Norman Penner
Norman Penner (February 21, 1921 - April 16, 2009) was
Biography
Penner was the son of Jacob Penner, a leading member of the Communist Party and popular Winnipeg alderman. He graduated from high school in 1937 and then worked from 1938 to 1941 as the full-time officer for the Winnipeg branch of the Communist Party.[1]
He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1941 and served overseas during
He broke with the party in 1957 as a result of the
After leaving the party he worked for several years as a salesman in the electrical heating business.[3] In 1964, he decided to go back to school part-time and enrolled in political science at the University of Toronto at the age of 41 going on to earn a BA, MA and PhD.[1][3]
Penner was hired as a lecturer at York University's Glendon College in 1972 and soon became a professor and head of the political science department, continuing to teach until 1995.[3]
He has written extensively on the Canadian left. Penner, discovered the long forgotten manuscript, then edited and introduced Winnipeg 1919: The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike in 1973, published The Canadian Left: A Critical Analysis in 1977 and contributed three chapters to as well as editing Keeping Canada Together Means Changing Our Thinking in 1978. He published Canadian Communism: The Stalin Years and Beyond in 1988 and From Protest to Power: Social Democracy in Canada 1900 to Present in 1992 as well as numerous articles, reviews and book chapters.[1]
His brother,
References
- ^ a b c d e Professor Emeritus Norman Penner was a Glendon mainstay, Y-Files, York University, April 24, 2009
- ^ "Few Brave Cold Rain To Vote in 3 Suburbs", Taylor, Ewart., The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Dec 1955: 1
- ^ a b c Norman Penner, Death Notice, Toronto Star, April 25, 2009
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