Background
Nathalie Cooke was born in 1960, in Madras (now Chennai), India.
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In 1982, Nathalie received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen’s University.
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In 1983, Nathalie received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Education in 1984, and a Ph.D. in 1990.
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In 1987, Nathalie received a Master of Arts degree from Cornell University.
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What did you eat for dinner today? Did you make your own cheese? Butcher your own pig? Collect your own eggs? Drink your own home-brewed beer? Shanty bread leavened with hops-yeast, venison and wild rice stew, gingerbread cake with maple sauce, and dandelion coffee – this was an ordinary backwoods meal in Victorian-era Canada. Originally published in 1855, Catharine Parr Traill’s classic The Female Emigrant’s Guide, with its admirable recipes, candid advice, and astute observations about local food sourcing, offers an intimate glimpse into the daily domestic and seasonal routines of settler life.
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Nathalie Cooke was born in 1960, in Madras (now Chennai), India.
In 1982, Nathalie received a Bachelor of Arts from Queen’s University. She received a Master of Arts in 1983, a Bachelor of Education in 1984, and a Ph.D. in 1990, all from the University of Toronto. In 1987, she also received a Master of Arts from Cornell University.
Nathalie Cooke began her collaboration with McGill University in 1991, when she was appointed an assistant professor. In 1997, she became an associate professor. Cooke is currently a professor of English, affiliate member of the History Department and fellow of the Institute for the Public Life of Art and Ideas. She also served as Associate Provost (2010-2013) and Associate Dean of Arts (2006-2010). She has also taught at secondary and post-secondary levels, served as University representative on the Commission d`évaluation des Programmes et Projets (2004-05) and as Chair of the Board of Governors of Cegep Vanier College (2008-2010).
In 2016 she was appointed Associate Dean of the McGill University Library (Rare & Special Collections, Osler, Art and Archives). As a leading anglophone institution situated in a predominantly francophone province, the Library has accumulated one of the most unique collections in North America, with approximately one in every five of the its 6,000,000 books classified as rare.
Cooke’s research has often involved close collaborations with University archivists and librarians. She is co-editor of The Johnson Family Treasury (2015) with Kathryn Harvey (Head of Archival and Special Collections at the University of Guelph), and working with University of Toronto librarian Liz Ridolfo to mount an exhibit of historical cookery books at the Fisher Library in 2018. Her SSHRC-supported digital humanities project included then McGill librarian David McKnight as co-investigator, and served as basis of conference papers and articles co-authored with McGill librarian Jennifer Garland (Rare Books and Special Collections). In winter 2017 she co-taught a course for IPLAI with McGill librarian Deena Yanofsky.
Cooke is founding editor of CuiZine: the Journal of Canadian Food Cultures; revue des cultures culinaires au Canada, an open access journal published by the McGill Library since 2009.
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2017(This book offers readers a concise introduction to Atwood...)
2004Quotations: “Being a living writer who’s the subject of biography must be an incredibly awkward position to be in.”
Cooke married in 1984. The marriage produced four children.