by Jessica Knapp

In late 2014 Terry Mosher (a.k.a Aislin) published his 47th book, The Wrecking Ball. This collection of Aislin’s favourite cartoons drawn from the past two years. Inspired by the Quebec elections, three regime changes at Montreal’s city hall, Conservative Senate scandals in Ottawa, Toronto’s Mayor Rob Ford, the Montreal Canadiens, and the Sochi Olympics, Mosher has created a thought-provoking and funny collection of cartoons.

Mosher's book also features a special article he wrote in 2012 for Canada’s History magazine, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series. Mosher covered the original series and revisited his sketches from the event and wrote a memoir of his experiences. The result, “On Thin Ice” from the August/September 2012 issue of Canada’s History magazine, won the 2012 National Magazine Award in the Words and Pictures category. 

More on the Summit Series 

Also in 2012, Canada’s History launched a national petetion to try to promote a petition to get Paul Henderson, a member of the 1972 Team Canada squad, inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Despite Canadian's best efforts Henderson didn’t make the cut. Thankfully, he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in May 2013.

Canada’s History caught up with television broadcaster and CBC icon Don Newman and he shared his personal memories of Paul Henderson’s series-winning goal in Moscow.

We asked our readers to share where they were in 1972 and there was a huge response. Read “Where were you in ’72?”

“To me, sports history is much more about culture, politics, and human relationships than it is about goals scored or games won. Never has that been more true than for the ’72 Summit Series,” said Joanna Dawson, the Community Engagement Coordinator at Canada’s History. She shared her perspective of the ’72 Summit Series for Young Historians on our Education channel.