Scholarly Interests:

She works on the history of the Canadian insurance industry with her earlier work focused on the history of public automobile insurance in Canada. She is currently researching a book on insurance industry responses to climate related events and has acted as a certified expert witness on Canada’s insurance history. She is also working with the Fair Access to Insurance Roundtable in Calgary, a group run by the Canadian Poverty Institute that brings together scholars and industry representatives who are committed to addressing the growing gap in access to insurance.

Relevant Publications and/or Presentations:

Co-chair, Business and Climate/the Business Climate, Canadian Business History Conference, Banff 2024

Nelson, Heather. “Writing and Reading New Markets: Insurance in Quebec, 1931–1960.” Enterprise & Society 25, no. 2 (2024): 432–53. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2022.48.