The Canadian Centenary Series is a nineteen-volume history of Canada published between 1963 and 1987 as an extended Canadian Centennial project. The collection resulted from the initiative of two of Canada's leading 20th century historians, W. L. Morton and D. G. Creighton. Morton served as the initial executive editor, and Creighton served as the advisory editor. The editors approached leading Canadian historians to write the individual volumes. The series was published by the Canadian publishing house, McClelland & Stewart. One of the volumes, Lower Canada, 1791-1840: Social Change and Nationalism by Fernand Ouellette was also published in French and won the Governor General's Award for French language non-fiction. Another volume, Canada 1922–1939: Decades of Discord by John Herd Thompson and Alan Seager, was short-listed for the 1985 Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction. Structure of the series In their general preface to each volume, Morton and Creighton explain that their goal is to have a series of volumes, covering the history of the regional communities which have made up the Canadian nation in its first century. As the general editors of the series, Morton and Creighton planned the general outline and the format. Each volume would be written by a specialist in that particular aspect of Canadian history, but using a common character and common method. Each volume would take a narrative approach, and deal in a balanced way with economic, social and political history. The editors hoped that this would take advantage of co-operative scholarship, while ensuring that each volume would have the unity and distinctive character of individual authorship. The goal was that each volume would be scholarly and readable, "at once useful to the student and of interest to the general reader." Each volume would be supported by detailed footnotes and a general bibliography. Developments in the series The original plan for the series is indicated in the first volume to be published, Upper Canada: The Formative Years, 1784 - 1841. The editors initially envisaged seventeen volumes, with generic place-holder titles. As each author prepared their volume, the generic titles would be fleshed out. For example, the first volume went from the generic title "The North to 1632" to Early Voyages and Northern Approaches, 1000-1632. As the series developed, there were some changes to the general plan. The projected volume "The North, 1670 - 1857" by E.E. Rich became The Fur Trade and the Northwest to 1857,