Robin Wylie

Robin Wylie completed an Honours Bachelor of Arts at York University in Toronto, a Master of Arts in Early Canada and a Doctorate in Modern Canadian History at Carleton University in Ottawa. His PhD thesis was on the Ontario Farm Progressives (Reform From Below? W.C. Good and Ontario Farm Progressive Challenge). Dr. Wylie also studied archival science at the University of British Columbia. Besides teaching Canadian history (from surveys to seminars on aboriginal Canada, rural Canada, and labour history) at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of British Columbia, Dr. Wylie has also worked in the heritage field as an historic research officer for the province of Ontario and as a project archivist for organizations like the Downtown Eastside Residents Association in Vancouver. His writings include historic site reports, archival fonds inventories, reviews in journals such as Labour/Le Travail, Historical Studies in Education and NeWest Review, and an article on the state of archival science research in Archivaria 39.