Dr. Ed Whitcomb
Dr. Ed Whitcomb is the author of short histories of the 10 Canadian provinces, and a book on the history of the Canadian North. He received a B.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1964 with silver medals in History and Economics, the Brandon College Faculty Prize, and the Brandon College Honour Society Award. An M.A. at the University of Manitoba was followed by a Ph.D. at the University of London, England, published as Napoleon’s Diplomatic Service by Duke University Press. After teaching European History for six years he made his career as a political and economic analyst in the Canadian Foreign Service and the government’s Intelligence Secretariat. He wrote Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces, the contentious history of the Canadian federation. He was inducted to the Brandon University Wall of Fame. For more information, visit his website www.SeaToSea.com .
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