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Harold Innis (1894–1952) – political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communications; Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) – communications theorist, coined phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village" Steven Pinker (born 1954) – psychologist, cognitive scientist, writer of popular science
The following is a list of notable architects – well-known individuals with a large body of published work or notable structures, which point to an article in the English Wikipedia. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Architecture in Canada" The Canadian Encyclopedia "Grignon, Marc. "Architectural History: 1759-1867"." The Canadian Encyclopedia; Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, – biographies of Canadian architects and lists of their buildings from 1800 to 1950. Canada by Design: Parliament Hill, Ottawa at Library and Archives Canada
A residential estate developed between 1915 and 1940 by Canadian industrialist Samuel McLaughlin; among the finest and most intact surviving examples of Canadian architectural and landscape design, featuring the work of Pearson and Darling, Frances Loring, John M. Lyle, Florence Wyle and others Penman Textile Mill [126] 1874 (completed) 1989 Paris
Persons of National Historic Significance (National Historic People) (French: Personnes d'importance historique nationale (personnages historiques nationaux)) are people designated by the Canadian government as being nationally significant in the history of the country. [1]
A charismatic teacher and prolific author, his academic specialty was North American architecture, frequently highlighting such unheralded structures as gas stations, restaurants, motels, bungalows and mail-order homes, and exploring their social, cultural and national significance.
The Canadian Architecture Collection of McGill University holds his Middle East projects from 1975-1997, [76] as well as other architectural drawings and biographical and professional papers from pre-1950 to 1987. [77] The Canadian Architectural Archives at the University of Calgary hold material that covers the 1963–1970 years. [78]
The collection was created by John Bland, then director of McGill School of Architecture, in 1974. [2] To date, it contains more than 100 archival fonds documenting renowned Canadian architects such as Edward Maxwell, [3] Moshe Safdie [4] or Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh [5] through their correspondence, architectural drawings, plans and photographs concerning their realizations.