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Dr. Benjamin Hoy Director, Faculty

Benjamin Hoy is a transnational historian whose work focuses on the Canada-U.S. border and Aboriginal mobility during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. He uses demographic records, federal reports, playlists, and personal correspondence to understand how power is exercised over time and space and how key events and racial perceptions shaped federal action and policy. He is an associate professor in the Department of History.