Historian of Upper Canadian settlement and agriculture; Public Historian.
Improving Upper Canada: Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791-1852 (UTP, 2024) https://utorontopress.com/9781487553531/improving-upper-canada/
Ross Fair
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We need historians because the past is never just the past.
Every policy debate, public conversation, and cultural shift is shaped by what came before. Historians help us understand context, trace change over time, and recognize what’s at stake.
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Careers fields of History majors.
Fight the gross misrepresentations about what you can do with a History major.
Especially from your parents.
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Historical research does not need to be done faster or in greater volume for any social or intellectual purpose whatever; if anything, it needs to be done more slowly and deliberately than at present, by people allowed the training, time, space, and resources to do it that way.
