Dr. Aaron Clift
Positions
Postdoctoral Scholar
Community Health Sciences
Postdoctoral Scholar
History
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
DPhil History, University of Oxford, 2022
MA History, University of Toronto, 2017
BA History & Political Science, University of Victoria, 2016
Biography
I am a Postdoctoral History Scholar in the Department of the Community Health Sciences, where I am working on a project concerning the public debate around fluoridation in five Canadian cities (Calgary, Regina, Windsor, Kingston, and Quebec). I am particularly interested in the intersection of politics and public health throughout modern history, and have previously written on a range of topics in the political and social history of both modern Europe and North America.
I received a Bachelor's degree in History & Political Science from the University of Victoria in 2016, followed by a Master's in History from the University of Toronto in 2017 and a Doctorate from the University of Oxford in 2022. Having previously taught at King's College London and Oxford, I joined the University of Calgary in 2022.
Projects
This project examines why and how water fluoridation ceased in five Canadian municipalities (Calgary, Kingston, Regina, Quebec City and Windsor) and why and how it has been introduced or reintroduced in others (Calgary, Regina, and Windsor). The focus is on by whom, how, when, and why fluoridation was ceased or (re)implemented. Information sources will include news media articles, public social media communications and fluoridation-related correspondence to elected officials from residents and others, as well as interviews with key stakeholders (e.g., physicians, dentists, retired public health officers, current and former elected officials, municipal water engineers).
Awards
- Catalyst Grant, CIHR. 2022
- Ralph Gibson Bursary, Society for the Study of French History. 2020
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