About the author - Nathan Tidridge
Nathan Tidridge was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for his ten years of volunteer support in the education of Canadians on the role of the Crown. He teaches Canadian history and government at Waterdown District High School and was awarded the Premier’s Award for Teaching Excellence (Teacher of the Year) in 2008. In 2011, he was awarded the Charles Baillie Award for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching by Queen's University.
Tidridge's book Canada's Constitutional Monarchy was celebrated by His Honour The Honourable David C. Onley, lieutenant governor of Ontario, at Queen's Park's vice-regal suite on November 28th, 2011. His Honour referenced Tidridge's students saying "They have had the privilege of being mentored by a teacher who has taken the time and trouble to develop an expertise about the nuances and advantages of our system of governance."
Tidridge's book Canada's Constitutional Monarchy was celebrated by His Honour The Honourable David C. Onley, lieutenant governor of Ontario, at Queen's Park's vice-regal suite on November 28th, 2011. His Honour referenced Tidridge's students saying "They have had the privilege of being mentored by a teacher who has taken the time and trouble to develop an expertise about the nuances and advantages of our system of governance."
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On May 22nd, 2012, Nathan Tidridge was one of six Ontarians presented with a Diamond Jubilee Medal by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for exemplifying Her Majesty’s 21st birthday pledge “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service”. The ceremony took place at Queen's Park in the presence of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall and His Honour, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. The full citation read to His Royal Highness was as follows:
Nathan Tidridge is a celebrated high school teacher of history and government in Ontario. Tidridge teaches at Waterdown District High School, and was awarded the Premier's Award for Teaching Excellence (Teacher of the Year) in 2007. Most recently, Nathan wrote ‘Canada's Constitutional Monarchy’ about its history, heraldic symbols, role in the constitution, and the evolution of the Crown in Canada. His superb writing and teaching abilities are to the benefit of his students and the citizens of Canada. Tidridge currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy and the Flamborough Heritage Society. In November 2012 he participated in the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Conference on the Canadian Crown held by the University of Regina (Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy), Saskatchewan, highlighting discrepancies in how Civics is taught across the country. Since 2010 he has been campaigning the Ontario Ministry of Education to correct serious errors in the curricula surrounding the province's approach to Civics. |
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales presents a Diamond Jubilee Medal to Nathan Tidridge as Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall and His Honour the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario look on.
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Nathan Tidridge lives in Waterdown, Ontario, with his wife Christine and daughters Sophie and Elyse.
Speaking at the gala dinner celebrating the 170th anniversary of the St. George's Benevolent Society (Hamilton). April 22, 2013
Upcoming Speaking and Signing Engagements
Official Launch
Gala Banquet Guest Speaker (Title of talk: "Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Loyalist North America")
"Meet us at the Head of the Lake" Dominion AGM of the United Empire Loyalists
June 1st, 2013
Gala Banquet, Halton Hall
Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre Holiday Inn
3063 South Service Road
Burlington, Ontario L7N 3E9
Conference Website Here.
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Book Signing at Pickwick Books, Waterdown
Lecture, Presteign-Woodbine United Church
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Government House "Fanningbank," PEI
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Guest Speaker at the Annual Flamborough Historical Society Book Fair
November 9th, 2013
10:30am
St. James United Church
306 Parkside Drive
Waterdown, ON L0R 2H0
Website of the Flamborough Historical Society
10:30am
St. James United Church
306 Parkside Drive
Waterdown, ON L0R 2H0
Website of the Flamborough Historical Society
Guest Speaker, Lit. Table at Arts & Letters Club, Toronto
November 19th, 2013
The Arts and Letters Club
12 noon
14 Elm Street
Toronto, ON M5G 1G7
Lit. Table Website
The Arts and Letters Club
12 noon
14 Elm Street
Toronto, ON M5G 1G7
Lit. Table Website
Speaking to the Annual General Meeting of the Grimsby Historical Society
April 26th, 2014
7:30pm
Carnegie Commons Building (old Carnegie Library building)
25 Adelaide Street
Grimsby, Ontario
L3M 1X2
Website of the Grimsby Historical Society
7:30pm
Carnegie Commons Building (old Carnegie Library building)
25 Adelaide Street
Grimsby, Ontario
L3M 1X2
Website of the Grimsby Historical Society
Previous Speaking Engagements:
- The Agenda with Steve Paikin, "Trouble with Civics"
- CPAC - Goldhawk Live
- The Crown in Canada: A Diamond Jubilee Assessment Conference (Discussant), Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina
- The Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem in Canada
- Leaside Branch of the Toronto Public Library
- MacNab Circle - 215th birthday of Sir Allan Napier MacNab
- Milton Historical Society
- Ontario History and Social Sciences Teachers' Association (OHASSTA) Workshop Presenter
- Parle Fort: Fort York, Toronto
- Pickwick Books, Waterdown
- Probus Club of Flamborough
- Probus Club of Grimsby
- Rotary Club of Grimsby
- Ruthvan National Historic Site
- St. George's Benevolent Society of Hamilton
- United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada - Hamilton Branch
- Vice-Regal Suite, Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- The Waterdown-East Flamborough Heritage Society
- Women's Canadian Club of Canada
Writing about the Crown
Letter to the Editor "It's a Canadian Monarchy, not UK" - Hamilton Spectator, 2009
Op Ed piece on the role of the Crown in Canada - Hamilton Spectator, July 2010
This Jubilee day is also a sad anniversary: George VI was a good king and important to Canada - Hamilton Spectator, Feb 6th, 2012
Op Ed piece on the role of the Crown in Canada - Hamilton Spectator, July 2010
This Jubilee day is also a sad anniversary: George VI was a good king and important to Canada - Hamilton Spectator, Feb 6th, 2012
