The Toronto Globe is a Canadian daily newspaper. The Toronto Globe was founded in 844 by George Brown at a time when Ontario, then known as Upper Canada, was in a transitory stage of political development. The Toronto Globe had Liberal political leanings and was a factor in the accomplishment of the union of 1867. More recently the Toronto Globe has become known simply as 'The Globe'. Research Toronto Globe
The dog's tooth violet (Erythronium Americanum), or American adder's tongue is an American plant of the family Liliaceae. It is a beautiful early spring flower of the Lily family found in the eastern USA growing in damp, open woodlands from New Brunswick to Florida, and west as far as Ontario and Arkansas. The flower, which appears in April and May, is a handsome, large, pendulous, lily-like flower with the perianth divisions strongly recurved, bright yellow in colour, often tinged with purple and finely dotted within at the base, and bear six stamens. Research Dog's Tooth Violet
The Algonquin (Algonkin) were scattered small groups of American Indians speaking Algonkian languages and living in forest regions around the Ottawa River in Ontario, Canada. Most were slaughtered by the Iroquois or died of European diseases although about 2000 still survive. Research Algonquin
George Munro Grant was a Canadian author and educationalist. He was born in 1835 at Nova Scotia and died in 1902. He was educated at Pictou Academy, and at West River Seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, gaining there a bursary which entitled him to continue his studies at Glasgow University. Here he studied with distinction both in arts and theology, and took the degree of MA. Returning to Canada he was for some time a missionary, then pastor of St Matthew's Church, Halifax. In 1877 he was appointed principal of Queen's University, .Kingston, Ontario, a position which he filled with great ability. He wrote Ocean to Ocean, being the account of a tour across the Dominion; edited Picturesque Canada, and contributed to various periodicals. Research George Grant
Huron is a nickname for a member of a confederation of five Iroquoian North American Indian peoples living near lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario in the 16th and 17th centuries. They were almost wiped out by the Iroquois. In the 17th century, surviving Hurons formed a group called Wyandot, some of whose descendants now live in Quebec and Oklahoma. Research Huron
Isaac Chauncy was an American sailor. He was born in 1772 and died in 1840. He distinguished himself in naval actions off Tripoli. Between 1812 and 1814 he commanded the fleet on Lake Ontario, displaying great skill and energy, and gained important advantages over the British. Research Isaac Chauncy
James Clinton was an American soldier. He was born in 1736 at New York and died in 1812. During the French and Indian War he captured a French sloop-of-war on Lake Ontario. As colonel of a New Yorkregiment he was with Montgomery at Quebec in 1775. As brigadier-general he commanded at Fort Clinton when it was taken by the British in 1777, and was present at Yorktown. He was a member of the New York convention that adopted the Federal Constitution. Research James Clinton
James Paris Lee was a Scottish born gunsmith. He was born in 1831 at Hawick and died in 1904. In 1836 his parents emigrated to Galt, Ontario, Canada. He was a joint-inventor of the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield rifles employed by the British army. Research James Lee
Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian statesman. He was born in 1897 at Newtonbrook, Ontario, and died in 1972. He was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. In 1928 he joined the Canadian department of external affairs as first secretary. His foreign assignments took him to London and to Washington, D.C., where he was ambassador from 1945 to 1946. He returned to Canada in 1946 and became undersecretary of state for external affairs; in 1948 he was named secretary of state for external affairs. He early advanced proposals for a Western alliance, which culminated in the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
A member of the Canadian delegation to the UN from 1948 to 1957, Pearson was president of the SeventhUN General Assembly from 1952 to 1953. In 1957 Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his formulation of international policy in the post-Second World War period, and especially for his plan that led to the establishment of a UN emergency force in the Suez Canal area in 1956. In 1958 he was selected to lead the Liberal party of Canada. In the elections of 1963 the Liberal party won a majority, and Pearson became prime minister, retiring in April 1968. Later in 1968 Pearson was appointed to head a commission sponsored by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to review and chart the future of economic aid to developing countries. Research Lester Pearson
Sir Mark Isambard Brunel was a French engineer. He was born in 1769 near Rouen and died in 1849. The was the son of a Normandy farmer, he was educated in Rouen, his mechanical genius early displaying itself. In 1786 he entered the French naval service, and in 1793 only escaped proscription by a hasty flight to America, where he joined a French expedition to explore the regions around LakeOntario. He was afterwards employed as engineer and architect in the city of New York, erecting forts for its defence, and establishing an arsenal and foundry. In 1799 he proceeded to England and settled at Plymouth, rapidly winning reputation by the invention of an important machine for making the block-pulleys for the rigging of ships. Among his other inventions were a machine for making seamless shoes, machines for making nails and wooden boxes, for ruling paper and twisting cotton into hanks, and a machine for producing locomotion by means of carbon dioxide gas; but his greatest engineering triumph was the Thames Tunnel, commenced in March, 1825, and opened in 1843. In 1841 the honour of knighthood was conferred on him. Research Mark Brunel
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