Library and Archives Canada Nicole Neatby has published in the fields of women’s history and Quebec history. Her research interests also focus on public history, including the history of the Quebec government’s tourism promotion and North American travel writers’ expectations about and reactions to the province. She has recently helped lead the CHA’s advocacy efforts
Collective memory and remembrance; World Wars; Canada’s military history after 1945 Desaree Rosskopf specializes in Canadian military history from 1914 to the present, with an emphasis on its impact on collective memory and commemoration. She holds a Master’s degree in History from Western University and is a Master of Education candidate at Wilfred Laurier University.
Susan Nance is Professor of History and affiliated faculty with the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. She is an internationally recognized researcher in the history of animals in entertainment. Susan is the author of various books and articles including Rodeo: An Animal History (University of Oklahoma
Black Canadian history, African diaspora, Atlantic slavery, Feminist and women’s studies, Black literatures and oratures Celebrated as a multidisciplinary scholar, author, and artist, Dr. Afua Cooper was recently invested with the Order of Nova Scotia, the province’s highest honour. Her 13 books range across such genres as history, poetry, fiction, and children’s literature. Afua Cooper
Politics and Federalism Michael Behiels has written seminal works on Quebec and Canadian political and intellectual history. More recently, he has explored how Canadian federalism has functioned historically, and how it has changed under the current government to become a more asymmetrical form of federalism based on the concept of classical, watertight jurisdictional compartments for
Modern Canadian, Black Canadian, Race, Immigration, Law Barrington Walker is an historian of Modern Canada who focuses on the histories of Blacks, race immigration and the law. His work seeks to illuminate the contours of Canadian modernity by exploring Canada’s emergence as racial state through its histories of white supremacy, slavery, colonization/immigration, segregation and Jim
Politics and Federalism A specialist in Canadian federalism and the history of Ontario, Penny Bryden’s work probes the nature of relationships within government and between governments. Her publications include ‘A Justifiable Obsession’: Conservative Ontario’s Relations with Ottawa, 1943-1985 (2013) and Planners and Politicians: Liberal Politics and Social Policy, 1957-1968 (1997).
Postwar business, economic and political history Dimitry Anastakis is the LR Wilson/RJ Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the University of Toronto in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management. He specializes in postwar business, economic and political history, with a focus on business-state relations and the auto industry in Canada.
Politics, language policy, commemoration, education Matthew Hayday is a political historian who studies bilingualism and language policies, Canada Day and Dominion Day celebrations, nationalism and identity politics, as well as federalism and intergovernmental relations. He has published extensively on the history of official languages and bilingualism in Canada, including the history of French immersion in
Labour history, Mennonite history, food history Janis Thiessen specializes in Canadian histories of labour, Mennonites, and food. Her/their research approaches include oral history, public history, and digital history. Publications include Manufacturing Mennonites (UTP 2013), NOT Talking Union (MQUP 2016), Snacks (U of M Press 2017), Necessary Idealism (CMU Press 2018), and mmm…Manitoba (with Kimberley Moore, UM Press 2024). Thiessen is principal investigator on the Manitoba
Post 1960s politics in North America; Donald Trump; populism (the ‘left behind’) Steven High is Professor of History at Concordia University’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. He is an interdisciplinary oral and public historian with a strong interest in transnational approaches to working-class studies, forced migration, and community-engaged research. He has headed a
