Glorious & Free: The Canadians

33 personal stories that redefine how Canadians see themselves.

We are more than just landscapes, polar bears, Mounties, and canoes. More than just “thank yous,” “sorrys,” hot prime ministers, and doughnut shops. We are also tattoo artists who have discovered the secret to cheating death. Designers hell-bent on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Super soldiers who take “live vests” off suicide bombers. Freethinkers who refuse to be tamed. We are global-village visionaries, world record setters, ambassadors of the imagination, and conquerors of the Rockies. We are Canadian. We are whoever we dream ourselves to be. Meet the glorious and free.

Spotlighted in the book are the following glorious Canadians:

Mustafa Ahmed
Cameron Bailey
Cazhhmere Blanche
Nathalie Bondil
Ed Burtynsky
Zita Cobb
Andre De Grasse
Will Gadd
Bruno Guévremont
Kate Harris
Alexa Hatanaka and Patrick Thompson
Alex Josephson
Roxanne Joyal
Mosha Lundström Halbert
Jesse McCleery
Steve Moore
Byron and Dexter Peart
Crystal Pite
Bruce Poon Tip
Maria Qamar
Aurelié Rivard
Coco Rocha
Matthew Romeo
Daniel Saks and Nicholas Desmarais
Angela Strange
Scotty Sussman aka That Girl Sussi
Ilya Sutskever
Tanya Taylor
Stéphane Tétreault
Madeleine Thien and Rawi Hage
Liane Thomas
Zeke Thurston
Katherena Vermette