A Living Tree? Canada’s Constitution 150 Years Ago & Today

A public talk by Christopher Moore presented by the Department of History

Friday, Jan. 20, 4:00 pm
University Club, U of S
Reception to follow
All welcome | Free admission

Christopher Moore is a celebrated author and public historian who specializes in presenting Canada’s political, legal, and social history to general audiences.  His award-winning work includes Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison Town (which won the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction in 1982) and From Then to Now: A Short History of the World (which won the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature in 2011).  Two of his books focus particularly on explaining Canada’s approach to Confederation: 1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal (1997) and Three Weeks in Quebec City: The Meeting that Made Canada (2015).  A regular columnist for Canada’s History magazine, his insightful commentaries on Canadian history and politics can also be found in periodicals such as the Globe and Mail and Maclean’s magazine.  Currently based in Toronto, he was raised in Nelson and Vancouver, British Columbia.

For more information, please contact Ashleigh Androsoff at ashleigh.androsoff@usask.ca 

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