Rienzi Crusz was a poet and retired librarian living in Waterloo, ON. Born in Galle, Sri Lanka, Crusz was educated at the University of Ceylon (B.A. Hons.) and was employed as Chief Research Librarian for the Central Bank of Ceylon. After emigrating to Canada in 1965, he attended the University of Toronto (B.L.S.) and the University of Waterloo (M.A.). He worked at the University of Toronto Library and in 1969 was appointed as a reference and collections development librarian at the University of Waterloo, a position he held until his retirement in 1993.

His creative work first began to appear in periodicals and newspapers in 1968, and in 1974, his first collection of poems was published under the title Flesh and thorn. Since then, numerous other collections have been published. Crusz is an active voice among Canadian immigrant poets, and his work depicts the contrasts between South Asian and Canadian life. In 1994, he won the literature award in the Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Awards.

Luella Bruce Creighton was a Canadian author whose works, both fiction and non fiction, were published in the 1950's and 1960's. Born Luella Sanders Bruce on Aug. 25, 1901 in Stouffville, Ontario she taught in a rural school in 1920-1921 prior to attending Victoria College at the University of Toronto. She graduated with a BA in 1926 and married historian and writer Donald Creighton on June 23 of the same year. Her writings include High bright buggy wheels, McClelland & Stewart, 1951; Turn east, turn west, McClelland & Stewart, 1954; Canada, the struggle for empire (non-fiction), Dent, 1960; Canada, trial and triumph (non- fiction), Dent, 1963; Tecumseh, the story of the shawnee chief (juvenile biography), Macmillan, 1965; Miss Multipenny and Miss Crumb, Peal, 1966; The elegant Canadians (non-fiction), McClelland & Stewart, 1967; The hitching post, McClelland & Stewart, 1969. Luella Creighton died in 1996 [?].

Charles Dickens Creighton was born January 1, 1875 to businessman and politician David Creighton (b. 1843) and Jane Elizabeth Krammer (b. 1852). Charles' father David was editor and published of the Owen Sound Times and an MPP for Grey North. In 1887 the family moved to Toronto where David helped established The Empire newspaper with Sir John A. Macdonald and later was appointed assistant Receiver-General. Charles Dickens attended the University of Toronto, graduating in 1897 and later worked as a journalist, and in education. In 1923 Charles married Gwendolyn Lloyd (1887-1976) of Milwaukee and they had a son, John David (1926-1991). Charles died January 20, 1963.

Michael Craton was professor of history at the University of Waterloo known for research on slavery in the Carribean, including revolts, Bahamian history and British imperial history. Born in 1931 in London, England, he was the son of George and Edith (nee Izzard) Craton. After teaching high school in England, he took a teaching position in Nassau where he remained for six years. In 1962 Craton moved to Canada where he was the first to obtain a PhD in History from McMaster University. He joined Waterloo History Department in 1966, becoming an associate professor in 1970 and a full professor in 1975. From 1967 to 1968 Craton served as the Dean of Men at Renison College. He retired in 1997 and was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada the same year. Craton died at St. Mary's Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario on September 21, 2016.

Dr. Henry H. Crapo was a faculty member at the University of Waterloo in the Department of Pure Mathematics. Crapo donated a sizable volume of rare books and materials for the history of dance for Special Collections & Archives at the University of Waterloo. Crapo also helped to organize the Vestris Prize choreography competition with Boston Ballet in 1967.

Mary Scott Breithaupt was born October 25, 1920 in Kitchener, Ontario to parents Louis Orville Breithaupt and Sara Caskey. Her siblings were Louis Paul; Sara (Sally) Caroline and Herbert Caskey. She graduated from University of Toronto and was also attended McMaster University, Hamilton. She was a supervisor of the occupational therapy department at a veteran's hospital and an instructor in occupational therapy at the University of Toronto. She married Robert Henry Cram of Toronto on January 26, 1946.

The couple moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1951 and resided there for the rest of their lives. They had two daughters. Mary was very active in community work throughout her life, serving on various school, hospital, museum, university and library boards. She died in Pennsylvania December 9, 1974.

Cowcaelth was likely born in 1834. He was a Nisga'a leader.

In 1867, at the age of 33, he was baptized by Revered Robert Richard Arthur Doolan as Phillip Latimer. He served as a voluntary and informal missionary among villages. Later, he became Captain of the Church Army in the 1890s at Ging̱olx (also Gingolx or Kincolith) in the Nass River valley in British Columbia, Canada.

Cowcaelth was also a skilled carpenter. He made sacred or ceremonial items as well as school and church furnishings.

Cathie Coward worked as a photojournalist for the Kitchener-Waterloo Record from approximately 1987 until she went to the Hamilton Spectator in January of 1990. She has been repeatedly recognized by both the Ontario Newspaper Awards and the National Newspaper Awards for her news and feature photography.

Donald D. Cowan is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus (1999) and Adjunct Professor in the School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. He received a BASc in Engineering Physics from the University of Toronto in 1960 and an MSc and PhD from the University of Waterloo in Applied Mathematics in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He joined the Faculty of the University of Waterloo in 1961 and was the first chair of the Dept. of Applied Analysis and Computer Science, now the School of Computer Science (1967 to 1972) and also served as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Mathematics (1974 to 1978). Donald D. Cowan is Director of the Computer Systems Group, a computer science research group at the University of Waterloo in which he has been involved since the early 1960's.

Frank Costello was a judge in the Ontario Superior Court. He was born in Alexandria, Ontario to parent Thomas and Annie (nee MacDonald) Costello. After graduating from the University of Ottawa he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. He retired from the service in 1945 and practised law in Kitchener, Ontario before being appointed to the bench in 1961. He retired in 1991. Costello died September 19, 2002 at St. Mary's Hospital.

Ella Elmina Anthes, who attended the Ontario Ladies’ College in Whitby at the same time as her sister Martha, married H. Milton Cook, secretary of the Mutual Life Assurance Co., in 1911.

Marion Conroy was the Alberta Chairman of the Women's Regional Advisory Committee to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, Consumer Branch, during the Second World War and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her wartime work. Set up by the Canadian Government in 1939, the Board's purpose was to prevent the same sort of inflation and social unrest experienced in Canada during WWI. In 1941 PM Mackenzie King announced a price and wage freeze, and appointed Donald Gordon, a prominent banker, to manage the program. A combination of astute administration, public relations and public education resulted in overall effectiveness in the Board's objectives.

John R. Connon was born ca. 1840 in Elora, Ontario, the son of Thomas Connon and Jean Keith. He was a photographer, inventor and a local historian. He died in 1931.

Joseph Orr Connell was born in Scotland in 1911, but was raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He had a career as a schoolteacher while also working closely with the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) for most of his life. During the 1930s, Connell was president of the YMCA in Sault Ste. Marie. In 1948, Connell served as the general secretary of the YMCA in Kitchener-Waterloo until his retirement in 1976. He received the Officer of Fellowship Honour from the National YMCA for his contributions.

After retirement, Connell traveled across Canada as a speaker. He gave up to 200 speeches a year and provided lessons to almost 10, 000 people on public speaking skills. Connell also served as Executive Secretary of the Grand River Valley Conservation Foundation and as Chairman of the Federated Appeal for 25 years.