William “Bill” Gerald Schermbrucker was born on July 23, 1938, in Eldoret, Kenya.

He was a Canadian writer, editor, literary critic, and educator. He taught at Delamere High School, Prince of Wales School in Nairobi and Alliance High School in Kikuyu before immigrating to Canada in 1964. In 1973, he earned a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of British Columbia. His fictionalized memoir about his mother in Africa, “Mimosa” (1987), won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 1988. He is the author of the book about his youth in Kenya “Chameleon and Other Stories” (1983) and a collection of short stories "Motortherapy" (1993). Schermbrucker also wrote a textbook, “The Aims and Strategies of Good Writing (1976). He is widely respected as one of the founding faculty of Capilano College, where he edited The Capilano Review from 1976 to 1982.

He died on September 14, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Winston George Schell was born on August 15, 1943, in Grey, Ontario.

He was a Canadian teacher, writer, musician, publisher, and editor. He served as English Teacher and Department Head with the Thames Valley District School Board for more than thirty years. He released two folk music albums, "Any Direction" (1969) and "City Wilderness" (1976). Schell contributed to London's cultural community as the founder, publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Ergo Productions (est. 1977) and as a supporter of local cultural events. He also wrote numerous articles, essays, poetry, and works of short fiction. In 2004, Thames Valley Education Foundation created Winston Schell Creativity Award in his memory.

He was married to Linda Mary Gregson. He died on September 2, 2004, in London, Ontario.

Marie Emma Sheffer was born November 7, 1854, in Quebec, Canada.

She was a teacher in Montreal, Quebec, and Ontario.

In 1909, she married Duncan McGillis (1854-1924) of Rock Creek, B.C. She died on August 3, 1923, in Thunder Bay, Ontario.