The People’s Photo Album is truly the people’s as the people have taken seriously their obligation to fact-check even after publication. Appearing on Allan J. MacEachen’s page (p. 109), the caption for this photo of PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s honourary degree from StFX reads “Morrison Hall, 1980. L to R: P. M. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, […]
From C. P. Cavafy’s Diary of June 1905
The People’s Photo Album: A Pictorial Genealogy of the Antigonish Movement, the inaugural publication of HARP, The People’s Press, www.harppublishing.ca includes a dedication to Lionel (Buddy) Doucette (Theatre Antigonish, p. 151), who died Feb. 1, 2018. Lionel Doucette played Tevye in the 1979 TA production of Fiddler on the Roof directed by Jeannie MacKay (then […]
L to R: Linda Phee-McLean, Johnnie Phee, Sylvia Phee, Dorothy Lander On Dec. 22, 2018, Johnnie and Sylvia Phee took delivery of The People’s Photo Album: A Pictorial Genealogy of the Antigonish Movement, which they will share around the extended Phee family as part of their Christmas celebrations. Siblings Linda and Johnnie Phee (Jr) grew up […]
On Dec. 20, 2018, Julie and Johnnie Spekkens took delivery of The People’s Photo Album: A Pictorial Genealogy of the Antigonish Movement. Julie planned to travel from her home in Prospect to the Launch on Dec. 9th and take delivery of two copies of the Album for herself and her twin brother Johnnie […]
Flyer Len PD JGP Book signing 5c to $1 wed dec 19 Len P. D. MacDonald, John Graham-Pole and Dorothy Lander are joining forces for a pre-Christmas book signing at the Antigonish 5c to $1 Store, Wed. Dec 19, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The healing arts and service and a “full and abundant life for […]
https://www.thecasket.ca/news/local/photo-album-traces-the-work-of-st-fx-and-antigonishs-unsung-heroes-268128/ On Dec. 13, 2018 The Casket reported on the Kitchen Meeting launch of The People’s Photo Album: A Pictorial Genealogy of the Antigonish Movement. The photo by reporter Sam Macdonald shows Deputy Warden Hughie Stewart presenting a copy of the Album on behalf of the Municipality of the County of Antigonish to John R. […]
How appropriate that the Launch of the first publication of HARP Publishing, The People’s Press, should open with the harp strings of Ed Watson. A packed room at the Launch at the CACL-Legion in Antigonish for the Book Launch of The People’s Photo Album: A Pictorial Genealogy of the Antigonish Movement.
This baby took her first steps on the family farm overlooking Rice Lake, Ontario. She grew up to become an adult educator, receiving her MAdEd degree from one of the earlier cohorts of this graduate program in adult education at StFX, founded by Dr. Teresa MacNeil. Teresa MacNeil was her advisor. She had two careers […]
Hubert (L) with brother William (R) in Holland in 1942. His family immigrated to Canada in 1951 and took up residence in Ottawa. Hubert grew up to become a beloved professor of Medieval English literature at StFX. His combined office-storeroom-museum in Nicholson Hall is now part of StFX lore. He would miraculously emerge from his […]
