Sherry Olson
Professor Emerita
Department of Geography
McGill University
Canada
Biography
PhD Geography, The Johns Hopkins University (1965) Assistant Professor, Geography & Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins (1965-1972) At McGill University, Department of Geography since 1973 Membre du CIÉQ Centre interuniversitaire d’études québécoises, Université Laval et UQTR
Research Interest
Geography & environmental history
Publications
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Olson, Sherry, 2007 “Downwind, downstream, downtown: The environmental legacy in Baltimore and Montrealâ€, Journal of Environmental History 12-4 (October): 845-866
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Olson, Sherry 2011. “City streets as environmental grid: The challenge of private uses and municipal stewardshipâ€, pp. 148-167 In Metropolitan Natures, Environmental Histories of Montreal, Stéphane Castonguay and Michèle Dagenais eds. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press
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Olson, Sherry, and Patricia A. Thornton 2011. Peopling the North American City: Montreal 1840-1900. Montreal: MQUP. Honorable mention, Sir John A. MacDonald Award of the Canadian Historical Association 2011
