TRUE PORTRAIT LOVE . . .

Just in time for the party, photographer Don Dixon captures images of Canadian icons,

Adrienne Clarkson Former governor general

“I always say in Europe you have countryside, in Canada we have nature, and that’s a very, very big difference. Nature has formed us. I think that’s what really will always hold us as long as we are a country. It’s not just because of the climate, although that has also characterized our nation, but it’s because we are really a people who know what it is to be able to get out and be by yourself.”

Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire Humanitarian

and former senator “I’m not sure we realize the enormity of the responsibility that our society has within the construct of humanity — that what we have garnered in our communities . . . in our education systems, the values and references that we have and our desire and our comprehension of hard work . . . are essential tools to move us and humanity from an era of trying to survive what’s happening to us, to an era where we can help humanity thrive. And we can be a leading edge because we haven’t even approached the full potential of what this nation can do in the world.”

>THE PHOTOGRAPHER

“We have the talent, experience and expertise to take a leading role in the world on a multitude of fronts,” says Don Dixon, who is based in San Francisco and hoping to secure funding for a book of the project. “We just don’t know it.” For more information go to asylumartists.com