![]() ![]() ![]() The Riverdale Historical Society, which she co-founded in 1999, won the 2007 Heritage Toronto Community Heritage Award and the Members' Choice Award.Īs part of her research for Sugar: A Bittersweet History, Elizabeth spent time on sugarcane bateys in the Dominican Republic, interviewing Haitian sugarcane cutters and spending time with their families. She has received a Mount Sinai Hospital volunteer service award, a City of Toronto Community Service Volunteer Award and an Ontario Government Volunteer Service Award. She served for several years on the Editorial Board of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation and the Rights and Freedoms Committee of The Writers' Union of Canada. She volunteers for Tafelmusik and from 1995 to 2007 co-ordinated the Trinity College-Mount Sinai Hospital Pet Therapy Program. She is a member of the Antigua and Barbuda Association of Toronto and of PEN Canada. She is vice-president of the Riverdale Historical Society and sits on the Board of Directors of the St. ![]() ![]() Her most recent, Sugar: A Bittersweet History, was inspired by her Antiguan heritage.Įlizabeth is a Research Associate at Trinity College, University of Toronto and, from 1991 to 2004, was Dean of Women. She is the author of several books, listed below. Before moving to Toronto, she lived in Montreal and Port-au-Prince. She has a doctorate from McGill University in 19th century history. Elizabeth Abbott is a writer and historian with a special interest in women's issues, social justice for all and sugarcane-cutters in particular, the treatment and lives of animals, and the environment. ![]()
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