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A Short Biography

Emily Elizabeth Cran was born in Chipman, New Brunswick. She studied at McGill University and Radcliffe College, and formerly taught at Loyola College, Montreal, and Mount Allison University. She has also taught at the Thomas More Institute for Adult Education in Montreal, and has been a member of its affiliated Research Institute for over thirty-five years.

Elizabeth Cran first visited Tignish in 1964. Over the next seven years, with the collaboration of a former student from the area, Reginald Porter, she ran a group of projects there. She also became interested in Tignish history. With the help of a Canada Council grant, she engaged in extensive research between 1971 and 1973.

In 1981, Mrs. Cran moved to Tignish, where she still lives. She has taught French, taken part in community projects, worked frequently with PEI’s Acadian population, and written for a number of local and regional newspapers. In addition, she has renovated a historic house, learned how to raise sheep, and had a book of poems published. She is now working on a collection of essays.

Mrs. Cran has one daughter and one grandson.