Ted Barris

“Never talked about it.” That’s what most people say when they’re asked if the veteran in the family ever shared wartime experiences. Describing combat, imprisonment or lost comrades from the World Wars, Korean War or Afghanistan is reserved for Remembrance Day or the Legion lounge. Nobody was ever supposed to see them get emotional, show their […]

This year, Canada has celebrated 150 years of Confederation. One question Canadians continue to ask about this anniversary is: What sparked Canada’s rapid expansion from coast to coast? Among the catalysts for Confederation were steamboats, or “fire canoes,” as aboriginal people called them. In large measure, the national dream of a Canada from sea to sea […]

Walter Allward's marble sculpture of Mother Canada mourning her dead at Vimy Ridge memorial site in France. On September 10, historian Ted Barris brings the Vimy story to a gathering of the Ontario Model Soldier Society. Drawing content and visuals from his bestselling book Victory At Vimy, Ted will walk his audience through events of that famous […]

Ted Barris is coming to the Gravenhurst Probus Club on September 19. He will speak about and show illustrations from his award-winning and bestselling book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” Most slipped into the darkness of a pine […]

As it has for three decades now, Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge will host its annual Books and Authors night at the town's Music Hall, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. This year, proprietor Shelley Macbeth and the best little bookstore in the world, in cooperation with the Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts, […]

On September 27, Ted Barris presents an alternative view of one of the greatest moments of WWII, to the Probus Club of Whitby/Brooklin. He will speak about and show illustrations from his award-winning and bestselling book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a […]

On October 14, Ted Barris joins other artists in an International Festival of Authors even at the Stephen Leacock Museum Historical Site in Orillia. He will speak about and show illustrations from his award-winning and bestselling book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through […]

Mother Canada sculpture at Vimy Memorial. On October 17, historian Ted Barris brings this great moment in Canadian history to the Ramara Public Library. Drawing content and visuals from his bestselling book Victory At Vimy, Ted will walk his audience through events of that famous Easter Monday morning – April 9, 1917. Fighting for the first […]

On October 19, in the 100th anniversary year of the Battle at Vimy Ridge, historian Ted Barris brings this great moment in Canadian history to the annual Flesherton Harvest Cafe. Drawing content and visuals from his bestselling book Victory At Vimy, Ted will walk his audience through events of that famous Easter Monday morning – […]

Walter Allward's marble sculpture of Mother Canada mourning her dead at Vimy Ridge memorial site in France. On October 23, historian Ted Barris pays a return visit to the St. Lawrence Supper Club with a new presentation. Back at the Hot House Cafe in Toronto, Barris brings his account of the famous Battle at Vimy […]