BU dean’s Acadian wartime history receives major award

Brandon University dean of arts Gregory Kennedy has received one of Canada’s most prestigious honours in French-language historical scholarship.

The history professor’s book, “Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada’s First World War” (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024), has been awarded le Grand Prix de l’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française, an award given annually to the best scholarly book on the history of the French in North America.

The Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française highlighted how “Lost in the Crowd” demonstrates the importance of studying the history of minority communities in Canada, the university said in a press release on Monday.

This latest recognition adds to a series of accolade for “Lost in the Crowd.”

Earlier this year, the Canadian Hist