Jessica van HorssenAssociate Professor, History
Overview
Dr. Jessica van Horssen is a historian who focuses on environmental health and contamination in her work. Her first monograph, A Town Called Asbestos: Environmental Health, Contamination, and Resilience in a Resource Community (UBC Press, 2016) explores the history of the community once known as Asbestos, Quebec, which housed the largest opencast chrysotile asbestos mine in the world for much of …
McMaster Affiliations
Background
Degrees
PhD
History, Western University
MA
History, University of Ottawa
BA Hons
History, English, Bishop's University
Postgraduate training
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
Leeds Beckett University
Contact
vanhorsj@mcmaster.ca
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