Biography
Zachary Tingley is an Atlantic Canadian Historian who specializes in the history of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Region. He is a 4th year PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John, his SSHRC funded dissertation “Navigating a Marine Commons: The Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Challenges of Maritime Safety, 1815-1867” explores the relationships between navigational safety, governance, and the environment. Before coming to Mount Allison University he was a lecturer at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.
Publications
Peer Reviewed
Zachary A. Tingley and Elizabeth Mancke, “Intercolonial Cooperation and the Building of St. Paul and Scatarie Island Lighthouses, 1826-2840,” Acadiensis 51, no. 2 (2022): 60-90.
Other
“Reflections on Space, Imagination, and Maritime Safety in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1820-1839,” Borealia Early Canadian History, (July 22, 2024).
“New Brunswick Lighthouses and Colonial Spaces, 1784-1867,” Borealia Early Canadian History, (March 19, 2018).
Education
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton (MA)
Saint Thomas University, Fredericton (BA)
Teaching
Topics in Environmental History
Introduction to Environmental History
Research
Zachary’s research interests are centered on the role of Atlantic Canada in the Atlantic World. He is particularly interested in the way that people conceived of maritime space and how at certain points in time people worked together to find shared solutions in this space which saved lives.
His current research projects include an examination of the lighthouse as a public good in Atlantic Canada during the nineteenth century, a co-authored project with Dr. Joshua MacFadyen on the Gulf of St. Lawrence Survey. Zachary is also a collaborator on the SSHRC funded project “Ecologies, Knowledge, and Power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region c1500-Present” currently being led by Dr. Joshua MacFadyen and Dr. Erin Spinney.
Grants, awards & honours
2023 York Sunbury Historical Society Authors Recognition Award as co-author of “Intercolonial Cooperation and the Building of St. Paul and Scatarie Island Lighthouses, 1826-1840”