Editorial Team

General Editor (Articles, Research Notes, and Commentaries): Michael Moir

Michael Moir managed corporate, municipal, and academic archival programs during a career that spanned forty years. In 1984, he was appointed archivist for the Toronto Harbour Commissioners, where he developed a deep interest in maritime history. After serving six years as Director of Corporate Records Services and City Archivist for City of Toronto, he was hired as University Archivist and Head of the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections at York University Libraries in 2004. He soon joined the project investigating Changing Urban Waterfronts that produced the book, Reshaping Toronto’s Waterfront (University of Toronto Press, 2011), with chapters by Moir on harbour commissions and the large-scale manipulation of nature, and Toronto’s shipbuilding industry in the context of port planning. His research has since focused on Canadian shipbuilding during the First World War, leading to several conference presentations and articles. Moir is a two-time winner of the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History’s Henry N. Barkhausen Award for original research. He served as President of the Canadian Nautical Research Society from 2020 to 2023 and is currently its Secretary. Prior to joining the CNRS, Moir was President of The Champlain Society (an organization devoted to publishing primary sources in Canadian history) from 2004 to 2010, and was Chair of its Publications Committee from 2003 to 2005.

Book Reviews Editor: Rebecca Murray

Rebecca Murray has a Master of Arts in Canadian Studies from Carleton University (2012) and has worked at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) in Ottawa for over ten years as a Reference Archivist and Program Advisor. Her research interests include the representation of servicewomen in visual records and the related and various intersections of art and military history, feminism and user experience. Rebecca was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Production Editor: Walter Lewis

Walter Lewis served in the 1980s and 1990s as a member of the editorial board of FreshWater, the historical journal published by the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston. He has been a member of CNRS since 1984, a member of the executive since 2012, and the production editor of The Northern Mariner / le marin du nord since 2015.

Past Editors:

Dr. William Glover succeeded Professor Skip Fischer as General Editor from volume 11, no. 3 (2001) to volume 16, no. 2 (2006), when he was succeeded by Dr. Roger Sarty. Dr. Glover returned to the editor's chair (articles) with volume 25, no. 3 (2015), and passed on his duties after completing volume 30, no. 4 (2020). Dr. Peter Kikkert served as General Editor from volume 31 (2021) to volume 34 (2024). 

Editorial Board

Roger Sarty, Waterloo, Ontario (Chair)

Richard Gimblett, Port Hope, Ontario (Vice Chair)

Alicia Caporaso, New Orleans, Louisiana

Andrew Cook, St. Andrews, United Kingdom

Roy Fenton, London, United Kingdom

Cheryl Fury, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Matthew Heaslip, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Ingo Heidbrink, Norfolk, Virginia

Anna Gibson Holloway, Washington, DC

Jennifer Hubbard, Toronto, Ontario

Olaf Janzen, Corner Brook, Newfoundland

Chris Madsen, North Vancouver, British Columbia

Lincoln Paine, Portland, Maine

James C. Rentfrow, Annapolis, Maryland

Evan Wilson, Newport, Rhode Island

Tom Malcomson, Toronto, Ontario (ex officio)

Errolyn Humphreys, Ottawa, Ontario (ex officio)