Former Ontario lieutenant-governor and diplomat James Bartleman's career took him to nearly every corner of the world, but it seemed he was never far from his impoverished Port Carling, Ont., upbringing and pride in his Indigenous roots
Bartleman died this week at the age of 83, current Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell announced Thursday. He used his time in the viceregal position to fight racism and discrimination and to uplift young Indigenous people, she said, including launching the first Lieutenant Governor's Book Drive, which collected 1.2 million books for First Nations schools and Native Friendship Centres.
His son, Alain Bartleman, said his father's example shows that "through grit and determination, the barriers of circumstance can be overcome." "It was as if everything I'd done in life had been a preparation for my new role," Bartleman wrote of his job as lieutenant governor in his most recent memoir, "Seasons of Hope."
"I remember walking back in a daze to where I’d been cutting wood, staring at huge white cumulus clouds in a deep blue Muskoka sky and listening to the lapping of the Lake Joseph water on the shore of that deserted part of the island, wondering - why me?” he wrote. "Mr. Bartleman was renowned for his creativity in fostering cultural exchanges, emphasizing the role of diplomacy in building mutual respect and understanding," Dowdeswell wrote.
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