Alan Gordon (born 1968) was a Scottish-born Canadian historian at the

University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

. He studied at the

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, and at

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, where he completed his PhD under the supervision of

Ian McKay Ian John McKay, VC (7 May 1953 – 12 June 1982) was a British Army soldier and a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Bor ...

. He taught at a number of universities in Ontario before joining the University of Guelph in 2003. His research focused on history,

historiography Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians ha ...

, and

collective memory Collective memory refers to the shared pool of memories, knowledge and information of a social group that is significantly associated with the group's identity. The English phrase "collective memory" and the equivalent French phrase "la mémoire c ...

. Prior to his passing, Gordon was working on living history museums. He was active in the Tri-University graduate program, combining MA and PhD studies at the University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Waterloo. He was the founding editor of H-Canada, part of the H-Net network of academic discussion groups. Under his editorship, H-Canada grew to become the premier forum for academic historians to discuss Canadian history. He resigned as editor in 2004. From 2007 to 2017 he was the editor in chief of the Urban History Review, a bilingual academic journal devoted to urban history. He was also the editor of the Journal of Canadian Studies. Gordon died from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2022.

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20th-century Canadian historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Academic staff of the University of Guelph University of Toronto alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni Living people 1968 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian historians History journal editors {{Canada-historian-stub