Dr. Elizabeth Epperly is appointed to the Order of Canada – The CBC Announcement

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The list of 83 Canadians being inducted into the Order of Canada include, from left, former NHL player and coach Ted Nolan, writer Miriam Toews, former Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam, scholar Elizabeth Epperly and former UFC fighter Georges St-Pierre. (Craid Edwards/CBC, Chris Young/The Canadian Press, Justin Tang/The Canadian Press, Jessica Brookes-Parkhill, Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)

Royal Canadian Mint Honours LMM and Anne

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On June 26th, 2024, at Green Gables in Cavendish, PEI, with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland as special presiding guest, Brenda Jones’s winning coin (design) of Montgomery and Anne was launched.  Montgomery is the first artist to appear in Canada on a circulation coin: a fitting tribute in this 150th birthday year. Here I (in white) am speaking with artist Brenda Jones (daughter of Green Gables’ own Pauline Webb Jones) while Dr. Kate Scarth (UPEI/LMMI Chair in L.M. Montgomery Studies) and UPEI Vice-President, Academic and Research, Dr. Greg Naterer, stand in front of a replica of the new coin.

Brenda Jones designed a beautiful illustration for the Royal Canadian Mint’s tribute for Montgomery’s 150th birthday: a one-dollar circulation coin, featuring Montgomery dreaming up Anne, with a glimpse of colourful PEI landscape beyond. I was a consultant on the various texts for the image. Click on the coin below to go to the Royal Canadian Mint website to learn more.

Image from: mint.ca

Notice the details of the coin: Montgomery’s pen, her famous cat-image signature.  The “BJ” identify the artist.  This is also the very first Canadian circulation coin to bear the image of King Charles III.  Thanks to the Heirs of L.M. Montgomery, Inc. for including me as a consultant for this Royal Canadian Mint project.

– Betsy

Happy 150th Birthday, L.M. Montgomery!

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2024 marks the 150th anniversary of Montgomery’s birth, and the L.M. Montgomery Institute is broadcasting 150 special tributes to Montgomery over the course of the year, culminating in a huge celebration on Montgomery’s actual birthday, November 30th.

To mark the 31st anniversary of the launching of the L.M. Montgomery Institute in April of 1993, the LMMI invited me (founder of the LMMI), the Chair of the L.M. Montgomery Institute management committee (Philip Smith), a former committee member and long-time Montgomery enthusiast (Rosemary Herbert), and former Senator and Premier Catherine Callbeck (who supported the launching) to offer our tributes to and about Montgomery. https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/news/Maud150/Anniversary-LMMI-Launch

All of the tributes will be posted here: https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/maud150