The editor in chief of the Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh, will retire after 33 years of dedication and leadership. He remembers his journey from bookish kid to what he calls “the best job in the country.”

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Our editors have compiled a gift guide full of practical, historical, bizarre and very Canadian gifts to help with your holiday shopping. Enjoy!

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Back by popular demand! In her quest to get in touch with the Canadian winter, editor Laura Bonikowsky charts the ups and downs of her icy environs in a snow diary.

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To celebrate our new promo video, we’re asking you to name every Canadian, event, work of art, animal, and structure in the video for a chance to win a quintessential Canadian t-shirt!

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Former Newfoundland premier Brian Peckford has literally rewritten history, prompting the Canadian Encyclopedia to revise its article on the 1982 patriation of the Constitution.

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Peter Lougheed, former Alberta premier and a great friend of The Canadian Encyclopedia, passed away yesterday. Our Editor in Chief remembers him as the “most impressive man I’ve ever met.”

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C’était une rencontre des grands penseurs lorsque, le 6 juin dernier, les deux équipes de l’Encyclopédie canadienne et de l’Encyclopédie chinoise se sont réunies à Vancouver, pour partager leurs histoires. Tout un remue-méninges !

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It was a meeting of the minds on June 6 when The Canadian Encyclopedia and The Chinese Encyclopedia met in Vancouver to share their histories and pick each others’ brains!

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On April 10th, friends, family members and colleagues of Helmut Kallmann gathered in the spacious main lobby of the University of Toronto’s Edward Johnson Building to remember Helmut Kallmann, who passed away on February 12, 2012. Helmut Kallmann was the pioneer scholar of Canadian music history and the founder of the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada [...]

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Maria Calderisi remembers the contributions of former Encyclopedia of Music in Canada member Patricia Wardrop.

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I met Helmut many years ago when I was a novice encyclopedist and he was already busy at work on the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. I remember clearly sitting in his office in the National Archives soaking up his sage advice about how to go about making an encyclopedia (not all of it repeatable!). [...]

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Having told friends, family and colleagues that I dislike winter, I’ve received endless advice on how to turn my chilly frown upside down. My dear friend Myriam provided a list of reasons to like winter and the comments on Twitter have ranged from friendly to downright maniacal. So I’m going to try again to change my attitude, and to chart my [...]

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Having told friends, family and colleagues that I dislike winter, I’ve received endless advice on how to turn my chilly frown upside down. My dear friend Myriam provided a list of reasons to like winter and the comments on Twitter have ranged from friendly to downright maniacal. So I’m going to try again to change my attitude, and to chart my [...]

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Our editors have compiled a gift guide full of practical, historical, bizarre and very Canadian gifts to help with your holiday shopping. Enjoy!

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[Editor's Note: This blog post is in response to Laura Bonikowsky's post, "Winter Blahs," in which she argues against the joys of winter. This blog post is also available in French.] Dear Laura, I just read your words on winter and was very surprised. You? You, my friend from Alberta don’t like winter? You, who [...]

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