Professor Keith Walden was born in Montreal, Quebec. From 1966 to 1970 he was an undergraduate student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He also received his Master's degree (1971) and Doctorate degree (1981) from Queen's University. Professor Walden joined the History Department of Trent University in 1977. His major historical research interest has been in the area of popular culture, particularly myth and symbolism. Professor Walden served for several years, until August 1990, as an editor of the journal _Ontario History_, and has published several articles and books. His books include _Isaac Brock, man and myth: a study of the militia myth of the War of 1812 in Upper Canada, 1812-1912_, 1971; _The symbol and myth of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in some British, American and English Canadian popular literature, 1873-1973_, 1980; _Visions of order_, 1982; _Becoming modern in Toronto: the Industrial Exhibition and the shaping of a late Victorian culture_, 1997; and _The papers of Harry Cassidy and Beatrice Pearce: the courtship years, 1917-1925_, 2009.
1966-1990
1970-2009