The Peel Biography Scrapbooks, located in the Local
History Room at the Central Library, contain local newspaper clippings
highlighting the activities of a wide cross-section of people from the City of
Mississauga and the surrounding Region of Peel . This index is listed alphabetically by surname. Select a letter
from the chart below.
S |
SABELIS, Huibert
Artist |
SADDINGTON, Cy
(1911-1985) First and last elected Mayor of Port Credit |
SAJECKI, Ed After 14 years
with the City of Mississauga, Ed Sajecki, Chief Planner, is getting set to
retire |
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SAKHAVARZ, Alan
Wildlife artist |
SALDANHA, Colin
Family physician, former President, Canadian Association of Police
Boards |
SALAPATEK, Anne
Marie Researcher with the University of Toronto and the Toronto
Hospital, and 1999 winner of the John Charles Polanyi Prize |
SAMUEL, Ernie President
of steel manufacturiing plant, Samuel and Son, had a street off Dixie Road
named after him |
SANDERS, Colonel
Harland (1890-1980) Originated Kentucky Fried Chicken |
SANDERSON, Ronald E.
Obituary for founder, Royal LePage Capital Properties Services, died
1985 |
SANDS, John Named to
Canadian Amateur Speed Skating Hall of Fame and Mississauga Sports Hall of
Fame |
SAWYER, Robert
J Science-fiction writer |
SAYERS, Geoffrey
Harris (1907-1997) Obituary for direct descendant of Captain James
Beveridge Harris, original owner of Benares Historic House |
SAYERS, Kay Obituary for
long-time Mississauga resident, history buff, member of Mississauga Historical
Society, and wife of Geoffrey Sayers, died 1981 |
SCAMURRA, Sandy
Obituary for Cooksville contractor, died 1996 |
SCANLAN, Darcy Late
double lung transplant 9-year old patient, died 1992 |
SCHMIDT-MALO,
Hildegard Doctor and artist |
SCHREYER, Brigitte
Watercolour artist |
SCHULLER, Magda
Survivor of Auschwitz Concentration Camp |
SCHUMACHER, Lynne
Landscape artist |
SCHWARZ, William
Owner of a rare book on Hitler and Austria |
SEARLE, Ron Former Mayor
of Mississauga, 1976-1978, succeeded by Hazel McCallion |
SETO, Dock Late owner of
the former Chungking Restaurant in Streetsville, closed in 2000 |
SHAH,
Wali Pakistani-Canadian and U of T student is the new Poet Laureate
of Mississauga |
SHAKEEL,
Shan Mississauga 15-yearold student starts his own cellphone repair
business thanks to the Mississauga Summer Company Program |
SHAKESPEARE,
Courtland Lakeview science fiction author, writing under the name
Will Silver Hastings, brought his new book, Robo Divine, to Fan Expo
2015 |
SHAND, Charmaine
1994 Disabled Athlete of the Year |
SHANNON,
Jeannette Applewood Heights resident who identified pos-polio
syndrome |
SHAW, Muriel Award
winning knitter |
SHAW, William Obituary
for IMAX co-founder and inventor, died 2002 |
SHEAR, Gerald
J. Appointed 1970 president of Don Mills Developments Ltd; primarily
responsible for Erin Mills New Town development |
SHEFF, Gerald Architect
formerly with Cadillac Fairview, responsible for Erin Mills subdivision
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SHERBANIUK, Douglas
Lawyer and professor, winner of the 1990 Law Society Medal |
SHERRIFF,
Steve Interview with retired Crown prosecutor Steve Sherriff
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SHIPP, Gordon Late
developer and builder, founder of Shipp Corporation, died 1981 |
SHIPP, Harold (1926-2014)
Late developer and builder, son of Gordon Shipp |
SHORE, Toby Malton
resident, long-time volunteer, Canadian Cancer Society |
SIBBALD,
Gary Mississauga doctor, a professor of medicine and public health
with the university of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health,
co-established the International Wound Care Course at U of T |
SIDDALL, Hilda
Celebrated 100th birthday, 1994 |
SIGRIST, Francois
Youngest inductee into World Federation of Master Chefs |
SILK, Eric (1926-2014)
Late Streetsville resident, former Commissioner, Ontario Provincial
Police |
SILLER, Carolynne
Liberal candidate Mississauga South, 1985 provincial election |
SILVA, Gerardo Obituary
for Cuban-born maître d', at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre from 1997
till his retirement in 2007 |
SILVERBERG,
Christine Former Pubic Relations Officer, Peel Regional Police, and
former and first female Chief of Police, Calgary |
SIMMS, Karen Anne
Miss Mississauga, 1978 |
SIMONOT,
Nancy Mississauga pharmacist honoured by the Ontario Pharmacists
Association with the 2014 Achievement in Specialized Practice Award
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SINCLAIR, Jean
Volunteer president, Mississauga Arts Council |
SINGH, Asha Applewood
resident and real estate agent recipient of the 2014 Ronald E. Sanderson
Community Service Award by the Mississauga Real Estate Board |
SINGH, Jagmeet The MPP
for Bramalea-Gore-Malton is running for the leadership of the federal New
Democratic Party |
SINGH,
Sukhjit Mississauga resident, winner of top 25 Canadian Immigrant
Award for 2013, a member of several community based organizations, author of
new book, "Same shoes, different doors" |
SKEOCH, Alan Retired
history teacher, writer, broadcaster and local historian |
SKUBLICS,
Tom Mississauga jazz musician |
SKVORECKY, Josef
(1924-2012) Late professor, UTM, nominated for Nobel Prize in
Literature |
SLATER, Todd Member of
the 1992 Canadian freestyle ski team |
SLOAN, Jim Needlework
award winner |
SMALL, William
E. Appointed 1978 president of the Housing and Urban Development
Association of Canada (HUDAC) |
SMITH, Bert Late educator
and publisher, founder of the Port Credit Weekly, died 1980 |
SMITH, Geraldine
Psychic |
SMITH,
Gloria Mississauga senior, aged 72, received her black belt in
karate, and is the oldest person to accomplish this in the 28 year history of
the Academy of Martial Arts where she trains |
SMITH, Helen
Painter |
SMITH, James Volunteer,
Mississauga Clean City Committee |
SMITH, Nathan Port Credit
youngster with cystic fibrosis, made an honorary team member of the Raptors 905
basketball team |
SMITH, Patricia Cares
for injured birds |
SMITH, Roxann Vivian
Artist |
SMITH, Steve Profile of
former Mississauga resident, Steve Smith, aka Red Green, whose "The Red Green
Show" was on television for fifteen years |
SOARES, Joe Father of
quadruplets |
SOMERVILLE, Donald
Somerville Former member of the Royal Canadian Engineers, met Boleslaw
(Bolek) Osrowski, a former member of the 1st Independent Polish Parachute
Brigade in Mississauga where both live. Both had taken part in the Allied
Forces raid on Arnhem in the Second World War. |
SONIN, Eileen Late
parapsychologist and author, died 1977, first wife of Ray Sonin |
SONIN, June Obituary for
second wife of broadcaster Ray Sonin, died 1999 |
SONIN, Ray Late former
radio personality |
SOUSA, Charles MPP for
Mississauga South, candidate for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party
and current (as of February 11, 2013) Minister of Finance in the Ontario
Government headed by Premier Kathleen Wynne |
SOUTHCOTT, Beth
Author of The Sound of the Drum: sacred art of the Ashinabec |
SPARROW,
Alberta Mississauga artist |
SPAVINS,
Albert Mississauga resident and former teacher, octogenarian has his
first art exhibition at Lorne Park Library |
SPECK, Enid (1916-2002)
Late long-time resident and wife of former Mayor Robert Speck |
SPECK, John
Vice-president and general manager Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. |
SPECK, Robert (1915-1972)
First mayor, Town of Mississauga See also Local Archives file:
SPECK, Robert |
SPENCER, Doug Former
local Streetsville politician |
SPENCER, Stan Former
City Manager, Mississauga |
SPIGOLON, Joseph
Former pastor, St. Catherine of Siena parish |
SPRATT, Peter Former
Executive Dean, Humber College |
SPROULE, Fay (1928-2017)
Artist |
SPROULE, John Late
beekeeper who supplied honey to the Streetsville Bread and Honey
Festival |
STANFIELD, Gordon
Late former Dixie resident, founder of the Triple A Mississauga Reps hockey
team, and father of seven sons, four of whom played professional hockey
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STARR, Ron Former City
Councillor, head of Hydro Mississauga, presently Ward 6 Councillor
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STECURA, Ihor
Architect |
STEIN, Andre Holocaust
survivor |
STELJES,
Cynthia Obituary of Cynthia Louis Steljes, an accomplished oboist
with Quartetto Gelato, who lived in the Lorne Park area and died December 29,
2006 |
STEFANIUK,
Vanessa Restricted by a chronic illness, Mississauga animator,
Vanessa Stefaniuk, releases her debut graphic novel, 'Radio Silence'
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STEPHENSON,
Bill Obituary for long-time Mississauga resident and Hall of Fame
sports broadcaster, died 2014 |
STEVENSON, Ellen
Author of The history of Cooksville United Church |
STEWART, Henry Former
manager, Town of Mississauga and Chairman of the Ontario Municipal
Board |
STEWART, Hugh Obituary
for former Citizen of the Year 2007, Rotarian and community volunteer
|
STEWART, Jamie Rock
star, retired from The Cult, moved to Erin Mills |
STEWART, W. Brian Port
Credit resident and recipient of the 1998 Mississauga Arts Award for
literature |
STIRTON,
Erika-Leigh Rhythmic gymnast |
STOJANOVIC,
Nikola GO Transit bus driver, rescued man from burning car
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STORMES, Claude
Artist |
STROUMBOULOPOULOS,
George Portrait of broadcaster and musician George Stroumboulopoulos
who grew up in Malton and was recently inducted into Mississauga's Legends
Row |
SUTTON, Bill
Painter |
SWAYZE, Robert
J. Appointed City of Mississauga Integrity Commissioner, July 1,
2012 |
SYPHER, Ron
Painter |
SZABO,
Krisztina Mississauga-born mezzo-soprano opera singer |
T |
TANSLEY, Keith
Executive Director, Community Living Mississauga |
TAYLOR, Beth Cub Scout,
Medal of Merit winner |
TAYLOR, C.T. Former
member, Port Credit Power Squadron |
TAYLOR, Cliff Fisherman
and drifter |
TAYLOR, Dave Author and
wildlife photographer |
TAYLOR, Jim Real estate
salesman and adventurer |
TAYLOR, Jocelyn Late
artist and Streetsville resident |
TAYLOR, Larry (1948-2011)
Late former Ward 4 Councillor, died 2011 See also Local Archives
file, TAYLOR, Larry |
TAYLOR, Lydia Rock n'
roll singer |
TAYLOR, Rosemary
Former public school trustee, convicted of election fraud |
TEDJO, Alvin Former
Mayor's Youth Advisory committee member and Young Citizen of the Year, 1998,
Alvin Tedjo is running for the leadership of the provincial Liberal Party
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TEGGART, Bill Former
Chief, Peel Regional Police, retired 1990 |
TEMPLETON, Bill
Graphic artist and author |
TEMPLETON, Charles
(1915-2001) Late journalist, broadcaster and former
evangelist |
TEMPORALE, Louis
(1904-1994) Late Port Credit resident and famous stone
carver |
TERDIK, Joseph Former
police officer |
THIERS, Jennifer
First recipient of the John Fisher Award, University of Waterloo
|
THOM, Keith
Musician |
THOMPSON, Alex Former
Port Credit Town Clerk |
THOMPSON, Elsie Winner
of the 2004 Sam MacCallion Award for volunteering |
THOMPSON, Frances
Late Port Credit author of children's books |
THOMPSON, Ruth Late
trustee, Peel District School Board |
THOMSON, Diana Retires
as Executive Director at Erinoak, Serving Young People with
Disabilities |
THURSTON, Helene
Artist and heirloom collector |
TOGTEMA, Casey
Obituary for Chrysler car dealership owner, died 1989 |
TOMEH, Marell Friends of
Mississauga native, diagnosed with leukemia, spread the word and organize a
stem-cell donor drive to help Marell tomeh and others with the same disease
|
TOMIUK,
Dorothy Recipient of the 2012 Gordon S. Shipp Memorial Award as
Mississauga's 32nd Citizen of the Year |
TOMLIN, Caralyn
(1953-2009) Late opera soprano |
TOONE, S.W. Obituary for
long-time Mississauga resident, died 1983 |
TOPHAM, Kristin 1991
Pan Am gold medalist in swimming |
TORRES, Rick Media
personality and cultural volunteer |
TOTH, Edna Chair of Peel
Poverty Action Group (PPAG), recipient of the Gordon S. Shipp Memorial Award
for 2011 |
TOTH, Mike Former Sports
Editor, Mississauga News |
TOVEY, Jim
(1949-2018) Lakeview community activist, Mississauga Citizen of the Year,
2009, as of 2015 Councillor for Ward 1 |
TOYCEN, Dave President and
CEO of World Vision Canada, Dave Toycen, gets ready to retire |
TRAN, Trung Disabled
Vietnamese-born artist |
TRDAK, Mary Obituary for
Cooksville businesswoman, died 1982 |
TROUTEN, Deborah
Former clerk, Region of Peel |
TRULL,
Margarita Orchard Heights resident and war veteran, whose memories of
World War II have been recorded and digitized by the Historica-Dominion
Institute as part of the online archive, The Memory Project: Stories of the
Second World War |
TUCKER, Helen (1904-1998)
Late co-founder, Voice of Women and world peace advocate See also
Local Archives file: TUCKER,
Helen |
TULVING, Ruth
Artist |
TURNBULL, Barbara
(1965-2015) Late shooting victim and Toronto Star journalist, died
2015 See also Barbara Turnbull scrapbook at Can R 364.1552 BAR |
TURNBULL, Joan
Optometrist |
TURNBULL, Lucy Late
senior citizen advocate and Bicentennial Award winner, died 1996 |
TURNER, J.A. (Archie)
Late former Director of Education, Peel District Board of Education, died
1995 |
TURNER, Shawn Former
radio announcer, CJCL |
TUTTY, Judy Long-time
volunteer with the Mississauga Canoe Club, winner of the Volunteer Achievement
Award, part of the 39th Canadian Sport Awards |
TYMINSKI, Stan Polish
presidential candidate |
TYRIE, Ann Former
professor, Survey Science Department, Erindale College, now UTM |
U,V |
UDAGANI,
Praveen Mississauga entrepreneur wins investment from Dragons' Den
for his company, Flaxy |
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UMEH, Stella 1994
Commonwealth Games gold medalist |
UNDERHILL, Barbara
World champion pairs figure skater |
UNGER, Jim (1937-2012)
Late cartoonist, creator of "Herman" |
URAC, Ursula Mississauga
native, the present Mrs. Toronto Globe 2018, will compete against 10 other
Canadian women for the title of Mrs. Canada Globe, in Regina, Sask |
URBAN, Brent Lorne Park
Secondary School graduate and defensive lineman a possible draft choice for
National Football League |
URBANIAK, Tom Local
historian, Professor at University of Cape Breton, and author of Her Worship:
Hazel McCallion and the development of Mississauga |
UTUKURI, Avanindra
Artist |
VAN KEIKEBELT,
Debbie Clarkson Secondary School graduate, pentathlete, and sports
broadcaster |
VAN RHIJN, Peter
Doctor and nature photographer |
VAN VOLKENBURGH,
Gregg Environmentalist |
VAN ZUTPHEN,
Paul Obituary for retired former Mississauga firefighter who died in
2013 while on vacation in the Caribbean |
VEDIA,
Vanessa Mississauga resident is photojournalist and founder of Vedia
Media |
VELIANOU, Elias
Bicentennial Award winner |
VELTRI, Pasquale
Marco Mississauga filmmaker, a graduate of Sheridan College, wins the
Chris Statuette, top honour at the Columbus International Film Festival
|
VERMA, Youngo (1938-2015)
Late sculptor |
VOLPE, Nick Former
Superintendent, Peel District Board of Education, football player and
consultant, Toronto Argonauts |
W |
WADDELL, W. Howard
Former forestry specialist and Port Credit resident |
WAINMAN, Dianne Model
and cooking enthusiast |
WAINMAN, Tracy Former
figure skater, winner Canadian Figure Skating Championships, 1981 and
1986 |
WALKER, Nancy Port
Credit resident and jazz pianist, Nancy Walker, inducted into the Mississauga
Music Walk of Fame |
WALL, Leslie Miss Dance
of America, 1994 |
WALLACE, Douglas
Former General Secretary, Canadian Medical Association |
WALSER, Gene Winner
medal for Good Citizenship, 1982 |
WALTERS,
Eric Mississauga author, winner of the 1997 Ontario Silver Birch
Award for his childrens' novel, Stars |
WALTERS, Sherwood
Researcher of the "Black Donnelly" family |
WANNER, Christina
Former ballet dancer |
WARNER, Art Obituary for
long-time Mississauga fireman and Deputy Chief, formerly Chief of the Port
Credit Fire Department, died 1999 |
WARD-COOPER,
Sandra Jamaican author launches her first book, The Start of the
Journey, a memoir |
WARNER, Stephen Port
Credit first year student at University of Toronto ran for Peel school trustee
against long-time Board Chair Jane McDougald |
WARREN, J. Rawlie
Retiring national president of Canadian Progress clubs |
WATKINS, George
Artist |
WATKINS, Jim
Chiropractor and former councillor |
WATKINS, Reginald
Obituary for long-time Erindale resident and former owner of Erindale
College site, died 1964 |
WATSON, Robert H.
Former district governor, Rotary International |
WATT, Erik Late former
Mississauga News publisher and poet, died in Yellowknife 2003 |
WATT, Gordon Executive
assistant to former Mayor Martin Dobkin |
WEEKS, Verna Mae
(1919-2016) Author and local historian |
WELLS, Daryl Former
horse racing announcer, Fort Erie Track |
WELSH, Bogomila
Professor of Art History at University of Toronto at Mississauga
|
WESTERHOF, Johanna
Poet |
WHEATLEY,
Thelma Author of book on the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia,
formerly known as the Asylum for Idiots and Feeble-minded |
WHITALL, Jean Crossing
guard |
WHITE, Francis
Artist |
WHITE-BEAVEN,
Martin Artist |
WHITEMORE, Wendy
Watercolor artist |
WHITTEMORE,
Andrew City of Mississauga employee since 2012 named Commissioner of
Planning and Building |
WHITEN, Clifton
Teacher and poet |
WIBER, Wilf Obituary for
sales representative Port Credit Weekly, Mississauga Times and Mississauga
News, died 1993 |
WILEY, John Former
general manager, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair |
WILKINSON,
Mary Erindale resident, member of the Adamson family, and volunteer
with numerous organizations, recipient of the Mississauga Heritage Foundation
Heritage Award for 2005 |
WILKINSON, Shelagh
Founder, Sheridan College's Women's Center |
WILL, Helen
Artist |
WILLIAMS, Fred
Engineer |
WILLIS, Roy City Council
candidate, 1985, Ward 5 |
WILSON, J.Tuzo (1908-1993)
Late Principal, Erindale College and Fellow of the Royal Society
|
WILTON,
Charles Wheelchair boxer, Charles Wilton, is confined to a walker due
to cerebral palsy, but hopes to compete iin wheelchair boxing tournament in
England in march 2018 |
WIRKOWSKI, Norbert
"Nobby" Obituary for former Argos coach and Mississauga Sports Hall
of Fame inductee, died 2014 |
WOLNIEWICZ, Richard
Fifteen year old heart donor, died 1971, whose heart was given to former
Mayor Robert Speck |
WOLOSHYN, Ted CFRB Radio
personality and broadcaster |
WONG, Amy Pianist
|
WONG, Joseph Founder and
Team Leader of Smile China and long-time staff surgeon at Credit Valley
Hospital |
WOOD, Arthur
(1917-2005) Mississauga resident, recipient of the Order of Canada,
co-founder of the Canadian Standards Association and the Mississauga Traffic
Control Council, who helped to develop the first mouth guard for hockey
players, died 2005 |
WOOD, John Olympic silver
medalist, canoeing |
WOOD, W.J. Former Principal,
Gordon Graydon Secondary School and Peel school superintendent |
WOOLFE, C.G. Medical
missionary |
WOOLFORD, Viv Mortgage
rate lobbyist |
WOOLLEY, Adrian Peel
constable is recipient of 2017 Police Merit Award for his work as community
liaison officer |
WREFORD, Lorna
Disabled artist, died 2014 |
WRIGHT, Elmer (1898-1992)
Late former Chairman, Toronto Township Hydro Electric Commission
|
WRIGHT, Geoff First
hired by the City of Mississauga in 2007 Geoff Wright is now the Commissioner
of Transportation and Works |
WRIGHT, Jack Former
owner, the Highway Coffee Bar, Clarkson |
WTTEWAALL, Nancy
Ballet dancer |
X,Y,Z |
YIN, Anna Mississauga
resident, originally from China, chosen as first Poet Laureate for the City
|
YLAGAN, Nikki Father
Michael Goetz Secondary School student commits to play basketball for the
George Brown College Huskies in 2106-17 season |
ZHANG, Wei Mississauga
postdoctoral fellow at U of T's Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular
Research receives Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation |
ZITA KAPELERIS,
Carmela Mississauga realtor wins 2019 Ronald E. Sanderson Community
Service Award |
ZOERB, Merle Paul Harris
Fellowship 1985 winner and humanitarian |
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