Dr. Eric Strikwerda
Associate Professor, History
Contact information
E-mail: erics@athabascau.ca
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Dr. Eric Strikwerda
Dr. Eric Strikwerda
Associate Professor, History
Contact information
Email: erics@athabascau.ca
Eric Strikwerda is Associate Professor, History, and Director, Bachelor of Human Resources and Labour Relations. He has a PhD in History from York University in Toronto.
Prior to joining Athabasca University in 2015, he taught Canadian history at the University of Alberta and MacEwan University. He has published in the areas of western Canadian history, unemployment and labour history, and more recently, nutrition and nutrition policy in postwar Canada.
He is at present working on a history of western and northern Canada after 1870, as well as a history of fitness and fitness culture in postwar Canada. He has served on the editorial board of Athabasca University Press, and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Canadian Studies.
Research interests
- Canadian History