CBC promotional image of Peter Gzowski, circa 2000

Peter Gzowski, CC , LL.D , D.Litt (July 13, 1934 - January 24, 2002) was a Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio show Morningside. He became a giant on the Canadian journalism scene, known as 'Mr. Canada' to many. He wrote books, hosted television shows, and worked at a number of newspapers and at Maclean's Magazine. It is estimated that he conducted 27,000 interviews as host of Morningside. Gzowski was known for a personably friendly but somewhat gruff at times interviewing style. His guffaws were famous. Image File history File links PeterGzowski-PromoImage. ... Image File history File links PeterGzowski-PromoImage. ... The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, Desiring a better country. ... Legum Doctor (English: Doctor of Laws; abbreviated to LL.D.) In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, the LL.D. is a higher doctorate usually awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications, containing significant and original contributions to the science or study of law. ... July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ... Morningside was a Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio from 1977 to 1997. ... Macleans is Canadas leading weekly news magazine. ...

Biography

Gzowski was born in Toronto. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength City of Toronto, Ontario, Canadas Location. ...

Gzowski attended the University of Toronto but never graduated. He was later awarded 11 honorary degrees. After university, Gzowski was employed at the Timmins local newspaper. In the spring of 1957, Gzowski became city editor of The Moose Jaw Times-Herald in Saskatchewan. The next year he joined the staff of Maclean's magazine. When he was 28 he became the youngest-ever managing editor of Maclean's and became known as journalism's "boy wonder." He turned to radio in the early 1970s, hosting the CBC's This Country in the Morning, and later Morningside. Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada. ... Timmins, with a population of 43,686 (2001), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River 71 km west of Regina. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant-Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th) • Land 591,670 km² • Water 59,366 km² (9. ... Macleans is Canadas leading weekly news magazine. ... This Country in the Morning was a Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio from 1971 to 1977. ... Morningside was a Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio from 1977 to 1997. ...

Gzowski, who had long been a heavy smoker, died of emphysema in Toronto. In the months prior to his death he recanted. He had always defended his smoking by saying that the taxes on his cigarettes would more than cover any increased health costs his smoking would cause. But, in his final months he openly acknowledged that he was wrong, and that his recent health care expenses dwarfed the taxes he had paid.

Honours

• 1974, 1985, 1987 ACTRA Awards for the best host-interviewer on radio
• 1981 National Magazine Award for his profile of Wayne Gretzky
• 1982 Became host of Morningside on September 6.
• 1986 Officer of the Order of Canada
• 1988 honorary Doctor of Laws, Trent University
• ???? honorary Doctor of Letters, University of New Brunswick
• 1997
  • International Peabody Award for broadcasting
  • Ended hosting of Morningside on May 31.
• 1998 Companion of the Order of Canada.
• 1999 appointed Chancellor of Trent University, a position that he held to his death
• 2002 the Peter Gzowski Foundation for Literacy was funded by the federal government and named in honour of Gzowski's work in promoting literacy in Canada

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Books

By Peter Gzowski

• The Sacrament: a true story of survival
• A Peter Gzowski Reader
• Game of Our Lives
• Morningside Papers
• New Morningside Papers
• Fourth Morningside Papers
• Fifth Morningside Papers
• Latest Morningside Papers
• The Morningside Years
• Cabin at Singing River: Building a Home in the Wilderness with Chris Czajkowski
• Friends, Moments, Countryside
• The Private Voice, A Journal of Reflections
• Peter Gzowski's Spring Tonic
• Peter Gzowski's book about This Country in the Morning
• The Great Canadian Literary Cookbook with Kim Lafave
• Total Gretzky: The Magic, the Legend, the Numbers
• Unbroken Line
• Celebration of Peter Gzowski
• The afterword for New Canadian Library edition of The Incomparable Atuk by Mordecai Richler

Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 - July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, scriptwriter and essayist. ...

About Peter Gzowski

• Peter Gzowski: an electric life by Marco Adria
• Remembering Peter Gzowski: A Book of Tributes by Edna Barker and Shelagh Rogers
• Aleksandra Ziolkowska "Dreams and Reality", Toronto 1984,
• Aleksandr Ziółkowska "Kanada, Kanada..." Warszawa 1986

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External links

• CBC's official obituary
• CBC Archives Days to Remember
• CBC Calgary site contains tributes to Gzowski and audio files of the last Morningside show
• Order of Canada Citation