Biographies

This section provides biographical information on various individuals in this site. The biography section, alongside sections on primary sources and NGOs, is consistently updated with new material, and visitors are encouraged to collaborate by submitting any material to the webmaster that would be relevant to this site.


The most comprehensive internet site for biographical information on figures in Canadian history is the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Another excellent source for biographical data on historical figures is the Library and Archives portal on Women in Canada.
 

Thematic Biographical Lists:

 

Dramatis Personae

Eric Adams

J.S. Benning

Biswarup Bhattahcharya

Alan Borovoy

Raymond Boyer

Sam Carr

J.C. Cartwright

Maurice Champagne

Agatha Chapman

J.L. Cohen

Gérald Fauteux

Harold S. Gerson

Israel Halperin

C.W. Harvison

John Humphrey

Roy Lindsay Kellock

Inspector John Leopold

Gordon Lunan

Edward W. Mazerall

James C. McRuer

D.W. Mundell

Matt S. Nightingale

Alan Nunn May

Fred W. Poland

Reg Robson

Arthur Roebuck

Fred Rose

David Shugar

Durnford Smith

Robert Taschereau

E.K Williams

Kathleen Willisher

Emma Woikin

 

 

   

Research
Recent publications on the history of human rights in Canada, and a contact list of Canadian researchers .

 


Fred Rose

Fred Rose at trial in Ottawa, 1946. Rose was the first (and last) elected Member of Parliament affiliated with the Communist Party. He was also the first Member of Parliament to be sent to jail for violating the Official Secrets Act.

 
             
     
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