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Harold Innis (1894–1952) – political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communications; Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) – communications theorist, coined phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village" Steven Pinker (born 1954) – psychologist, cognitive scientist, writer of popular science
The Greatest Canadian is a 2004 television series consisting of 13 episodes produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to identify one greatest Canadian of all time, according to those who watched and participated in the program. [1]
Writing Canadian History: Aspects of English Canadian Historical Writing since 1900, 2nd edition (1986) Berger, Carl, ed. Contemporary Approaches to Canadian Writing (1987) Bliss, Michael. "Privatizing the Mind: The Sundering of Canadian History, the Sundering of Canada," Journal of Canadian Studies 26 (Winter 1991–92): 5-17; Brandt, Gail ...
Persons of National Historic Significance (National Historic People) (French: Personnes d'importance historique nationale (personnages historiques nationaux)) are people designated by the Canadian government as being nationally significant in the history of the country. [1]
East Block (left) and the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council (right) have housed the office of the prime minister since Canadian Confederation, the former from 1867 to 1977 and the latter since 1977. Surveys have been conducted to construct historical rankings of individuals who have served as prime minister of Canada.
Canada Day – celebrated nationwide 1 July annually, marks Canada's 1867 Confederation and establishment of dominion status, Civic Holiday – is a public holiday in Canada celebrated on the first Monday in August [63] Family Day – In most provinces of Canada, the third Monday in February is observed as a regional statutory holiday
This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Canadian. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their