Cole Harris

Cole Harris
Born	Richard Colebrook Harris July 4, 1936 (1936-07-04) Vancouver, British Columbia
Alma mater	University of British Columbia University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation	geographer
Employer	University of Toronto University of British Columbia
Awards	Order of Canada

Richard Colebrook "Cole" Harris, OC, FRSC (born July 4, 1936) is a Canadian geographer.

Education

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958 from the University of British Columbia. He received a Master of Science degree in 1962 and achieved his Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Educator

In 1964, Harris joined the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor and became an Associate Professor in 1971. In 1971, he joined the University of British Columbia as an Associate Professor and became a Professor in 1973.

Awards

In 1982, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The Royal Canadian Geographical Society awarded Harris a Gold Medal in 1988 and the Massey Medal in 2003. In 2004, Professor Harris was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Selected bibliography

• The Seigneurial System in Early Canada: A Geographical Study - 1966
• Canada Before Confederation: A Study in Historical Geography - 1974 (edited with John Warkentin)
• Letters from Windermere, 1912-1914 - 1984 ISBN 0-7748-0394-0 (edited with Elizabeth Phillips)
• Historical Atlas of Canada, vol. I: From the Beginning to 1800 - 1987
• The Resettlement of British Columbia: Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change - 1997
• Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British Columbia - 2003 (nominated for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize)
• The Reluctant Land: Society, Space, and Environment in Canada before Confederation - 2009

References

• "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=harpp&t=39647&d=1252. Retrieved March 20, 2006. 
• "University of British Columbia Cole Harris fonds". http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/harris.html. Retrieved March 20, 2006. 
• "2003 Royal Canadian Geographical Society Massey Medal winner". http://www.rcgs.org/awards/massey_medal/winner_massey2003.asp. Retrieved February 20, 2004.