It was said by H. Herald that he “possesses much literary ability”. John Lanigan would also write under the pseudonym Kinel Araga for the Niagara Falls Journal. Dr. Lanigan was also known to write music and lyrics sometimes in conjunction with his brothers, James Aloysius Lanigan and Remigius William Lanigan. He died in his home in Niagara Falls, New York on 21 May 1919 and he was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Halifax on 29 May 1919.

Gorham, John
Personne · 1709-1751

John Gorham was born 12 December 1709 (OS) at Barnstable, Massachusetts, U.S.A., and died in London, England during December of 1751. Although descended from a number of generations of military men Gorham appears to have started a career as a merchant, landholder, whaler and trader before entering military service around 1741 in Massachusetts. During this phase of his life he was recorded as seeking a land grant on Sable Island and indeed appears to have been active in the affairs of the Island. He appears to have recruited, organized and led an auxiliary unit “of the Massachusetts provincial army” who became known as Gorham’s Rangers and who patrolled the inland waters in modified whaleboats that facilitated their ability to appear and strike anywhere. Some accounts suggest rangers also specialized in less conventional warfare taking more advantage of the natural ability to conceal and hide in the woods than would regular soldiers. As a captain in the military he was dispatched to Annapolis Royal in September of 1744 with his company of 50 described by Massachusetts Governor Shirley as “picked Indians and other men fit for ranging the woods,” to provide relief to the garrison then besieged by French forces based in Louisbourg, NS. The following year he returned to Boston and then was sent, with his Rangers, to Louisbourg where they participated in a series of actions that eventually led to the fall of the fortress. Although he returned to Boston in 1746 he was quickly back in the province and during the period 1746 to 1747 erected blockhouses at Chignecto and Cobequid to support the defense of Nova Scotia. In 1747 he was sent to London to unsuccessfully plead the case for imperial support to help Massachusetts subdue the remaining French forces in Nova Scotia and to ensure the safety of the Annapolis Royal settlement. The imperial denial of support left Gorham and his company of rangers the principal defenders of Nova Scotia in its then wider boundaries including modern New Brunswick. With the settlement of Halifax in June 1749 Gorham relocated to Halifax and was named a member of Council. To support the new settlement he built a fort at Sackville (head of Halifax Harbour) and was engaged in various skirmishes with French and Mi'kmaq forces. He died of smallpox in London in December of 1751 after having sailed there on his boat the Osborne, the first vessel built in Halifax. His death was reported in the first issue of the Halifax Gazette, 23 March 1752.

The Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 established an extension of fishing rights along the coast of British North America. Article I of the Reciprocity Treaty granted access to inshore fisheries north of the 36th parallel to both Americans and British North American colonies. The treaty’s provisions excluded access rights to salmon and shad fisheries as well as those fish in rivers or in the mouths of rivers. The Fishery Commission Plans demark the geographical boundaries of rights established in the provisions of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854. The treaty also established the office of one British and one American Commissioner to determine the boundaries of rivers as well as mouths of rivers within each province and state along the east coast.

Prior to the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 surveys of U.S. coasts were mapped by the Office of Coast Survey. Dating from 1807, the office and departmental designation for coastal surveys changed quite frequently. Office of Coast Survey was under the department of the Treasury (1816-1818, 1832-34 and 1836-1878) as well as designated under the Department of the Navy (1818-1832 and 1834-1836). Similarly the organization’s name altered slightly; Survey of the Coast (1816-1818 and 1832-1836), coast surveys (1818-1832), and Coast Survey (1836-1878). F.R. Hassler (1770-1843) was the first superintendent for the Survey of the Coast (1816-1818 and 1832-1843) and was succeeded by Alexander Bache (1806-1867) who served in office from 1843 until 1867. Hassler and Bache were superintendents for the Fishery Commission Plans under the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854.

Similarly, in Canada, Moses Perley (1804-1862), surveyed and studied fisheries in New Brunswick along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Bay of Fundy, Charlotte County, and the coast between Miramichi Bay and Baie Verte. His reports led to legislation, which helped to regulate sea and river fisheries. Perley’s statistical reports, compiled from 1852-1854, were used in the negotiations between the United States and British North American colonies resulting in the Reciprocity Treaty.

Moses Perley (1804-1862) was appointed as the first Imperial Fishery Commissioner and held office from 1855-1862. Joseph Howe (1804-1873) succeeded as Commissioner after Perley’s death, taking office in 1863 until 1866. Howe’s counterpart, E.L. Hamlin (1800-1872), was appointed as U.S. Commissioner and held office from 1880 until 1866.
The Reciprocity Treaty was not renewed in 1865, and the Fishery Commission lapsed in 1866

Nova Scotia. Provincial Treasurer.
Collectivité · 1750-

A Provincial Treasurer to superintend public finances was first appointed in 1750. The treasurer was an officer of state and member of the (Executive) Council and afterwards, like the Attorney General and Provincial Secretary, a department of government. In 1849 the office of treasurer was abolished and replaced by Financial Secretary and Receiver General (cashier). In 1867 these offices were abolished and the treasurer restored. From 1878 to 1946 the Provincial Secretary was ex officio Provincial Treasurer. In 1942 the first modern Provincial Finance Act was passed. In 1962 the Department of the Provincial Treasurer assumed responsibility for economic policy development and was renamed Finance and Economics. In 1971 the department shed its responsibility for economics and was renamed Department of Finance

Collectivité · 1932

In 1932 Mount Saint Vincent College and the Halifax Infirmary School of Nursing established an affiliation program, whereby the College taught credit and non-credit courses to the nursing students at the Halifax Infirmary. In 1946 the program was discontinued as both parties were unhappy with the results. Although the first affiliation attempt between Mount Saint Vincent College and the Halifax Infirmary had not worked out, both parties were still interested in working together. Therefore when Mount Saint Vincent College established its own nursing program in 1949, it did so in affiliation with the Halifax Infirmary. The College was responsible for providing the academic component of the degree program, while the Halifax Infirmary provided the nursing and clinical training. The affiliation program was four years in length and led to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree awarded by Mount Saint Vincent College. In 1965, Mount Saint Vincent College decided to make some changes to its nursing program and introduced the first integrated nursing program in Nova Scotia. The new program required highly qualified faculty and mandated a lower faculty/student ratio than the old affiliation program, but it allowed the College to have complete control over the content of the program. The new changes ultimately resulted in higher costs to the College and it quickly became evident that something needed to be done to help bring down the cost of the nursing program. In 1969 the Mount Saint Vincent University School of Nursing and the Dalhousie University School of Nursing, which had also introduced an integrated nursing program, decided to carry out their programs in closer conjunction. By joining the two programs it was felt that the two schools would still be able to maintain a strong nursing program but they would be able to reduce the cost of the programs by eliminating unnecessary duplication. In the early 1970s an agreement was signed between the two schools creating the Dalhousie - Mount Saint Vincent Universities School of Nursing. As part of the agreement it was decided that all of the nursing courses would be taught at Dalhousie University, while the students from Mount Saint Vincent would complete all other academic courses at Mount Saint Vincent University. In the agreement it was also decided that although all of the nursing courses would be taught at Dalhousie University, Mount Saint Vincent University would still be responsible for providing a portion of the nursing faculty. The joint Dalhousie

McIntyre, Patsy
Personne · 1940

Patsy MacIntyre attended the Mount for one year in approximately 1940, possibly taking the Secretarial degree. She was from Moncton, NB.