DCB/DBC News

Essays from Early Volumes  
14 Aug. 2015  
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8 July 2015  
 
New Research Published about Architect and Artist Henry Bowyer Joseph Lane  
10 May 2015  

The biography of Henry Bowyer Joseph Lane was originally published in vol. VIII (1985) because it was thought that he had died in England soon after leaving Canada in 1847. After carrying out extensive research, author Stephen A. Otto was able to complete Lane’s story, following him to Australia, where he died in 1878.

 
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5 Mar. 2015  
 
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21 Feb. 2015  
 
Biography and Fiction Conference 2015  
28 Nov. 2014  

Presented by the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and the Department of History, University of Toronto, 7 February 2015

 
New Lecture Presented by Réal Bélanger, <em>Directeur général adjoint</em>  
21 Oct. 2014  

On 7 October 2014, at Centre Block on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Réal Bélanger presented a paper titled “Quelques réflexions sur Henri Bourassa et la participation canadienne à la Grande Guerre, 1914–1918.”

 
Réal Bélanger, <em>Directeur général adjoint</em>, Awarded Prize for Best Book on Quebec Politics  
30 Apr. 2014  

Henri Bourassa: le fascinant destin d’un homme libre (1868–1914) receives the 2014 prize from the Présidence de l’Assemblée Nationale du Québec

 
The Art of Biography Conference 2014  
10 Feb. 2014  

Presented by the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and the Department of History, University of Toronto, March 22, 2014

 
New Book by Directeur général adjoint Réal Bélanger  
17 Dec. 2013  

On 3 December 2013, a launch was held for Réal Bélanger’s book Henri Bourassa. Le fascinant destin d’un homme libre (1868–1914), published by Les Presses de l’Université Laval.

 
Announcement of New General Editor  
12 Dec. 2013  

The University of Toronto appoints David A. Wilson as the sixth general editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography