Silver Donald Cameron

"Silver" Donald Cameron is a Canadian writer of books and scripts for television and radio. He has also written columns for newspapers, including The Globe and Mail, and articles for magazines.

He was born Donald Cameron in Toronto in 1937 but grew up in Vancouver. He received an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and a PhD from the University of London. He has taught at Dalhousie University, the University of British Columbia and the University of New Brunswick.

From 1994 to 1997, he was dean of Community Studies at University College of Cape Breton (now Cape Breton University). He has taken on an active role in helping to foster economic development in the Isle Madame region of Cape Breton where he has lived since 1971.

Political controversy

On August 15, 2010, a Cameron column was published in Halifax's Chronicle Herald newspaper which drew a roundabout comparison between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Adolf Hitler. Toronto Sun columnist Michael Coren was among those taking issue with the comparison, and attacked Cameron, saying "We are no more like Hitler, Mr. Cameron, than you are like a good journalist."

Works

He is the author of numerous books, including:

• Seasons in the Rain: an expatriate's notes on British Columbia (1978) ISBN 0-7710-1847-9
• The Baitchoppper (1982)
• Outhouses of the West ISBN 1-55209-523-1 (1988) with Sherman Hines (ISBN 0-921054-07-6)
• Wind, Whales and Whisky: A Cape Breton Voyage (1991)
• Sniffing the Coast: An Acadian Voyage ISBN 0-7715-9014-8 (1993)
• The Living Beach ISBN 0-7715-7555-6 (1998)
• Sailing Away from Winter: A Cruise from Nova Scotia to Florida and Beyond (2007) ISBN 13:978-0-

External links

• Official website
• Silver Donald Cameron- additional information -- Atlantic Speakers Bureau
• No Silver lining here
• The Ugly Government of Canada