Education & Career
Education
Dalhousie University, Halifax BA Hons (1960-64)
Kings College, University of London PhD (1970)
Professional Career
Dalhousie University, Halifax NS:
1967-1989 - Teaching Staff
1989 - Co-ordination of Women’s Studies
1989-1990 - Assistant Dean
1990-1995 - Dean of Graduate Studies
1995-1997 - Senior Teaching Staff
Awards
1982 - John Lyman Book Award
1990 - The Hilda Neatby Prize
1990 - Evelyn Richardson Memorial Award
1991 - Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Volunteer Community Activities:
-Rhodes Scholarship Trust, Maritime Selection Committee 1986-88
-Dalhousie Art Gallery Advisory Committee 1987-97
-Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society Council 1988-91;
1998-2008; Vice-President Programs 1998- 2003; President 2003-06; Representative on the Public Archives of Nova Scotia Board 2003-06; Editorial Board of Journal 2007-11
-Scotia Festival of Music Board of Directors 1993-2007; President 1996-99
-Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia Board of Directors 2000-02; expert history witness Utility and Review Board 2004-07
-Halifax Camerata Singers Board of Directors 2004-06; organizer of charity fundraisers 2005 and 2006
-Provincial Archival Development Program Adjudication Committee, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage 2008-10
-Veith Street Gallery newsletter editor 2010-12
-Halifax-Dartmouth Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association volunteer (various capacities) 2011-12; Board of Directors, 2012-18; 2021-22; Mosaic Committee (annual fundraiser) 2013-18
-Mental Health Coalition of Nova Scotia, Co-organizer of Public Mental Health Forum 2013
-Friends of Halifax Common Board of Directors 2021-22