McLuhan scholar and publisher in Nova Scotia, editor of the Antigonish Review. Cameron remembers Sanderson as "more in tune with McLuhan than most," who around 1998 pushed a "Digital McLuhan" project — backed by Corinne McLuhan — that Cameron's publishing company couldn't ultimately realize, a failure Cameron still regrets.
Across the dialogues
The Digital McLuhan project — Corinne's backing, and the realization Sanderson never lived to see
Sanderson's "Digital McLuhan" project had real momentum — Corinne McLuhan was "gung-ho" when Cameron met her about it.
"I got together with Corinne to discuss that, and she was gung-ho."
The project fell through, and Cameron's lasting regret is that Sanderson never lived to see the work he'd set his heart on realized.
"I always regretted that George Sanderson never saw the realization of a project that he had really worked [on] and set his heart on."
Promoted to the living tail of the Nova Scotia School — the Antigonish popularizer who carried McLuhan into the next generation
In the Nova Scotia School, Sanderson (English professor at St. Francis Xavier) is the "next generation" — running the Antigonish Review (founded by the Jesuit Father McSween, then handed to him) and writing his own book on McLuhan.
"and published a book on McLuhan."
Connections
Ran the Antigonish Review and championed a "Digital McLuhan" project, with Corinne McLuhan's backing, that never came off.