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Barclay, Byrna, 1940-2023

  • PA 560
  • Persoon
  • 1940-2023

Byrna Robin (Burton) Barclay was born at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Robert Lewis and Helen (Bjorling) Burton on October 8, 1940. She attended the University of Saskatchewan, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961. She also studied in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Alberta, and participated in various writing workshops at the Saskatchewan School of the Arts (1974-1984).

Barclay's published works, consisting mainly of novels and short story collections, include: Summer of the Hungry Pup (1981); The Last Echo (1985); Winter of the White Wolf (1988); From the Belly of a Flying Whale (1989); Crosswinds (1995); Searching for the Nude in the Landscape (1996); Girl at the Window (2004); The Room with Five Walls: The Trials of Victor Hoffman (2005); The Forest Horses (2010); House of the White Elephant (2015); and Second Cousin Once Removed (2018). Additionally, her works have been published in numerous literary anthologies and magazines.

Barclay has served as editor of various literary magazines and journals, including FreeLance, Grain, Transition, and Spring. She has been a guest lecturer or reader at literary festivals and post-secondary institutions across North America. Barclay has served as president of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild (1981-1982, 1993-1995), chair of the Saskatchewan Advisory Council on Mental Health (1990-1993), and chair of the Saskatchewan Arts Board (2009-2014). She has also served on various boards related to mental health, arts and literature. In 2015, Barclay created Burton House Books to assist emerging writers with publishing their work.

Literary awards and honours received by Barclay include: the Saskatchewan Culture and Youth First Novel Award (1977); Saskatchewan Book Award, Best Fiction category (1995); Saskatchewan Book Awards, Reader's Choice and Regina Book categories (2005); and the John V. Hicks Long Manuscript Award (2005). Other awards and honours received by Barclay include: Woman of the Year, YMCA Community and Humanitarian Service Award (1989); Canadian Mental Health Association National Distinguished Service Award (1992); Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Member Achievement Award (1992); 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal (1992); Saskatchewan Culture Distinguished Service Award (1998); and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (2004).

Barclay died on May 7, 2023 in Regina. She is survived by her husband, Ronald Lyman Barclay, her children, Julianna and Bruce, and one grandchild.

Banting, Meredith Black, 1901-1991

  • PA 479
  • Persoon
  • 1901-1991

Meredith Black Banting was born on September 19, 1901 in Rounthwaite, Manitoba. He moved with his family to Manor, Saskatchewan as a teenager. He farmed in Richlea and operated Banting's Machine and Furniture Shop in Kindersley from 1933 to 1942.

In 1942, Banting entered the United Church Ministry. He served as a lay minister in Duval, Saskatchewan while completing high school correspondence classes. He then served as a lay minister in Raymore and Viscount while attending St. Andrew's College in Saskatoon. After his ordination in Moose Jaw in 1948, Banting served numerous parishes in Saskatchewan (Central Butte, Moose Jaw, Broadview, Whitewood, Wapella, Craik) and Alberta (Bow Island, Beaver Lodge). In 1970, Banting retired to Regina, where he was involved with the Westminster United Church's native ministries. He died in Regina on May 20, 1991.

Banting was a life member of the Masonic Lodge in Moose Jaw and the Order of Eastern Star Chapter 7 in Regina. An amateur photographer, Banting also loved music and sang in several choirs. Banting wrote, compiled and edited numerous books, mainly of poetry and reminiscences, and operated Banting Publishers, a small press publishing company, out of his home at 2306 Athol Street in Regina. Banting also produced and hosted several television and radio programs, mainly for children and senior citizens.

Banting married Florence Harper in 1934. The Bantings had one daughter: Anne.

Elmer, Gordon Cyril Dallas

  • PA 597
  • Persoon
  • 1933-2015

Gordon (Gord) Cyril Dallas Elmer was born on May 16, 1933 in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan. He was raised in Yellow Grass and Weyburn, Saskatchewan. He attended the Saskatchewan Training Centre in Weyburn to train in psychiatric nursing and upon graduation, he was employed at Valley View Centre in Moose Jaw for 36 years.

Gordon Elmer was a self-taught musician who taught private lessons and conducted bands in Loreburn, Assiniboia and Mossbank. He was a guest conductor at the Regina Kiwanis Band camps and served twelve years as the band master with the Saskatchewan Dragoons and five years with the Moose Jaw Lions Band.

Elmer was also an amateur aviation historian who conducted extensive research into the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) and Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) air stations in the Canadian prairies during the 1940s. In 1981, Elmer received $1000 from the Canada Council to compile a history of Saskatchewan air stations in the 1940s. The history was never officially published but is a valuable research source.

Gordon Elmer died in Moose Jaw on May 16, 2015 and is buried in Sunset Cemetery in Moose Jaw. He was married and had four children.

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