Lecture Description : R. H. Thomson’s book By The Ghost Light: Wars, Memory and Families is a personal, emotional and intensely engaging exploration of how the stories we tell affect the wars we fight. On publication in November 2023, it was on the best seller list for Canadian non-fiction. In this lecture, R. H. Thomson will talk about the book, the family stories on which is based and about “The World Remembers” WWI memory project.

Biography : R.H. has appeared in film and theatre across Canada, as Matthew Cuthbert in Anne With An E, and as Marshall McLuhan in The Message by Jason Sherman. An advocate for the arts, R.H. has also worked on many history/arts projects. He built The World Remembers-Le Monde Se Souvient, an international World War One commemoration exhibit now installed at war museums in Canada and the United States, theworldremembers.ca. He is a Member of the Order of Canada and was awarded the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.