By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families

R.H. THOMSON has appeared in film and theatre across Canada, as Matthew Cuthbert in Anne With An E, in the movie Chloe directed by Atom Egoyan, as Marshall McLuhan in The Message by Jason Sherman, and This Was The World by Ellie Moon. As well as being an advocate for the arts, R.H. has worked on many history and arts projects. For the First World War Centenary, he built The World Remembers-Le Monde Se Souvient, an international commemoration exhibit now installed at the Canadian War Museum and explorable online at theworldremembers.org. He is a Member of the Order of Canada and was awarded the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.