Michael Petrou

Michael Petrou is a historian specializing in veterans' experiences, currently serving as the lead historian on the oral history project "In Their Own Voices" at the Canadian War Museum since January 2022. Petrou has held various academic roles, including non-resident fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, sessional lecturer at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, and visiting fellow in Global and International Studies at Carleton University. Additionally, Petrou was the editor in chief of Open Canada, a digital magazine focusing on Canada’s international role, and has experience as a freelance journalist, foreign correspondent for Maclean's Magazine, and researcher at several prominent institutions. Petrou's academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Queen's University, a Master of Arts in Atlantic Canada Studies from Saint Mary's University, and a DPhil in Modern History from the University of Oxford.