Kenneth C DewarKen Dewar grew up in Edmonton and taught at the University of Victoria, Wilfrid Laurier, and Carleton before coming to Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, N.S., in 1982. He also owned a bookstore for a number of years in Elora, Ontario. He retred in June 2011 and was awarded Professor Emeritus status in the Department of History. His research interests lie in the fields of historiography and Canadian intellectual history. His book, Frank Underhill and the Politics of Ideas (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015), traces the evolution of Underhill's thought and examines his pioneering role as an intellectual and his social democratic vision of politics. At Mount Saint Vincent, Prof. Dewar received the Alumnae Award for Teaching in 2002 and the Senate Award for Service in University Governance in 2009. He was recognized with the Canadian Association of University Teachers Dedicated Service Award in 2010. He served on the Council of the Canadian Historical Association from 1992 to 1995. He is also the author of Charles Clarke, Pen and Ink Warrior (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002). Read More Read Less