Sir George Williams University College, named after George Williams, founder of the original YMCA in London, upon which the Montreal YMCA was based. In 1934, Sir George Williams College offered the first undergraduate credit course in adult education in Canada. The Sir George Williams College became Sir George Williams University (SGWU) in 1948, when it received a university charter from the provincial government, though it remained the education arm of the Montreal YMCA. SGWU expanded into its first standalone building, the Norris Building, in 1956. It established a Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies in 1963. SGWU continued to hold classes in the
John Wright (bookseller died 1844) 1771, and supplemented the text with "illustrations of the parliamentary history of the reign of George III", drawn from unpublished letters, private journals, and memoirs. In 1839 he published a preliminary volume, containing the "Debate of the House of Commons on the Bill for the Government of Quebec" (London, 8vo), a subject at that time of considerable interest. The work was approved by Lord Brougham, who, together with Hudson Gurney, assisted Wright financially. Seven parts appeared between 1841 and 1843, which, when bound, formed two volumes (London, 8vo).He died in London on 25 February 1844 at his residence, 26 Osnaburgh