George Grant. T.F. Rigelhof

George Grant

George Grant, 1918–1988.

T.F. Rigelhof

T.F. Rigelhof is a fiction and nonfiction writer living in Montreal. He has published a collection of short stories, two novels, and a memoir. His book of essays, This is Our Writing, was published in the Fall of 2000 by Porcupine’s Quill. His memoir, A Blue Boy in a Black Dress, was short listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction and won a QSpell-Royal Bank Literary Prize in 1996.

Terry Rigelhof was born and raised in Saskatchewan and holds a Master of Arts in Religion from McMaster University. He has spent over twenty-five years teaching at Dawson College in Montreal. He has written many book reviews for newspapers and magazines and is a Contributing Reviewer at The Globe and Mail.

“T.F. Rigelhof is the choice man for reading our society’s erratic spiritual pulse.”

– The Montreal Gazette

THE QUEST LIBRARY

is edited by

Rhonda Bailey

The Editorial Board is composed of

Lynne Bowen

Janet Lunn

T.F. Rigelhof

Editorial correspondence:

Rhonda Bailey, Editorial Director

XYZ Publishing

P.O. Box 250

Lantzville BC

V0R 2H0

E-mail: [email protected]

In the same collection

Ven Begamudré, Isaac Brock: Larger Than Life.

Lynne Bowen, Robert Dunsmuir: Laird of the Mines.

Kate Braid, Emily Carr Rebel Artist.

William Chalmers, George Mercer Dawson: Geologist, Scientist, Explorer.

Judith Fitzgerald, Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy.

Stephen Eaton Hume, Frederick Banting: Hero, Healer, Artist.

Naïm Kattan, A.M. Klein: Poet and Prophet.

Betty Keller, Pauline Johnson: First Aboriginal Voice of Canada.

Michelle Labrèche-Larouche, Emma Albani: International Star.

Dave Margoshes, Tommy Douglas: Building the New Society.

Raymond Plante, Jacques Plante: Behind the Mask.

Arthur Slade, John Diefenbaker. An Appointment with Destiny.

John Wilson, John Franklin: Traveller on Undiscovered Seas.

John Wilson, Norman Bethune: A Life of Passionate Conviction.

Rachel Wyatt, Agnes Macphail: Champion of the Underdog.

George Grant

T.F. RIGELHOF

George GRANT

REDEFINING CANADA

All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of the publisher – or, in the case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a licence from Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency – is an infringement of the copyright law.

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Rigelhof, T.F.

George Grant: redefining Canada

(The Quest Library ; 15).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-9688166-8-1

1. Grant, George, 1918-1988. 2. Philosophers – Canada – Biography. I. Title. II. Series: Quest library; 15.

B995.G74R53 2001 191 C2001-941200-2

Legal Deposit: Fourth quarter 2001

National Library of Canada

Bibliothèque nationale du Québec

XYZ Publishing acknowledges the support of The Quest Library project by the Canadian Studies Program and the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) of the Department of Canadian Heritage. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of Canada.

The publishers further acknowledge the financial support our publishing program receives from The Canada Council for the Arts, the ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, and the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles.

Chronology: Lynne Bowen

Index: Darcy Dunton

Layout: Édiscript enr.

Cover design: Zirval Design

Cover illustration: Francine Auger

Photos: by permission of William C. Christian

Printed and bound in Canada

XYZ Publishing

1781 Saint Hubert Street

Montreal, Quebec H2L 3Z1

Tel: (514) 525-2170

Fax: (514) 525-7537