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Starting in 1901, Birks oversaw the expansion of the company across Canada, with stores opening in the country's largest cities. In some cases, it bought local jewellers, adding its name to the local one (the Birks store in Toronto was Birks-Ryrie and the one in Winnipeg was Birks-Dingwall). [2] The store on Phillips Square in Montreal opened ...
His father was a partner in the jewelers Henry Birks & Sons with his father and brothers. The Birks were descended from a farming family from Darfield, Yorkshire, who emigrated to Canada in 1832. [3] [4] Birks was educated at Montreal High School and Lower Canada College, and was studying architecture at McGill University when the war broke out ...
Henry Birks (30 November 1840 – 16 April 1928) was a Canadian businessman and founder of Henry Birks and Sons, a chain of high-end Canadian jewellery stores. The Savage and Lyman store on St. James Street, 1875. He was born to English immigrants from Yorkshire, England.
Roden Brothers was a Canadian tableware design and manufacturing company. It was founded on June 1, 1891 in Toronto by Thomas and Frank Roden. In the 1910s the firm became known as Roden Bros. Ltd. and were later taken over by Henry Birks and Sons in 1953. [1] Roden Bros Ltd.'s silver was supplied by the province of British Columbia and with it ...
George VI and his royal consort, Queen Elizabeth, walking through Queen's Park, Toronto, May 1939. The 1939 royal tour of Canada by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was undertaken in the build-up of world political tensions to the imminent Second World War (1939-1945), as a way to shore up sympathy for the United Kingdom among her dominions and allies, should war break out in Europe.
Scotia Tower. Scotia Tower is a 35-storey office tower in Vancouver, British Columbia built for the Bank of Nova Scotia. The project was announced in 1971, construction began in 1974, and the building opened officially on 8 June 1977. Architects for the project were Zebb Zerafa and Menkès of Toronto. The building was constructed concurrently ...
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit the King's Plate in Toronto during the 1939 royal tour. The 1939 royal tour was a cross-Canada royal tour by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Although there had been many invitations since 1858 for the reigning monarch to tour Canada, [108] George was the first to do so.
Ric Esther Bienstock OC is a Canadian documentary filmmaker best known for her investigative documentaries. She was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at Vanier College and McGill University. She has produced and directed an eclectic array of films from investigative social issue documentaries like Sex Slaves, an investigation into the ...