James Davidge -- Winnipeg Book Launch
Thursday Jul 25 2019 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Travel Alcove
Winnipeg launch of The 1st Legion of Utopia (Renegade Arts Entertainment) featuring an introduction by Wab Kinew, Leader of the Manitoba NDP.
THE START OF THE CCF/NDP.
The turmoil of the Great Depression galvanized Canadians to rise up and fight for improved labour conditions, social equality and universal healthcare. In the frontier city of Calgary, Holly Burnside and Brian Mah get involved with the founding of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the first national party dedicated to the needs of workers and farmers.
Join author James Davidge as he discusses the historical and creative forces behind his newest graphic novel. Included will be a viewing of a 1st Legion of Utopia motion comic/music video done with The Static Shift (CTV’s The Launch).
James Davidge is the Alberta-based author of numerous prose and graphic novels including the Driftwood Saga, the Mathemagick series, Thirteen Minutes, The Duchess Ranch of Old John Ware and My Modern Panic. A teacher at the Willow Park School for Arts-Centred Learning, James lives just outside of Calgary with his wife and daughter.
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1st Legion of Utopia
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The turmoil of the Great Depression galvanized Canadians to rise up and fight for improved labour conditions, social equality and universal healthcare. In the frontier city of Calgary, Holly Burnside and Brian Mah get involved with the founding of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the first national party dedicated to the needs of workers and farmers.
Set amidst the riotous times of the Great Depression, 1st Legion of Utopia explores the forces surrounding the founding of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), the trail blazing party of first female Member of Parliament Agnes Macphail and Tommy Douglas, the leader most instrumental in Canada adopting what has become one of our defining policies - public health care. The CCF went on to become the modern day NDP.
Free study guide available.
