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Written by Michael LeBlanc
In 1953, just a few weeks after Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, Eric’s friend and fellow Arts and Letters Club member Vincent Massey was installed in Rideau Hall and became the first Canadian in modern times to be appointed Governor General. Rt. Hon. Massey had been instrumental in establishing the Canadian War Art program, and no doubt had a hand in Eric’s military art commission. Add a comment
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I do not agree that the public has a mental average age of 12 years old. I think this is insulting to twelve year olds, whose intelligence I happen to respect.

ericaldwinckle.info is the online component to a biographical project by Michael B. LeBlanc, Associate Professor at NSCAD University and Brian Donnelly, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.

Michael LeBlanc has collected material from the National Archives, Ottawa, the Toronto Arts and Letters Club, Eric's family and friends and other interested members of Canada's design community. The biographical portion of the book, “Nothing Uninteresting,” by LeBlanc is in first draft with the NSCAD Press.