Chad Gaffield

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Chad Gaffield OC FRSC is a Canadian historian. He is the University Research Chair Professor in Digital Scholarship at University of Ottawa and also a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. [1] [2]

In 2017, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston for "leadership in interdisciplinary and multi-institutional collaboration as a historian and administrator, and for his pioneering work in the digital humanities". [3] He currently serves on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Chad Gaffield". uottawa.ca. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  2. "Gaffield, Chad". uottawa.ca. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  3. Malyk, Lauren (June 30, 2017). "Nine Ottawans appointed to the Order of Canada". Ottawa Citizen.
  4. Government of Canada (April 2019). "Leaders' Debates Commission" . Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  5. Vigliotti, Marco (March 22, 2019). "Ex-politicians Leslie, Manley, Grey to sit on debates' commission advisory board". CBC News . Retrieved July 9, 2019.
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