Susan Mann Trofimenkoff (born February 10, 1941) is a

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historian and was president of

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from 1992 to 1997. Mann is the sister of politician Gretchen Brewin. Born in

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, Mann received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern History in 1963 from the

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, a Master of Arts degree from the

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in 1965, and a PhD from

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in 1970. As professor, she has taught at the

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(1966-1970),

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(1970-1972), and the

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(1972-1992). She was chair of the Department of History at the University of Ottawa from 1977 to 1980. From 1984 to 1990 she was Vice-Rector Academic. From 1992 to 1997, she was the first woman president of York University. Mann taught the first course in Canadian women's history, and was one of the founding members of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. Mann is the author of ''Visions nationales, Une histoire du Québec'' (1986), ''Dream of Nation. A Social and Intellectual History of Quebec'' (1982), ''Stanley Knowles. The Man from Winnipeg North Centre'' (1982), and ''Action Française. French Canadian Nationalism in the 1920s'' (1975). She co-edited ''The Neglected Majority: Essays in Canadian Women's History'' (2 vol 1985) with Alison Prentice. In 1985, Mann was made a

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. In 2000, she was made a Member of the

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