Sir George Williams University represented Sir George Williams University. Shortly after Sir George Williams merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University in 1974, The Georgians and the Loyola Warriors were replaced by the Concordia Stingers. Sir George Williams University Sir George Williams University was a university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University on August 24, 1974. In 1851, the first YMCA in North America was established on Ste-Helene street in Old Montreal. Beginning in 1873, the YMCA offered evening classes to allow working people in the English-speaking community to pursue their education while working during the
Adolphus Williams Adolphus Williams Adolphus Williams (July 18, 1844 – September 3, 1921) was a lawyer, magistrate and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Vancouver City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. He was born in Aylmer, Ontario, the son of doctor Adolphus Williams, a native of London, England and Jane Burdick, and was educated in St. Thomas and at the Toronto University. Williams fought at the Battle of Ridgeway in 1866. He studied law in Toronto and began practising in Welland, moving to Vancouver in 1889. Williams served as a representative on the Welland