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John Joseph Lysons Atwood (fl.1929) was a lawyer who practiced in Vancouver, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Harold Bengee Atlee was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1890, received his early education in Annapolis Royal, and graduated from Dalhousie Medical School in 1911 at the age of 21, the youngest graduate in the school's history.

He spent a year in general practice followed by post-graduate studies in England. In 1914 he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. He returned to England to complete his studies and became a fellow by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He returned to Halifax in 1921 and, despite opposition from his colleagues, was appointed both professor and chair of the first combined Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Dalhousie and Chief of Service at Victoria General Hospital. These appointments of a young and relatively inexperienced physician surprised the medical community. However, Atlee had the support of Dr. John Stewart, Dean of Medicine, and remained at Dalhousie until his retirement in 1958.

An active member of many professional associations, Dr. Atlee was a president of the Nova Scotia Medical Society, the Canadian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and the Halifax Medical Society. He was named Honorary President of the Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association in 1968. He died in 1978.

Atlas Fisheries Ltd. was founded in 1955 by Lloyd R. Crouse of Lunenburg, N.S., who became its secretary-treasurer. The company was incorporated under the Nova Scotia Companies' Act on 12 March 1956 with nominal capital of $19,000. Its first share-holders were: fishermen Samuel Corkum, Charles Mosher, Samuel Harris, Allen U. Crouse and Walter Crouse of Lunenburg County; fishing captain, C. William Leary; merchants Lloyd Crouse and Kinsman E. Crouse of Lunenburg; and accountant Sinclair Randall of Lunenburg. The company's dragger, the Linda & Jane, was registered at the shipping office in 1956. Depletion of fish stocks resulted in the dissolution of Atlas Fisheries in the mid 1960s along with two other fishing companies founded by Lloyd R. Crouse, Crouse Fisheries and Viking Fisheries.

The Atlantic Word Processing Association was formed in 1981 by several individuals interested in the field of word processing, Its main objectives are to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, methods, systems, and procedures among persons engaged in word processing; to foster and develop interest and knowledge in the subject; and to collaborate with educational institutions and other interested groups for the promotion of education and training in word processing. Its registered office and centre of activities is in Halifax.

The Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (ASO), Canada's first and only full-time professional regional orchestra, was formed on June 12, 1968. Its predecessors, the New Brunswick Symphony Orchestra and the Halifax Symphony Orchestra, were small volunteer ensembles with limited resources. Demand for a fully professional ensemble and improved facilities -- combined with support from the Canada Council, provincial governments, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) -- led to the decision to jointly support a regional orchestra and the smaller local orchestras were disbanded. Prior to the formation of the ASO, no professional symphony orchestra existed east of Quebec City.

Although based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the ASO served the four Atlantic Provinces, travelling over 20,000 kilometres each thirty-four week season to perform in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. It was supported by five community-based committees: Halifax and Sydney, Saint John, Moncton, and Fredericton. Each committee was responsible for hosting concerts once or twice a season. Hosting included managing ticket sales, fundraising, and local promotion.

The activities of the ASO were governed by the Officers of the Corporation, Board of Directors, Standing Committees, and Local Committees. Full power for the active management and business of the corporation was vested in its Officers, including a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Past Presidents include Dr. J. F. Filbee, Dr. Richard Goldbloom, Rev. Roland Soucie, and Eric T. Wennberg.

The Board of Directors was composed of representatives of the governments of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, local committee representatives, and at-large members as well as a member of the orchestra and the Executive Director. While the Board was responsible for policy functions, the Executive Director was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the corporation. In recognition of its multi-community character and responsibilities, the Board rotated its annual general meeting among the five key cities. Fundraising was conducted through a separate body known as the Atlantic Symphony Inc., which drew its officers from the interprovincial board.

For the first eleven years, ASO was financially viable, which was attributed to its knowledgeable executives, its renowned conductor, and its concert subscription series. The management group in Halifax operated on a tight budget with a staff of six: an Executive Director (Lionel D. Smith until 1980, then Mark J. Warren), a Musical Director (Klaro M. Mizerit until 1977, followed by Victor Yampolsky), an Orchestra Manager (Leone Wilcox until 1979 when she became Director of Development, succeeded by Loredana Flebbe), an accountant, and two secretaries.

Under Klaro Mizerit (1914-2007), the ASO developed a standard repertoire, including works by Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky, among others. It also supported Canadian composers by performing more than one hundred Canadian works. Canadian and world premiers included works by Jean Coulthard, Adrian Hoffman, Michael R. Miller, Patric Standford, and by Mizerit himself. In 1968, Mizerit also founded the Atlantic Choir to perform choral works with the symphony and the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra. Under Victor Yampolsky (b.1942), the ASO continued its tradition of performing both traditional and modern (especially Canadian) repertoire, with performances of works by Beethoven, Bach, Handel, as well as Robert Turner, Janis Kalnins, and Roger Matton.

The ASO rehearsed and regularly performed at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in the Dalhousie Arts Centre. It gave subscription, school, and community concerts, which were regularly broadcast on CBC radio and television. In its first year, the orchestra was composed of forty-eight contract players and gave thirty-nine subscription concerts. By 1977, the orchestra had grown to sixty-five players and performed more than one hundred concerts per season. As it became better known, it increasingly attracted nationally and internationally renowned guest artists including Harry Belafonte, Liona Boyd, Maureen Forrester, James Galway, Louis Lortie, Ravi Shankar, Robert Silverman, and William Tritt, as well as conductors such as Raffi Armenian and Vittorio Negri.

By 1979, the operating budget was approximately $1 million, with the Canada Council contributing about a third and the provinces and municipalities providing a further fifteen to twenty percent. The balance of revenues was derived from ticket sales, CBC broadcast income, private and corporate donors, and additional fundraising through women's auxiliary committees. However, in the early 1980s, ASO started running into financial difficulties. A labour dispute in 1979 had suspended operations for twelve weeks, and government cutbacks, high touring costs, and declining corporate support all took their toll. A deficit of $163,300 was recorded in 1981, and in September 1982 the Board of Directors suspended operations, citing a $407,000 deficit. Despite fundraising efforts and a twenty week interim season under the direction of Boris Brott, the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra declared bankruptcy in September 1983. Symphony Nova Scotia, which acquired the ASO's assets, was subsequently formed in Halifax in the same year.

The Atlantic Sports Car Club had its beginnings in 1954 when MG TDs and a few other sports cars were beginning to appear on the roads of Nova Scotia. Two owners of these classic cars got together and agreed that a club should be formed. -- After months of research and a letter to over one hundred sports car owners throughout the province, a meeting was held in mid-March of 1955 in the Board of Trade Building on Spring Garden Road in Halifax. A club was formed, the name chosen and the first Executive Committee was elected. Two years later, in March of 1957, the first Constitution and By-Laws were registered with the Provincial Government. -- For the first decade ASCC was a “pure” Sports Car club, with navigational rallies, gymkhanas, and the occasional hill climb (all frequently ending as beach parties or other social gatherings) filling the demand for affordable competition and social interaction. By 1966 the pressure from owners of small, agile European sedans became too great and ASCC, with some reluctance on the part of the sports car owners, broadened its mandate and became a motorsport club. The name was retained in recognition of the club history and the overall desire for recognition of motorsport involving vehicles where finesse counted for more than brute horsepower and/or intimidation. --The following three decades saw a gradual change from the more social rally-gymkhana crowd to the go-fast race and slalom car drivers whose thrills are shared only vicariously by others.

Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers was established in 1970 as the Atlantic Society of Handweavers, in response to increasing interest in the craft. In 1980, as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations, the guild's name was changed to Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers, to better reflect the range of interests, knowledge and skills of its members. In 1982 the group established the Mary Black Fund to honour this noted teacher, weaver, co-founder of the Guild of Canadian Weavers, and Honorary President of the Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers. The aim of the organization is to provide opportunities for weavers, spinners, and dyers to meet in a social atmosphere, to exchange information, learn new techniques and methods and share their interests.

The Atlantic Research Centre (ARC) was established in 1967 as the Atlantic Research Centre for Mental Retardation, a centennial project of what was then called the National Institute for the Mentally Retarded.

The Atlantic Publishers Association (APA) started in Halifax, NS in 1978. The APA acted as a medium which maintained and grew strong book publishing houses owned and controlled in Atlantic Canada. It was a forum for publishers and those concerned with the publishing industry in Atlantic Canada for exchange of ideas and information. It undertook projects and studies to promote publishers and the publishing industry in Atlantic Canada.

Under grants and authorization of the Canada Council, the Atlantic Provinces Book Review and Service (APBRS) was founded in 1974 and consisted of representatives from the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Publishers' Association, the Atlantic Booksellers' Association, and the Atlantic Provinces Libraries Association (Constitution 1993).

The Society worked to promote Atlantic Canadian books and authors through the publication of the Atlantic Provinces Book Review (later renamed Atlantic Books Today). The society also made copies of reviews available for reprint in other publications. This service was discontinued in 1992.

The Atlantic Provinces Book Review (APBR) was published as a community service by Saint Mary's University, in cooperation with the Writer's Foundation of Nova Scotia and the Atlantic Publishers Association. In 1992 the title changed to Atlantic Books Today (ABT).

In 2002, the Atlantic Provinces Book Review Society ceased publication of ABT. ABT is now published by the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. The format of the periodical has changed to a glossy, full colour, magazine.

Known chairs of the Board include: Ken MacKinnon (1982-1984).

Known Editors of the APBR and ABT include: Terry Whalen (1982-1990), David Pigot (1990-1991), Elizabeth Eve (1991-2001), and Suzannah Schmitt Brown (2001-2002).