Canadian Forum

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Canadian Forum was a left-wing literary, cultural and political publication and Canada's longest running continually published political magazine.^[1]

It was founded in 1920 at the University of Toronto as a forum for political and cultural ideas. Throughout its publishing run it was Canadian nationalist and progressive in outlook.^[1]

As a cultural and literary publication it published the artistic works of the Group of Seven and Frank Carmichael as well as poetry and short stories by Irving Layton, Earle Birney, A.J.M. Smith, Harold Standish, Margaret Atwood^[1] and Al Purdy.^[2]

Politically, it was a forum for thinkers such as Frank Underhill, F.R. Scott, Ramsay Cook, Mel Watkins, Eugene Forsey^[1] and Robert Fulford.^[2]

In the 1930s it was acquired by Graham Spry and used as a vehicle for the ideas of the League for Social Reconstruction. It has also been operated at times as a co-operative and was owned for a number of years by James Lorimer and Co.^[1]

Editors have included Northrop Frye, Abe Rotstein, Milton Wilson and Duncan Cameron.^[1]

The magazine suspended publication following its summer 2000 issue.^[2]

[edit] References