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About Silver Donald Cameron
Silver Donald Cameron is one of Canada's most versatile and experienced professional authors. His work includes plays, films, radio and TV scripts, an extensive body of corporate and governmental writing, hundreds of magazine articles and 16 books, including two novels. His non-fiction subjects include history, travel, literature, politics, nature and the environment, community development, ships and the sea as well as education and public affairs. His books have received the Evelyn Richardson Award, the Atlantic Provinces Booksellers Award, and the City of Dartmouth Book Award. His TV drama Peggy was named Best Short Film at the Canadian Film Celebration and the Moonsnail Awards, and was also a Gemini Award finalist. His magazine articles have received four National Magazine Awards. Four of his radio dramas have been ACTRA Award finalists; The Sisters (available on CD) was also nominated for the international Prix Italia. He has been Writer-in-Residence at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, the University of Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton University. He has been a member of numerous Canada Council juries, and has served as a consultant to many corporate, governmental and non-profit clients, including four federal departments, five provincial departments, Maritime Life, Maritime Tel and Tel, the Canadian Conference of the Arts and the J. W. McConnell Family Foundation. He has received a Mercury Award and a Wilmer Shields Award for corporate writing. Dr. Cameron is also a distinguished educator, having served as the first Dean of the School of Community Studies at the University College of Cape Breton. He previously taught at Dalhousie University, the University of British Columbia and the University of New Brunswick. He holds a B.A. from U.B.C., an M.A. from University of California, and a Ph.D. from the University of London, England. In 2004 he received an honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree from the University of Kings College, and in 2007 Cape Breton University awarded him an honourary D.Litt. To learn why he adopted the name "Silver Donald Cameron," click here. Dr. Cameron was the founding Chairman of Telile, Isle Madame's community television station, and was also a founding director of Development Isle Madame. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Writers Union of Canada, a director of North Isle Madame Credit Union and the first Executive Director of Centre Bras d'Or in Baddeck, N.S. He owns and operates two companies, Paper Tiger Enterprises Ltd. and Arichat Apartment Rentals Ltd. Silver Donald Cameron is married to Marjorie Simmins, who is also an award-winning writer. The couple reside chiefly in D'Escousse, Cape Breton. Dr. Cameron has five adult children. To see a fuller curriculum vitae, click here. To view interviews with Silver Donald Cameron, click here. |
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