Samantha Lange is a student studying physics in the Faculty of Science at the University of Waterloo. She was among the first to take courses in the Black Studies program, which launched during in 2022.

Lange was born in St. Joseph, Trinidad and grew up in the Northwest part of the country in Maraval. She and twin sister, Sharon, were raised by their father, following the death of their mother shortly after giving birth.

As a Waterloo student, Samantha has served as the president of the Science Society, is a member of FemPhys and worked as a Residence Ambassador.

Peter Joseph Lang was born in Kitchener, Ontario on November 19, 1950.

During his career, Peter worked as a coroner, physician, and psychiatrist.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament serving Ontario's Kitchener riding on February 18, 1980. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

He served as a Member of Parliament for four years until he lost his seat in the elections to John Reimer of the Progressive Conservative party in September 1984.

Arthur Lang emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1820 to settle in Ramsay Township, Ontario.

Angela M. Lang (nee Kelly) was born in October 1896 in Albany, New York. She married Reinhold Lang in the same city on September 1915 with whom she had six children. The family lived in Kitchener, where Reinhold's family operated Lang Tanning Co. Ltd, and Lang ran the Magda Lang Dress Shop. She died September 1, 1979 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

The founder of The Lang Tanning Company Limited, Reinhold Lang, came to Berlin (now Kitchener) from a small village in the German Rhineland with his eldest son George, and established a small tannery in 1849. The tannery was located on Foundry (now Ontario) Street in Berlin, and was moved to an area between Wilmot (now Victoria) and Francis Streets after fire destroyed the original plant. This area was chosen because there was a natural spring there that could be used as water supply for the tannery. The Lang Tanning Company then went on to become the largest sole leather producer in the British Empire, and Reinhold Lang, who was also a member of the Berlin Council in 1859, became a prominent local citizen. During the First World War, Lang Tanning produced huge amounts of saddle material, and in the Second World War it supplied sole leather and leather linings for aircraft gasoline tanks. The company discontinued operations as a tannery in 1954 due to competition from synthetic materials, but kept its five-acre downtown site and complex of 35 buildings until 1974, when the property was sold to Ball Brothers Limited (a Kitchener contracting firm). In 1954, at the time that the Lang Tanning Company ceased operations, Jerome Lang was president, and Reinhold (Bun) Lang was Chairman of the Board. In 1974, at which time the President of the company was Reinhold (Bun) Lang, the company held a final meeting where they wound up business: the payment of bills, the disposition of assets, and the surrender of the 1917 charter to the Federal Government.

Thomas Land was born on March 29, 1959 to Millicent Elizabeth "Betty" Forbes and William "Bill" Land.

Kathleen Land is an alumna of the University of Waterloo. She studied English literature and received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1999.

Jennifer Land was born on August 11, 1955 to Millicent Elizabeth "Betty" Forbes and William "Bill" Land.

Janet Land was born on October 29, 1956 to Millicent Elizabeth "Betty" Forbes and William "Bill" Land.

James Land was an alumnus of the University of Waterloo. He studied under a general program and received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1972.

William "Bill" Douglas Land was born on April 27, 1922 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Bill enlisted in the Royal Scots Regiment in February of 1941 and had a cadetship in the Indian Army. In August of 1941, Bill left Gourock, Scotland for Bombay, India on board the H.M.S. Strathallan for the Second World War. Bill was stationed in Italy when the war ended.

Bill married Millicent Elizabeth "Betty" Forbes on May 29, 1954 in Hespeler, Ontario. The couple had three children: Jennifer, Janet, and Thomas. Bill passed away on November 8, 1983 at the age of 61.

Hahnemann Lancaster was born in Galt on July 26, 1858 to Dr. Joseph J. Lancaster and Mariett Woodruff Peterson. Census records show him moving back and forth between the United States and Canada several times during his life. In the 1880s, he ran a photography studio in Cedar Falls, Iowa, along with his brother Whitfield.

Thomas Lacey, a trance and direct voice medium, was born in Glossop, Derbyshire England on November 4, 1895.

Thomas married Edith Emma Lomas on March 18, 1918 in Whitfield. Edith was born in Whitfield, Derbyshire England on September 28, 1895.

Thomas and Edith immigrated to Canada in March 1923 and April 1924 respectively. Thomas worked as a mechanical engineer at companies including Dominion Rubber and Sutherland and Schultz.

Records of Thomas conducting séances in the Kitchener-Waterloo region begin in 1924. Edith, although not a medium, was an active participant in the séances. Thomas and Edith moved to Hamilton in the 1950s before returning to Kitchener-Waterloo in the 1960's. The séances recorded in the 1960s were held in the home of Otto and Nelda Smith in Kitchener. Otto Smith, a local businessman, played the organ at St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Kitchener and his organ playing can be heard throughout the séances.

Thomas and the séance sitters believed his main control during the 1960s was a spirit named Amirah and they maintained that his younger brother Walter, who died at a young age, acted as his gate keeper. Thomas Lacey purportedly channeled the spirits of Thomas Edison, Emmanuel Swedenborg, and John Wesley, amongst others. Sitters at the séances were said to have experienced apports, materializations, and automatic writing. One séance recording also contains what is believed to be an example of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP).

The séances fall into three general categorizations: Masters Night when philosophical discussions took place; Visiting Night when spirits of friends and family were welcomed; and Rescue Night when the sitters would help spirits who had not crossed over the veil to do so.

Thomas Lacey died on June 17, 1966 at age 70. Edith Lacey died in 1993 at age 97. Thomas and Edith Lacey were buried in Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

K-W Oktoberfest was started in 1969 by a small group of interested citizens and the four German clubs, under the auspices of the Visitors and Convention Bureau of the combined Kitchener-Waterloo Chambers of Commerce, with the object of promoting tourism in the area. It was incorporated with a provincial charter as K-W Oktoberfest Incorporated in 1971 on a no-share capital basis. Except for a small professional staff, Oktoberfest is run by volunteers. A Board of Directors, Advisory Council, and committees oversee all aspects of the festival, which is held annually in October. K-W Oktoberfest's function is to plan, co-ordinate and promote the festival. The Corporation's financial support is derived from the sale of souvenirs, accreditation fees, sponsorships and donations.
Originally a beer festival patterned after the famous Munich Oktoberfest, the festival shifted emphasis in the early 1970's to promoting Oktoberfest as a cultural heritage event. Originally five days long, the festival now spans nine days; it is the world's second-largest Bavarian festival and features Canada's only Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Miss Oktoberfest Beauty Pageant, among many other events.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Academy of Medicine is a networking organization for physicians in Kitchener-Waterloo.

Mabel Krug was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania. She moved to Montreal as a child, where her father moved the family to start a business. She went on to study music at McGill University's Conservatory of Music, with plans for an opera career, changing course after marrying Henry Krug and moving to Kitchener.

Awarded K-W Jaycee's Citizen of the Year Award in 1963 in recognition of work with Cancer Society and area cultural groups. Krug was received the Order of Canada in 1973 in recognition of her contributions to the lives of Canadians at a local and regional level.

William Kriesel owned the first hardware store in New Dundee, Ontario. He bought the building for his stove and tinware store in 1871 from the estate of the original owner, John Millar, for $1,200. He operated the hardware store from 1871 to 1906, and then passed the business on to his son, Bert Kriesel, who operated it from 1906 to 1912. Several prominent New Dundee business owners' names appear in Kriesel's day books and ledgers, including furniture maker Andrew Poth, carriage maker J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], harness maker A.B. McRae, flour mill owner E.W.B. Snider [ie. Snyder], butcher Charles Hiller, woolen mill owner Charles Kaufman, and the Kolebrenner brother blacksmiths.

Kranz was born in Lehrbach, Hesse, the son of Charles Kranz, was educated in Darmstadt moving to the United States with his father in 1851. After four years, father and son moved to Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener). His father opened a general store there and Kranz took over its operation in 1875 after his father's death. In 1865, he married Catherine Seip. Kranz served as town clerk (1859 to 1867), reeve (1869 to 1870) and mayor (1874 to 1878) for Berlin. He also was trustee and treasurer for Kitchener Collegiate and a justice of the peace. Kranz helped found the Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Company and served as its manager and president.

Paul Koch is an engineer, community volunteer and an alumnus of the University of Waterloo, where he was among the first engineering graduates at the school, and community volunteer. He studied Chemical Engineering and received a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in 1963 and a Master of Applied Science (MASc) in 1964. Koch spent most of his professional career working for IBM and retired in 1992.

During his time as a student, Koch was an active member of campus life. He served as the first B Term Engineering President of the Engineering Society (1958-1959), Students’ Council Co-President (1961-62), the co-chairman of the Jackets Committee in 1962, and a member of the Senate (1964-66). Later in his career, he served as a member of the University of Waterloo Board of Governors (1989-1995), UW National Alumni Council (1987-1993), including a term as president (1989-1991), and the Dean's advisory council for the Faculty of Engineering (1994-1998) and the Faculty of Environment (2006-2012).

Outside of Waterloo, Koch has played a similarly active role in community life in southwestern and eastern Ontario. He served in various board and administrative roles as a member of the Burlington Family YMCA (1965-72); the Greater Hamilton YMCA (1967-72); the National Council of YMCAs of Canada (1968-73); the Sarnia YM/YWCA (1972-76); and the North York Family YM/YWCA (1976-1980). In Ottawa, he held various roles with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, the Riverside Hospital of Ottawa Foundation, Ottawa-Carleton Economic Development Corporation, and the City of Ottawa Environmental Advisory Committee. He has also worked with Sarnia Rotary Club (1972-1976), the Software Human Resource Council (1992-1995), the Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada, Enviro Centre, and rare Charitable Research Reserve.

Koch has been recognized several times for his long-standing commitment to campus and community service. He received the Province of Ontario Volunteer Service Award in 1992, the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal in 1998, the City of Ottawa Certificate of Appreciation in 2005, and the University of Waterloo 50th Anniversary Alumni Award in 2007.

Teruko ‘Terry’ Kobayashi was an art historian who wrote about Canadian folk arts. Born in British Columbia, she received her BA from the University of Toronto in 1966, and also attended the Ontario College of Education. She co-authored two books on folk art and furniture, published a number of articles in the 1970s and 1980s, and received the Dr. J.S.B. Robinson Travelling Fellowship Award in 1987, and an Ontario Educational Research Grant in 1974. She also served as head of the art department at Eastwood Collegiate Institute, and was a fine artist herself who was active in the local arts community. She was a member of the K-W (Kitchener-Waterloo) Society of Artists, and many of her publications were focused on art and artists in Ontario and the Kitchener-Waterloo area, where she lived. She was also an accomplished musician and a long-standing member of the K-W Philharmonic Choir.

Wilfred (Ed) Knorr was born July 16, 1908 and died January 14, 1969. Ca. 1955 he was secretary-treasurer of the Woelfle Shoe Co. in Kitchener, Ontario.