During the Second World War, he worked in the historical branch of Naval Service Headquarters at Ottawa, then transferred to the
Department of External Affairs, where he served as Canadian Diplomatic Officer aboard the exchange ship
MS Gripsholm.[3]
Career
Careless began lecturing at the University of Toronto in 1945, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Canadian political, ethnic, urban and intellectual history.[2]
He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1949, became a full Professor in 1959 and served as Chairman of the Department of History from 1959 to 1967. Careless was President of the Ontario Historical Society in 1959 and served as Vice-Chairman of the provincial Archaeological and Historic Sites Board. He was made
Professor Emeritus in 1984.[3]
In 1981, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada for his "ability to interpret Canadian history to the general reading public". [1] In 1987, he was awarded the
Order of Ontario.
Personal life
Careless married Elizabeth Isobel Robinson on December 31, 1940. The couple had five children and ten grandchildren.[2]
^Careless, J.M.S. (1989). Frontier and metropolis : regions, cities, and identities in Canada before 1914. University of Toronto Press.
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