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RCA, OC
Edward Hardy (Ted) Harrison was born in Wingate, County Durham, England to Charles Edward Harrison and Martha Harrison (née Thirlaway). He attended primary and grammar school in Wingate after which he attended West Hartlepool College of Art. In 1945, he
interrupted his studies to serve in the Intelligence Unit of the British Army.
After a three-year tour in North Africa, he returned to England and completed his studies, earning a National Diploma in Art from West Hartlepool College of Art in
1948 and the Art Teacher Diploma from King’s College, University of Durham (now Newcastle University) in 1951. He then taught in Middlesbrough, England until 1957 when he taught at General Slim School, Cameron Highlands. While there, he was invited to
paint a wall mural in the Perak Tong Temple at Ipoh, Cameron Highlands, the first European to receive that honour. He married Robina McNichol in 1960. In 1963, they left Malaysia for New Zealand, where Harrison taught at Te Kauwhata District High School,
North Island.
In 1966 the Harrisons, with son Charles, returned to England where Harrison taught at the Wingate Junior School in the same classroom he and his father had attended as students. A year later, he became Art Master at Dene House. In
1967, the Harrison family moved to Wabasca, a small town in northern Alberta where he taught at St. Theresa School. The following year, he took a teaching position at Carcross, Yukon.
In 1969, Harrrison held his first Canadian exhibition in the
Whitehorse Library. In 1977, he received his B. Ed from the University of Alberta. In 1980, Harrison resigned from teaching to paint full-time. The Harrisons moved to British Columbia, in 1993.
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Ted Harrison
RCA, OC
Affiliations
Order of Canada
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Awards
Order of British Columbia
Order of the Owl
University of Alberta Distinguished Alumni Award
Friend of the Canadian School Library Association
Canadian Children’s Book Centre selected Sam McGee as an “Our Choice,” one of 15 books to be so honoured
New York Times Certificate of Excellence for The Cremation of Sam McGee
American Library Association Notable Book Award First Canadian chosen by Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibit, Bologna, Italy
Honours Award: International Board of Books for Youth (IBBY) for A Northern Alphabet
Top Ten finalist for the Amelia Frances Howards-Gibbon Award Awarded by the Canadian Association of Children’s Librarians
Expo ’86 designed the Yukon Pavilion
One of three Canadians chosen: International Illustrators Forum. Czechoslovakia
International Board of Books of Youth Honour Award for Illustration
Creative Club of B.C., Award of Excellence (Design)
Boy Scouts Assoc. of New Zealand Medal of Merit
Credits
Hon. Doctorate Malaspina University College (University of Vancouver Island)
Hon. Doctorate of Laws: University of Alberta
Hon. Doctorate of Fine Arts University of Victoria
Hon. Doctorate Athabasca University
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