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David Gagan
Professor Emeritus
History
Areas of interest
Canadian Social History, Social History of Medicine, Quantitative History
Biography
David Gagan retired in 2005 after 10 years with the History department at SFU. Dr Gagan served as Provost and Vice-President Academic at Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµfor four years in the late 1990s. Prior to his appointment at SFU, he served as Vice-President Academic at the University of Winnipeg and was Dean of Humanities at McMaster University for ten years. In addition to his distinguished administrative career, Dr Gagan is a pioneer in Canadian quantitative social history as well as family and medical history.