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Welcome to the Opening Scroll of Voyageur Storytelling's
LEACOCK 150~100~75 in 2019 Week Thirty-Eight (of Forty) ~ December 12th 95% of the Way! |
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Stephen Leacock's Ideals:
Sane, orderly, & continuous social reform ... teeming and teaming with ... Unsolved Riddles ... Doublethink ... Both-And ... Knowledge ... Imagination ... Compassion ... Humour ... Talk ... Drink ... Laughter ... |
PLEASE NOTE! THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE MARRIAGE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND UNSOLVED RIDDLES, IS NOW UNDERGOING REVISION THE BOOK (or something equally exciting) WILL BE PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 16, 2020 SIGN UP BY E-MAIL USING THE LINK BELOW |
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Thank you for visiting our site. You have entered the world of
The Stephen Leacock Anniversaries in 2019 from March 28th to December 30th honouring Stephen Butler Leacock December 30 1869 to March 28 1944
On this FESTIVE OCCASION we will:
Celebrate through conversation and publication the Life and Work of this phenomenal Canadian voice;
Hunt down and Tame the Wild Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice; and
Re-write the Book, first written by Stephen Leacock in 1919, and publish it on the original's centennial date which is January 16, 2020
WE INVITE YOU TO TAKE PART! Join the Celebration! Join the Hunt! |
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We celebrate the whole huge Stephen Leacock, warts and all, fragmented, incomplete and inconclusive as he was.
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| Stephen Leacock was born in Hampshire, England on December 30, 1869, emigrated to Canada in 1876, was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, and the University of Chicago, professed for thirty years at McGill University in Montreal, spent his summers just outside Orillia, Ontario, and died in Toronto on March 28th, 1944.
Formally a political economist, he was more widely a teacher, public intellectual, and literary man, unconfined within conventional academic disciplines, writing and speaking voluminously on education, literature, economics, politics, political science, history, occasionally science, sometimes seriously, sometimes humorously, sometimes both. |
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KEY IDEAS That whether we like it or not we live in a Pluralistic World, in an economic, social, cultural, and political landscape of Unsolved Riddles, which we will address, if we are wise, creatively and humanely, with Knowledge, Imagination, Compassion, and Humour, cultivated through Education.
Not "Either-Or", or even only "Both-And", but “this-and-this-and-this-and, of course, that too.” * * phrase by Charles Johnson |
| Stephen Leacock proposed a Canadian political economy pursuing National Development and Social Justice through a liberal, creative, enterprising economy and society, regulated in the public interest by democratic politics and institutions to smooth out its excesses, fill any gaps it might leave, deal with its externalities, and provide for its future.
He imagined a contented, creative, fulfilled population, meeting their own needs, caring for each other, enjoying life, and expanding its possibilities. In pursuit of Social Justice he embraced the idea of "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness", understanding however the complications and difficulties involved. They would be transcended by people "of good will whose hearts are in the cause."
Has anyone come up with a better idea? |
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LEACOCK 150~100~75 is a project of Voyageur Storytelling located in Northern Bruce Peninsula (Saugeen) in Ontario, Canada and Partners
Paul W Conway, Producer |
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PROGRESS REPORT
Work on LEACOCK 150~100~75 is rolling along.
From December 30th 2018 to March 27th 2019: Preparation and Recruitment of Participants, Sponsors, and Partners
March 28th to December 30th The Celebration! consisting of thrice weekly blog postings (backed up on Twitter and Facebook) featuring, so far, The Hunt! for the wild Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice! and the Taming thereof! leading to the writing and publication of a sequel to Stephen Leacock's book The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice (up-dated for its 100th year) possibly to be called The Marriage of Social Justice and Unsolved Riddles (or something else) which is well under way, with drafts of chapters to start flowing at the end of August
and now returning to the Man Himself his life, works, and places for the rest of the year
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Other Possibly Useful or Edifying Links |
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Our Leacock Project
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Our 2017 Leacock Re-Tour
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About Us: Leslie and Paul For 15 years, from 2002 to 2016, we performed Country Supper Storytelling Concerts at our home on Saugeen-Bruce Peninsula. The links below are from that time. Click on the buttons to find out more. |
