Harvard University, University of Toronto, Trinity College, Toronto
Awards
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Fact
1
During WWII, he was a diplomatic officer aboard the prisoner-of-war exchange ship Gripsholm.
2
He was an eminent scholar of Canadian history, and wrote seminal books on Confederation, urban history and a changing Canada. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Canadian, political, urban, and ethnic history.
3
He liked to remind his students that nothing in history is inevitable until it happens.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Origins: A History of Canada
1987
TV Series consultant
Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North
1964
Short historical advisor - as Maurice Careless
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
1964
Short historical advisor - as Maurice Careless
John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance
1964
Short historical advisor: Professor and Chairman of the Department of History, University of Toronto - as Maurice Careless B.A. A.M. Ph.D.