Perspectives on the Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century

Chad Gaffield

Chad Gaffield is Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies at the University of Ottawa. He was educated at McGill University (BA 1973; MA 1974) and at the University of Toronto (PhD 1978). He taught at the University of Victoria (1979-1985) before coming to the University of Ottawa where he holds a University Research Chair in Canadian History. His teaching and research activities focus on Canadian social history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He was selected the University's Researcher of the Year for 1995 and Professor of the Year in 2002. In 2000-2001, he was President of the Canadian Historical Association. He is currently team leader of the Canadian Century Research Infrastructure Project.