Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Events sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

14

Series

4-13

File

26

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of an unidentified Baycrest event. Pictured in the photograph are: Eleanor "Eli" Goorin Yolles, Fanny Shapiro, Lyla Yolles Gould Sears, Denny (Annette) Eisen Yolles, Yunya (Clara) Cohl Yolles, and Mary Wilder Yolles.

Name Access

Sears, Lyla Yolles Gould

Shapiro, Fanny

Yolles, Annette Eisen

Yolles, Clara Cohl

Yolles, Denny Eisen

Yolles, Eleanor Goorin

Yolles, Eli Goorin

Yolles, Mary Wilder

Yolles, Yunya Cohl

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.

It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.

Scope and Content

This item is a view of the ballroom with many people sitting at tables socializing.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Rooms

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.

It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.

Scope and Content

This item is a view of a piano player performing.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Musicians

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.

It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.

Scope and Content

This item is a view of a guitarist, accordianist and organist performing on stage.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Musicians

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Phyllis Marshall (b. Barrie, ON, 4 Nov 1921) was a Canadian singer and actress. She studied piano as a child and was known as a track athlete, but made her debut at 15 as a singer on radio station CRCT. She then performed with Jack Arthur and on CBC radio with Percy Faith.

Her first nightclub engagement was at Toronto's Silver Slipper, September 1938, with the Canadian Ambassadors. Encouraged by the CBC announcer Byng Whitteker to sing blues and jazz, she performed during the 1940s with various Toronto dance bands, including an 18-month stint at Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel 1944-46, with her own trio, and on tour 1947-8 in the USA with the Cab Calloway Orchestra.

A contemporary of Eleanor Collins among early black performers on the CBC, Marshall appeared 1949-52 on radio's 'Blues for Friday' (later 'Starlight Moods') and starred on TV's 'The Big Revue' 1952-4, 'Cross-Canada Hit Parade' 1956-9, and other shows. She performed with Canadian jazz notables including Oscar Peterson and Bert Niosi, and also starred in the Canadian National Exhibition grandstand show. She performed in England on BBC TV in 1959 (The Phyllis Marshall Special) and again in 1964 in nightclubs. Her LP That Girl (1964, Cap FS-614), recorded in the company of US jazz stars Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate, captures Marshall's light, secure singing style and received a Juno Award as 'good music product LP'. Marshall had earlier recorded for Monogram in 1949.

Her second career, as an actress, began in 1956 at Toronto's Crest Theatre and included dramatic and musical roles in stage, radio, and TV productions such as the revue Cindy-Ella (1964), CBC radio's 'The Amen Corner' (1970), and CBS-CTV's Night Heat in the mid-1980s. She continued to sing on occasion - eg, at the ACTRA Awards in 1977, and for Freedom Fest (Harbourfront) in 1988.

Marshall is remembered as one of Canadian television's earliest stars, and as a pioneer among black Canadian performers.

She died in Toronto in 1996.

Scope and Content

This item is a view of Phyllis Marshall performing on stage.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Actors

Black Canadians

Singers

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See Fonds 80, series 4 for a portrait of Phyllis Marshall by Sylvia Schwartz.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Phyllis Marshall (b. Barrie, ON, 4 Nov 1921) was a Canadian singer and actress. She studied piano as a child and was known as a track athlete, but made her debut at 15 as a singer on radio station CRCT. She then performed with Jack Arthur and on CBC radio with Percy Faith.

Her first nightclub engagement was at Toronto's Silver Slipper, September 1938, with the Canadian Ambassadors. Encouraged by the CBC announcer Byng Whitteker to sing blues and jazz, she performed during the 1940s with various Toronto dance bands, including an 18-month stint at Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel 1944-46, with her own trio, and on tour 1947-8 in the USA with the Cab Calloway Orchestra.

A contemporary of Eleanor Collins among early black performers on the CBC, Marshall appeared 1949-52 on radio's 'Blues for Friday' (later 'Starlight Moods') and starred on TV's 'The Big Revue' 1952-4, 'Cross-Canada Hit Parade' 1956-9, and other shows. She performed with Canadian jazz notables including Oscar Peterson and Bert Niosi, and also starred in the Canadian National Exhibition grandstand show. She performed in England on BBC TV in 1959 (The Phyllis Marshall Special) and again in 1964 in nightclubs. Her LP That Girl (1964, Cap FS-614), recorded in the company of US jazz stars Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate, captures Marshall's light, secure singing style and received a Juno Award as 'good music product LP'. Marshall had earlier recorded for Monogram in 1949.

Her second career, as an actress, began in 1956 at Toronto's Crest Theatre and included dramatic and musical roles in stage, radio, and TV productions such as the revue Cindy-Ella (1964), CBC radio's 'The Amen Corner' (1970), and CBS-CTV's Night Heat in the mid-1980s. She continued to sing on occasion - eg, at the ACTRA Awards in 1977, and for Freedom Fest (Harbourfront) in 1988.

Marshall is remembered as one of Canadian television's earliest stars, and as a pioneer among black Canadian performers.

She died in Toronto in 1996.

Scope and Content

This item is a group portrait of, front row (left to right): Phyllis Marshall and Sylvia Schwartz. Everyone else in this photograph is unidentified (possibly musicians).

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See Fonds 80, series 4 for a portrait of Phyllis Marshall by Sylvia Schwartz.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a group portrait of, front row (left to right): Sylvia Schwartz, unknown man and unknown woman.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jack Schwartz was Sylvia Schwartz's uncle, and was married to Minnie Schwartz. Their daughter Jewell owned an art gallery in Yorkville for many years. Jack was in the fur business in Toronto.

Gerald Halbert was born in 1935 to Hyman and Faye Halbert in Toronto. He is the brother of Dr. Ralph Halbert and Mrs. Rhoda Brown (nee Halbert). Gerald's mother Faye was Sylvia Schwartz's cousin on her mother's side.

Gerald Halbert received his medical degree in 1960 from the University of Toronto. Around that time he became very involved in the Jewish community, first volunteering for the UJA in 1960 and then traveling to Israel on a UJA Young Leadership Mission in 1962. Inspired and awed by the country, his lifelong commitment to the community was solidified. Since that time he has held many volunteer leadership roles within the Toronto community, including: chair and/or co-chair for three UJA Federation Campaigns and president of United Israel Appeal of Canada and of Canadian Friends of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has also been active in the development of the Wolfond Centre for Jewish Campus Life at the University of Toronto.

Outside of the Jewish community, he has helped to raise funds for and establish several research chairs at the University of Toronto and University Health Network and is a member of the Mount Sinai Hospital Board of Governors. He is a member of the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, where he has volunteered significant time to a number of fundraising initiatives including the Spark of Life and Neurosurgery Chair Campaigns. He is also Board Champion for the Krembil Neuroscience Centre’s Krembil Discovery Tower and Krembil Neuro Program.

In 2002 he was awarded the Order of Canada for his lifelong commitment and contributions to his community.

He was married in 1960 to Sandra ("Tootsie") (nee Sukerman) and they have two daughters: Wendy and Michelle.

Scope and Content

This item is a group portrait of members of the Schwartz's and Halbert's Families. From left: unknown woman, unknown man, Jack Schwartz, Minnie Schwartz, unknown woman, unknown man, unknown man,and Gerrald Halbert.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Schwartz was married to Gertrude Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen and Ruth.

Joseph owned J. Schwartz and Company, a fur manufacturing firm, and eventually became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue road.

The Halberts consist of Hyman and Faye Halbert, and their three children, Ralph Halbert, Dr. Gerald Halbert and Mrs. Rhoda Brown (née Halbert). Faye was Sylvia Schwartz's cousin on her mother's side.

Scope and Content

This item is a group portrait of members of the Schwartz, Halbert and Wintrob Families. Joseph Schwartz can be seen standing behind the group on the right. All other sitters are unidentified.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Dr. Murray Simon was a Toronto dentist who married Sylvia Yolles, the daughter of L.S. Yolles who owned the Park Plaza.

Scope and Content

This item is a group portrait. From left: [unknown man], [unknown woman], Murray Simon, [unknown woman], [unknown man], [unknown woman], [unknown woman].

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Dentists

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Custodial History

Cecil Yolles was Louis Yolles' eldest grandchild. He was the eldest son of Sam and Mary (Wilder) Yolles.

Scope and Content

This item is a group portrait from the Park Plaza opening. Cecil and Denny Yolles are identified in the centre of the photo, seated fourth and fifth from the left.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a group portrait.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Park Plaza Opening file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

1

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a snapshot of Cecil and Denny Yolles.

Notes

This image has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jack Schwartz was Sylvia Schwartz's uncle, and was married to Minnie Schwartz. Their daughter Jewell owned an art gallery in Yorkville for many years. Jack was in the fur business in Toronto.

Jewell Schwartz was the daughter of Jack and Minnie Schwartz, and was Sylvia Schwartz's cousin.

In 1955, Jewell opened an upscale craft retail store called Trade Winds at 150 Bloor Street West. In 1963 she relocated the store to 138 Cumberland Street in Yorkville, due to the previous building being torn down. Trade Winds remained at this location until her retirement in 1984. Jewell was known to take courses in the construction of the wares she sold, such as jewelry and pottery to have a better idea of the materials she was selling.

Ida Schwartz was the sister of Jack and Joseph Schwartz.

Herbert Solway is the son of Alex and Fanny Solway, the brother of Carol Solway and the nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of members of the Schwartz and Solway families. Front row (left to right): Minnie Schwartz and Ida Schwartz. Middle row (left to right): Jewell Schwartz. Back row (left to right): Herbert Solway and Jack Schwartz.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i2.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Jill Shleser (now Gillian Gillison) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jan (née Shleser) Simonsky and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Gillian is an Associate Professor at Trinity College at the University of Toronto in the Theological Department, and has written several books and articles on the topics of the study of myth and ritual in non-literate societies, religion in the history of Anthropological theory, psychoanalysis, and peoples of Oceania.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a portrait of Jan and Jil Shleser.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i1.

Subjects

Sisters

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Shleser family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Jill Shleser (now Gillian Gillison) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jan (née Shleser) Simonsky and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Gillian is an Associate Professor at Trinity College at the University of Toronto in the Theological Department, and has written several books and articles on the topics of the study of myth and ritual in non-literate societies, religion in the history of Anthropological theory, psychoanalysis, and peoples of Oceania.

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin), and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Gary speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Fanny (née Schwartz) Solway was the sister of Sylvia Schwartz. She was married to Alex Solway (d. 1 July 1988) and had two children, Carol and Herbert. She had three grandchildren, Gary, Diane and Michael. She died on 22 April 1971.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, brother of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny and Helen.

A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in her honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council which selects the juries, the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.

Helen Shleser (née Schwartz) was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and the sister of the Fanny, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz. Helen married Dr. Isaac Shleser, a doctor of internal medicine, and had two daughters, Gillian and Jan.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of front row: Jan Shleser. Middle row (left to right): Jil Shleser, Elaine Solway (née Basin), Gary Solway (baby) and unknown girl. Top row (left to right): Carol Solway, Ruth Schwartz, Helen Shleser and Fanny Solway.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i4.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Schwartz, Shleser and Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Jill Shleser (now Gillian Gillison) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jan (née Shleser) Simonsky and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Gillian is an Associate Professor at Trinity College at the University of Toronto in the Theological Department, and has written several books and articles on the topics of the study of myth and ritual in non-literate societies, religion in the history of Anthropological theory, psychoanalysis, and peoples of Oceania.

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin), and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Gary speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Fanny (née Schwartz) Solway was the sister of Sylvia Schwartz. She was married to Alex Solway (d. 1 July 1988) and had two children, Carol and Herbert. She had three grandchildren, Gary, Diane and Michael. She died on 22 April 1971.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, brother of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny and Helen.

A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in her honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council which selects the juries, the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.

Helen Shleser (née Schwartz) was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and the sister of the Fanny, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz. Helen married Dr. Isaac Shleser, a doctor of internal medicine, and had two daughters, Gillian and Jan.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of front row: Jan Shleser. Middle row (left to right): Jil Shleser, Elaine Solway (née Basin), Gary Solway (baby) and unknown girl. Top row (left to right): Carol Solway, Ruth Schwartz, Helen Shleser and Fanny Solway.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i3.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Schwartz, Shleser and Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 12 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin), and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Gary speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Gertrude Schwartz was married to Joseph Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen and Ruth.

Herbert Solway received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd. He is married to Ann Shortell.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of front row: Elaine Solway. Middle row (left to right): Unknown woman and Gertrude Schwartz (holding Gary Solway). Back row (left to right): Herbert Solway, Unknown woman and unknown man.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i6.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Schwartz and Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 12 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin), and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Gary speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Herbert Solway is married to Ann Shortell and is the father of Gary Solway. received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd. He is married to Ann Shortell.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of Elaine Solway, Gary Solway and Herbert Solway.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i5.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Solway family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin), and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Grry speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Herbert Solway is married to Ann Shortell and is the father of Gary Solway. received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, brother of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

David Rotenberg was born in Toronto on 24 July 1930 and educated at the University of Toronto. He worked as an insurance agent, and served on Toronto City Council and Metro Toronto Council from 1961 to 1972. In the 1972 election he ran for mayor, and lost to David Crombie in a close, three-way race. Rotenberg was later appointed as a commissioner on the Toronto Transit Commission, and served from 1975 to 1977. He first campaigned for the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, and finished second against Liberal Vern Singer in Wilson Heights. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. Rotenberg attempted a return to politics and campaigned for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1997 federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservatives in the riding of Eglinton—Lawrence, losing to incumbent Liberal Joe Volpe.

Rotenberg has been named as an honorary officer in the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of Carol Solway (obscured by plant), Elaine Solway, Gary Solway and Herbert Solway with David Rotenberg.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i8.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Solway family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin), and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Gary speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Herbert Solway is married to Ann Shortell and is the father of Gary Solway. received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd. He is married to Ann Shortell.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, brother of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

David Rotenberg was born in Toronto on 24 July 1930 and educated at the University of Toronto. He worked as an insurance agent, and served on Toronto City Council and Metro Toronto Council from 1961 to 1972. In the 1972 election he ran for mayor, and lost to David Crombie in a close, three-way race. Rotenberg was later appointed as a commissioner on the Toronto Transit Commission, and served from 1975 to 1977. He first campaigned for the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, and finished second against Liberal Vern Singer in Wilson Heights. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. Rotenberg attempted a return to politics and campaigned for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1997 federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservatives in the riding of Eglinton—Lawrence, losing to incumbent Liberal Joe Volpe.

Rotenberg has been named as an honorary officer in the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of Carol Solway, Elaine Solway (behind Herbert), Gary Solway and Herbert Solway with David Rotenberg.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i7.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Solway family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin), and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Gary speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Herbert Solway is married to Ann Shortell and is the father of Gary Solway. received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, brother of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

David Rotenberg was born in Toronto on 24 July 1930 and educated at the University of Toronto. He worked as an insurance agent, and served on Toronto City Council and Metro Toronto Council from 1961 to 1972. In the 1972 election he ran for mayor, and lost to David Crombie in a close, three-way race. Rotenberg was later appointed as a commissioner on the Toronto Transit Commission, and served from 1975 to 1977. He first campaigned for the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, and finished second against Liberal Vern Singer in Wilson Heights. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. Rotenberg attempted a return to politics and campaigned for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1997 federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservatives in the riding of Eglinton—Lawrence, losing to incumbent Liberal Joe Volpe.

Rotenberg has been named as an honorary officer in the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of Carol Solway, Elaine Solway, Gary Solway and Herbert Solway with David Rotenberg.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i9.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Solway family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin), and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Gary speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Herbert Solway is married to Ann Shortell and is the father of Gary Solway. received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, brother of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

David Rotenberg was born in Toronto on 24 July 1930 and educated at the University of Toronto. He worked as an insurance agent, and served on Toronto City Council and Metro Toronto Council from 1961 to 1972. In the 1972 election he ran for mayor, and lost to David Crombie in a close, three-way race. Rotenberg was later appointed as a commissioner on the Toronto Transit Commission, and served from 1975 to 1977. He first campaigned for the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, and finished second against Liberal Vern Singer in Wilson Heights. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. Rotenberg attempted a return to politics and campaigned for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1997 federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservatives in the riding of Eglinton—Lawrence, losing to incumbent Liberal Joe Volpe.

Rotenberg has been named as an honorary officer in the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of Carol Solway (obscured by plant), Elaine Solway, Gary Solway and Herbert Solway with David Rotenberg.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i12.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Solway family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin), and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Gary speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Herbert Solway is married to Ann Shortell and is the father of Gary Solway. received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of Elaine Solway, Gary Solway and Herbert Solway.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i10.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Solway family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Jill Shleser (now Gillian Gillison) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jan (née Shleser) Simonsky and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Gillian is an Associate Professor at Trinity College at the University of Toronto in the Theological Department, and has written several books and articles on the topics of the study of myth and ritual in non-literate societies, religion in the history of Anthropological theory, psychoanalysis, and peoples of Oceania.

Helen Shleser (née Schwartz) was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and the sister of the Fanny, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz. Helen married Dr. Isaac Shleser, a doctor of internal medicine, and had two daughters, Gillian and Jan.

Minnie Schwartz was married to Jack Schwartz (the brother to Joseph Schwartz and Uncle of Sylvia Schwartz), and had one daughter, Jewell SChwartz.

Jewell Schwartz was the daughter of Jack and Minnie Schwartz, and was Sylvia Schwartz's cousin. In 1955, Jewell opened an upscale craft retail store called Trade Winds at 150 Bloor Street West. In 1963 she relocated the store to 138 Cumberland Street in Yorkville, due to the previous building being torn down. Trade Winds remained at this location until her retirement in 1984. Jewell was known to take courses in the construction of the wares she sold, such as jewelry and pottery to have a better idea of the materials she was selling.

Jewell has donated several works of Inuit art to the University of Toronto Art Centre's permanent collection.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a group portrait of front row (left to right): Jan Shleser (seated on Minnie Schwartz) and Jil Shleser. Middle row: Unknown woman (arm is showing) and Minnie Schwartz. Back row (left to right): Unknown man, Jewell Schwartz and unknown woman.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i11.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Shleser and Schwartz families.

Source

Archival Descriptions