Long Citation
Patricia Roy is an historian known especially for her work in Canadian ethnic history. Students of Euro-Canadian attitudes to East Asian immigrants and their descendants cannot ignore her work. Grounded in meticulous research and analyses of local contexts, her approach contributes to legal, ethnic, educational, and regional historiographies. The final volume of her trilogy on the Canadian reception to East Asians is at the press. She also contributed to Canadian urban history with the first scholarly history of Vancouver. Recently, she co-authored (with John Herd Thompson) a history of British Columbia.

Short Citation
Patricia Roy is an historian known especially for her work in Canadian ethnic history. Students of Euro-Canadian attitudes to East Asian immigrants and their descendants cannot ignore her meticulously researched work. She has also contributed to Canadian urban history with the first scholarly history of Vancouver. Recently, she co-authored (with John Herd Thompson) a history of British Columbia.