Through his long association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (predating his inaugural short-story anthology of 1952), Weaver has fostered the development of the short story in Canada in two important ways: he has been instrumental in bringing published stories to radio and making them available again in print in his anthologies, and he has commissioned for radio broadcast stories which he later edited for publication. During the 1950s and 1960s especially, "publishing on the air" helped to create a new audience for short-story writers who often reached the Canadian public through British and American publishers.
Robert Leigh Weaver was born on 6 January 1921 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. His father, Walter, a medical doctor (who died when Robert was seven), and his mother, Jessie, a librarian, fostered in him an early respect for books and love for reading. He received his early schooling in Niagara Falls and completed his secondary education in Toronto, where he, his sister, and his mother moved in 1936. After working briefly in a Toronto bank and after serving in the RCAF and the Canadian army during World War II, Weaver pursued his education at University College, University of Toronto, where he wrote for the newspaper, the Varsity, and cofounded the Modern Letters Club.
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