Directory:Alastair Sweeny - Revision history

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 Born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], he attended [[St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario)|St. Andrew's College]], received a Bachelors degree from the [[University of Trinity College|Trinity College in the University of Toronto]], and a Master of Letters and Doctor of Philosophy from [[Trinity College, Dublin]].
-Sweeny has managed research programs, produced reference and learning materials and consulted with many leading private and public sector organizations, including as an adviser to the Canadian government's Task Force on National Unity (the Pepin-Robarts Commission),<ref>Final Report; conversation with subject</ref> [[Library and Archives Canada]], [[Parks Canada]], Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, National Indian Veterans Association, Assembly of First Nations, Canadian Heritage,  eLibrary ProQuest, Nelson Thomson Learning, Quebecor Media, Electric Library Canada and [[CanWest Global]].
+Sweeny has managed research programs, produced reference and learning materials and consulted with many leading private and public sector organizations, including as an adviser to the Canadian government's Task Force on National Unity (the Pepin-Robarts Commission), [[Library and Archives Canada]], [[Parks Canada]], Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, National Indian Veterans Association, Assembly of First Nations, Canadian Heritage,  eLibrary ProQuest, Nelson Thomson Learning, Quebecor Media, Electric Library Canada and [[CanWest Global]].
 In 1989, he produced "Canadisk", Canada's first multimedia CD-ROM as a joint venture with [[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]. In the 1990s, he developed learning materials for [[Apple Computer]]'s pioneering [[eWorld]] online service, and produced the original ''Encarta Book of Quotations'' (1999) with [[Microsoft]] Inc. and [[Bloomsbury Publishing]], London. In the 1990s he helped get Canada's SchoolNet under way, and developed the [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day On This Day in Canadian History] online service for [[Bell Globemedia]].

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 '''Alastair Sweeny''' (born August 15, 1946) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] publisher, [[List of Canadian historians|historian]], and [[List of Canadian writers|author]].
 Born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], he attended [[St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario)|St. Andrew's College]], received a Bachelors degree from the [[University of Trinity College|Trinity College in the University of Toronto]], and a Master of Letters and Doctor of Philosophy from [[Trinity College, Dublin]].
 Sweeny has managed research programs, produced reference and learning materials and consulted with many leading private and public sector organizations, including as an adviser to the Canadian government's Task Force on National Unity (the Pepin-Robarts Commission),<ref>Final Report; conversation with subject</ref> [[Library and Archives Canada]], [[Parks Canada]], Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, National Indian Veterans Association, Assembly of First Nations, Canadian Heritage,  eLibrary ProQuest, Nelson Thomson Learning, Quebecor Media, Electric Library Canada and [[CanWest Global]].
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 In 2008, he produced two open collaborative sites - The John A. Macdonald Portal and the Samuel de Champlain Portal - to serve as student resources on the life and works of Canada's first Prime Minister, and the founder of New France.
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