11 Facts About Bill Waiser

Bill Waiser's father had been a transient worker on the Prairies during the Great Depression before settling in Ontario after the Second World War.

Bill Waiser completed his graduate work at the University of Saskatchewan, earning his master's in 1976 and doctorate in 1983.

Bill Waiser was Yukon Historian for the Canadian Parks Service before joining the Department of History at the U of S in 1984.

Bill Waiser served as department head from 1995 to 1998.

Bill Waiser received the College of Arts and Science Teaching Excellence Award in 2003 and was named the university's Distinguished Researcher at the spring 2004 convocation.

Bill Waiser was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the province's highest honour, in 2006, and elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada the following year.

Bill Waiser was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2018.

Bill Waiser received the Pierre Berton Award for achievement in popular history in 2018.

In 2020, Bill Waiser was honoured with a lifetime achievement award for Prairie history by the Canadian Historical Association.

Bill Waiser had previously been nominated for the award in 1997 for Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion, co-written with Blair Stonechild.

In 2023, Bill Waiser had his first children's book published through Thistledown Press.