Bill Waiser

William Andrew Waiser CM SOM FRSC (born 1953), also known as Bill Waiser, is a Canadian historian specializing in western and northern Canadian history.

Bill Waiser

CM SOM FRSC
Born
William Andrew Waiser

1953 (age 67–68)
NationalityCanadian
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisRambler (1983)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineCanadian history
InstitutionsUniversity of Saskatchewan
Main interestsHistory of Western and Northern Canada
Websitebillwaiser.com

Career

Bill joined the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan in 1984 and served as department head from 1995 to 1998. He was Yukon Historian for the Canadian Parks Service prior to his university appointment. He was named the university's Distinguished Researcher at the spring 2004 convocation and received the College of Arts and Science Teaching Excellence Award in 2003. He was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the province's highest honour, in 2006, and elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada the following year.[1] Bill retired in 2014 from the university.[2] He was named a Member of the Order of Canada on June 30, 2017.[3]

Published works

Bill has published several books, including Park Prisoners: The Untold Story of Western Canada's National Parks and (with Blair Stonechild) Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion, which was a finalist for the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards for non-fiction. His All Hell Can't Stop Us: The On-to-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot won the 2003 Saskatchewan Book Award for non-fiction.[4] He is perhaps best known for his award-winning centennial history of the province, Saskatchewan: A New History.

References
  1. "Bill Waiser". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  2. https://thestarphoenix.com/Author+history+prof+retires/9927499/story.html. Retrieved 11 June 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ((cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16917&lan=eng))
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2009-12-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Awards
Preceded by
Mark L. Winston		 Governor General's Award for
English-language non-fiction
2016		 Succeeded by
Graeme Wood
Preceded by
Michael D. Behiels		 J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal
2018		 Most recent
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