The Champlain Society

The Champlain Society is pleased to announce that it continues the digitization of back titles in coordination with the University of Toronto Library. Two titles have been added to the digital archives:

• Champlain and The Champlain Society: An Early Expedition into Documentary Publishing by Conrad E. Heidenreich
• Travels around Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lakes, 1862-1882 by Emile Petitot

The Champlain Society is pleased to announce that it continues the digitization of back titles in coordination with the University of Toronto Library.

Two titles have been added to the digital archives:

• Occassional Papers: Documentary Editing: Whose Voices? by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Looking Back-ward; Reaching Forward by Laura Millar Coles
• Gin Das Winan: Documenting Aboriginal History in Ontario, by David McNab and Dale Standen, Editors

From the Ashes of War, the Birth of a Nation: An Event to Commemorate the War of 1812 will be presented on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 by Senior College, University of Toronto and Fort York National Historic Site to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.

Globe editorial cartoonist honoured

Globe and Mail Update
Published Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 6:35PM EDT

Globe and Mail editorial cartoonist Brian Gable has been named "Grand Chevalier of the Order of Good Cheer" by The Champlain Society. The Canadian historical group is honouring Mr. Gable at its annual general meeting in Toronto on Saturday. The award is given to non-historians who make "especially creative" use of history in their work. Click through the gallery to see a selection of recent Gable cartoons.

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