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The Kingston Film Council (KFC) was organized 1945 by a group of Kingstonians interested in Visual and Adult education. The first President was Mr. E. L. Earl. As a council many of the members were other organizations in and around Kingston. At its height there were over 100 member organizations . The Council acted as a distribution hub for films, supplier of rental equipment as well as hosting showings. Activities that the Council undertook were workshops on film utilization, training for Projectionists, outdoor showings and festivals. At various points the Council and the Department of Extension at Queen's University were quite interrelated.

KFC was a member of the Federation of Film Councils or Eastern Ontario which in turn was a member of the Ontario Association of Film Councils.

Dandelion officially formed with its group of 5 founding member in January 1975 when their first newsletter was published, although three attended at Communities Conference at Twin Oaks Community in September 1974, and had been talking community before that. They incorporated in Ontario as a non-share-capital cooperative “Dandelion Community Cooperative” in March when they were also looking for land and bought the farm in March.

Dandelion was an intentional community inspired by B.F. Skinner's Utopian novel, "Walden Two." They lived communally on 50 acres in southeastern Ontario, sharing goods, income and expenses, caring for each other, and working to create a cooperative, non-violent, egalitarian and joyful way of life, in harmony with the natural environment.

They supported the community through their own industries, including a tinnery which recycles tin cans into candle holders, plant holders, lamps, and other items. They also made hand-woven rope chairs, and tried to grow their own food, service their own equipment, build their own buildings and heat them with wood grown from the land. Work was shared through a labor credit system designed to distribute it as equally as possible and maximize the enjoyable work of each member.

John C. Newlands, architect, was born in Kingston on 5 October 1884 and trained in his father's office from 1902 to 1910. He was invited by his father to become a full partner in the Kingston firm of William Newlands & Son in 1910, and continued to work there until 1926 when his father died. John C. then began to practise under his own name in late 1926 and remained active until after 1950. During the Depression, he worked briefly for Colin Drever, and in 1932 both he and J. Arnold Thomson of Belleville, Ont. announced an affiliation or partnership, with dual offices in both Kingston and Belleville (Kingston Whig-Standard, 3 Feb. 1932, 3, advert.). Newlands then continued to operate his own office in Kingston. He later died there on 26 February 1958

Edwin James Adams served as Chief Penitentiary Architect for the federal Department of Justice from 1896 until 1914. Born in Ottawa, Ont. on 26 February 1861 he was the son of James Adams, Chief Trades Instructor of the provincial penitentiary at Kingston, Ont. He moved from Ottawa to Kingston with his parents in 1870 and may have acted as an assistant to his father in the 1880's, thereby gaining a broad knowledge of the design of prison facilities in Ontario. In April 1894 he was appointed as a trades instructor at the Kingston Penitentiary and later succeeded his father as Chief Trades Instructor there on 1 February 1896. When the Department of Justice became fully independent from the Department of Public Works in 1896 Adams was asked to take on the role of Penitentiary Architect for Canada and was eventually transferred to the Department headquarters in Ottawa in 1902.

The formal post of Architect to the Penitentiaries Branch was created on 1 July 1906 and Adams held this position overseeing all architectural work on penitentiary properties in Canada until his death. He prepared the plans for the enlargement of the federal prison at Edmonton, Alta. in 1906 (C.R., xvii, 8 Aug. 1906, 5), and designed the major addition to the New Westminster, B.C. prison in 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 July 1911, 59). His death occurred at Kingston on 12 June 1914

Wilfred Sutton Jobbins was born in Melita, Manitoba on November 22, 1915. He graduated from Queen's University and wartime RCCS officers`training in 1941. Jobbins joined the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1947 in Vancouver and represented the organization for 34 years in various parts of Canada, South America and Europe. His most senior position at the NFB was Director of Distribution at the Montreal head office, having previously served in the posts of Director of Commercial Distribution, Assistant-Director of the International Division, as serving as the Board representative in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He retired with his wife, Honora to Mallorytown, Ontario. Later, Wilf and Honora moved to Kingston where he was President of Queen's University Institute for Lifelong Learning. Jobbins passed away in Kingston, Ontario on Sunday, August 9, 2009.

Hal McCarney, football coach, for Queen's University, began his affiliation with Queen's in 1948 when he competed as a football player until his graduation in 1951. In his final season as an athlete with Queen's, McCarney earned the Jenkins Trophy which is bestowed annually to the top graduating male athlete. At the conclusion of his playing career he joined the team in another role becoming an assistant to the legendary Frank Tindall. During this time he was a founding member of the Queen's Football Club and also arranged to have the original and live 'Boo Hoo' the bear attend games.

In 1973, McCarney retired from coaching but maintained close ties with the team attending games, practices and providing other advice and support associated with Queen's Football. During his tenure as a player and as an assistant coach, McCarney helped Queen's to eight provincial titles and its first Vanier Cup title in 1968. He was inducted into the Queen's Football Hall of Fame in 1991 as a builder and a player. The 1991 ceremony was only the third induction ceremony in the schools rich football history, making McCarney one of its earliest members. In 2003, Queen's Athletics and Recreation also honoured McCarney for his service by inducting him into Queen's Coaches Hall of Fame. McCarney passed away 17 September 2008.

The Queen's University 175th Anniversary Committee was an executive committee chaired by David Walker. Mike Blair was the coordinator of the 175th celebration process, all supported by Celia Russell. An advisory committee, chaired by Peter Milliken and consisting of internal and external stakeholders, assisted in the creation of objectives to assist in planning.

The objectives of the committee were: to celebrate Queen’s unique legacy, contributions and role at the national and international levels and raise the profile of the university; to contribute to the future vision for the university; to enhance and strengthen relationships with the City of Kingston and constituent stakeholders, including alumni; and to promote and celebrate the close of the Initiative Campaign.