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  Courier Staff 9:00 pm on November 27, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: history, remembrance day, veterans   

  Centennial professor uncovers the living history behind military achievements 

  Laura Godfrey
  Arts & Lifestyle Editor

  Ted Barris has spent the better part of his life tracking down living history.

  He has interviewed and befriended Canadian veterans from WWI and onward, and over several decades this author, broadcaster and Centennial College journalism professor has written 16 books on our country’s history. But in his latest book, Breaking the Silence: Veterans’ Untold Stories From the Great War to Afghanistan, Barris, 60, offers more than just another account of the great military battles.
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  Courier Staff 8:59 pm on November 27, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: history, tourism, war of 1812   

  Heritage awareness through tourism touted at Centennial-hosted conference 

  Tanis Reynolds
  Courier Staff

  With the 200-year anniversary of the War of 1812 fast approaching, Centennial College is doing its part to keep the war’s significance alive through culture and tourism.
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