The Right to Read
Social Justice, Literacy, and the Creation of Frontier College, The Alfred Fitzpatrick Story
by James H. Morrison
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Pub Date Oct 31 2022 | Archive Date Oct 24 2022
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Description
"The least they deserve is not charity but social justice." —Alfred Fitzpatrick, 1905
So sums up the quest of Nova Scotian Alfred Fitzpatrick, the man behind campaigns for the betterment of Canada’s working class, and specifically the 1899 creation of the still-running literacy organization Frontier College. A tireless fighter for the rights of workers, immigrants, women, and Indigenous peoples, Fitzpatrick fiercely believed everyone in Canada—no matter their class or ability—has the right to dignity and the right to learn how to read.
Historian and author James Morrison situates Fitzpatrick in a time of burgeoning nation building and economic growth, where he crusaded for humane working conditions in railway, lumber, and mining camps, and held the government to account for its lack of support for adult and immigrant education.
Fitzpatrick’s message that literacy is a basic human right is more relevant today than ever. This fascinating biography tells the story of a remarkable man who challenged all Canadians to bring literacy and education to those who do not have it—whoever and wherever they may be. Includes 30 black-and-white archival images.
Advance Praise
“When I was a boy, my father used to regale me with accounts of the Great Depression and how he learned to read and write. His parents had no money to support their family and he left home to obtain work on the railway in Northern Ontario. In addition to obtaining regular meals and meeting new Canadians, he learned to read and write in the classes held for workers in boxcars. Years later when I was Ontario’s lieutenant governor and launched literacy reading camps for First Nations adults and children alike, I turned to the Frontier College of today. I derived a particular pleasure reading such a well researched book on this subject by author James Morrison.”
—The Honourable James Bartleman, twenty-seventh lieutenant governor of Ontario
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781774711309 |
| PRICE | CA$24.95 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 288 |
