E. J. Hughes

E. J. Hughes

male, deceased (2007)
duncan, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, cardiac arrest, great depression, From North Vancouver, vancouver island…group of seven, MemberoftheOrderofBritishColumbia, Member of the Order of Canada, Order of Canada, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Edward John Hughes, CM, OBC (February 17, 1913 - January 5, 2007) was a Canadian artist. Hughes was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and...
Robert Bateman

Robert Bateman

male, 79 years old
smithsonian institution, From toronto, saltspring island, toxic, Respiratory, carcinogen…MemberoftheOrderofBritishColumbia, group of seven, Officer of the Order of Canada, University of Toronto alumni
Robert Bateman is a Canadian naturalist. He was born in Toronto. Even as a child he was interested in art and wildlife. He found inspiration from...
Takao Tanabe

Takao Tanabe

male, 83 years old
painter, prince rupert, MemberoftheOrderofBritishColumbia, Canadian, Member of the Order of Canada, World War II…Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario
Takao Tanabe (16 September 1926) is a Canadian painter. Born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the son of a commercial fisherman, he was interned...
Jack Shadbolt

Jack Shadbolt

male, deceased (1998)
painter, World War II, Officer of the Order of Canada, War artist, Canadian, MemberoftheOrderofBritishColumbia…From Victoria, British Columbia, Vancouver School of Art, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia
Jack Leonard Shadbolt (February 4 1909 - November 22, 1998) was a Canadian painter. Born in Shoeburyness, England, he came to Canada with his...
David Suzuki

David Suzuki

male, 73 years old
University of British Columbia faculty, from vancouver, environmentalist, cbc, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, environmentalism…Order of Canada, The Nature of Things, A Planet for the Taking, The Sacred Balance, University of Chicago alumni
David Takayoshi Suzuki, CC, OBC, Ph.D (born March 24 1936), is a Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist. Since the mid 1970s,...
Robert Davidson

Robert Davidson

male, 63 years old
painter, Semiahmoo First Nation, Haida artist, First Nations artist, Museum of Anthropology, Northwest Coast Art…National Gallery of Canada, University of British Columbia, Member of the Order of Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Robert Charles Davidson, C.M., O.B.C., D.F.A. (Hon) (born 4 November 1946 in Hydaburg, Alaska), is a Canadian artist of Haida heritage. His...
Bill Reid

Bill Reid

male, deceased (1998)
First Nations artist, Northwest Coast Art, totem pole, University of British Columbia, Canadian, Jewellery maker…MemberoftheOrderofBritishColumbia, Spirit of Haida Gwaii
William (Bill) Ronald Reid was a Canadian jeweler, sculptor and artist. He was born to a father of European descent and a mother from the Haida...
Tara Singh Hayer

Tara Singh Hayer

male, deceased (1998)
death by firearm in Canada, Indo-Canadian, Newspaper founder, immigrant to Canada, MemberoftheOrderofBritishColumbia, murdered…Newspaper publisher of the 20th century, Order of British Columbia
Tara Singh Hayer, O.B.C. (November 15, 1936–November 18, 1998) was a Sikh Canadian newspaper publisher and murder victim. Hayer was born in Paddi Ja...
Frank Arthur Calder

Frank Arthur Calder

male, deceased (2006)
Parliament of Canada, Anglican, Status Indian, Nisga'a, Order of British Columbia, British Columbia MLA…Order of Canada, MemberoftheOrderofBritishColumbia, doctor of divinity, University of British Columbia, Officer of the Order of Canada
Frank Arthur Calder, OC, OBC, L.Th, DD (August 3, 1915 - November 4, 2006) was a Nisga'a politician in Canada, the first Status Indian to be...