David Weale
David Weale (born 1942) is a Canadian writer and historian from Prince Edward Island. He moved to PEI in 1948 at age five and has a brother and sister. He wrote several children’s books, including The True Meaning of Crumbfest (1999), which won the Ann Connor Brimer Award in 2000 and was adapted for television. Other books are Three Tall Trees (2004), Doors in the Air (2012), and Christmas Star Power (2015).
In 2006, while teaching the history of Christianity at the University of Prince Edward Island, he offered a B− grade in exchange for not attending lectures because the class was large and some students weren’t interested. He was fired a month later and later filed a grievance claiming unfair dismissal.
Weale is a member of the storytelling group The Four Tellers, along with Dennis King, Gary Evans, and Alan Buchanan, who tell stories about their lives on stage at a kitchen table.
He has been an outspoken critic of foreigners buying large areas of land in Prince Edward Island, especially Buddhists connected to Bliss and Wisdom. In 2025, he accused the Three Rivers municipal government of treachery, saying some councillors were bought by the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Society. The councillors called his claims outlandish and said they might take legal action.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 20:47 (CET).