On June 29, 2018, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, announced 105 new appointments to the Order of Canada including our own Professor Emeritus Dr. Veronica (Nikki) Strong-Boag.
Dr. Strong-Boag is a feminist historian focusing on women, children, and social justice in Canada. Professor Emerita with UBC’s Department of Educational Studies and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, she is a former president of the Canadian Historical Association and a Member of the Royal Society of Canada. Her many publications and contributions to scholarly and community life in Canada have been recognized by the John A. Macdonald Prize, the Raymond Klibansky Prize, the Canada Prize in the Social Sciences, the Senior Killam and Leger Research Fellowships, both the Queen Elizabeth Golden and Silver Jubilee Medals, and the Trent University’s Ashley Fellowship. In 2012, the Royal Society of Canada awarded her the Tyrrell Medal for outstanding contributions to Canadian history. She is also the director of the pro-democracy website, womensuffrage.org, a member of the Editorial Board of Voices-Voix: Defending Advocacy and Dissent in Canada (http://voices-voix.ca) and the General Editor of the seven-volume series, Canadian Women, Suffrage and Human Rights, forthcoming with UBC Press.
Read more about the 2018 Order of Canada nominations here!
Please enjoy some of Dr. Strong-Boag’s publications here!
