| Jim Hornby |
Born in Charlottetown, Jim Hornby is a lawyer who practices
criminal and civil law in Prince Edward Island. He is also a
folklorist, fiddle player, and historian. Jim has an M.A. in
Canadian and Modern Literature from Concordia, an M.A. in
Folklore from Memorial, and an LL.B. from Dalhousie
University Law School.
He has researched and written a number of published articles on
Island history, folklore, and traditional music and was the Editor
of The Island Magazine from 1980 through 1984. He is author
of Black Islanders: Prince Edward Island's Historical Black
Community (1991) and In the Shadow of the Gallows (1998).
criminal and civil law in Prince Edward Island. He is also a
folklorist, fiddle player, and historian. Jim has an M.A. in
Canadian and Modern Literature from Concordia, an M.A. in
Folklore from Memorial, and an LL.B. from Dalhousie
University Law School.
He has researched and written a number of published articles on
Island history, folklore, and traditional music and was the Editor
of The Island Magazine from 1980 through 1984. He is author
of Black Islanders: Prince Edward Island's Historical Black
Community (1991) and In the Shadow of the Gallows (1998).
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The Great Fiddling Contests of 1926, Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 7 Musicians of Olden Times, Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 10 H.B. Sterling's Charlottetown, Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 11 The C.P. Flockton Comedy Company, Reginald Carrington Short, Edited by Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 11 Some of My Experiences at Sea, Part One, John Hemphill, Edited by Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 11 Some of My Experiences at Sea, Part Two, John Hemphill, Edited by Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 12 A. W. Mitchell, Photographer, Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 12 Souris Scenes by Morley Acorn, Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 13 John Hatch, Town Crier, Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 21 Bear Facts: The History and Folklore of Island Bears, Part One, Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 22 Bear Facts: The History and Folklore of Island Bears, Part Two, Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 23 A Perilous Night on Cardigan River, Introduced and Annotated by Jim Hornby The Island Magazine, No. 41 |
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In 2006, he was inducted into the Black Hockey and Sports Hall of Fame under the category of
Sports/Writer/Historian/Journalist for his book Black Islanders (1991). In his work, Hornby documents
the little known history of Black Society on Prince Edward Island from the time of the arrival of the first
settlers to the present.
"The way I look at it is if the least popular members of society have their rights eroded, [by poor legal
representation] you’re eroding the rights of everybody." - Jim Hornby, The Guardian, (Charlottetown) February 7
representation] you’re eroding the rights of everybody." - Jim Hornby, The Guardian, (Charlottetown) February 7