Judith Fingard

Judith Fingard FRSC
Born	1943
Alma mater	Dalhousie University University of London
Occupations	Historian writer
Notable work	The Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax (1989)
Awards	Evelyn Richardson Award (1990)

Judith Fingard FRSC (born 1943) is a Canadian writer and historian. She taught at Dalhousie University from 1967 to 1997, and has served as President of the Canadian Historical Association and the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1991.

Biography

Fingard was born in 1943. ^[1] She attended Dalhousie University, following which she earned her PhD from the University of London in 1970. Fingard taught history at Dalhousie from 1967 to 1997, and was the Dean of Graduate Studies from 1990 to 1995. In 1989, she held the position of Coordinator of Women's Studies at Dalhousie. ^[1]

She has served as President of the Canadian Historical Association and the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. In 1991, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. ^[1]

Fingard is the author of an extensive body of book reviews, biographical entries, and scholarly articles. She has written six books across her career; including The Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax, ^[1] which won the Evelyn Richardson Award at the Atlantic Book Awards in 1990. ^[2]

Publications

• Fingard, Judith (1972). The Anglican Design in Loyalist Nova Scotia, 1783–1816. London, UK: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. ISBN   978-0-2810-2610-4. OCLC   348027. ^[3]
• — (1982). Jack in Port: Sailortowns of Eastern Canada . Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-0-8020-2458-9. OCLC   8956619. ^[4]
• — (1989). The Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax . Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press. ISBN   978-0-9190-0158-9. OCLC   21762218. ^[5]
• —; Guildford, Janet Vey; Sutherland, David (1999). Halifax: The First 250 Years . Halifax, NS: Formac Publishing Company. ISBN   978-0-8878-0490-8. OCLC   44039752. ^[6]
• — (2005). Mothers of the Municipality: Women, Work and Social Policy in Post-1945 Halifax. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-1-4426-2746-8. OCLC   903968453.
• —; Rutherford, John (2008). Protect, Befriend, Respect: Nova Scotia's Mental Health Movement, 1908–2008. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publishing. ISBN   978-1-5526-6275-5. OCLC   233522115.

References

Citations

1. MemoryNS (2025).
2. WFNS (2025).
3. Stewart (1972).
4. Roy (1983); Nowlan (1983); MacMillan (1983); DeLottinville (1985).
5. Wright (1989); Raible (1989); Bradbury (1991); Mills (1990).
6. Wilson (2000).

Sources

• Bradbury, Bettina (December 1991). "The Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax by Judith Fingard (review)" . The Canadian Historical Review . 72 (4). University of Toronto Press: 601–603. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
• DeLottinville, Peter (1985). "Judith Fingard: Jack in Port: Sailortowns of Eastern Canada". Histoire Sociale / Social History. 18 (35). York University: 203–204. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
• MacMillan, Margaret (2 July 1983). "Sailortowns: the east coast's brawling ports". The Toronto Star . Toronto, ON: Torstar . Retrieved 12 August 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• [MemoryNS] (2025). "Judith Fingard". MemoryNS. Halifax, NS: Council of Nova Scotia Archives. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
• Mills, David (1 November 1990). "The Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax". Histoire Sociale / Social History. 23 (46). York University: 377–379. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
• Nowlan, Alden (29 January 1983). "She tells our ports' tale well". Telegraph-Journal . Saint John, NB. Retrieved 12 August 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Raible, Chris (30 December 1989). "The ugly underside of Halifax back then". The Toronto Star . Toronto, ON: Torstar . Retrieved 12 August 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Roy, Patricia E. (March 1983). "Jack in Port: Sailortowns of Eastern Canada by Judith Fingard (review)" . The Canadian Historical Review . 64 (1). University of Toronto Press: 46–47. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
• Stewart, Gordon (December 1972). "The Anglican Design in Loyalist Nova Scotia 1783–1816 by Judith Fingard (review)" . The Canadian Historical Review . 53 (4). University of Toronto Press: 447–449. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
• [WFNS] (2025). "Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award". Halifax, NS: Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia . Retrieved 12 August 2025.
• Wilson, Alan (December 2000). "Halifax: The First 250 Years by Judith Fingard, Janet Guildford, and David Sutherland (review)" . The Canadian Historical Review . 81 (4). University of Toronto Press: 711–712. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
• Wright, Harold (30 December 1989). "The dark underbelly of Victorian Halifax". Telegraph-Journal . Saint John, NB. Retrieved 12 August 2025– via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Official website
• Works by Judith Fingard at Open Library
• Judith Fingard at 49th Shelf, Association of Canadian Publishers