Bridging the gap between popular and academic history

David O’Keefe presenting at the 2014 Canada’s History Forum.

Hosted by Canada’s History Society

 — Posted November 2, 2014

David O’Keefe is an award-winning historian, documentarian and professor at Marianopolis College in Westmount, Quebec. He served with the The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada in Montreal and worked as a Signals Intelligence research historian for the Directorate of History and Heritage (DND). He has also created and collaborated on over 15 documentaries for History Television and appeared on CBC Radio, Global Television, and the UKTV Network in Great Britain.

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