Céline P. Kear

Historian, educator.

She was born in Newfoundland and received her undergraduate degree from Memorial University with a double major in French and history. She received an MA in French literature from Laval University in Quebec, graduating cum laude. She is fully bilingual.

She has taught at three universities. Her area of interest is the comparative novel and the role of women in the development of thenovel. For several years she was the Canadian president of the Jane Austen Society of North America.

She is very active in the history and heritage community of Winnipeg. She served as President of the Manitoba Historical Society (1996-1998) and later served as President of Heritage Winnipeg. In recognition of her work in support of heritage conservation in Manitoba, she received a Heritage Winnipeg Distinguished Service Award in 2012.

She has never lost her affection for The Rock and spends her summers in a 150 year old house in an historic preservation area of St. John’s. She has always maintained her membership in the Newfoundland Historical Society.

Her husband, Allan R. Kear, is a retired professor from the University of Manitoba.

Profile revised: 20 February 2012