Tag Archives: Canada Day

Dour and Daft Reflections of a Prince Edward Islander Speaking in a Nuclear Age, or Words I Don’t Use on Youtube or in Speeches

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Last week I was giving a talk at the L.M. Montgomery Institute’s 15th Biennial International Conference at the University of Prince Edward Island. I was speaking on what I called Montgomery’s “iconography of the spiritual imagination.” The talk was less … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged accents, Anne of Green Gables, Canada, Canada Day, Emily of New Moon, etymology, L.M. Montgomery, linguistics, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, The MaudCast, The Pilgrim's Progress, The Voyage of The Dawn Treader, University of Prince Edward Island | 9 Comments

Is L.M. Montgomery Canada’s Author?

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

In the L.M. Montgomery feature in Penguin’s Extraordinary Canadians series, novelist Jane Urquhart describes how Montgomery’s novels created a literary legacy in her small-town family. Urquhart’s grandmother’s Anne books “electrified” her mother’s childhood, adding “meaning and intensity even to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian literature, L.M. Montgomery | Tagged Alice Munro, Anne of Green Gables, Canada, Canada Day, Canadian literature, Douglas Coupland, FIonavar Tapestry, Guy Gavriel Kay, Jane Urquhart, L.M. Montgomery, Lawrence Hill, Margaret Atwood, Michael Crummey, Michael Ondaatje, Miriam Toews, Prince Edward Island, Robert Munsch, William Gibson, Yann Martel | 22 Comments

C.S. Lewis’ Amazing Connections with Canada: A Canada Day Friday Feature Visit to the Vault

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Tomorrow is Canada Day here in the Great White North. Canada Day is, unsurprisingly, celebrated in Canada, and by the millions of Canadians hidden secretly among the peoples of the world, waiting until the signal to rise up and overthrow … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography | Tagged Brexit, C.S. Lewis, Canada, Canada Day, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, ham, humour, Independence Day, indians, Kathryn Lindskoog, pop culture, Surprised by Joy, The Canadian C.S. Lewis Journal, Trudeau, Walter Hooper, WWI | 17 Comments

Canada and a 6th Century Monk

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on the traveller's path:
In honour of Canada Day, I thought it might be fun to share with you one of my favourite stories from the Britain’s Early Middle Ages; that of the 6th century monk known as…

Posted in Guest Blogs, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Canada, Canada Day, Frederick Buechner, History, L.A. Smith, St. Brendan | 5 Comments

C.S. Lewis’ Amazing Connections with Canada (A Canada Day Post)

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

It is Canada Day here in, well, it’s in the title, isn’t it? Canada Day is, unsurprisingly, celebrated in Canada, and by the millions of Canadians hidden secretly among the peoples of the world, waiting until the signal to rise … Continue reading →