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About the Researcher
Elinor Berglund Barr, a respected historian living in Thunder Bay, Ontario,
has agreed to research and write the history of the Swedes in Canada.
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Among her qualifications for the project are her publications:
The Swedish Experience in Canada: A Preliminary Annotated Bibliography of
Selected English Language Books and Articles, published in 1991 by the Emigrant
Institute in Sweden;
- a thoroughly-researched history of The Scandinavian Home Society 1923-1993:
A Place to Meet, A Place to Eat, published by the Society in Thunder Bay in 1996;
- "Immigration to Canada 1923-1929: The Case of Port Arthur, Ontario",
published in the Swedish-American Historical Quarterly in April 2000;
- "Swedes at the Lakehead 1900-1930", Thunder Bay Historical Museum
Society, Papers and Records 1992;
- "Swedes as Nation Builders: 'Give me Swedes and snoose and I'll build
a railway to hell'", Swedish Press, December 1988.
Her audiovisual works include the following:
- Associate producer/researcher "Our Nordic Legacy", a one-hour TV
tribute to the cultural contribution of Nordic people to Northwestern Ontario,
co-produced by Thunder Bay Television and Jim Hyder Productions in honour of
the Nordic World Ski Championships held in Thunder Bay 9-19 March 1995
- Photograph display "Scandinavian Reflections: Glimpses of Thunder Bay's
Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Heritage", sponsored by the Scandinavian Home
Society and housed at Thunder Bay Art Gallery (1990)
- Illustrated lecture "Paved with Gold" about Swedish immigrants
in Canada, first performed in 1994. Funding is available for public performances
under the National Public Readings Program, which covers both the author's honorarium
and travel expenses, each up to $250. Contact Caroline Sin at projects@writersunion.ca.
Her papers include the following:
- "Scandinavian Immigrants in Canada", Canada and the Nordic Countries
in Times of Reorientation: Culture & Politics, (Denmark: University of Aarhus,
1998)
- "Swedes in Canada: A Survey of Literature", 3rd triennial conference
of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, University of Oslo, Norway, 1990
- "Swedish Language Institutions and Activities in the Canadian Lakehead
Area of Northwestern Ontario 1900-1930", Canada and the Nordic Countries:
Proceedings from the Second International Conference of the Nordic Association
for Canadian Studies, (Sweden: Lund University Press, 1988)
Her memberships include the following:
- The Writers' Union of Canada
- Nordic Association for Canadian Studies
- Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada
- The American Swedish Institute
- Swedish-American Historical Society
Elinor had four Swedish grandparents and is familiar with the Swedish language
and culture. She has visited Sweden three times, for a total residency of four
months. She is knowledgeable about archives and their holdings, as well as current
and past research, and has a proven track record spanning twenty-five years.
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