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Dr Carl Benn has been a member of the Department of History at Ryerson University in Toronto since 2008, where he teaches native-newcomer relations, material culture, and museum studies. Previously, he worked in the museum field for 34 years, latterly as Chief Curator of the City of Toronto Museums and Heritage Services where he fulfilled senior curatorial and managerial duties, restored historical properties, curated exhibits, and produced other public resources. During that time he also taught part-time at the University of Toronto in undergraduate History and graduate Museum Studies. His books include: Historic Fort York (1993); The Iroquois in the War of 1812 (1998); The War of 1812 (2002); Mohawks on the Nile (2008); Native Memoirs from the War of 1812: Black Hawk and William Apess (2014), and the forthcoming A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812: John Norton – Teyoninhokarawen (2018). His currently is undertaking research for a book on the history of the Royal Ontario Museum. He also has published extensively in journals, online, and in other venues, and has provided historical and curatorial consulting services to First Nations communities, governmental agencies, and other clients in Canada and the United States.
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