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Kim Ondaatje was born Betty Jane Kimbark in Toronto on October 2, 1928. Betty Jane took the name Kim after the death of her brother. Ondaatje studied painting under Yvonne McKague Housser from 1943 to 1947 at which point she began her studies as the Ontario College of Art. She then refocused her studies on literature at both McGill University (BA 1952) and Queens University receiving (MA 1954). Until 1964, Ondaatje served as a part-time lecturer at Wilfred Laurier University and Sherbrooke University. In the early 1960s, she returned to the visual arts and by 1965 was painting full-time. During this time Kim was working with London-based artists Jack Chambers and Tony Urquhart to found Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC) in 1967. In 2009 Ondaatje along with Urquhart received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts for this important work promoting artists' rights.

Ondaatje taught in the arts throughout her career, working for the London Public Gallery, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and for the outreach program of the Emily Carr College of Art in British Columbia and the Yukon.

There have been many exhibitions of her paintings and prints in Canada and abroad, she has received national and international recognition. Her work has also been the subject of major retrospectives, including the University of Toronto Art Centre’s Kim Ondaatje: Paintings 1950-1975 (2008), and Kim Ondaatje Museum London (2013), as well as comprehensive exhibitions at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (2014), the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (2015) and the Art Gallery of Ontario (2021). Ondaatje’s paintings and prints can be found in numerous collections, including The National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, among many others.

In addition to her artistic career, Ondaatje lived at her Blueroof Farm residence for over 40 years in Verona, just north of Kingston, Ontario. She called her home her “longest-running project... carefully tending to the land and animals living there". It was at Blueroof where Ondaatje bred Dalmatians, had a wedding venue business, and hosted many a retreat.

She was married to the poet D.G. Jones, and later was married to the writer Michael Ondaatje. She has six children.

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Prior to 1966, the needs of, and on-going training for, professional social workers in the Kingston area had been addressed by such individuals having become members of the Kingston Branch of the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW). Over the preceding years, this local body had expanded to include social workers in the Counties of Lennox & Addington, Hastings, and Prince Edward and forthwith had become known as the Kingston-Quinte Branch. Then, by the mid 1960's, this Branch had extended itself yet again, to include social workers in Northumberland and Peterborough Counties. Consequently, the name was changed once more to the Kingston-Quinte-Kawartha Branch of the CASW.

At a June 1965 meeting, it was decided that as the distances to be traveled by members were becoming extremely problematic, the Branch would be split in two: a) the Quinte-Kawartha Branch, which would include social workers in the Counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Hastings, Prince Edward, and Lennox & Addington; and b) the Kingston Branch. After some discussion, it was moved, and unanimously approved, that a request be forwarded to the Ontario Association of Professional Social Workers (OAPSW) -- now known as the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) -- asking that the Kingston Branch be re-constituted as a Branch of the OAPSW to serve qualified social workers employed, or residing, in Frontenac County. A 'pro tem' slate of officers was elected and immediately formed itself into a Nominating Committee to present a slate of officers, once OAPSW approval for the re-constitution of the Kingston Branch had been received.

Thus the Ontario Association of (Professional) Social Workers - Kingston Branch came into existence in the Spring of 1966. Since that time, the Branch has strived to serve members in the Kingston region by providing leadership through the assertion of the role of social workers, by advancing their interests, and enhancing their contributions to social justice. It acts as a source of information and consultation on social work practice by publishing and disseminating relevant and pertinent information to its members and the public at large; and it encourages and assists members to develop the highest professional standards through on-going training sessions and workshops. The Kingston Branch also seeks to assist the region by undertaking studies of social problems and issues, and taking appropriate action in order to influence social policy and legislation, so that the well-being of area residents is protected.

The compilation of cemetery recordings in Ontario is an ongoing project co-ordinated by the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS). The majority of the recordings have been presented by the Ottawa, Kingston and Toronto branches of the OGS, although several individuals have also contributed to the collection.

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