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Research Summary
Post-Confederation Canadian history, with a specialization in intellectual, social and economic history.
Courses & Teaching
Canadian foreign policy; Canadian intellectual history; post 45 Canada.
Degrees
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
PhD, University of Toronto
MA, Queen's University
BA, Queen's University
Selected Publications & Presentations
Joint with Gerald Friesen, Thinkers and Dreamers. Essays in Honour of Carl Berger (University of Toronto Press, 2011)
Joint with K. Norrie and H. Emery, A History of the Canadian Economy, 4th edition (Nelson, 2007)
“The Magic Wand of Oil,” in Alberta Formed – Alberta Transformed (Edmonton 2006)
“Progress, Science and Religion. Exploring Victorian Thought in Canada,” in Thinkers and Dreamers, 2011
Joint with K. Norrie and H. Emery, A History of the Canadian Economy, 4th edition (Nelson, 2007)
Other Major Works
Born at the Right Time. A History of the Canadian Baby Boom (University of Toronto Press, 1996)
Promise of Eden. Canadian Expansion and the Idea of the West 1856-1900 (University of Toronto Press, 1980, rev 1991)
The Government Generation. Canadian Intellectuals and the State 1900-1945 (University of Toronto Press, 1985)
Selected Grants & Awards
Election to Royal Society of Canada, 1990
J Gordin Kaplan Prize for Excellence in research, University of Alberta 1996
Elected President of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences 2002-2004
Chair, Alberta Quality Council, 2004-2006
Provost and Vice-President, University of Alberta, 1995-2003
Deputy Vice- Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan 2006-2012
Secretary, Academy 1, Royal Society of Canada, 2010-present