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First Name
Gillian
Last Name
Leitch
Country
Canada
State
Affiliation
Association of Canadian Archivists
Website URL
https://gilliandr.wordpress.com
Keywords
British Identity, Canadian Immigration, Nineteenth Century, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Genealogy, Popular Culture
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About Me

I am a historian/author based in the National Capital Region. I completed my PhD in history at the Universite de Montreal. I  am currently the Executive Director of the Association of Canadian Archivists.  My research includes the way in which British immigrants to Canada identified and celebrated their identity in the nineteenth century, and created social and familial networks in the new and old worlds, particularly in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.  I have published extensively. I am also a professional genealogist.  I have also researched and published on popular culture – specifically on science fiction and time travel.

Recent Publications

Being A Girl with the Doctor: Essays on Gender in Doctor Who, edited by Gillian I Leitch and Sherry Ginn, McFarland Publishers, 2023.

“A History of the St. Andrew’s Ball in Montreal,” St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal Website – https://www.standrews.qc.ca/history-of-the-st-andrews-ball.html, 2020.

“A Kilted Tour of the Scots in Montreal ,” Tourism Montreal Website – https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/kilted-tour-scots-montreal, 2019.

“Montreal’s Early Presbyterian Churches: History and Sources,” in Anglo-Celtic Roots Volume 24 (Summer 2018).

“Claiming the Streets: Negotiating National Identities in Montreal’s Parades, 1840-1880,” in Celebrating Canada Volume 1: Holidays, National Days and the Crafting of Identities,”Matthew Hayday and Raymond B Blake, eds., University of Toronto Press, 2016, 29 – 53.

“Entre les tensions et les groupes de pression: les Britanniques de Montréal au temps des Rebellions” in De la représentation a la manifestation : Groupes de pression et enjeux politiques au Québec, XIXe et XXe siècles, Stéphane Savard & Jérôme Boivin, eds., Septentrion Press, 2014, 276-291.

“The Importance of Being English: English Ethnic Culture in Montreal, 1800- 1864,” Locating the Hidden  Diaspora 1500-2010, Tanja Bueltmann, David T Gleeson and Donald M MacRaild, eds., Liverpool University Press, 100-117.

Who Travels with the Doctor: Essays on the Companions of Doctor Who, edited by Gillian I Leitch and Sherry Ginn, McFarland Publishers.

“Les anglais de Montreal,” Montréal en Tête: La Mémoire de la Métropole du Québec, #66, Automne 2015.

“Les écossais de Montréal,” Montréal en Tête: La Mémoire de la Métropole du Québec, #65, Automne 2014, 14-17.

Media Coverage
Country Focus
Canada
Expertise by Geography
British Isles, North America
Expertise by Chronology
19th century, 20th century
Expertise by Topic
Colonialism, Family, Migration & Immigration, Public History, Religion, Urban History