Silver Donald Cameron

Silver Donald Cameron (June 21, 1937 – June 1, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, playwright, and university teacher whose writing focused on social justice, nature, and the environment. His 15 books of non-fiction dealt with everything from history and politics to education and community development.

An avid sailor, Cameron wrote several books about ships and the sea. He was the author of a young adult novel and a thriller, both set in Nova Scotia where he lived for more than 40 years. Two of his books, ''The Education of Everett Richardson'' (1977 and 2019) and ''The Living Beach'' (1998), are included in ''Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books''.

Cameron's only stage play, ''The Prophet at Tantramar'', was about Leon Trotsky's month-long confinement in a prisoner-of-war camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and was also produced as a radio drama, one of more than 50 Cameron wrote for both CBC Radio and CBC Television. In addition, he produced radio and television documentaries, as well as writing and narrating two documentary films for The Green Interview, ''Bhutan: The Pursuit of Gross National Happiness'' (2010) and ''Salmon Wars: Salmon Farms, Wild Fish and the Future of Communities'' (2012).

His magazine articles numbered in the hundreds and his newspaper columns appeared in ''The Globe and Mail'' and the Halifax ''Chronicle Herald''. He also wrote extensively for provincial and federal government departments as well as for corporate and non-profit clients.

Cameron served as writer-in-residence at two universities in Nova Scotia as well as at the University of Prince Edward Island. He was dean of the School of Community Studies at Cape Breton University and served as its first Farley Mowat Chair in Environment. He also taught at Dalhousie University, the University of British Columbia and the University of New Brunswick.

One of Cameron's last projects involved a series of video interviews with environmental thinkers, writers and activists that appeared on subscription website "The Green Interview". Interviewees include Vandana Shiva, Farley Mowat, James Lovelock, Jane Goodall and David Orton.

Cameron's writing and journalism earned him many awards, and in 2012, he received both the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia. Provided by Wikipedia