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List Of Canadian Historians
This is a list of the most prominent historians of Canada. All have published about Canada, but some have covered other topics as well. A-G *Irving Abella, Jewish and labour *David Bercuson, labour, military, politics *Pierre Berton, numerous popular histories * Carol Bishop-Gwyn, dance * Conrad Black, biographer of Duplessis; history of Canada * Michael Bliss, medical *Robert Bothwell, 20th century *Gerard Bouchard, Quebec * Mark Bourrie, maritime, media * George Williams Brown, editor and textbooks * Nick Brune, textbooks * J. M. S. Careless, politics * Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, New France * Sarah Carter, Prairie History, Gender History * Margaret Conrad, women, maritimes * G. Ramsay Cook, politics, biography *Terry Copp, World War II *Tim Cook military historian * Hugh Cowan, Ontario *Donald Creighton, 19c, textbooks * Ernest Alexander Cruikshank, military and Ontario, Chairman of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board * Ken Cuthbertson, biographer and author of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Canada
The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Canada were inhabited for millennia by Indigenous peoples, with distinct trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and styles of social organization. Some of these older civilizations had long faded by the time of the first European arrivals and have been discovered through archeological investigations. From the late 15th century, French and British expeditions explored, colonized, and fought over various places within North America in what constitutes present-day Canada. The colony of New France was claimed in 1534 with permanent settlements beginning in 1608. France ceded nearly all its North American possessions to the United Kingdom in 1763 at the Treaty of Paris after the Seven Years' War. The now British Province of Quebec was divided into Upper and Lower Canada in 1791. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Creighton
Donald Grant Creighton (15 July 1902 – 19 December 1979) was a Canadian historian whose major works include ''The Commercial Empire of the St-Lawrence, 1760–1850'' (first published in 1937), a detailed study on the growth of the English merchant class in relation to the St Lawrence River in Canada. His biography of John A. Macdonald, published into two parts between 1952 and 1955, was considered by many Canadian historians as re-establishing biographies as a proper form of historical research in Canada. By the 1960s Creighton began to move towards a more general history of Canada. Creighton's later years were preoccupied with criticizing the then ruling Liberal Party of Canada under William Lyon Mackenzie King and his successor Louis St. Laurent. Creighton denounced the Liberal Party for undermining Canada's link with Great Britain and moving towards closer relations with the United States, a policy which he strongly disliked. Background Creighton was born on July 15, 1902, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Goulet
Marie Therese “Terry” Goulet is a Canadian historian who has written and spoken extensively on the subject of the Canadian Indigenous peoples in Canada, aboriginal group the Métis. With her husband George R. D. Goulet, George who is Métis, Goulet has been an advocate for Métis identity in Canada and for the exoneration of early Canadian and Métis politician Louis Riel. In January 2018, Goulet was honored as an “exemplary citizen” by the Canadian government. Biography Marie Therese Veronica "Terry" Goulet, née Boyer de la Giroday (born September 26, 1934) is a Canadian best-selling author, historian, Métis scholar, activist, and public speaker. She is the wife of George R. D. Goulet and mother of five children including Tag Goulet, Laura de Jonge and Catherine Goulet. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Goulet studied at the University of Manitoba receiving a BSc (HEc) degree. She had an eclectic career working as a paralegal and a free-lance indexer of corporate and securities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George R
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Godefroy
Andrew Godefroy CD, M.A., Ph.D. is a Canadian strategic analyst and science and technology historian. Scholarship Andrew Godefroy was born in Montreal, Quebec and attended Concordia University where he studied Canadian military history. His undergraduate thesis was a study of executions of Canadian soldiers for military crimes in the First World War. He completed a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. His graduate and post-graduate studies focused on aerospace history and the Canadian rocketry and space program. Godefroy held the Canadian Visiting Research Fellowship in thChanging Character of Warfare Programat the University of Oxford in 2009. His research focused on change in the British, American, and Canadian armies since the Cold War period. Publications Godefroy's first book, a study of the death penalty in Canada's Canadian Expeditionary Force The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) was the expeditionary field force of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Gaudet
Placide Gaudet (November 19, 1850 – November 9, 1930) was a Canadian historian, educator, genealogist and journalist. He signed his name as Placide P. Gaudet. Gaudet is noted for his research into the history and genealogy of the Acadian people and played an important role in the preservation of their history. Biography Early years He was born at Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick, the son of Placide Gaudet and Marie Vienneau dit Michaud. Gaudet's father died shortly before his birth and his mother returned to her father's farm. She moved to her father-in-law's farm in Dorchester in 1862. Education and career Gaudet was educated at St. Joseph's College in Memramcook. He began studies for the priesthood at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal but left in 1874 due to poor health, returning to New Brunswick. From 1874 to 1882, he then took on a number of short term teaching positions at schools in Saint-Louis de Kent, Tracadie, Neguac, Shédiac and Cocagne. It was during this time, comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John English (Canadian Politician)
John Richard English (born January 26, 1945) is a Canadian academic and former politician. Career A native of Plattsville, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967 from the University of Waterloo. He completed his A.M. (Master's) degree in 1968 and PhD in 1973 at Harvard University. He joined the University of Waterloo as a lecturer in history in 1972, becoming an assistant professor in 1974, an associate professor in 1978, and a professor in 1984. He received a D.Litt. (hon) from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1990. He served as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Kitchener between 1993 and 1997. Subsequently, he served as a special ambassador for landmines and as a special envoy for the election of Canada to the United Nations Security Council. He has also served as president of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, co-editor of the ''Canadian Historical Review'', chair of the board of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William J
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olive Dickason
Olive Patricia Dickason (1920–2011) was a Métis historian and journalist. She was the first scholar in Canada to receive a PHD in Indigenous history. She is known for writing one of the first textbooks about First Nations in Canada, ''Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from the Earliest Times''. Personal life Dickason was born on 6 March 1920 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to parents Frank Leonard Williamson and Phoebe Philomena Côté, who had Métis heritage. Her father worked for the Bank of Montreal and her mother was a schoolteacher. Her family moved to the Interlake region after losing everything they owned in the 1929 stock market crash. There, her mother taught her and her sister Alice how to hunt, trap, and fish to provide food for the family. The family was unable to send Dickason for more schooling after grade 10 because of their poor financial situation. Encouraged by her mentor, the priest Athol Murray, she decided to finish high school. He accepted h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Donaldson (journalist)
Archibald Gordon Clark Donaldson (18 August 1926 – June 2001) was a Scottish-CanadianPeter Worthington, "Gordon Donaldson; a literary gem in his prime," ''Whitehorse Star''. Whitehorse, Yukon: 19 June 2001. pg. 7. author and journalist. He appeared on television and also produced television programming. Early life Donaldson was born in Glasgow. He went to school until he was 16 and then worked for the ''Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald''. In 1944 he joined the British Army."Reporter covered 'mun' landings for CBC Television: Glasgow accent: Newsman wrote history books about Canada," ''National Post''. Don Mills, Ontario: 15 June 2001. pg. A.16. Donaldson explained his ambitions by saying, "I became a reporter at 16 and never wanted to be anything else, except a foreign correspondent.""Toronto reporter and writer Gordon Donaldson dies at 74," ''Expositor'', Brantford, Ontario: 12 June 2001, pg. A.24. Career During the close of World War II, Donaldson worked for the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovat Dickson
Lovat Dickson, born Horatio Henry Lovat Dickson (June 30, 1902 – January 2, 1987), was a notable publisher and writer, the first Canadian to have a major publishing role in Britain. He is best known today for his biographies of Grey Owl, Richard Hillary, Radclyffe Hall and H. G. Wells. He also wrote a history of the Royal Ontario Museum. Biography Lovat Dickson was born in Victoria, Australia to parents of United Empire Loyalist descent.''The Canadian Encyclopedia''Lovat Dickson entry/ref> His father was a mining engineer. At the age of seven, he moved with his family to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and at eleven he was sent to school in England. At age fifteen, he moved to Canada, where he worked in a mining camp near Jasper, Alberta. A precocious entrepreneur, he founded and edited the Blue Diamond Mine newsletter while in Jasper. He began studies at the University of Alberta (U of A) in 1923, graduating in 1927 with first class honours in English and earning the Lieutenant G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
