Dominique Achour was an Associate Professor at the University of Montreal's School of Urbanism, a Professor of Applied Economics, and a Head of Section de gestion du développement urbain at the University of Laval.

Eleanor Margaret Acland, née Cropper, was born on February 28, 1878, in Kendal, Cumbria, England.

She was a British Liberal Party politician, suffragist, and novelist. She was educated at St. Leonards School, Scotland. She campaigned vigorously for the parliamentary vote for women and was Vice-President of the South-West Federation of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies from 1910 to 1914. In 1912, she organized local Women's Liberal Associations to pass resolutions in support of the 1912 Conciliation Bill. In 1913, she founded the Liberal Women's Suffrage Union. In 1926, when her husband succeeded to the family baronetcy, she became Lady Acland. She was President of the Exeter Women’s Welfare Association, and of the Exeter and District Society for Equal Citizenship, and campaigned for a maternity and birth control clinic in Exeter, which was eventually established after her death. From 1929 to 1931, Lady Acland served as President of the Women's National Liberal Federation. She was a Liberal candidate for the Exeter division of Devon at the 1931 General Election. She was also an author of several novels, e.g., “In the Straits of Hope” (1904), “Dark Side Out” (1921) and two memoirs about her daughters, “The Story of a Joyful Life” (1925) and “Goodbye for the Present” (1935).

In 1905, she married Sir Francis Edward Dyke Acland (1874-1939). She died on December 12, 1933, in Exeter, Devon, England.

Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland, 1st Baronet, was born on August 23, 1815, in Killerton, England.

He was an English physician and educator. He studied at Harrow and at Christ Church, Oxford and was elected Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1840. He then studied medicine in London and Edinburgh. Returning to Oxford, he was appointed Lee's reader in anatomy at Christ Church in 1845 and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1847. In 1851, he was appointed Radcliffe librarian and physician to the Radcliffe Infirmary. In 1858, he became Regius Professor of Medicine, a post which he retained till 1894. He took a leading part in the revival of the Oxford Medical School. He served on the Royal Commission on sanitary laws in England and Wales in 1869 and published a study of the outbreak of cholera at Oxford in 1854, together with various pamphlets on sanitary matters. He was also a curator of the university galleries and of the Bodleian Library.

In 1846, he married Sarah Cotton. He died on October 16, 1900, in Oxford, England.

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.