The Symons Medal Series/Collection de la Médaille Symons

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Bob Rae - Learning from the Past, Imagining the Future - Apprendre du passé, façonner l’avenir

The Symons Medal, one of Canada’s most prestigious honours, recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to Canadian life.
The award evening affords the distinguished recipient ...

The Lion's Cub - Le lionceau

In The Lion’s Cub, her 2018 Symons Medal address, eminent Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan examines the impact of the First War World on Canadian Confederation.
With her characteristic flair and ...

Antonine Maillet : Les trésors cachés - Our Hidden Treasures

A veritable artist, Maillet becomes a “creator of sounds, of colours, of forms and words.” As she speaks, she paints a vast landscape of mountains and oceans, history and story, using the tools on ...

Canada and Aboriginal Canada Today - Le Canada et le Canada autochtone aujourd’hui

In his 2013 Symons Medal lecture, the Right Honourable Paul Martin, the twenty-first prime minister of Canada, brings to bear all the knowledge and experience of his remarkable public career to explain ...