Jerry Bannister

Jerry Bannister is an Associate Professor of History at Dalhousie University. He has researched and published several books and articles on British North America with an emphasis on Newfoundland and the Atlantic. His work has earned him several accolades including the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize of the Canadian Historical Association for the best book in Canadian History (2004), the John Bullen Prize of the Canadian Historical Association for his Ph.D. thesis in 2000, the ISER Postdoctoral Fellowship (2001-2003) and the Clio Award for the Atlantic Region (2004). Since starting at Dalhousie University in 2003, he has also won the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching (2006-2007). Professor Bannister can be reached at jerry.bannister@dal.ca. More information can be found at Dalhousie University’s Department of History.