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 Kevin Kee. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview As one-half of Canada’s most famous evangelistic duo, John Hunter’s mesmerizing preaching and dramatic delivery attracted the attention of hundreds of thousands of Canadians—including the nation’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Hunter’s forte was Bible exposition, using extemporaneous […]
Written by Terry Crowley. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Following the 1921 Federal election, Agnes Macphail became the country’s best–known woman as Canada’s first female member of Parliament. But Agnes was not celebrated primarily as a fighter for women’s suffrage; her campaigns were mainly for co-operation and against war, […]
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 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 Joseph Adamson. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Northrop Frye, one of the country’s most eminent thinkers, devoted his life to a study of literature and culture that was deeply rooted in the Bible. He was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1912, the son of devout Methodists. Frye’s […]
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 […]
1898—1991 Written by Deborah Cowley. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission.OverviewPauline Vanier was born in Montreal in 1898. She was the only child of Charles Archer, a Quebec Superior Court judge, and his wife, Thérèse de Salaberry, whose seigneurial ancestors had come to Canada in 1730.“Faith, far from being outmoded or […]
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 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 […]
