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Rideau Hall, Friday, November 2, 2007 In With Open Eyes, one of my favourite authors, Marguerite Yourcenar, wrote that people who love life also must love history, because human memory preserves the past and makes it a part of our present. I am happy this morning to be among people who love life. It...

Ottawa, Friday, November 2, 2007 I would like to begin this history forum by sharing an important part of my own personal history. A huge void has entered my mother’s life and erased her memory. Alzheimer’s disease has thrown her into a relentless downward spiral. But what troubled me about the irre...