Bird, Geoffrey

Dr. Geoffrey Bird is Professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University, Canada, and Associate Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria. His research focuses on cultural memory, remembrance, memorialization, heritage, communication, and experiential learning, exploring the relationship between memory, place, and democratic engagement. He is the creator and project lead of the War Heritage Research Initiative, producing award-winning documentaries and publications on military history, commemoration, and public memory. In recognition of his contributions to teaching and scholarship, he received the Kelly Outstanding Teaching Award (2024) and a Heritage Hallmark Award (2026) for the documentary Story Pole: Indigenous Veterans – The Tallest Pole in the World (https://storypole.ca/). Dr. Bird has extensive experience in community-engaged research and international collaboration, working with organizations including Veterans Affairs Canada, Parks Canada, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and the Canadian Armed Forces. Within the Mnemonic Democracy project, he contributes expertise on cultural memory, heritage, museums, public history, and experiential approaches to civic education.