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For more than 100 years, The Champlain Society has increased public access to Canada's rich documentary heritage. Explore four centuries of adventure, travel, social change, economic growth, and nation building through the Society's books and on-line Digital Collection. This is your history — experience it through the words and images of those who were there. The mission of The Champlain Society is to increase public awareness of, and accessibility to, Canada's rich store of historical records. Goals - To publish Canadian documentary materials edited and produced to the highest standards both for members of The Society and for the public at large.
- To assist the Canadian public to a better understanding of the nation's past through occasional public lectures, seminars, colloquia, conferences, and the publication of occasional papers.
- To serve as an advocate on the proper care of, and accessibility to, Canada's historical records.
- To increase participation in the work of The Society by enlarging and broadening the membership.
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Samuel de Champlain: Des Sauvages and Other Documents Related to the period before 1604
Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:11
The Champlain Society
 A Publication of The Champlain Society and McGill-Queen's University Press
Edited by Conrad E. Heidenreich and K. Janet Ritch More than four centuries ago, Samuel de Champlain wrote the first of four books that describe his outstanding contributions to the development of Canada. The Champlain Society celebrates this anniversary with the publication of a new English edition of the collated text of Des Sauvages, with previously unpublished documents regarding Champlain’s life, and essays by two leading experts that offer new interpretations on Champlain and the language he used to record his adventures. The General Series Edition will feature the Society’s high standards of design and production, as well as the traditional red-cloth covers with gold stamping and the embossed crest. As a member of the Society, you will receive your copy of the General Series Edition in the late Fall 2010. For a limited time, members may order additional copies of the Edition for $65.00 plus $9.50 for shipping and handling. Time is of the Essence: You must order by September 30, 2010Order Online Here
Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:21 )
The Donnelly Documents: An Ontario Vendetta: A Special Reprint
Thursday, 29 July 2010 10:59
The Champlain Society
The Donnelly Documents: An Ontario Vendetta was one of most popular of the Champlain Volumes and has long been out of print. This volume chronicles the lives of the Donnelly family— commonly referred to as The Black Donnellys— who participated in a notorious feud in Biddulph Township in Middlesex County, Ontario. The feud culminated in a massacre in which five family members were killed. Order your Paperback version of The Donnelly Documents: An Ontario Vendetta This book is the first volume in the Society’s paperback reprint series, and is available for a price of $39.95 plus $9.50 for shipping and handling. Order Online Here
Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:05 )
Johnston proud to be ‘stalwart defender’ of heritage as Canada’s next governor general
Friday, 09 July 2010 18:55
The Champlain Society
University of Waterloo president David Johnston announced as the next Governer General of Canada. After meeting Harper, he spoke of Samuel de Champlain, known as the Father of New France, whom he described as “a dreamer, a visionary.” “This war-weary soldier had a dream, of humanity and peace in a world of cruelty and violence,” said Johnston. “He envisioned a New World as a place where people of different cultures could live together in amity and concord. And this became his grand design — son reve — for North America. “From Samuel de Champlain to Michaelle Jean, all our predecessors have set a fine example for us to follow. And so, I will be working hard in the next few months to prepare for my roles and responsibilities.”
Read full article on The Record.com
Last Updated ( Friday, 09 July 2010 19:00 )
Pen and Paddle No 8 - June 2010
Thursday, 08 July 2010 14:06
The Champlain Society
Something Old, Something New: Editorial Explorationsby Roger Hall, General Editor This spring marks the 105th birthday of The Champlain Society. The impulse behind its founding was to create in Canada for the benefit of Canadians a portrait of their history through the publication of original documents that chronicled that past. More than a hundred volumes have been produced and their red-jacketed reality measures the success which the founders were seeking when they met in a board room at the Bank of Commerce in Toronto one May afternoon in 1905. In short, the Society has had a very credible, fulfilling and worthy past—but what of the future? Where are we headed? ... (full article in PDF) Also in the newsletter... Download: Pen and Paddle No 8 - June 2010
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