Trudeau McLuhan Letters Book
Been Hoping We Might Meet Again: The Letters of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Marshall McLuhan
“Been Hoping We Might Meet Again: The Letters of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Marshall McLuhan”, 2021 Heritage Toronto Awards Book Nominee. Design: Martin Gould. Photo: Frank Lennon/Toronto Star.
Author: Elaine Kahn
Publisher: Novalis
Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Marshall McLuhan. Two Canadian Catholic 20th-century public intellectuals whose lives and ideas intersected in surprising ways. This collection of their entire correspondence – from 1968 to 1980 – shines a light on their friendship and mutual respect during a fascinating period when television ruled and the world was becoming a global village. Annotated by Toronto native and scholar Elaine Kahn, who encountered the work of both these thinkers as a teenage student, the letters are a window on ideas and concepts that shaped the world we know today. They are a direct link to Toronto’s history given that Marshall McLuhan lived in this city for many years, as a member of the faculty at the University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto. His legacy continues in the city today with the McLuhan Institute devoted to the ongoing examination of media and culture.
About the Author: Elaine Kahn
Elaine Kahn was one of the first journalists in Canada to write seriously about multiculturalism. An economic immigrant to the U.S., she holds a PhD in global affairs and, whenever possible, her grandchildren.