Dr. Shirley Tillotson is Professor of History at Dalhousie University. She was the 2019 recipient of the Governor General’s History Award for Scholarly Research for her book, Give and Take: The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy. This, and her other work on Canadian tax history, are part of her general research interest as a historian in the tissue of connections between the institutions of government and the relationships of daily life and civil society. In addition to continuing scholarly research, she has, since her retirement from the classroom, brought a Canadian historical perspective to journalism and social media conversations.