Jonathan B. Hanna, born in Montr�al, graduated from Concordia University in 1979 with a BA in history. He worked in Canadian Pacific Railway's corporate archives in the 1970s, CPR's photographic services and advertisement departments in the 1980s, and in marketing communications and administration in the 1990s, before being appointed CPR corporate historian in 2000. Jonathan took early retirement from CPR in 2005 and was appointed corporate historian emeritus.
Robert C. Kennell pursued his interest in photography at Toronto's Ryerson Institute of Photography before joining CPR's photographic department in 1975. He honed his skills, criss-crossing the country for more than twenty years photographing virtually every aspect of railways operations. In 1995, Robert began applying his passion for photography and his knowledge of the CPR to the management of CPR's 800,000-image photo collection.
Carol LaCourte immigrated to Canada from the U.S. in 1976 after having lived and taught in Finland, France and Venezuela. She received a master's degree in library science at the Universit� de Montr�al, and worked for several companies before joining CPR in 1989. She is in charge of CPR's business intelligence function as well as the CPR Archives. Carol has made it her goal to share CPR's archival treasures with the Canadian public.