Written by George Grant. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Like one of his best-selling novels, the life of John Buchan was full of adventure and achievement. He was one of the most accomplished men of the twentieth century: a successful barrister, a respected scholar, a popular journalist, a trusted […]
Written by James Craig. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Robert Edward McAlister played a foundational role in the early growth of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC), the nation’s largest Pentecostal denomination. His labours as an evangelist, pastor, organizer, teacher, writer and missions promoter helped the PAOC grow from […]
Written by Marguerite Van Die. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview “A faith formed, tested, and strengthened by family tragedy.“ Margaret Proctor Burwash had a keen interest in the welfare of female students at the University of Toronto’s Victoria College, and believed that their education should be largely in the […]
Written by Preston Jones. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Lionel-Adolphe Groulx did not only write history, he made it, stoking the flame of Quebec nationalism. Groulx was a historian who believed that pride in the past would give French Canadians confidence in their future. Despite thirty-four years as a […]
Written by Randi Warne. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Nellie McClung had a vision for Canada and for western Canada in particular. Calling it the Land of the Second Chance and the Land of the Fair Deal, McClung believed that the western prairie was a perfect place to build […]
Written by William Christian. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview George Monro Grant – Principal Grant of Queen’s College as he universally came to be known – was a celebrated churchman and university administrator who is best remembered for his travel narrative Ocean to Ocean. Grant’s father, James, left his […]
Written by Ian McLeod. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview The political left in Canada has drawn an astonishing number of leaders from the ranks of clergy. The first leader of a socialist (CCF) government in Canada was the former Baptist minister, Tommy Douglas, in Saskatchewan, and the first leader […]
Written by Michael D. Clarke. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Timothy Eaton is known from coast to coast in Canada for revolutionary merchandising and for building a retail empire by supplying the needs of city dwellers and country folk alike. Despite his fame, Eaton preferred to remain largely in […]
Written by John D. Hull. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Oswald J. Smith was born in November, 1889. He spent part of his childhood assisting his father at the Embro Station train depot near London, Ontario. His most sobering responsibility was to light the semaphore signal lamps about a […]
Written by Darrel Reid. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview When A. B. Simpson died, a Christian Herald writer wrote: “His epitaph is written in the hearts of countless multitudes at home and abroad … no one in this age had done more effectual, self-denying service for Christ and His […]
