Nancy Christie was a Commonwealth Scholar at the University of Sydney where she received her PhD in 1987. She has taught at various universities in Canada, including the University of Manitoba, the University of Winnipeg, Queen's University, McGill-University, Trent University, and the University of Western Ontario. She has written many books and has been awarded two national book awards for her scholarship which has ranged over two centuries and covered a diverse range of themes, all of which has sought to place the history of Canada in a global perspective.