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By the 1970s, Canada had been without a national encyclopedia since Robbins' 1957 work, which by that time was terribly outdated.. With this in mind, Edmonton-based Canadian nationalist and publisher Mel Hurtig was left unimpressed with the lack of Canadian reference works as well as with the various omissions and blatant errors (e.g., Brian Mulroney was described as a Liberal rather than ...
In 1879 Forster studied for three months at the South Kensington Art School in London with Canadian landscape painter Charles Stuart Millard (1837-1917). After that, he attended the Académie Julian in Paris, studying with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger (1880-1882); Tony Robert-Fleury and William-Adolphe Bouguereau ; and later ...
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Nixon, Virginia (2006). "Egerton Ryerson and the old Master Copy as an Instrument of Public Education". Journal of Canadian Art History (27): 94– 113. Pearce, Colin (December 1988). "Canadian Journal of Political Science". 21 (4): 771–793. Pearce, Colin D. The Political Principles of Egerton Ryerson. PhD thesis University of Toronto, 1986.
Allan Robb Fleming RCA (7 May 1929 – 31 December 1977) was a Canadian graphic designer best known for having created the Canadian National Railway logo, designing the best-selling 1967 Centennial book Canada: A Year of the Land/Canada, du temps qui passe, and for revolutionizing the look of scholarly publishing in Canada, particularly at University of Toronto Press.
Sir Charles Edward Saunders, FRSC (February 2, 1867 – July 25, 1937) was a Canadian agronomist.He was the inventor of the 'Marquis' wheat cultivar. Saunders Secondary School in London, Ontario is named for him and other members of his prominent family, including his father, agriculturist William Saunders and naturalist brother William Edwin Saunders.
Pearse, Harold (2006), From drawing to visual culture: a history of art education in Canada, McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 0-7735-3070-3; Robertson, Clive (2006), Policy Matters: Administrations of Art and Culture, YYZ Books, ISBN 0-920397-36-0; Tippett, Maria. (1993) By a Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women.
Sir Sandford Fleming House (1866–1871), Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia In 1827, Fleming was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland [2] to Andrew and Elizabeth Fleming. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed as a surveyor and in 1845, [3] at the age of 18, he immigrated with his older brother David to colonial Canada.