Joan Dawson

Joan Dawson is a Canadian writer and historian in Nova Scotia. Originally from London, England, she moved to Winnipeg in 1954, later settling in Halifax. She has written a variety of articles concerning maps and Nova Scotian history, as well as several books. She is a fellow of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society.

Biography Joan Dawson is from London, England. She met her husband while attending Oxford University, and moved with him to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1954, where she taught French and ran a library in an independent girls' school. She later moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she had two sons.

Dawson has written a wide variety of articles on the topics of maps and Nova Scotian history. She has published several books, among them The Mapmakers' Legacy in 2007, A History of Nova Scotia in 50 Objects in 2015, and Nova Scotia's Historic Inland Communities in 2022.

Dawson is a member of the Lunenburg County Historical Society and the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. She is a fellow of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society.

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