Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - A mụrụ William Paterson Ewen na 1925 na Montreal, Quebec. N'inwe mmasị na nka site na nwata, ọ malitere site na ịkpụ obere ihe oyiyi na wax, na afọ iri na atọ rịọrọ nne ya ka ọ kwụgbuo ihe osise na mgbidi ndị na-adịghị mma na mbụ nke ebe obibi Ewen. Malite n'afọ 1944, Ewen jere ozi n'òtù ndị agha na-achọpụta ihe na-emenụ n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Ụwa (n'Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ)
, mana etinyeghị aka n'agha. Mgbe ọ laghachiri Canada, o debara aha ya na Mahadum McGill. Ọ mụrụ ihe banyere ala, mana mgbe afọ mbụ ya gasịrị, ọ malitere ịlụ ọgụ na ịda mbà n'obi, wee chọọ enyemaka na ịsụgharị mkpuchi magazin na ịkọwapụta ala dị gburugburu Canadian Officers 'Training Corps na Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier ebe ọ na-edebanyeghachi aha maka oge ọkọchị. Mgbe ọ laghachiri n'ụlọ akwụkwọ n'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ, Ewen debanyere aha maka usoro ihe osise ihe osise nke John Goodwin Lyman kụziri. Ahụmahụ ahụ, dị ka Ewen na-echeta ya, adịghị mma. N'afọ sochirinụ, ọ gafere na School of Art and Design na Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, ebe ọ mụrụ n'okpuru Goodridge Roberts, Arthur Lismer, Moses Reinblatt, na Jacques de Tonnancour. Mgbe ụfọdụ, Ewen na-echeta oge a, bụ́ mgbe o sooro Goodridge na-eme ihe omume ahụ, na "mmiri nke ọmịiko" e nwere na ya, dị ka "ụbọchị ndị kasị enye ya obi ụtọ ná ndụ.