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Harold Innis, historian of staples and communications

Harold Adams Innis, 1910s. Harold Adams Innis · Unknown photographer (1910s) · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Harold Adams Innis, one of Canada’s great scholars, joined the University of Toronto in 1920 and headed its Department of Political Economy from 1937. Through works such as The Fur Trade in Canada, The Cod Fisheries and Empire and Communications, he deeply influenced the study of economics, history, geography, politics and communications.

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Innis as described in his designation.

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Harold Adams Innis National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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