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Dr. Hilda Neatby, C.C., F.R.S.C., BA’24, MA’28 (d. 1975)

A surprising bestseller published in 1953 cemented Hilda Neatby as one of the most formidable intellectuals in Canada. Her book, So Little for the Mind, criticized the Canadian public education system, and garnered as much praise as it did criticism. A Canadian historian and educator, she went on to serve as head of the History Department at the U of S from 1958 to 1969. It was during this period that she published another seminal work that examined the transitional events between 1760 and 1791 in the province of Quebec. A Companion of the Order of Canada, she was also featured on a Canada Post stamp in 2000. The U of S recently renamed its largest lecture theatre in the Arts Building in her honour.