Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 13, 2004
• Invested on: June 10, 2005

Margaret Conrad is one of Canada's most influential and respected historians. She holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick and has produced insightful and groundbreaking work on the history of Atlantic Canada and in the field of women's studies. She is highly respected for her scholarship, which often applies historical knowledge to current public policy issues. Her leadership has benefited several learned journals and she is a founding member of Acadia University's Planter Studies Centre. Committed to broadening our knowledge of Canadian history, she has been actively involved with organizations such as the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and HISTOR!CA.