Cornelius J. Jaenen

Historian.

A faculty member of the History Department at United College and the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Manitoba, Cornelius John Jaenen was born at Cannington Manor, Saskatchewan. He received his education at a one-roomed country school at Antler, Saskatchewan, a high school at Brunkild, Manitoba, and St. Paul's College, before going on to the University of Manitoba for his Honours B.A., M.A. and eventually a B.Ed. degree. The University of Bordeaux in France awarded him a Diplome de Fin d'Etudes and the University of Ottawa a doctorate for work in early Canadian history. He taught for nine years at the secondary level, spent three years in Ethiopia, taught one year at Memorial University of Newfoundland, before coming to United College (now the University of Winnipeg) in 1959 where he spent eight years. He is presently [1975] a Full Professor of History at the University of Ottawa. He is active in many scholarly, educational and community service organizations. He is a past member of the Manitoba Historical Society and served on the executive council as chairman of the program committee, and as Second and then First Vice-President in 1965-66 and 1966-67.

His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

Foundations of Dual Education at Red River, 1811-1834
MHS Transactions, Series, 3, 1965-65 Season

The Delights and Dilemmas of Diversity: The Ethnic Factor in Canadian History
MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1974-75 Season

The French Presence in the West, 1734-1874
Manitoba History, volume 24, Autumn 1992

Profile revised: 14 October 2008