Saskatoon Queer Spaces

Dr. Valerie J. Korinek

Contributing Historian

Dr. Valerie J. Korinek has a doctorate in Canadian cultural and gender history from the University of Toronto. She is currently the A.S. Morton Professor of History in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan. An award-winning teacher and scholar, Dr. Korinek is the recipient of the Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teacher at USask. Her scholarly contributions have been recognized with a fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada.

Dr. Korinek has published widely in contemporary prairie gendered histories. Her most recent book, Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada 1930-1985 (U of T Press, 2018) has won numerous national awards.