James Maurice Stockford Careless (February 17, 1919 – April 6, 2009) was a Canadian historian. Biography J.M.S. Careless was born in Toronto, Ontario and attended the University of Toronto Schools. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. He attended Harvard University and received a Master's degree in 1941 and a PhD in 1950. 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 . 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. 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. Dr. 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. In 1962, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was awarded the J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal. From 1963 to 1973, he was a Trustee for the Ontario Science Centre. From 1975 to 1981, he was a Director of the Ontario Heritage Foundation. In 1981, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his "ability to interpret Canadian history to the general reading public". In 1987, he was awarded the Order of Ontario. Private life J. M. S. Careless married Elizabeth Isobel Robinson on December 31, 1940. The couple had 5 children and 10 grandchildren. Awards and honours Awards Governor General's Award, 1953, 1963 University of British Columbia Medal for Biography, 1960 J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal, 1962 Royal Society of Canada Fellow, 1962 Cruikshank Medal, Ontario Historical Society, 1967 City of Toronto Award, 1984, 1985 Order of Canada, 1981 Order of Ontario, 1987 National Heritage Award, 1987 Honorary degrees Laurentian University, 1979 Memorial University, 1981 University of Victoria, 1982 Royal Roads University, 1983 McMaster University, 1983 University of New Brunswick, 1984 University of Calgary, 1986 Selected bibliography Canada: A Story of Challenge (1953), winner of the 1953 Governor General's Awards The Union of the Canadas (1967) Brown of the Globe Volume 1 (1959) and Volume 2 (1963), winner of the 1963 Governor