Tag Archives: Canada

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 | 7 Comments

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 →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Canada, Canadian History, First Nations Peoples, Indian Residential Schools in Canada, Inuit, Métis, Mi'kmaq, National Indigenous Peoples Day, Prince Edward Island, Residential Schools, Scottish History | 7 Comments

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 →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Canada, Götterdämmerung, In Flanders Fields, L.M. Montgomery, Narnia, Ragnarök, Remembrance Day, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Spirits in Bondage, Surprised by Joy, Tennyson, The Chronicles of Narnia, The War Poets, Wilfred Owen, WWI, WWII | 29 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 | 21 Comments

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 →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Canada, Canadian Politics, Eddie Edmonds, Justin Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau, Screwtape, The Canadian C.S. Lewis Journal, The Screwtape Letters | 15 Comments

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 →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Canada, Canadian Politics, Donald Trump, Election 2015, Election 2016, environment, evangelicalism, Mordor, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, religion, Tea Party, Theology of Culture, UK Politics, US Politics, worldviews | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Blackface, Brownface, Canada, Canadian Politics, Cheryl Thompson, Edwin W. Brown, Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, racism, sexism | 11 Comments

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 →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged 11/22/63, 9/11, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, C.S. Lewis, Canada, Death, Doctor Who, Independence Day, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon, Lady Diana, Mother Teresa, Narnia, The Beatles, Tiananmen Square | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in Feature Friday, News & Links | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Canada, Canadian Politics, Dennis Lee, George Grant, Jordan Peterson, Oxford, Socratic Club, The Abolition of Man | 26 Comments

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

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

This is a rewriting of a post from the 50th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ death in 2013. Lewis died on the same day as American president John F. Kennedy and English public intellectual and dystopian writer, Aldous Huxley. Though Lewis … Continue reading →