Canada's History Awards Creates New Annual Celebration of Country's Past Nov 17, 2009
- Inaugural Awards presentation to be held at Rideau Hall. Although it seems like an obvious thing to do, the opportunities for writers, producers, historians and teachers to share ideas and concerns, and explore opportunities to collaborate on Canadian history projects are very rare. (Canada Newswire)
Does Your Child Have One of Canada's Top Teachers? Nov 17, 2009
Cyberspace, Board Games and Cattle Ranching in the Classroom Earn These Educators an A-plus from the Governor General. " Morrison adds, "Today we recognize these remarkable teachers for sharing their knowledge and innovative curricula and hope that, through this program, their achievements also inspire other educators. (Canada Newswire)
Is it porn or is it art? Feb 28, 2009
It didn't even crawl off the shelves until Pierre Berton admitted that he, in fact, was Lisa Kroniuk, and then it became a bestseller. That might be my favourite Canadian story of all time: People wanted to own pornography written by Pierre Berton. (Globe and Mail)
Great Scots, Plains of Abraham really did pay off Feb 20, 2009
Pierre Berton attributed the remarkable advance of the early Scot settlers in Quebec to the famous Scottish work ethic: For the Scots, it was work, save and study; study, save and work. The Scots formed only one-fifteenth of Quebec's population with the Irish and the English outnumbering them yet they advanced quickly to leadership roles in business and in the professions. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Making the literary life a little less precarious Feb 14, 2009
Founded in 1973 by the likes of Margaret Laurence and Pierre Berton, the WUC, it's fair to say, has in the last 10 or 15 years lost some of the zip and purposefulness that originally shaped it. As Toronto novelist and Globe and Mail columnist Russell Smith told Swan in an e-mail: The image I have of [the union] is a place where under-published would-be writers over the age of 50 sit in rooms together and plaintively discuss ethnic and gender representation, the silencing of voices' and things... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Tim Cook lands $25000 non-fiction award Feb 10, 2009
Cook said that while he wants his book to earn the approbation of academics, he is also interested in "reaching beyond ... to get the word out on non-fiction" to a larger audience, as the late author Pierre Berton once did. "We need to understand our part [in the First World War] in all its complexity and nuances ... [with] all the bruises left in." More than two million Canadians enlisted in the First World War effort and 60,000 of these were killed - relative to Canada's population today, it... (Globe and Mail)
