Jean Barman

Jean Barman is a historian of British Columbia.

Born in Stephen, Minnesota, United States, Barman arrived in British Columbia in 1971.

Her work The West Beyond the West: A History of British Columbia has been described as the "standard text on the subject [of British Columbia history].

"[1] She has received the Lieutenant Governor's Medal for historical writing,[1] and the 2006 City of Vancouver Book Award (for Stanley Park's Secret).

[2] She is a professor emerita at the University of British Columbia, as is her husband, the historian of Brazil Roderick Barman.