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3 unusual facts about Philippe Gigantès


Philippe Gigantès

After his graduation he served as Dean of Arts at Bishop's University and Dean of Arts and Science at University of Lethbridge.

After the war, he became a journalist, working for the London Observer, in Greece, North Africa, and South Asia, from 1946 to 1961.

In his book "Nice Work: The Continuing Scandal Of Canada's Senate", journalist and author Claire Hoy wrote that the late Philippe Gigantes, during a filibuster in the Senate, read one of his books into the record; another senator suggested that he did this to get the work translated into French by parliamentary staff responsible for Hansard.



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