Dr. Stephen J. Hornsby

Professor of Geography and Canadian Studies — Formerly Director, Canadian-American Center, and Director, National Resource Center on Canada (U.S. Department of Education Title VI program), 1994-2021.

Education

  • Ph.D. University of British Columbia 1986
  • M.A. Honours, University of St. Andrews 1979

Awards and Honors

  • Donner Medal in Canadian Studies, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), 2023
  • John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize, American Association of Geographers, for Picturing America, 2018
  • University of Maine System Trustee Professor, 2016
  • Best “Book/Atlas” and “Best of Show,” Cartography and Geographic Information Society, for Historical Atlas of Maine, 2016
  • Maine Literary Award for Excellence in Publishing, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, for Historical Atlas of Maine, 2016
  • Globe Award, American Association of Geographers, for Historical Atlas of Maine, 2016
  • Pierre Savard Award, International Council for Canadian Studies, for Surveyors of Empire, 2013
  • John Lyman Book Award in the category Naval and Maritime Science and Technology, North American Society for Oceanic History, for Surveyors of Empire, 2012
  • Publication of the Year Award, Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, for Surveyors of Empire, 2012
  • Caird Short-term Research Fellowship, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 2007
  • Cleo Award (Atlantic Canada), Canadian Historical Association, forNineteenth-Century Cape Breton, 1993
  • Commonwealth Scholarship, 1979-1984

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