Education
University of Oxford. University of Toronto. Trinity College; Upper Canada College.
University of Oxford. University of Toronto. Trinity College; Upper Canada College.
After immigrating to Canada as a child, Eksteins, son of a Baptist minister, settled first in Winnipeg and then in Toronto, where he attended Upper Canada College on scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor in 1965 from the University of Toronto (Trinity College). He then studied at Oxford University (Street Antony"s College) as a Rhodes Scholar, earning his Bachelor of Philosophy in 1967, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1970. He is professor emeritus of history at University of Toronto Scarborough since 1970.