Maureen Atkinson graduated from UNBC with a History degree in 2002 and went on to complete a MA through Athabasca University and later a PhD through the University of Waterloo (2018).

Dr. Atkinson is a provincial and regional historian interested in aspects of public history, history of the environment, communications, gender, and Indigenous history. She has presented at international conferences in Sweden, and U.S., but her current research interests are much closer to home, investigating the Georgetown sawmill and community on the northwest B.C. coast.

Dr. Atkinson has taught for several years at the UNBC regional campus in Terrace, B.C., but now teaches sessional courses for Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Williams Lake, B.C. She is also a faculty member of TRU Open Learning.