The Historica-Dominion Institute mourns the passing of Peter Lougheed, a great Albertan and Canadian. Along with his many achievements on behalf of his country, the Institute in particular is grateful for his commitment to history, shown through his constant support of our initiatives. In 1978, when Mr. Lougheed was asked, in his capacity as Alberta [...]
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.”
Exactly one year ago today, NDP leader Jack Layton passed away. We revisit his final words to Canadians.
Maria Calderisi remembers the contributions of former Encyclopedia of Music in Canada member Patricia Wardrop.
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!). [...]
Helmut Kallmann was the chief pioneer of musical historiography and music librarianship in Canada. We were good friends from our student days, sixty-plus years ago. When I was music editor for the University of Toronto student newspaper, Helmut said I gave him his first writing assignment. His later writings, as author of the still-much-quoted A History [...]
11 years ago today, Pierre Trudeau passed away. His death brought about an outpouring of national pride and mourning perhaps unprecedented for any political leader in our history.
“With the passing of Jack Layton we’ve lost a charismatic, engaging leader and a strong voice for our country. We’ve also lost one of our biggest advocates for young Canadians.”
Gil Courtemanche is no more. The journalist, an angry man whose biting words were well directed yet always fair, a brilliant essayist and writer rather surprised by the pen that calmly brought him a belated success, passed away during the night of August 18, 2011, a frightened and sick man. His commentaries, notably on Enjeux, [...]
Gil Courtemanche n’est plus. Le journaliste, homme en colère aux mots acerbes, bien ciblés et toujours justes, l’essayiste brillant, l’écrivain un peu étonné de cette plume qui l’a tranquillement et un peu tard amené vers le succès, l’homme apeuré et malade s’est éteint dans la nuit du 18 août 2011. Ses reportages toujours sensibles, toujours [...]
Our friend and contributor to The Canadian Encyclopedia, Alan Whitehorn of the Royal Military College of Canada, explains the significance of Jack Layton’s legacy and the unique role of the New Democratic Party in Canada on Radio Canada International. Some highlights:
Jack Layton, leader of the NDP, has died after a battle with cancer. Just months before, he led the NDP to the Official Opposition in his last amazing race.
Today is the 58th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. Look back at the three-year conflict that took more than 26,000 Canadians overseas, causing 516 to lose their lives.
Just a few days ago Robert Kroetsch died in the heart of the Alberta countryside he celebrated and sent up so hilariously in his fiction and poetry. It’s a huge loss to the Canadian literary world. Kroetsch was famously dubbed “Mr. Canadian Postmodern” by scholar Linda Hutcheon: she suggested he was the writer in Canada [...]
