The historian, R.C. Macleod of the University of Alberta, has written that: "Much of English Canada’s understanding of the formative years of the Canadian West comes from George Stanley’s remarkable work, "The Birth of Western Canada". Considering that it was one of the earliest works by an academically trained historian in this country, it has stood the test of time remarkably well. No other work of Canadian history published before the Second World War is as regularly read by historians, students and the general public…. [This subject will always be identified with his name." In 2015, a Supreme Court of Canada decision on language rights cited "The Birth of Western Canada".