Dr. Lisa Chilton

Dr. Lisa Chilton is an associate professor in the History Department, a member of the graduate faculty of the Master of Arts in Island Studies, and the director of a new program in Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island. Chilton has taught a wide range of Global History and Canadian History courses, including courses on twentieth-century war and revolution, international migrations, British imperialism, and gender history. Her areas of research and publishing expertise are the history of international migrations and the history of British cultural imperialism. Her publications include Agents of Empire: British Female Migration to Canada and Australia, 1860s-1930 (University of Toronto Press, 2007), articles and chapters in multiple journals and edited collections, and a Canadian Historical Association booklet in the Immigration and Ethnicity in Canada Series, titled: Receiving Canada’s Immigrants: The Work of the State Before 1930 (2016). Chilton is currently writing a book on the history of Canadian immigration from the 1760s to the Great Depression. She has held executive membership positions in a variety of professional associations and academic editorial boards, and has also worked extensively with immigrant students on Prince Edward Island.

As the Director of the Applied Communication, Leadership and Culture program at UPEI, Chilton is increasingly speaking to large audiences of students and parents about how prospective students should approach their university studies - especially if they aren't sure about where they want to go career-wise post-graduation. The ACLC program is the result of her work to help students navigate the world of higher education.