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Roy Piovesana, a teacher and historian born in 1942, in Fort William

Fort William, Ontario

Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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, (now part of Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay

-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...

) is one of three children born to Enrico Piovesana (1900–1987) and Christina Brescia (1913–1990). His father emigrated from Pasiano Pordenone (near Udine

Udine

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) in 1924 and his mother was a second generation Italian Canadian born in Fort William.

Roy Piovesana grew up in Fort William's East End attending St. Peter's Roman Catholic School, an institution that was truly multicultural. He also attended Fort William Collegiate Institute graduating in 1961.

In 1965 Piovesana graduated from Lakehead University

Lakehead University

Lakehead University is a public research university in Thunder Bay, and Orillia, Ontario, Canada.Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', or 'LU', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate and graduate programs and a medical school.The school has more than 45,000...

with an Honours Bachelor of Arts (History). Five years later he received his M.A. (History) from Lakehead University

Lakehead University

. In 1965 he began his teaching career at Westgate Collegiate Institute and then moved to Hammarskjold High School as a teacher and head of history in 1984. Piovesana was a Sessional Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Lakehad University in 1992 and 1993. He retired from teaching in June 1998.

In 2000, he was appointed archivist/historian for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Thunder Bay

Roman Catholic Diocese of Thunder Bay

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Thunder Bay is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toronto...

by The Most Rev. Frederick J. Colli, Bishop of Thunder Bay.

He was a president of the Thunder Bay Historical Museum

Thunder Bay Historical Museum

The Thunder Bay Historical Museum is located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is operated by the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, incorporated in 1972 as the successor to the Thunder Bay Historical Society....

Society and the Thunder Bay Art Gallery

Thunder Bay Art Gallery

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is Northwestern Ontario's primary art gallery specializing in the work of contemporary First Nations artists. It is located on the campus of Confederation College in Thunder Bay....

and served as a trustee with the Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature

The Canadian Museum of Nature is a natural history museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its collections, which were started by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1856, include all aspects of the intersection of human society and nature, from gardening to gene-splicing...

from 1996 - 2007.

In addition, Piovesana has become a well-known historian with numerous publications to his credit including R. J. Manion
Robert James Manion
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: Member of Parliament
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for Fort William
Fort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...

, 1917-1935 (1990), and Hope and Charity: An Illustrated History of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Thunder Bay (2002). He co-authored Paper and People: An Illustrated History of Great Lakes Paper
Great Lakes Paper
The Great Lakes Paper Company was the operator of the largest and most modern pulp and paper manufacturing facility in the world. The Company employed over 4,000 in Northern Ontario, starting in 1924 as a pulp mill at Fort William, Ontario...

and Its Successors, 1919-1999 with Beth Boegh, and St. Dominic Parish: A History, 1912-1987 with his wife Diane.

In 1999 he was awarded a Citizen of Exceptional Achievement Award (Culture) by the City of Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay

, Ontario

Ontario

. In 2003 he was made an Honorary Life Member of The Thunder Bay Historical Society. That same year, he was a finalist for the prize for arts and heritage: Chronicle-Journal City of Thunder Bay.

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