Historian.
David Spector is a retired Winnipeg-based historian and former Parks Canada research manager. He has published numerous articles and reports throughout his career, primarily focusing in the history of Western Canada. Having a life-long interest in the subject, he researched and wrote Assiniboine Park: Designing and Developing a People's Playground (2019) as a retirement pastime. He also leads hikes and historical walks for Nature Manitoba.
His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
Winnipeg’s First Labour Unions
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 21, Number 4, Summer 1976The 1883 Locomotive Engineers’ Strike in the Canadian North West
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 22, Number 1, Autumn 1976John Gunion Rutherford - A Famous Manitoba Veterinarian
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 23, Number 4, Summer 1978The Buildings of the Winnipeg-Based Union and Northern Crown Banks: A Glimpse into Early Twentieth Century Corporate Architecture
Manitoba History, Number 21, Spring 1991
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