page_title: Janet Kitz
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caption_attribution_description: English: Historian and author Janet Kitz at the Order of Nova Scotia investiture ceremony November 6, 2018, Province House, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Kitz received the Order of Nova Scotia for her work in education and public history, notably for her work exploring the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
context_page_description: Janet F. Kitz ONS MSM was an educator, author and historian in Halifax, Nova Scotia who played a key role in the recognition of the 1917 Halifax Explosion, the largest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb and the worst man-made disaster in Canadian history.
context_section_description: Janet F. Kitz ONS MSM (January 12, 1930 – May 10, 2019) was an educator, author and historian in Halifax, Nova Scotia who played a key role in the recognition of the 1917 Halifax Explosion, the largest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb and the worst man-made disaster in Canadian history.
caption: Janet Kitz, 2018
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