Dr. Dominique Marshall

Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Dominique Marshall is a Professor of History at Carleton University. Her teaching and research explore the history of social policy, children’s rights, humanitarian aid, disability and technology, refugees, and resource extraction. Her current SSHRC-funded project examines Oxfam’s role in Canadian transnational history (1943–2003). She coordinates the Canadian Network on Humanitarian History and the Carleton University Disability Research Group, and is a Co-Investigator on the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the xDX Design Heritage Project, as well as a contributor to the Recipro teaching website on the history of international and humanitarian aid.

Her publications span Canadian social policy, children’s rights in the League of Nations, humanitarian aid to Africa, and Oxfam’s history in Canada. She is a former President of both the Canadian Historical Association and the Ottawa Historical Association, and received the King Charles III Coronation Medal (2024) for her service to the historical community.

Dr. Marshall is affiliated with the Institute of Political Economy, the Canadian Accessibility Network, and the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University.