Acquaviva was a Jesuit Catholic priest born in Rome who served as the Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 1581 to 1615.

Action Santé de Pointe St-Charles is a not-for-profit organization operating since 1974 as a self-help group to support and maintain adults living with mental health problems in the community. Its environment offers dignity, human resources, and moral and material support to help participants through periods of crisis, isolation, and psychological distress.

Created in 1981, la Table de concertation (Neighbourhood Round Table) Action-Gardien (la Corporation de développement de Pointe-Saint-Charles) takes its name from the English expression "Watch Dog Committee".
It is a tool that brings together neighbourhood's community organizations. Through cooperation, collective action and citizen mobilization, it aims to strengthen the population's ability to take charge of improving its living conditions. Citizens can collectively exercise power and action on issues that directly affect them: health, housing, income, education, urban planning, justice and advocacy, the environment, safety, historical heritage, culture, living conditions (youth, families, women, seniors, immigrants, etc.).
In 2004, Action-Gardien brought together 26 groups and two observer members, the Éco-quartier de Pointe-Saint-Charles and the Regroupement économique et social du Sud-Ouest (RÉSO) and it still continues to represent the will of citizens to take charge of the future of their neighbourhood.

Action-Housing, Inc. is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, based organization created in 1957 by its Mayor David Lawrence and philanthropist Richard King Mellon, along with other civic leaders. It was created with the guiding principle that any great city must have not only a vibrant city center, but also strong neighborhoods and good housing for its residents. Its mission is to empower people to build more secure and self-sufficient lives through the provision of decent, affordable housing, essential supportive services, asset building programs, and educational and employment opportunities in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

E. R. Adair was born in London and educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge. During World War I, he was senior history master at Felstead School, Essex, and after the war served as senior assistant in history at University College, London. In 1925 he joined the History Department at McGill, serving as chairman from 1942 to 1947. He was President of the Canadian Historical Association for 1935-1936, and retired from McGill in 1954. He passed away a year later.

Adam Miller & Co. was a publishing firm. The firm that later became W. J. Gage and Company began in Montreal in 1844 as R. & A. Miller, Booksellers and Stationers. The firm expanded to Toronto in 1860, and in 1863, it became Adam Miller & Co. William Gage was hired as a clerk and bookkeeper in 1874. After Mr. Miller died in 1875, Mr. Gage conducted the business with Mrs. Miller until her retirement in 1878. In 1879, the company changed its name to W. J. Gage & Co.

Adam Stevenson & Co. was a Toronto publishing house active in the 1870s.