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Graham Spry
CC
Born(1900-02-20)February 20, 1900
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
DiedNovember 24, 1983(1983-11-24) (aged 83)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Graham Spry, CC (February 20, 1900 – November 24, 1983) was a Canadian broadcasting pioneer, business executive, diplomat and socialist. He was the husband of Irene Spry and father of Robin Spry, Richard Spry and Lib Spry.

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Graham Spry

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Graham Spry, CC (February 20, 1900 – November 24, 1983) was a Canadian broadcasting pioneer, business executive, diplomat and socialist. He was the husband...

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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over its rival, CP. This, the CNR Radio, is the forerunner of the CBC. Graham Spry and Alan Plaunt lobbied intensely for the project on behalf of the Canadian...

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Robin Spry

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Documentary. Robin Spry was born in Toronto, Ontario to Canadian broadcast pioneer and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation founder Graham Spry CC, and economic...

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Canadian Radio League

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(French: Ligue canadienne de la radio) was a public pressure group led by Graham Spry and Alan Plaunt to mobilize support for the establishment of public broadcasting...

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League for Social Reconstruction

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Sun, publication of the United Farmers of Ontario until purchased by Graham Spry). The group further contributed to Canada's political and intellectual...

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CBC Ottawa Production Centre

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Château Laurier hotel, while the television division operated out of the Graham Spry Building in the Westboro neighbourhood. The CBC's Parliamentary Bureau...

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Irene Spry

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and taught Canadian economic history. Her marriage in 1938 to the late Graham Spry, and subsequent births of their three children, Robin, Richard and Lib...

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Lib Spry

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Lib Spry is a Canadian director, playwright, and academic. She is a co-founder of Company of Sirens and Straight Stitching Productions and served as the...

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The Manitoban

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contributors include Marshall McLuhan, Marcel Dzama, Andrew Coyne, Nahlah Ayed, Graham Spry and Izzy Asper. The Manitoban starts advertising for the position of...

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List of companions of the Order of Canada

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1923 2010 October 30, 2003 May 14, 2004 Member of the Order of Manitoba Graham Spry 1900 1983 December 18, 1970 March 31, 1971 Louis St. Laurent 1882 1973...

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CBC Museum

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Dressup was added in the building lobby. Adjacent to the museum is the Graham Spry Theatre, a 40-seat venue projects video onto a screen made to look like...

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Monroe Price

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Foundation Bellagio Center. He has given many lectures, including the 2001 Graham Spry Lecture, and has organized conferences with the American-Austrian Foundation...

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List of North Melbourne Football Club players

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Dick O'Shea 14 8 1930–1931 1930 119 Arthur Smith 2 0 1930 1930 120 Bill Spry 9 0 1930–1931 1930 121 Syd Barker Jr. 41 4 1930–1933 1930 122 Joe McElholum...

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Television in Canada

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government showed huge concern with how television affected Canadians. Graham Spry, founder and spokesperson of the Canadian Radio League, stated about...

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Rosa Graham Thomas

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floribundas. His first commercially successful rose cultivar was 'Constance Spry', which he introduced in 1961. He created a new, informal class of roses...

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Alan Plaunt

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becoming a believer in John Reith's approach to public broadcasting. With Graham Spry, he founded the Canadian Radio League in 1930 to mobilize political support...

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Canada in the World Wars and Interwar Years

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the increasingly popularity of broadcast hockey games. Pressure from Graham Spry and the Canadian Radio League encouraged Mackenzie King to request a...

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Gratin dauphinois

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Dishes of the World. London: Nelson. Constance Spry; Rosemary Hume (1979 [1956]). The Constance Spry Cookery Book. London: Pan Books. Elvia Firuski;...

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1900 in Canada

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1992) January 8 – Solon Earl Low, politician (d.1962) February 20 – Graham Spry, broadcasting pioneer, business executive, diplomat and socialist (d...

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