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 LSN - Landmine Survivors Network
Hilary M. Weston served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1997 to 2002.
Weston explored her longstanding interest in homes and gardens as co-author of two best-selling books, In a Canadian Garden (1989) and At Home in Canada (1995).
Born Hilary Frayne in Dublin in 1942, she is the eldest of five children.
www.landminesurvivors.org /who_bios_person.php?id=3   (330 words)

  
 CBC: Life And Times
She and her husband, grocery store magnate Galen Weston, are friends of the Royal Family, and are the closest thing Canada has to royalty of its own.
So when the Prime Minister's Office announced in late 1996 that Hilary Weston was going to be Ontario's next lieutenant-governor, the press had a field day.
Then her mother developed multiple sclerosis, and Weston became the surrogate parent to the rest of the children.
www.cbc.ca /lifeandtimes/weston.html   (413 words)

  
 The Hilary M. Weston Foundation for Youth
Hilary M. Weston, as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1997-2002), established a Foundation for Youth shortly after her installation in January 1997 demonstrating her commitment to Ontario’s young people.
Weston donated her gross, federally-paid salary as Lieutenant Governor to this Foundation to support youth-related initiatives.
Weston hosted a reunion in August 2001 for the students who participated in First Connection from 1998 to 2001, before she left office.
www.hilaryweston.com /en/for_Youth.html   (276 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner News - Why donate? - Tuesday | March 7, 2006
Hilary Weston of the Canadian supermarket chain Loblaws, in March 2003, many thoughts went through his mind, he revealed to Lifestyle at AIC headquarters last week.
In 1966, Granger Weston gave Lee Chin a summer job on his cruise ship the Jamaica Queen which plied Jamaica, Miami and The Bahamas where his job was to clean the noisy, hot and very dirty engine room.
Weston, the deadly SARS scare had hit Toronto and in the United States President George W. Bush was contemplating war in Iraq.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20060307/life/life3.html   (489 words)

  
 Monarchy Canada Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hilary Weston, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, leads the Queen's birthday parade, May 19th, 1997, accompanied by her husband Mr Galen Weston.
Mrs Weston was born in Dun Laoghaire, south of Dublin, Ireland, and came to Canada in 1972.
As the Westons are among the wealthiest families in Canada, Her Honour received deserved plaudits on the day of her installation when she said she would give her $92,200 salary as viceroy to a foundation for youth, and indicated that her emphasis as the
www.monarchist.ca /mc/newvicer.htm   (410 words)

  
 Royal Ontario Museum | About the ROM | News | The Hon. Hilary Weston will Chair the Renaissance ROM Campaign Canada's ...
Weston's role is made by Jim Temerty, Chair of the ROM Foundation, and Jack Cockwell, Chair of the ROM Board of Trustees.
Weston represented The Queen of Canada as Head of State in the province, and was responsible for the Crown's constitutional role in the provincial government.
Weston devoted herself to celebrating the achievements of people across Ontario, particularly those of volunteers, women and young people.
www.rom.on.ca /news/releases/public.php?mediakey=45iuxpeq6b   (697 words)

  
 Hilary Weston | Distinguished Canadian Leadership Awards | Media Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Weston was involved in numerous fund-raising campaigns, including those supporting breast cancer research and AIDS research.
She was an honorary patron of 140 not-for-profit organizations, and donated her salary as Lieutenant Governor to initiatives such as a business internship program for high school students and job-training for street youth.
From 1986 to 1996 Mrs Weston was Deputy Chair of the Board of Holt Renfrew, where she worked to promote Canadian designers and merchandise.
www.media.uottawa.ca /mediaroom/leadership/dcla2003_bio_hilary_weston-e.php   (294 words)

  
 Niagara University
Weston will deliver her address at the graduate commencement on Saturday, May 18, beginning at 11 a.m.
As lieutenant governor of Ontario from 1997 through early 2002, Weston was the official representative of the Queen to the Province of Ontario.
Weston has also supported and visited Safehaven homes across the province, in support of their state-of-the-art care for children with disabilities.
www.niagara.edu /pr/e_leases_rd.htm?id=442   (1544 words)

  
 Weston Reserve University
Weston Reserve University honors the past while embracing the future.
Weston is an ancient place name in both Scotland and England.
Today, Weston Hall in Shropshire, the family seat of the Dukes of Bradford, is held in Trust for the nation.
westonreserve.org /about.htm   (151 words)

  
 Hilary Weston, Donald Macdonald to receive honorary degrees
Weston is a champion of youth issues, celebrates voluntarism and speaks out on issues facing women in Ontario.
She is the honorary patron to more than 140 non-profit organizations and is dedicated to improving the quality of life in communities across Ontario.
Weston will address graduating students from Victoria College in arts, science and commerce on Tuesday, June 13, at 2:30 p.m.
www.news.utoronto.ca /bin1/000607b.asp   (249 words)

  
 Media Advisory - Portrait of the Hon. Hilary Weston to be unveiled at Queen's Park : ArriveNet Press Releases : Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mrs Weston served as The Queen's representative in Ontario from 1997 to 2002 and is widely credited with bringing a more contemporary approach to the role.
Mrs Weston's portrait was painted by the distinguished Toronto-based artist, Ms Brenda Bury.
Hilary M. Weston WHERE Lieutenant Governor's Suite at Queen's Park (main floor) WHEN Monday 22 November at 5:00 PM Photo identification must be presented on arrival.
press.arrivenet.com /business/article.php/518215.html   (231 words)

  
 Club History - Windsor Club
Conceived by chairman and president of a Toronto-based food and retail conglomerate, Galen Weston and his wife Hilary, the vision was a seaside enclave, tranquil, peaceful and picturesque, and interwoven with a strong sense of neighborliness and community.
An extraordinary property it is, comprised of 416 intimate acres bordered on the coast by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by the scenic Indian River, also known at this juncture as the Intracoastal Waterway.
Such was the case when the Westons engaged the Miami-based team of architects and town planners, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk.
www.thewindsorclub.org /fw/main/Club_History-5.html   (782 words)

  
 Macleans.ca | Web Specials | Hilary Weston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
HEADING TO A PHOTO SHOOT in a crisp lime green suit and high heels, Hilary Weston walks through a debris-strewn Toronto construction site to a platform overlooking the vast pit from which the Royal Ontario Museum's dramatic new wing is set to rise.
In 1966, she married Galen Weston, now the billionaire head of Holt's and the Toronto-based food conglomerate that bears his family's name.
Although lieutenant-governors aren't allowed to advocate, Weston visited hundreds of shelters for battered women and the homeless while in office and relayed what she learned to people in and out of government who might be able to help.
www.macleans.ca /webspecials/article.jsp?content=20040701_83573_83573   (378 words)

  
 Hilary Weston
Hilary M. Weston (born Hilary Frayne in Dublin in 1942) was the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, serving from 1997 to 2002.
She married Galen Weston in 1966; they have two children, Galen Jr.
They are the second richest family in Canada, with a net worth of US$6.2 billion.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/h/hi/hilary_weston.html   (102 words)

  
 UWO Gazette - Volume 93, Issue 77   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hilary Weston announced Monday her plans to donate $25,000 to both Eva's Phoenix and the Yonge Street Mission, two organizations which aid homeless youth.
She added Weston's salary of approximately $100,000 is donated to the foundation each year, which funds projects assisting youth.
"I think that it is absolutely marvelous Hilary Weston is going out of her way to highlight the serious issues with youth," Walkden said.
www.gazette.uwo.ca /2000/February/16/News3.htm   (429 words)

  
 Hilary Weston, Ireland's richest person
Ireland's richest person is Hilary Weston, the wife of Canadian Galen Weston, who owns Brown Thomas, A-Wear, BT2 in Ireland and Selfridges in London.
Hilary Weston is included becuase the criteria has changed to include wealth generated outside of Britain and Ireland.
The Dublin-born 63-year-old former model lives in both Ireland and Canada and she also has a home in Windsor Great Park in the UK.
www.finfacts.com /irelandbusinessnews/publish/printer_10001172.shtml   (419 words)

  
 South Asian Outlook: An Independent e-Monthly
Dr Bhausaheb Ubale was honoured last month for his many years of work in human rights and race relations.
At the special ceremony organised in the main hall of the Legislature, Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Hilary Weston, gave him “The Order of Ontario” the highest honour given in the province of Ontario.
In the citation read by the Deputy Minister of Citizenship, on the behalf of the people of Ontario, states: “ Bhausaheb Ubale is a renowned human rights activist whose work has made Ontario and Canada, a better place to live for people of all background”.
members.tripod.com /eradicatepoverty/sanews1.htm   (833 words)

  
 Lieutenant Governors and Commissioners
Hilary Weston was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1942.
She has helped young people through such programs as the Hilary M. Weston Foundation for Youth and has created a award to celebrate volunteer workers through the Lieutenant Governor's Community Volunteer Award.
She visits many places around the province and supports cultural events and research for diseases such as Cancer and AIDS.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/47856/2   (391 words)

  
 Ontario Science Centre: Weston Family Innovation Centre
The Honourable Hilary Weston, Galen Weston, President, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, and The Honourable Caroline Di Cocco, Ontario Minister of Culture
On July 26, 2006, the Weston Family Innovation Centre – the cornerstone of the Ontario Science Centre’s $47-million Agents of Change initiative – was opened to invited guests and the public.
Agents of Change is supported by Lead Partners The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, the Government of Ontario and TELUS, Knowledge Partner DuPont Canada, the Department of Canadian Heritage, Media Partner The Globe and Mail and other generous donors.
www.ontariosciencecentre.ca /aoc/wfic.asp   (496 words)

  
 VANITY FAIR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Holt Renfrew chairman Galen Weston, Hilary Weston, Alannah Weston, and Galen Weston Jr.
From left: Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Hilary Weston, and Holt Renfrew chairman Galen Weston.
Hilary Duff and Holt Renfrew president Andrew Jennings
www.subscriberdirect.com /vf/0312/event1.cfm   (149 words)

  
 THE GRANO SERIES :: MEDIA MENTIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The brian child of the Dominion Institute's Rudyard Griffiths and Massey College Senior Fellow Patrick Luciani, the intimate salon-style soiree has taken the city's intelligentsia by storm...
Of course, in true Grano fashion, the wine and the food were superb and the guest list was as impressive as you'd expect, filled with Rotmans, Jackmans, DelZottos, Westons, Frums and Clarkson-Sauls.
It was quite the noisy scene, as guests launched themselves into a fierce debate.
www.granoseries.com /default/media_mentions.htm   (2168 words)

  
 Canadian Monarchist News
In their lives that's something rare." Maria Crawford, community worker, speaking of Ontario Lt-Gov Hilary Weston's visit to a shelter for homeless youth, February 15.
"To all appearances, Hilary Weston, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontariom leads a charmed existence of pampered wealth and privilege...
She watched a scruffy squeegee kid scale a pylon and lay out a sleeping bag on a steel girder under the elevated highway...
www.monarchist.ca /cmn/reprint3.htm   (1818 words)

  
 T'Tenneb
If you wish to continue then take up the sword and follow me into the unknown.
T'Tenneb and the Amulet; © Hilary Weston 1999
This Fantasy Writers Guild Webring site is owned by Hilary Weston.
www.geocities.com /elenopa   (251 words)

  
 Textbooks by Hilary Charlesworth - Direct Textbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Authors: Burns H. Weston, Hilary Charlesworth, Andrew L. Strauss
Authors: Burns Weston, Hilary Charlesworth, Andrew L. Strauss
Authors: Brian D Lepard, Fernando R Teson, Hilary Charlesworth
www.directtextbook.com /author/hilary-charlesworth   (531 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Hilary Weston named Ireland's richest person
Fernando Alonso saw off a determined attack from a resurgent Michael Schumacher to take his second pole position of the season in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Ireland's richest person is Hilary Weston, the wife of Canadian Galen Weston, who owns Brown Thomas, A-Wear and BT2 in Ireland.
The Sunday Times rich list estimates her fortune to be around €7.5bn.
www.breakingnews.ie /2005/04/03/story196392.html   (168 words)

  
 W. Galen Weston 1940— - FAMILY, BUILDING THE FAMILY BUSINESS, DAZZLING GROWTH
■ W. Galen Weston was an optimistic, cheerful man who remembered his childhood as happy and who had a successful, dynamic marriage of equals.
See also entries on George Weston Limited, Loblaw Companies Limited, and Selfridges Plc in International Directory of Company Histories.
Copyright © 2006 - Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation - Copyright notice
www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/S-Z/Weston-W-Galen-1940.html   (1901 words)

  
 The Significance of the Insignificant
from Lincoln Alexander to Hal Jackman, and now Hilary Weston, they have been interesting
Hilary Weston is by all accounts an outstanding choice
I don't know how Prime Minister Chretien chose Hilary Weston, but I do know that his methods of choosing are a bit different from God's
www.dashhouse.com /sermons/1996/AM/961215.htm   (2302 words)

  
 EradicatePoverty.org : Profiles
Bhausaheb Ubale, the President of the International Centre for Poverty Eradication.
Dr. Ubale receiving Order of Ontario from her Honour Lt. Governor of Ontario Hilary Weston  
At the special ceremony organized in the main hall of the Legislature, Her Honour, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Hilary Weston, gave him "The Order of Ontario" the highest honour given in the province of Ontario.
www.eradicatepoverty.org /profiles.htm   (2004 words)

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