 | Harold Troper Professor phone: (416) 978-1219 email: harold.troper@utoronto.ca Department: Curriculum, Teaching and Learning | |
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Research Overview Dr. Troper's main interests focus on immigrant, ethnic and minority group history; intergroup relations; North American Jewish studies; history of film; American history; history of education and schooling. Academic History Ph.D. University of Toronto, History, 1971 M.A. University of Cincinnati, History, 1966 B.A. Pace College, History, 1965 Teaching Overview Dr. Troper has taught the following courses at OISE: 1401 - Origins of Modern Schooling 1424 - Religion and Social Movements in the History of Canadian Education 1428 - Immigration and the History of Canadian Education 1429 - Ethnicity and the History of Canadian Education Representative Publications BOOKS The Defining Decade: Identity, Politics and the Canadian Jewish Community in the 1960s (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, in press) The Rescuer (Toronto: Lester, Masson and Begg, 2007). ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS "Canada and the Holocaust," Jim Berverley et al (eds.) Encyclopedia of Religions in Canada (Toronto. HarperCollins, in press). "Jews in Canadian Sport 1900- 1950: A Review of the Literature," The Scribe 29 (2009), 45-57. "A Forgotten Controversy: Canada at the 1936 Olympics in Germany," Zakhor (Fall 2009), 3-5.
Encyclopedia Judaica (New York. Thomas Gale, 2007) 27 Entries: "Judy Feld Carr," in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia (Jerusalem. Shalvi Publishing, 2007), Mac and PC versions. "The Jewish Experience: From College to Cullij and Back,"in Denis De Klerck (ed.), College Street: A Renaissance Street (Toronto. Mansfield Press, 2006), 63-77. "Commentary: Canada," in Wayne Cornelius et al (eds.) Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective (Stanford University Press, 2004), 237-239. Honours and Awards • Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Canadian Studies Lecturer, 2006 • Visiting Lectureship in Canadian Studies, Puget Sound University, 2006 • SSHRC Research Fellowship, 2001-2005 • Research Associate, Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement, 1998-2006 • SSHRC Research Fellowship, 1993-1997 • Joseph Tannenbaum Book Award, 1990 • Canadian Ethnic Studies Fellowship, 1986 • Berman Fund Research Award, 1986 • Joseph Tannenbaum Book Award, 1985 • SSHRC Research Fellowship, 1985 • Canadian Historical Association, Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, 1983 • National Jewish Book Award, 1983 • Memorial Foundation International Fellowship, 1980 • Guggenheim Fellowship, 1979 • SSHRC Leave Fellowship, 1979 • City of Toronto Book Award, 1976 • Canada Council Fellowship, 1969, 1970 • Ontario Graduate Fellowship, 1967, 1968, 1969 • University of Cincinnati Graduate Fellowship, 1965, 1966 Professional Activities • National Task Force on Holocaust Research, Remembrance and Education, 2009-2010. • Member of the Management Committee of the University of Toronto Ethnic and Immigrant Studies Program, 2006-2010. • Canadian Editor for a new edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica, 2003-07. • Graduate Coordinator of the History Program, Theory and Policy Studies, 2003-04. • Member of the Edgar Committee on Innovative Curriculum, Toronto Board of Jewish Education, 2000-08 • Chair, Downtown [Toronto] Jewish Learning Council, 2002-06. • Member of the Editorial Board, Canadian Jewish Studies 2002-08. • Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of American Ethnic History, 1997-2008. • Chairman of the Board, Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (University of Toronto), 2001-02. • Member of the Board, Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (University of Toronto), 1996-2004. • Chair of the Board, Centralized Equipment Pool (Province of Ontario), 2002-10. • Member of the Advisory Board, Centralized Equipment Pool (Province of Ontario), 2000- 10. • Chair, Senpo Sugihara Humanitarian Award Committee (NAJC/CJC), 1995-2010. |
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