Greg Piasetzki

Greg Piasetzki is an intellectual property lawyer with an interest in Canadian history. He was born on Canadian Forces Base Shiloh in Manitoba, grew up in Ottawa and now lives in Toronto. After obtaining a B.Sc. (Honours) in Chemistry from Trent University he spent a year in graduate school at Queen’s University before switching to law. Greg has spent more than 30 years researching his family history, which includes French, Acadian and Métis ancestors on his mother’s side and military service overseas in two wars on his father’s. That led to his more general interest in Canadian history.

Canada wanted to close all residential schools in the 1940s. Here’s why it couldn’t.

Canada wanted to close all residential schools in the 1940s. Here’s why it couldn’t Previously published by True North on March 18, 2024, and the o…

Greg Piasetzki

April 8, 2024

Was Peter Bryce, the One Dead White Man Who Bucked the Demonization Trend, a Saint or a Sinner?

Many of Canada’s important historical figures have seen their statutes toppled and their names erased from buildings and maps in recent years in an ou…

Greg Piasetzki

July 12, 2023