Marcel Martel (born 1965) is a Canadian historian. He currently holds the Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian History at

York University York University (), also known as YorkU or simply YU), is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, ...

. A student of

Ramsay Cook George Ramsay Cook (28 November 1931 – 14 July 2016) was a Canadian historian and general editor of the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography''. He was professor of history at the University of Toronto, 1958–1968; York University, 1969–1 ...

, Martel has published extensively on topics ranging from

French Canadian nationalism Quebec nationalism or Québécois nationalism is a feeling and a political doctrine that prioritizes cultural belonging to, the defence of the interests of, and the recognition of the political legitimacy of the Québécois nation. It has been ...

to federal drug policy. His book ''Le deuil d'un pays imaginé'' won the 1997 ''Prix Michel-Brunet'' from the . In 2017, Martel was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Canada judges to have "made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life" ...

.Five York professors elected to Royal Society of Canada
''Excalibur'', October 2, 2017

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1965 births 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Living people Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Academic staff of York University Historians of Quebec 21st-century Canadian historians {{Canada-historian-stub