George Norman Hillmer is a leading Canadianhistorian and teacher and is among the leading scholars on Canada-US relations. Hillmer completed his B.A. and his M.A. in history at the University of Toronto in 1966 and 1967, respectively, before going on to earn a Ph.D. from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1974. During this period, he also worked as an assistant to former Prime MinisterLester Pearson, who was then working at Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. In 1972, Hillmer joined the Directorate of History at Canada's Department of National Defence as a staff historian. He rose to become the acting director of the directorate before shifting in 1990 to a full-time career as a professor of History and International Affairs at Carleton University, a position he continues to hold. Hillmer collaborates with other scholars on many of his book projects, often with the respected Canadian historian J.L. Granatstein. In December 2016, Hillmer was named a Member of the Order of Canada.
Publications
Books
O. D. Skelton: A Portrait of Canadian Ambition, xii, 424.
Canada’s International Policies: Agendas, Alternatives, and Politics , vi, 432 pp.
Prime Ministers: Ranking Canada’s Leaders , 233 pp.
Elder Daughter of the Empire: A History of Canadian‑British Relations, 1713‑1982 , xii, 271 pp.
Empire to Umpire: Canada and the World to the 1990s , ix, 373 pp. Revised and expanded as Empire to Umpire: Canada and the World into the Twenty-First Century, xiii, 393 pp.
For Better or For Worse: Canada and the United States to the l990s , xvi, 334 pp. Revised and expanded as For Better or For Worse: Canada and the United States into the Twenty-First Century, xviii, 359 pp.
O. D. Skelton: The Work of the World, 1923-1941, xx, 53 page introduction, 517 pp.
Canadas of the Mind: The Making and Unmaking of Canadian Nationalisms in the Twentieth Century , x, 326 pp.
Fuelling Progress: One Hundred Years of the Canadian Gas Association, 1907-2007 , xi, 180 pp.
The Land Newly Found: Eyewitness Accounts of the Canadian Immigrant Experience , 431 pp.
Canada Among Nations 2004: Setting Priorities Straight , x, 291 pp.
Battle Lines: Eyewitness Accounts from Canada’s Military History , 490 pp.
Among Nations 2003: Coping with the American Colossus , xii, 354 pp.
Activism and Alignment: The Relationship Between Foreign Policy and Security Doctrine , vii, 154 pp.
First Drafts: Eyewitness Accounts from Canada's Past , 486 pp.
Canada Among Nations 2002: A Fading Power , xii, 299 pp.
Canada Among Nations 2001: The Axworthy Legacy , xiv, 235 pp.
Pearson: the Unlikely Gladiator, x, 213 pp.
A Country of Limitations: Canada and the World in 1939/Un pays dans la gêne: le Canada et le monde en 1939 , 295 pp.
Documents relatifs aux relations extérieures du Canada/Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume XIII: 1947 , xxxvii, 1654 pp.
Making a Difference? Canada's Foreign Policy in a Changing World Order , xx, 236 pp. French edition: La politique étrangere canadienne dans un ordre international en mutation: une volonté de se démarquer?, 338 pp. Chinese edition., 267 pp.
Partners Nevertheless: Canadian‑American Relations in the Twentieth Century, 322 pp.
Nearly Neighbours: Canada and the Soviet Union from Cold War to Détente and Beyond , xii, 174 pp.
On Guard for Thee: War, Ethnicity, and the Canadian State, l939‑l945 , xx, 282 pp.
