Assignments undertaken by the Canadian photojournalist Ted Grant, documenting political events, primary and secondary industries, scenics in Canada and foreign countries, sports events, special events, and special projects.. The following political events are documented: federal elections of 1979, 1984 and 1988; First Ministers' Conferences of 1985 and 1986; provincial elections in Manitoba (1981), British Columbia (1983), Ontario (1985), Manitoba (1986) and Saskatchewan (1986); the activities, particularly as recorded by the media during election campaigns, of federal and provincial political leaders such as Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney, Brian Peckford, René Levesque, William Davis, Frank Miller, Larry Grossman, Sterling Lyon, Gary Filmon, Grant Devine and Bill Bennett; activities of Joe Clark and Maureen McTeer, photographed for the book Joe Clark: The Emerging Leader (1978); Larry Grossman's campaigns for the leadership of the Ontario Conservative Party, 1984 and 1985..
The following primary and secondary industries are documented: fisheries on the East and West Coasts of Canada, on Lake Winnipeg, and in Louisiana, photographed for a projected book entitled Men of the Sea; cattle ranching and the activities of cowboys in Alberta and British Columbia, photographed for the book Men of the Saddle: Working Cowboys of Canada (1978); oil and gas industry in Alberta, and the Ocean Ranger oil drilling platform off Newfoundland; Noritake china manufacturing in Japan..
The following scenics are documented: Newfoundland/Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia (Halifax), New Brunswick, Quebec (Quebec City, Montréal), Ontario (Ottawa, Thousand Islands, Toronto), Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta (Calgary, Jasper National Park), British Columbia (Victoria, Vancouver); Barbados; Bermuda; Bulgaria; California; Greece; Hawaii; Italy; Mexico; Montserrat; New York City; Saigon..
The following sports events are documented: Montreal Alouettes and Ottawa Rough Riders football teams, and the Grey Cup game, 1969; XIII Winter Olympics Village, Lake Placid, 1980; Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, 1986; XXIII Summer Olympics (including coverage of gymnast Lori Fong), Los Angeles, 1984; XV Winter Olympics, Calgary, 1988; XXI Summer Olympics (including coverage of sprinter Ben Johnson), Seoul, 1988; David Foster celebrity baseball game, Victoria, 1989..
The following special events and special projects are documented: Calgary Stampede, 1981-1982; visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Ontario, 1984; Expo '86, Vancouver, 1986; filming of the motion picture Urban Cowboy, Houston, 1979; homes of the Prime Minister and of the Leader of the Opposition, photographed for the book Residences (1982); Pictou, N.S., photographed for the book A Day in the Life of Canada (1984); Pearson College of the Pacific, photographed for Canadian Geographic magazine; Haida artist Bill Reid; "The Industrials" rock group..
Photos by Ted Grant.
