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…

Next book Prime Ministers of Canada Series releases December 1, 2016

We’re pleased to announce the next book in our Prime Minister of Canada Series, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada. Before he was elected to office, he hitch-hiked across North Africa, swam the Bosporus Strait on a whim, and ran with the bulls in Pamplona – twice. Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canada’s 15th Prime Minister, could be called the most colourful of them all. Trudeau was confident that his informed opinions were good for…

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: 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: Dorothy Pedersen

We asked the same five questions of the authors of the Prime Minister of Canada series. Here’s what Dorothy Pedersen had to say. 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? DP: Canadian history, as it was delivered in the school system, WAS boring. We never learned about life as it was then, the stories behind…