Tag Archives: Canada

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Orange Shirt Day, Day 7 Without Electricity

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation here in Canada, what we have been calling Orange Shirt Day for a few years. Today, as Canadians, we remember our historic relationship with the first peoples of this land. We … Continue reading →

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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 →

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An Unfinished Walking Song and Prince Edward Island’s Mi’kmaq on National Indigenous Peoples Day

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

For the past few days, our local news and some of my social media streams have been filled with images and stories and conversations about Canada’s First Nations peoples. The weather was nicer on the weekend for big outdoor events … Continue reading →

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The Poets Behind C.S. Lewis’ Paragraph about WWI, with Wilfred Owen

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I have struggled in the past to understand C.S. Lewis’ complicated relationship with WWI–the Great War, as they called it. In my piece, “Marching as to War: C.S. Lewis on His Way to the Front Line,” I tried to show … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Prime Minister Trudeau and C.S. Lewis

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Granted, I’m being a little cheeky. I am posting this on election day in Canada, where Prime Minister Trudeau may soon be Opposition Leader Trudeau–or, indeed, Former Prime Minister Now Working as a Barista in Disgrace Trudeau. Prime Minister Trudeau … Continue reading →

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Why Most of Us Will be Disappointed After the Election

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Throwback Thursdays are where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be an idea or book that is now relevant again, or … Continue reading →

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Blackface, Shameface, and Prime Minister Trudeau

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is putting on his best shame-faced demeanour today. Trudeau has positioned himself as a bastion of inclusivity, multiculturalism, and fights against racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination. When photos surfaced in the last few … Continue reading →

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11/22/63: The Day that C.S. Lewis Died

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

This year I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own vault or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be … Continue reading →

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George Grant and C.S. Lewis, by Ron Dart (Friday Feature)

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I keep meaning to highlight one of Canada’s most important public intellectuals, George Grant, and his connection to C.S. Lewis. I just never seem to get to the task so I will let Prof. Ron Dart lead us in that … Continue reading →

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