About Carolyn Podruchny Carolyn Podruchny is an assistant professor in the Department of History at York University. Books by Carolyn Podruchny Gathering Places Aboriginal and Fur Trade Histories edited by Carolyn Podruchny & Laura Peers Making the Voyageur World Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade by (author) Carolyn Podruchny Decentring the Renaissance Canada and Europe in Multidisciplinary Perspective 1500-1700 edited by Carolyn Podruchny & Germaine Warkentin