Interview with Paula Johanson, author of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

The second book in the Prime Ministers of Canada series releases December 1, 2016. Author Paula Johanson took time to discuss with publisher, Lorina Stephens, her work on the biography, her thoughts and insights. LJS: The second book in the Prime Ministers of Canada series releases December 1, 2016, this one on our 15th Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. He has been called Canada’s greatest Prime Minister by some, and by others a dangerous man. After having…

Are Canadians Boring?

From the desk of Senior Editor, Robert Runté Jeet This Week (June 23, 2015) on CBC’s Q gave a fascinating rant entitled, “Canada hides behind the myth of boringness”. It’s worth the nine minutes and 3 seconds it takes to listen, though I’m most interested in what he has to say in the last half: his theories of why Canadian history is (portrayed as) so boring. He’s not wrong when he says “Canada has constructed…

The PM Series Interviews: Mark Shainblum

We asked the same five questions of the authors of the Prime Ministers of Canada series. Mark Shainblum is one of those authors. His biographies of John A. Macdonald and Wilfrid Laurier will release in 2017. Mark Shainblum Mark Shainblum is a journalist and communications professional. He has freelanced for The Montreal Gazette, Quill and Quire, Hour, University Affairs and Report on Business, among many other publications. He has also worked extensively in communications, media…

The PM Series Interviews: Paula Johanson

We asked the same five questions of the authors of the Prime Minister of Canada series. 5R: There are those who persist in saying Canadian history is boring. Having undertaken to write part of that history, how would you respond to that assertion? PJ: Good grief, Canadian history boring? Whenever I get a chance to learn some history from anything but a school textbook, our history is anything but boring. I’ve always enjoyed travelling on roads that follow the…

The PM Series Interviews: Gordon Gibb

We asked the same five questions of the authors of the Prime Minister of Canada series. 5R: There are those who persist in saying Canadian history is boring. Having undertaken to write part of that history, how would you respond to that assertion? GG: If history can be summarized as boring – regardless of the nature, and ownership of the history we are talking about – then it is to suggest that history has to be sensational,…