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Alan Bowker
Alan Bowker is a Canadians, Canadian educator and former diplomat. He has published two books of essays by Stephen Leacock entitled ''Stephen Leacock: Social Criticism'' and ''On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock, Memories and Reflections''. His third book, ''A Time Such as There Never Was Before: Canada After the Great War'' was published by Dundurn Press in September 2014. Alan Bowker was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He received his primary and secondary education in Winnipeg, Toronto, Chatham (New Jersey), and Oakville (Ontario). In 1965 he graduated with an honours BA in Modern History (English Option) from the University of Toronto, followed by an MA in 1966 in history, and a PhD in 1975 in Canadian history from the same university, under the supervision of Professor Carl Berger. After teaching high school for a year, and part-time university teaching while completing his PhD, Bowker joined the then Department of External Affairs in 1973. He was posted to Tanzania du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and Multiculturalism, multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World Immigration to Canada, immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of New France, French and then the much larger British colonization of the Americas, British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
