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McAra (other)
McAra is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * James McAra (1876–1947), Scottish-Canadian and political figure * Lesley McAra, Scottish legal scholar * Peter McAra Jr. (1862–1949), Scottish-Canadian and political figure * Tracie McAra (born 1960), Canadian basketball player * Irene McAra-McWilliam Irene Helen McAra-McWilliam, is a design researcher and academic, specialising in design innovation. She has been the interim Director of the Glasgow School of Art since November 2018, having been head of its School of Design from 2005. Before movi ..., British design researcher and academic * Judith McAra-Couper, New Zealand midwifery academic See also * John McAra House, historic house in Davison, Michigan {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McAra
James McAra (October 17, 1876 – September 7, 1947) was a Scottish-born businessman and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He served as mayor of Regina from 1927 to 1930 and from 1932 to 1933. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of Peter McAra, and came to Regina in 1883 with his parents. He first found work delivering newspapers and later worked in the offices of the government of the Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. .... McAra then entered the real estate and insurance business established by his brother, Peter McAra, Jr. In 1900, he married M.G. Beattie. He served as a colonel during World War I, leading a company that served overseas. After the war, he commanded the Military Hospital Commission of Saskatchewan and was responsible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley McAra
Lesley McAra is Chair of Penology at the University of Edinburgh She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and was appointed a CBE in the New Year's Honours List 2018, for services to Criminology. Career McAra grew up in Hull as an expat Scot, and returned to Edinburgh to study at University. McAra's areas of academic research include the sociology of punishment, the sociology of law and deviance, youth crime, juvenile justice, gender justice and comparative criminal justice. She worked first at the Scottish Office doing research evaluating social work criminal justice services. She joined the University of Edinburgh as lecturer in criminology in 1995 and has been Dean of the School of Law, a member of the Centre for Law anSocietyand the Global JusticAcademyand Director of the Edinburgh FutureInstitute McAra is an associate at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). From 2019 to 2020, she served as President of the European Society of Criminology. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McAra Jr
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracie McAra
Tracie McAra (born 20 November 1960) is a Canadian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... Awards and honors *Top 100 U Sports women's basketball Players of the Century (1920-2020). References External links * 1960 births Living people Basketball people from British Columbia Canadian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Canada Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Victoria, British Columbia {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene McAra-McWilliam
Irene Helen McAra-McWilliam, is a design researcher and academic, specialising in design innovation. She has been the interim Director of the Glasgow School of Art since November 2018, having been head of its School of Design from 2005. Before moving to Glasgow, she was Professor and Business Fellow in Innovation at the Royal College of Art, and Professor of Design Research at Eindhoven University of Technology. Honours In the 2016 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ... (OBE) "for services to art and design". References {{DEFAULTSORT:McAra-McWilliam, Irene Living people Design researchers Academics of the Royal College of Art Academic staff of the Eindhoven University of Technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith McAra-Couper
Judith McAra-Couper is a New Zealand academic and a professor of midwifery at Auckland University of Technology. Biography McAra-Couper completed a diploma in midwifery at Auckland University of Technology and spent five years working in a remote village in Bangladesh. She returned to New Zealand in 1996 and was appointed a midwifery lecturer at Auckland University of Technology. She completed a PhD PHD or PhD may refer to: * Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification Entertainment * '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series * ''Piled Higher and Deeper'', a web comic * Ph.D. (band), a 1980s British group ** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ... in 2007 titled ''What is shaping the practice of health professionals and the understanding of the public in relation to increasing intervention in childbirth?''. Her doctoral advisors were Marion Jones and Elizabeth Smythe. In 2009 McAra-Couper was employed by the World Health Organization to design and support midwifery traini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |