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Maria Tippett (born 1944) is a Canadian historian who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 1979 for her biography Emily Carr. Raised in Victoria, Tippett travelled through Europe and the Middle East for three years following high school before attending Simon Fraser University.[1] She received a Master's degree from Cambridge University and a doctorate in history from the University of London.[2] Tippett resides on Pender Island BC Canada [3] and is married to Peter Clarke, formerly Professor of Modern British history and Master of Trinity Hall at Cambridge University.

Career

Before moving to Cambridge in 1990, Tippett taught at Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, Emily Carr College of Art and Design and was Roberts Professor of Canadian Studies at York University.[3]

Once at Cambridge University she was a visiting fellow at Clare Hall (1991-1992), then a research associate at the Scott Polar Research Institute (1993–95).[3] In 1995 she was appointed a Senior Research Fellow and tutor at Churchill College (1995-2004).[2] Tippett was a member of the Faculty of History from 1992-2004 and was chair of the Churchill College Art Gallery from 1997-2001[3]

After her return to Canada, Tippett was an associate research professor at Simon Fraser University (2006–10).[2][3]

Tippett was a member of the editorial board of The Canadian Historical Review, Canadian Art, Art Focus and an Arts Journalist Fellow at The Banff Centre in 1988. In 1989, Tippett was a guest curator at the London Regional Art Gallery in London Ontario, and in 1992 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[3] She has received honorary doctorates from Windsor University in 1994, and from the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University in 2006.[3]

In the course of her career, Tippett has curated art exhibitions at Simon Fraser University Art Gallery (BC Canada), the London Region Art Gallery (Ontario, Canada), the National Library (Luxembourg), as well as both the Clare Hall Art Gallery and the Churchill College Art Gallery (Cambridge University). She has judged the Governor General's non-fiction Book Award and the BC Book Prize. She has lectured in South America, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia in addition to Canada and the United States. Tippett has also been a consultant and television presenter for TV Ontario, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation. In 1998 Tippett was appointed to The Canadian Memorial Foundation, Canada House where she was a member of the board until 2005. In 2010 she was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. From 2012-2015 she was 

a member of the Craigdarroch Research Awards Committee at the University of Victoria.

Works

Co-Authored

  • From Desolation to Splendour: Changing Perceptions of the British Columbia Landscape (1977) with Douglas L. Cole [3]
  • Phillips in Print (1977) with Douglas L. Cole [4]

Authored

  • Emily Carr, A Biography (1979) [3]
  • Art at the Service of War: Canada, Art, and the Great War (1984)
  • Breaking the Cycle, and Other Stories from a Gulf Island (1989)
  • Making Culture : English-Canadian Institutions and the Arts before the Massey Commission (1990)
  • Canada, Art and Propaganda during the Great War (1990)
  • By a Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women (1992)
  • Between Two Cultures: A Photographer among the Inuit (1994)
  • Becoming Myself: A Memoir (1996)
  • Stormy Weather: F.H. Varley, A Biography (1998)
  • Bill Reid: The Making of an Indian (2004)
  • Portrait in Light and Shadow: The Life of Yousuf Karsh (2007)
  • Eating Bitter: A Chinese American Saga (2010)
  • Made in British Columbia (2015)

[3]

Awards and honours

  • Hubert Evans non-fiction Prize, 2016, short-listed, "Made in British Columbia, Eight Ways of Making Culture"
  • Basil Stuart-Stubbs Book Prize, short-listed, 2016, "Made in British Columbia, Eight Ways of Making Culture"
  • Canadian non-fiction Award, short-listed, 2007, Portrait in Light and Shadow: The Life of Yousuf Karsh
  • Dafoe Book Prize, short-listed, 2008, "Portrail in Light and Shadow: The Life of Yousuf Karsh"
  • Hubert Evans non-fiction Prize, 2004, Bill Reid, the making of an Indian
  • BC Book Prize, short-listed, 1993, By a Lady, Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women
  • Van City Book Prize, short-listed, 1993, By a Lady, Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women
  • Canada 125 Medal, 1992
  • Garneau Award 1985, short-listed, Emily Carr: a biography
  • Canadian Studies Writing Award, 1982
  • Governor General's Award for non-fiction, 1979, Emily Carr: a biography
  • John A. Macdonald History Prize, 1979, Emily Carr: a biography
  • Eaton's BC Book Award - now the BC Book Prize, 1978, From Desolation to Splendour: changing perceptions of the British Columbia Landscape [3]

References

  1. ^ Charlotte Gray. "An Author Discovers Herself Maria Tippett: Becoming Myself, A Memoir by Maria Tippett Stoddart" Toronto Star. Nov 30 1996
  2. ^ a b c "Hard work wins respect". Times Colonist. November 12, 2006
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Canadian Who's Who 2012-2013 Volume XLVII, Third Sector Publishing, Orillia, Ontario, Distributed by University of Toronto Press
  4. ^ http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/books/mrs06.pdf
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