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Happy TBT!Are you feeling grouchy? Does your co-worker have a touch of the cranky pants? Well that's because October inc...
10/15/2026

Happy TBT!

Are you feeling grouchy? Does your co-worker have a touch of the cranky pants? Well that's because October includes both National Grouch Day (15th) and National Cranky Co-Worker Day (27th).

In honour of crankiness, we are featuring this newspaper article about Marjorie Montgomery Bowker, the 'Patron Saint of Canadian Crankiness'.

Marjorie was born in Prince Edward Island, but was raised in Wetaskawin, Alberta from age four. She graduated from the University of Alberta in 1939 with degrees in Arts and Law and practiced at an Edmonton law firm.

In 1966 she was the first woman judge appointed to the Family and Juvenile Courts of Alberta, where she served for 17 years until her retirement in 1983.

She wrote several books, was given many honorary degrees, including an Honorary Doctorate by Athabasca University in 1991.

Hey TBT, Have you ever borrowed a library book and seen this sticker on the spine? These exist because back in 1980, the...
10/08/2026

Hey TBT,

Have you ever borrowed a library book and seen this sticker on the spine?

These exist because back in 1980, the Athabasca University Governing Council (AUGC) recognized the commitment and contributions of Reverend Edward Checkland by naming the library’s distance education collection after him. The collection includes works on distance education, innovative educational technology, instructional design, and works on post-secondary adult learners.

Reverend Edward (Ed) M. Checkland (July 6, 1915 - January 21, 2003) was likely born and raised in Ontario. He studied for a BD [presumed Bachelor of Divinity] at McMaster University in the 1940s and graduated ca, 1954. He graduated from the Yale Divinity School, Connecticut in 1961. He served as a minister at the Broadway First Baptist Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba from 1946 to 1954, the James Street Baptist Church in Hamilton, Ontario from 1954 to 1958, and the First Baptist Church, Edmonton from 1961 to 1982.

Rev. Checkland was very active in the Edmonton Council of Churches and was a founding member of the City Centre Church Corporation. He served on the AUGC from 1970 to 1980.

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