Margaret Conrad

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Margaret Conrad, O.C., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. (born 1946) is a Canadian historian specializing in the fields of Atlantic Canada and Women's history. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies at the University of New Brunswick.

Born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Acadia University in 1967, a Master of Arts degree in 1968, and a Ph.D. in 1979 both from the University of Toronto. After a brief stint as an editor at Clarke, Irwin Publishing Company from 1968 to 1969, she joined the Department of History Acadia University in 1969. She was made a full professor in 1987 and was Head of Department from 1992 to 1995. In 2002, she was awarded for a 5 year term a Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies at University of New Brunswick. From 1991 to 2002, she was also an Adjunct Professor at Dalhousie University. Fromm 1996 to 1998, she held the Nancy Rowell Jackman Chair of Women's Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University.

In 1995, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2004, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2002, she was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.

[edit] Selected publications

• Atlantic Canada: A Region in the Making with James K. Hiller (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2001)
• George Nowlan: Maritime Conservative in National Politics (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986)
• No Place Like Home: The Diaries and Letters of Nova Scotia Women with Toni Laidlaw and Donna Smyth (Halifax: Formac, 1988)
• History of the Canadian Peoples with Alvin Finkel (Toronto: Copp Clark/Addison Wesley Longman, 1993/98/02)
• Saturday's Child: The Memoirs of Ellen Louks Fairclough, Canada's First Female Federal Cabinet Minister as editor (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995)

[edit] References

• Margaret Conrad Professional Pages
• Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry