About Jeffrey McNairn Jeffrey L. McNairn is an associate professor in the Department of History at Queen's University and winner of the John Bullen Prize awarded by the Canadian Historical Association for the best doctoral dissertation. Books by Jeffrey McNairn The Capacity To Judge Public Opinion and Deliberative Democracy in Upper Canada,1791-1854 by (author) Jeffrey McNairn The Capacity To Judge Public Opinion and Deliberative Democracy in Upper Canada,1791-1854 by (author) Jeffrey McNairn