Alastair Sweeny, BA , MLitt , PhD (born August 15, 1946), is a Canadian publisher, historian, and author. Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... A Master of Letters (M.Litt. ... Doctor of Philosophy (from Greek , meaning Teacher of Philosophy), typically abbreviated Ph. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Carl Benn David Bercuson Pierre Berton Conrad Black Michael Bliss Robert Bothwell J. M. S. Careless Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix G. Ramsay Cook G. M. Craig Donald Creighton Francois Xavier Garneau J.L. Granatstein James H. Gray Lionel Groulx Kenn Harper Michael Ignatieff Harold Innis Laurier LaPierre Arthur R... This is a list of Canadian literary figures, including poets, novelists, childrens writers, essayists, and scholars. ...

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he attended St. Andrew's College, received a Bachelors degree from the University of Trinity College (University of Toronto), and a Master of Letters and Doctor of Philosophy from Trinity College, Dublin. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1,076... St. ... Trinity College main building The University of Trinity College, or simply Trinity College is one of the federated colleges making up the modern University of Toronto (U of T). ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario. ... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ...

Sweeny has managed research programs, produced reference and learning materials and consulted with many leading private and public sector organizations, including the Privy Council Office (Task Force on Canadian Unity), Library and Archives Canada, Parks Canada, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, National Indian Veterans Association, Assembly of First Nations, Canadian Heritage, eLibrary ProQuest, Nelson Thomson Learning, Quebecor Media, Electric Library Canada and CanWest Global. In Canada the Privy Council Office is the secretariat of the federal cabinet and the department of the Prime Minister. ... Library and Archives Canada (in French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a cultural institution created by the Parliament of Canada in 2004 (S.C. 2004, c. ... Parks Canada is a Canadian government agency whose purpose is to protect and present nationally significant examples of Canadas natural and cultural heritage and foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations. ... CanWest Global Communications Corp. ...

Sweeny served as first Managing Editor of House of Anansi Press. In 1989, he produced "Canadisk", Canada's first multimedia CD-ROM as a joint venture with Encyclopaedia Britannica. In the 1990s, he developed learning materials for Apple Computer's pioneering eWorld online service, and produced the original Encarta Book of Quotations (1999) with Microsoft Inc. and Bloomsbury Publishing, London. In the 1990s he helped get Canada's SchoolNet under way, and developed the "Today in Canadian History" online service for Bell Globemedia. House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and David Godfrey. ... ... Apple Inc. ... eWorld was a short-lived group of online services launched by Apple Computer in June 1994. ... Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ... Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an independent, London-based publishing house known for literary novels. ... Bell Globemedia Inc. ...

Sweeny has produced and written corporate history for a number of Canadian companies, including Investors Group, Alberta Energy Company (now Encana), Magna International and Gendis, Inc.. He has done background research for Canadian authors such as W. L. Morton (research for a biography of Lord Strathcona), Peter C. Newman [Hudson's Bay Company series background history], Richard Gwyn, Pierre Berton and Jeffrey Simpson, and is author of several biographies, including George-Étienne Cartier, as well as CanQuiz (Key Porter, 2002). IGM Financial Inc. ... EnCana Corporation is one of the worlds largest independently owned oil and gas companies. ... Magna International Inc. ... Albert Diamond Cohen (born 1914) is a Canadian businessman who is the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Gendis Incorporated, a Canadian company which had a 51% stake in Sony of Canada and once owned SAAN (Surplus Army, Airforce, Navy) Stores Limited. ... William Lewis Morton, OC (December 13, 1908 – December 7, 1980) was a noted Canadian historian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west. ... Donald Alexander Smith (August 6, 1820-January 21, 1914) was a Scotch-Québécois fur trader, financier, railroad baron and politician in Canada. ... Peter Charles Newman (born May 10, 1929 in Vienna, Austria) is a Canadian journalist who emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1940 as a Jewish refugee. ... Richard Gwyn (born 1934) is a Canadian journalist and author. ... Pierre Francis Berton, CC, O.Ont, BA, D.Litt (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist. ... Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe and Mails national affairs columnist, has won all three of Canadas leading literary prizes -- the Governor Generals Award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine Award for political writing, and the National Newspaper Award for column writing. ... Sir George-Étienne Cartier (September 6, 1814 - May 20, 1873) was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. ...

Sweeny is currently Executive Director of the non-profit educational foundation, The Civics Channel, dedicated to research, teaching and learning in the areas of citizenship and society, politics, human rights and the justice system. He is co-author and producer of the Civics Canada Online Textbook, as well as its print version, Civics Canada, and editor of its supporting Web magazine Canadian Civics News, and the sponsored Canadawiki portal. An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

He is also Vice President of Northern Blue Publishing of Waterloo, Ontario, and co-author and producer of History of Canada Online (HCO), and Canada's First People, a pioneering history of Canada's native and aboriginal nations.

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Works

• George-Étienne Cartier: A Biography (McClelland & Stewart, 1976) ISBN 0-7710-8363-7
• CanQuiz (Key Porter, 2002) ISBN 1-55263-415-9
• Civics Canada (2005) ISBN 0-9738025-0-2
• Canada: Our Story, Our People (2005) ISBN 0-9780389-0-8
• Canada's First People (2006) ISBN 0-9780389-0-8

External links

• History of Canada Online
• Canada's First People
• Canadawiki