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The Nursery Education Association of Ontario (NEAO) was established in 1950 in response to the absence of government regulation and formal facilities for training in early childhood studies for day nursery staff. The NEAO was active in the training and certification of preschool teachers. In 1969, the NEAO changed its name to the Association of Early Childhood Education Ontario (AECEO). In 1996, AECEO changed its name to “Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario” to reflect its role as the professional association and voluntary regulatory body for Early Childhood Educators in Ontario.

The Association of Women Electors (AWE) was founded in 1937, and it played a large role in municipal affairs until the end of its existence in 1986. It was a non-partisan, non-sectarian and non-profit organization.

The Association of Women Teaching at Queen's was formed in the early 1970's to represent women involved in teaching in all faculties and in any capacity at Queen's University. The objectives of the association were: to represent all women who teach at Queen's; to work for the implementation of the recommendations of the Principal's Report on the Status of Women at Queen's; to act in liaison with the Faculty Association of Queen's; and to encourage women to take a more active part in the functions of the university. The Association held monthly lunches, sponsored lecture series and functioned as the voice for women on campus, producing briefs and reports on matters that affected women at Queen's.

Asterisk Film & Videotape Productions Ltd. was a film production company based in Toronto. It was succeeded by Asterisk Productions Ltd, based out of Burnaby, BC.

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Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, was an American-born British politician and the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat on 1 December 1919.
Astor was an American citizen who moved to England at age 26 and married Waldorf Astor. He succeeded to the peerage and entered the House of Lords; she then entered politics and won his former seat in Plymouth in 1919, becoming the first woman to sit as an MP in the House of Commons. Her first husband was American Robert Gould Shaw II, and they divorced. She served in Parliament as a member of the Conservative Party for Plymouth Sutton until 1945, when she was persuaded to step down.

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Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, was an American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor. He was also a member of the Astor family.