Benjamin Isitt, PhD

Faculty of Law, PO Box 2400, STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3H7 Email. [email protected] | Tel. 250.882.9302 Citizenship. Canada and United Kingdom

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy Law University of Victoria 2018 Bachelor of Laws Law University of London 2010 Doctor of Philosophy History University of New Brunswick 2008 Master of Arts History University of Victoria 2003 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) History University of Victoria 2001

MAJOR FIELDS OF SCHOLARLY INTEREST

Law of Employment and Labour; Social Movements and States; Canadian History, Contact to the Present; and Canada in Global Context; Public Commemoration and Digital Scholarship; Migration, War, and Empire; Environment and Natural Resources

EMPLOYMENT

City of Victoria City Councillor 2011-Present Simon Fraser University, Labour Studies Sessional Lecturer 2015-2016 University of British Columbia, History Assistant Professor (Limited Term) 2010-2011 University of Victoria, History Assistant Professor (Limited Term) 2008-2010 BC Ministry of Advanced Education Research Officer 2007-2008 University of New Brunswick, History Sessional Lecturer 2007 University of New Brunswick, VP Research Research Assistant 2003-2005 University of New Brunswick, History Doctoral Candidate 2003-2008 University of Victoria, History Teaching Assistant 2002 Spring Ridge-Fernwood Heritage Group Research Assistant 2001-2003 Martlet Newspaper News Editor 2000-2001 Victoria Cool Aid Society Housing Support Worker 1998-2001

MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICES HELD IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies, Member 2014-Present Canadian Committee on Labour History, Secretary 2011-Present Canadian Committee on Labour History, Member 2002-Present Pacific Northwest Labour History Association, Member 2002-Present Canadian Law and Society Association, Member 2011-Present Canadian Historical Association, Member 2003-Present Canadian Committee on Public History, Member 2010-Present Network in Canadian History and Environment, Member 2011-2013 Benjamin Isitt, PhD

BC Studies Association, Member 2009-2011 Labor and Working Class History Association, Member 2004-2010

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONOURS, AND AWARDS

A. MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS

2016 Aid to Scholarly Publications Grant (Disabling Barriers, with Malhotra); $8,000 2011-2014 SSHRC Standard Research Grant (co-applicant with R. Malhotra); $69,800 2011-2014 University of Victoria Doctoral Fellowship; $63,500 2012 Canada Council grant (French edition, From Victoria to Vladivostok); $20,000 2011 University of Victoria Howard Petch Research Fellowship; $7,500 2011 Aid to Scholarly Publications Grant (Militant Minority); $8,000 2010 Aid to Scholarly Publications Grant (From Victoria to Vladivostok); $8,000 2008-2010 SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship; $81,000 2009 SSHRC Research Development Initiatives grant (recommended); $40,000 2004-2007 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) Doctoral Fellowship; $105,000 2003-2004 University of New Brunswick PhD Graduate Arts Assistantship; $20,000 2001-2003 University of Victoria Master of Arts Fellowship; $24,800 1996 McGill University President’s Scholarship (declined); $16,500 1996 Queen’s University Sesquicentennial Scholarship (declined); $16,500

B. WRITING AWARDS

2017 International Labor Communications Association, Best Labour History Award 2008 Labour History Dissertation Prize (UK) (Honourable Mention) 2006 Labor & Working-Class History Association, Best Graduate Research Prize; $750

C. OTHER GRANTS AND AWARDS

2017 University of Victoria Graduate Travel Grant; $600 2015 University of Victoria Graduate Travel Grant; $600 2015 University of Victoria Faculty of Law Travel Grant; $300 2014 University of Victoria Graduate Travel Grant; $600 2013 University of Victoria Faculty of Law Fieldwork Grant; $4,000 2012 Far Eastern Federal University Visiting Scholar Grant; $1,000 2011 University of British Columbia Faculty Travel Grant; $800 2010 SSHRC General Research Grant; $4,000 2010 Universität Heidelberg Travel Grant; $700 2010 University of Victoria Travel Grant; $750 2009 University of Victoria Travel Grant; $750 2009 University of Victoria Travel Grant; $750 2009 University of Victoria Office of Community-Based Research Travel Grant; $250 2008 SSHRC Postdoctoral Prize nominee (top 5% of applicants) 2008 Gregg Centre for the Study of War & Society Travel Grant; $3,000 2008 British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies Research Stipend; $4,000

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2007 West Coast Environmental Law Research Grant; $2,000 2007 University of New Brunswick H.H. Stuart Graduate Research Grant; $1,000 2007 Canadian Historical Association Travel Grant; $600 2006 University of New Brunswick H.H. Stuart Graduate Research Grant; $1,000 2006 Security and Defence Forum Travel Grant; $1300 2005 University of New Brunswick H.H. Stuart Graduate Research Grant; $1,000 2004 UNB Graduate Student Association Travel Grant; $300 2004 Security and Defence Forum Travel Grant; $800 2004 University of New Brunswick H.H. Stuart Graduate Research Grant; $1,000 2003 Association for Canadian Studies in the United States Travel Grant; $400 2003 University of Victoria Graduate Travel Grant; $750 2002 University of Victoria Graduate Travel Grant; $500 2001 Sam and June Macey Graduate Student Award; $1000 1999 Allan and Elizabeth McKinnon Scholarship; $1000 1996 Jack Wallace Memorial Award; $500 1996 Youth Community Action Award; $200 1996 Baha’i Victoria Scholarship; $250 1996 University of Victoria Entrance Scholarship; $2,000 1996 Province of British Columbia Scholarship; $2,000

SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

A. BOOKS

Isitt, Benjamin, co-authored with Ravi Malhotra. Able to Lead: The Legal Politics of Disablement and the Political Life of E.T. Kingsley. Under contract with UBC Press. Isitt, Benjamin, edited volume with Ravi Malhotra. Disabling Barriers: Social Movements, Disability History, and the Law. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017. Isitt, Benjamin. Duty with Dignity: The Professional Employees’ Association in British Columbia, 1974-2014. Victoria: Professional Employees Association, 2014. Isitt, Benjamin. Militant Minority: British Columbia Workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948- 1972. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011. Isitt, Benjamin. From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2010. Translated by Les Presses de l’Université Laval (French) and Dal’nauka (Russian).

B. BOOK CHAPTERS

Isitt, Benjamin. “‘No Unity of Policy or Command’: Canada and the Allied Occupation of Vladivostok, 1918-1919.” Revolution and Civil War in the Russian Far East, edited by Willard Sunderland and David Wolff. Bloomington, IN: Slavica, 2018. Forthcoming. Isitt, Benjamin. “Court Martial at Vladivostok: Mutiny and Military Justice during the First World War.” Canadian State Trials, Volume 4, edited by Barry Wright, Eric Tucker, and Susan Binnie. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015: 172-216. Isitt, Benjamin. “The Siberian Intervention.” The Encyclopedia of War, edited by Gordon Martel. Oxford: Wiley & Sons, 2011.

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C. ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Isitt, Benjamin. “Early Socialism in Canada: The Ethnic and International Impulse.” American Review of Canadian Studies, 43, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 512-528. With Nelson Wiseman. Isitt, Benjamin. “On the Borders of Bolshevism: Class, Race, and the Social Relations of Occupied Vladivostok, 1918-19.” Comparativ, 22 (October 2012): 71-85. Isitt, Benjamin. “Confronting the Cold War: The 1950 Vancouver Convention of the CCF.” Canadian Historical Review, 91, no. 3 (September 2010): 465-501. Isitt, Benjamin. “Elusive Unity: The Canadian Labor Party in British Columbia, 1924-1928.” BC Studies, 163 (Fall 2009): 33-64. Isitt, Benjamin. “Social Democracy in Twentieth Century Canada: An Interpretive Framework.” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 40, no. 3 (September 2007): 567-589. With Nelson Wiseman. Isitt, Benjamin. “Searching for Workers’ Solidarity: One Big Unionism and the Victoria General Strike of 1919.” Labour/Le Travail, 60 (Fall 2007): 11-44. Isitt, Benjamin. “The Hospital Employees Union Strike and the Privatization of Medicare in British Columbia, Canada.” International Labor and Working-Class History, 71 (Spring 2007): 91-111. With Melissa Moroz. Isitt, Benjamin. “Mutiny from Victoria to Vladivostok, December 1918.” Canadian Historical Review, 87, no. 2 (June 2006): 223-264.

D. RESEARCH NOTES

Isitt, Benjamin. “Fellow Traveller: A British Columbia Fisherman Writes Home from the Eastern Bloc, 1952.” Labour/Le Travail, 63 (Spring 2009): 105-130.

E. PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Isitt, Benjamin. “Canada and the Russian Revolution of 1917.” The Great Russian Revolution of 1917 in the Fate of Countries and Peoples of the World. Vladivostok: Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2017. Isitt, Benjamin. “Canada and the Allied Occupation of Vladivostok, 1918-1919.” Civil War and Military Intervention in the Russian Far East Conference, edited by Svetlana Dudarenok. Vladivostok: Far Eastern Federal University, 2012. Isitt, Benjamin. “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-1919.” Sibir' v pyeriod grazhdanskoy voyni, edited by Sergei P. Zviagin. Kemerovo: Kemerovo State University, 2010.

F. THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

Isitt, Benjamin. “Patterns of Protest: Property, Social Movements, and the Law in British Columbia.” Ph.D. Dissertation in Law and Society, University of Victoria, 2018. Supervisor: Rebecca Johnson. Isitt, Benjamin. “Tug-of-War: The Working Class and Political Change in British Columbia,

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1948-1972.” Ph.D. Dissertation in History, University of New Brunswick, 2008. Supervisor: Gregory S. Kealey. Isitt, Benjamin. “The Search for Solidarity: The Industrial and Political Roots of the Co operative Commonwealth Federation in British Columbia, 1913-1928.” M.A. Thesis, University of Victoria, 2003. Supervisor: Eric W. Sager. Isitt, Benjamin. “Battling Bolshevism from Victoria to Vladivostok: The Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force and Class Warfare in Canada, 1918-1919.” B.A. Honours Thesis, University of Victoria, 2001. Supervisor: Eric W. Sager.

G. MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Isitt, Benjamin. “Canada and the Bolshevik Revolution.” CCPA Monitor, 24, no. 5 (January / February 2018): 43-48. Isitt, Benjamin. “Labour Pride: Unions and the Movement for LGBT Rights.” The Professional, 43, no. 2 (July 2017): 14-18. Isitt, Benjamin. “Working with Diverse Abilities: Inclusiveness in the Labour Force and Society.” The Professional, 43, no. 1 (April 2017): 14-17. Isitt, Benjamin. “Raising the Floor: The Minimum Wage and What It Means to You.” The Professional, 42, no. 2 (June 2016): 16-19. Isitt, Benjamin. “Paid Parenting: Winning Maternity and Parental Leave Benefits.” The Professional, 42, no. 1 (March 2016): 8-11. Isitt, Benjamin. “Unlearned lessons of the First World War.” Times Colonist. 1 May 2010. Isitt, Benjamin. “Ghosts of elections past still haunt BC.” Times Colonist. 5 April 2009. Reprinted in BC Commentary, 12, no. 2 (Spring 2009): 11-12. Isitt, Benjamin. “Make housing the priority for federal ‘shovel-ready’ dollars.” Vancouver Sun. 3 February 2009. Reprinted in Island Tides, 12 February 2009 and Columbia Journal 14, no. 1 (May 2009): 8. Isitt, Benjamin. “The Siberian Expedition.” Legion Magazine 83, no. 6 (November/ December 2008): 60-63.

H. RESEARCH REPORTS

Isitt, Benjamin, with Ray Travers. The Future of Forests and Communities on . Victoria: Island Forest Futures, 2016. 53 pp. Isitt, Benjamin. Housing for All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in British Columbia’s Capital Region. Victoria: Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships, 2008. 60 pp. Isitt, Benjamin. Higher Learning in a Changing World: Environmental Scan for British Columbia. Victoria: BC Ministry of Advanced Education, 2008. 246 pp. Isitt, Benjamin. Urbanization on the Western Frontier: Langford’s Bear Mountain and the Blurring of Public and Private Interests. Victoria: West Coast Environmental Law, 2007. 30 pp.

I. BOOK REVIEWS

Isitt, Benjamin, Review of Stefan Epp-Koop, We’re Going to Run this City: Winnipeg’s Political

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Left after the General Strike (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2015), in Canadian Historical Review, 98, no. 3 (Fall 2017): 813-815. Isitt, Benjamin. Review of Gordon Hak. The Left in British Columbia: A History of Struggle (Vancouver: Ronsdale, 2013), in Labour/Le Travail, 76 (Fall 2015): 215-217. Isitt, Benjamin. Review of Michel S. Beaulieu, Labour at the Lakehead: Ethnicity, Socialism, and Politics, 1900-35 (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011), in Histoire sociale / Social History, 46, no. 92 (November 2013): 533-535. Isitt, Benjamin. Review of Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell. When the State Trembled: How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens’ Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010), in Labour/Le Travail, 70 (Fall 2012): 273-275. Isitt, Benjamin. Review of Joan Sangster. Transforming Labour: Women and Work in Postwar Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010), in Left History, 16, no. 1 (Spring 2012): 146-148. Isitt, Benjamin. Review of Andrew Parnaby. Citizen Docker: Making a New Deal on the Vancouver Waterfront, 1919-1939 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008), in British Columbia History, 42, no. 1 (Spring 2009): 21-22. Isitt, Benjamin. Review of Gordon Hak. Capital and Labour in the British Columbia Forest Industry, 1934-74 (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007). H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences. (October 2008). Isitt, Benjamin. Review of Roger Stonebanks. Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story (St. John’s: Canadian Committee on Labour History, 2004), in Labour/Le Travail, 55 (Spring 2005): 249-251.

J. ONLINE / WEB PROJECTS

Able to Lead: E.T. Kingsley Digital Archive < www.abletolead.ca > 2015.

This SSHRC-funded website complements the scholarly monograph I am co-authoring with University of Ottawa professor Ravi Malhotra, providing a digital archive of rare materials relating to the social history of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, including the only complete online print run of the Western Clarion newspaper and other primary documents relating to industrialization, labour relations, and social change in the early twentieth century.

Canada’s Siberian Expedition < www.siberianexpedition.ca > 2010.

This Virtual Exhibition and Digital Archive engages non-scholarly audiences in the history of Canada’s Siberian Expedition, a forgotten moment in the history of Canada, Russia, and the world. Fully trilingual in English, French, and Russian, it combines an engaging interpretive narrative with teaching resources and a Digital Archive that preserves and shares 2,200 previously unpublished archival photographs and documents.

Project Partners: University of Victoria Humanities Computing & Media Centre, University of Victoria Dean of Humanities, University of Victoria Special Collections, Centre for Research on Canadian-Russian Relations, Arseniev State Museum of

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Primorsky Region, Far Eastern Federal University Centre for Canadian-Americans Studies (Vladivostok).

Canadian Social History Archive. In Progress.

This Digital Archive provides public access to rare archival documents from private family collections and also preserves – and provides access to – digital copies of oral history interviews relating to the social history of Canada. Teaching modules are being developed for middle school, secondary school, and university/college educators and students. Project Partners: Canadian Committee on Labour History.

Canada’s Geographic Heritage. In Progress.

An interactive tool that engages Historical GIS, linking a comprehensive database based on Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada locations with multimedia on Canada’s natural and human heritage.

K. RESEARCH CONTRACTS / CONSULTING

Professional Employees Association 2013-Present British Columbia Labour Heritage Centre 2014-Present Red Storm Productions 2010-2012 British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies 2008 West Coast Environmental Law 2007

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

A. COMPREHENSIVE DOCTORAL TEACHING FIELDS

Major Field Legal History of Employment and Labour Relations (Dr. Judy Fudge) Major Field Canadian History: Contact to the Present (Dr. Margaret Conrad) Minor Field Comparative Labour & Working-Class History (Dr. Gregory S. Kealey) Minor Field Political Parties, Party Systems, and Social Democracy (Dr. Karen Murray)

B. TEACHING DUTIES

2015-2016 Simon Fraser University, Labour Studies Program Courses Taught: LBST 330: Special Topics in Labour Studies: Studying Labour through Film

2010-2011 University of British Columbia, Department of History Courses Taught: History 303: The Canadian West History 402: Problems in International Relations: History of the Peace Movement History 490: Seminar for History Majors: Labour and the Left in BC

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2008-2010 University of Victoria, Department of History Courses Taught: History 132: Canada Since 1867 History 358: British Columbia Since 1945: Power and Protest History 469: Social Movements in World History

2007 University of New Brunswick, Department of History Course Taught: History 3332: The Canadian Worker Since 1914

2002 University of Victoria, Department of History Teaching Assistant: History 131: Canada To 1867

C. GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

2014 University of Victoria School of Indigenous Government Supervisor (S. Eriksen) 2010 University of Victoria Department of History, Thesis Defence Chair (P. Craib)

D. OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2013-Present University of Victoria Continuing Studies, Lecturer Course Taught: From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition

2002-Present University of Victoria Speakers’ Bureau, Volunteer Public Lecturer Topics Offered: Social Movements and the Law Social Democracy in Canada and Beyond The Canadian Left: Then and Now Housing for All: Ending Homelessness in BC’s Capital Region Understanding Local Government J.S. Woodsworth and the Social Gospel Tradition in Canada A Peoples’ History of Victoria and Canada From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition Journey Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad The Colonization of Vancouver Island

2008-2011 University of Victoria, University 201 (Adult Education), Volunteer Lecturer Topics Offered: Labour History and Labour Movements Social Movements in Canada and the World

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

2011-Present Victoria Colloquium in Political, Social and Legal Theory

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2013 Presentation Foundations Workshop, University of Victoria 2011 Network in Canadian History and Environment Summer School, St. Andrews, NB 2010 Effective Graduate Supervision Workshop, University of British Columbia 2010 Designing Evaluation Methods Workshop, University of British Columbia 2010 Oral History and Digital Storytelling Workshop, Concordia University 2009 Facilitating Tutorial Discussion Workshop, University of Victoria 2008-2009 Dean of Humanities Professional Development Workshop, University of Victoria 2009 Essentials For Career Success Seminar, University of Victoria 2007 Intensive Summer Teaching Institute, University of Victoria

SERVICE

A. ACADEMIC SERVICE

2011-Present Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, International Council of Experts 2012-Present Labour/Le Travail, Peer Reviewer 2008-Present BC Studies journal, Peer Reviewer 2010-Present Canadian Historical Review, Peer Reviewer 2002-Present University of Victoria Speakers’ Bureau, Volunteer Lecturer 2014-2016 Canadian Committee on Public History, Member, Public History Prize Committee 2010-2013 Canadian Committee on Public History, Chair, Public History Prize Committee 2011-2012 University of Victoria Faculty of Law, Doctoral Representative, Faculty Council 2012 Social History/Histoire Sociale, Peer Reviewer 2010-2011 University of British Columbia Department of History, Colloquium Committee 2011 Journal of Canadian Studies, Peer Reviewer 2008-2010 University of Victoria Housing & Homelessness Research Group, Member 2009 University of Victoria Peer Helping Program, Mentor 2009 University of Victoria Social Justice Studies Curriculum Development Workshop 2008 Canadian Journal of Political Science, Peer Reviewer 2008 Canadian Committee on Labour History, Eugene Forsey Prize Committee 2008 Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation, Scholarship Committee 2008 Simon Fraser University Faculty of Education, Compassionate Canada Mentor 2008 University of Victoria “University 201” Adult Education Course, Instructor 2004 University of New Brunswick Senate, Senator (Alternate) 2004 University of New Brunswick Student Conduct Review Committee, Graduate Rep 2003-2004 University of New Brunswick Graduate Student Council, History Department Rep 2001-2003 University of Victoria Students’ Society, Director-at-Large

B. PUBLIC SERVICE

2011-Present City of Victoria, Councillor 2011-Present Capital Regional District, Director 2011-Present Regional Water Supply Commission, Commissioner 2014-Present Island Corridor Foundation, Director 2013-Present Social Environmental Alliance, Chair 2014-2016 Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, Director

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2014-2016 Victoria Parks and Recreation Foundation, Director 2013-2014 Capital Region Housing Corporation, Secretary-Treasurer 2011-2014 Provincial Capital Commission, Director 2009-2012 Victoria-Khabarovsk Association, Vice-President/Director 2007-2009 Spring Ridge Community Housing Trust, President 2006-2009 City of Victoria Environment and Shoreline Advisory Committee, Member 2005-2008 Fernwood Community Association, Director 2006-2007 Canadian Community Housing Foundation, Research Director 2003-2006 New Democratic Party of Canada, Federal Council Member 2003-2006 New Democratic Youth of Canada, Policy Director 1998-2001 Community Race Relations Association of Greater Victoria, Volunteer

OTHER RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

A. INVITED LECTURES

2018 “Whose History? The Politics of Renaming and De-Statueing.” Invited address on IdeaFest panel. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. March. 2017 “The Hot Origins of Canadian-Russian Relations.” Invited address to the “1917 and Today: Putin, Russia, and the Legacy of Revolution” Conference. University of Victoria Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies. Victoria, BC. October. 2017 “The Politics of Place Names.” Invited address to the City Talks Lecture Series. University of Victoria Department of Geography. Victoria, BC. September. 2017 “Responses to the Russian Revolution in the Pacific Northwest.” Keynote address to the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association annual conference. Vancouver, BC. May. 2017 “Sustainability in Local Government.” Invited Lecture to University of Victoria Sustainability Field School. Victoria, BC. May. 2017 “Geographic Enigmas: Micro-States, Enclaves, and other Oddities of Modern Europe.” Invited Lecture to University of Victoria History 300A. Victoria, BC. February. 2016 “The Bengal Lounge and Echoes of British Imperialism in Victoria.” Panel discussant at The City Talks lecture series, Victoria, BC. September. 2015 “The Grace Islet Controversy and Decolonization of Land Development Practices in British Columbia.” Invited lecture to the BC Archaeological Society. University of Victoria. Victoria, BC. May. 2015 “Sustainability in Local Government.” Invited Lecture to University of Victoria Sustainability Field School. Victoria, BC. May. 2015 “Geographic Enigmas: Micro-States, Enclaves, and other Oddities of Modern Europe.” Invited Lecture to University of Victoria History 300A. Victoria, BC. March. 2014 “Political History of Canada Since 1867.” Invited lectures to the School of Humanities and School of International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia. February. 2014 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” Invited lecture at the Arseniev State Museum of Primorsky Region, Vladivostok, Russia. February. 2014 “British Columbia Labour History and the Professional Employees’ Association.” Invited lecture to the 40th Anniversary Education Conference of the Professional Employees’ Association. Victoria, BC. January.

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2013 “Geographic Enigmas: Micro-States, Enclaves, and other Oddities of Modern Europe. ” Invited Lecture to University of Victoria History 300A. November. 2012 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” Invited Lecture to the Russian Academy of Science, Institute of History, Ethnography and Archeology, Vladivostok, Russia. October. 2012 “Social Movements and the Political Process in Canada.” Invited Lecture at Far Eastern Federal University, School of Humanities, Vladivostok, Russia. October. 2012 “Canada and the International Relations System.” Invited Lecture at Far Eastern Federal University, School of International Relations. Vladivostok, Russia. October. 2012 “Canada in the Asia-Pacific Region.” Invited Lecture at Far Eastern Federal University, School of International Relations. Vladivostok, Russia. October. 2012 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” Invited Lecture at Far Eastern Federal University, School of Humanities, Vladivostok, Russia. October. 2011 “Journey Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad: A Canadian Historians’ View.” Keynote address to Victoria-Khabarovsk Association Annual Meeting. Victoria, BC. May. 2011 “Canada’s Workers and Political Change: A Historical Assessment.” Invited workshop on The Politics of Labour in Canada. York University, Toronto, Ontario. 14 April. 2011 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Western Front Association Pacific Coast District Annual Meeting. Victoria, BC. 5 March. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Department of History Colloquium Series Lecture. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. 18 November. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Department of History Guest Lecture. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. 16 November. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society invited lecture, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. 29 October. 2010 “Canadian Military History: The State of the Field.” Invited lecture sponsored by the Canadian War Museum and UBC Press. Ottawa, Ontario. 28 October. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Invited lecture sponsored by the Department of History. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. 28 October. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Historians’ Craft invited lecture sponsored by the Department of History. York University, Toronto, Ontario. 27 October. 2010 “Canada’s Siberian Expedition Virtual Exhibition.” Invited lecture sponsored by the Department of History and the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. 27 October. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Invited lecture sponsored by the Department of History. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. 27 October. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Global Fridays Distinguished Lecture Series. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC. 5 February.

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2010 “Journey Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad: A Canadian Historian’s View.” Co- sponsored by History, Geography, Natural Resources programs. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC. 4 February. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” History 180 War and Society class. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC. 4 February. 2010 “Canada and the First World War.” Joseph Mairs Memorial. Ladysmith, BC. 23 January. 2009 “Canada and Russia in the World Today.” Institute of Foreign Relations, Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia. 2 October. 2009 “The Canadians in Vladivostok, 1919.” Centre for Canadian-American Studies, Institute of History, Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia. 2 October. 2009 “Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1918-1919.” Far Eastern State Humanitarian University, Khabarovsk, Russia. 30 September. 2009 “Canadian-Russian Relations Today.” Institute of History and International Relations, Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russia. 29 September. 2009 “Canada and the Russian Revolution: The Siberian Moment, 1918-1919.” Keynote address to Siberia During the Civil War Conference. Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russia. 28 September. 2009 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” Keynote address to Victoria-Khabarovsk Association Annual General Meeting. Victoria, BC. 2 April. 2008 “Canadian Workers and the First World War: Lessons for Today.” Ninety Years After the War to End All Wars Conference. Vancouver, BC. November. 2008 “Housing for All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in British Columbia’s Capital Region.” British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies and Canadian Social Economy Hub. University of Victoria. October. 2006 “Mutiny from Victoria to Vladivostok, December 1918.” North American Labor History Conference. Detroit. October 2006. Invited lecture as recipient of Labor and Working- Class History Association Best Graduate Research Prize.

B. CONFERENCE PAPERS

2017. “Property, Precarity, and Protest in Canadian History.” Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies annual meeting. Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario. May. 2016. “Bolivia of the North? Aligning Labour, Ecological, and Indigenous Interests on British Columbia’s Resource Frontier.” Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies annual meeting. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. June. 2016. “WSANEC Oral History Project.” Qualicum History Conference. Parksville, BC. January. 2015. “Property, Indigenous Protest, and the Law in British Columbia.” Canadian Law and Society Association annual meeting. Ottawa. June. 2015. “The Historical Geography of Property, Protest, and the Law in British Columbia.” Qualicum History Conference. Parksville, BC. January. 2014. “Miners, Managers, and Magistrates during the Vancouver Island War, 1912-1914.” Pacific Northwest Labor History Association conference. Cumberland, BC. June. 2014. “The Right to Sleep: The Charter, Poor Peoples’ Movements, and Tenting as Political Protest.” Canadian Law and Society Association annual meeting. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. June. 2014. “Able to Lead: The Legal Politics of E.T. Kingsley.” Canadian Law and Society

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Association annual meeting. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. June. 2014. “Obeying a Higher Law: Workers and the Courts in British Columbia.” Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies annual meeting. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. May. 2014. “Eugene Kingsley and the History of People with Different Abilities in North American Social Movements.” Canadian Historical Association annual meeting. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. May. 2014. “Occupied Space: Property, Indigenous Protest and the Changing Legal Technology of Coercion in British Columbia.” Qualicum Conference. Parksville, BC. January. 2013. “Eugene Kingsley’s Political Path in the Pacific Northwest.” North American Labor History Conference. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. October. 2013. “Crises of Legitimacy: Social Movements and the Law.” Law on the Edge International Conference. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. July. 2013. “Law, Disability, and History: The Police Life of E.T. Kingsley.” Law on the Edge International Conference. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. July. With Ravi Malhotra. 2013. “From Workplace Injury to Radicalism: Eugene Kingsley’s Political Path in the Pacific Northwest.” Pacific Northwest Labor History Association Conference. Portland, Oregon. May. 2013. “Piercing the Bubble Law: The Legal Politics of Reproductive Choice.” Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC. February. 2012 “Canada and the Allied Occupation of Vladivostok.” Civil War and Military Intervention in the Russian Far East conference. Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia. October. 2012 “The Changing Legal Technology of Coercion and Social Movement Protest in British Columbia.” University of Victoria Graduate Law Conference. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. October. 2012 “Crises of Legitimacy: Judging Social Movements in British Columbia.” Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. May. 2011 “Mystery Pickets and the Rank-and-File Challenge to Postwar Industrial Legality.” Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. May. 2011 “The NDP at Fifty: A Historical Assessment.” Society for Socialist Studies Annual Conference. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. June. 2010 “On the Borders of Bolshevism: Race, Class, and the Social Relations of Occupied Vladivostok, 1919.” Heidelberg Universität Workshop on Bordertowns in Northeast Asia. Heidelberg, Germany. November. 2010 “‘Out of the Kitchen, Into the Fight’: The Women’s Auxiliary of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union.” Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. May. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” 21st Annual Military History Colloquium. Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, May. 2009 “Housing for All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in British Columbia’s Capital Region.” Symposium on Challenges to Affordable and Sustainable Housing. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. October.

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2009 “Canada and the Russian Revolution: The Siberian Moment, 1918-1919.” Siberia During the Civil War Conference. Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russia. September. 2009 “Contested Place: The Case of Langford’s Bear Mountain Development.” BC Studies Conference. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. May. 2009 “Tug-of-War: Rethinking Postwar Labour Relations.” New Voices in Labour Studies Conference. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. March. 2009 “Canada and the Russian Revolution: The Siberian Moment.” World History and Historical Materialism Conference. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. March. 2008 “Moscow on the Fraser: The Communist Party in Cold War British Columbia.” Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. June. 2008 “Fellow Traveller: A British Columbia Communist Fisherman Travels Through the Eastern Bloc, 1952.” Pacific Northwest Labour History Association Conference. Vancouver, BC. June. 2008 “‘An Elementary and Progressive Break from Capitalist Politics’: The Cold War and the 1950 Vancouver Convention of the CCF.” Qualicum Conference. Parksville. January. 2007 “Tug-of-War: Working-Class Agency and Political Change in Cold War British Columbia.” Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. May. 2007 “The Hospital Employees Union Strike and the Privatization of Medicare in British Columbia.” Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting. Minneapolis. March. 2007 “British Columbia Workers Respond to the Cold War, 1948-1956.” Qualicum History Conference. Parksville, BC. January. 2006 “Mutiny from Victoria to Vladivostok, December 1918.” North American Labor History Conference. Wayne State University, Detroit. October. 2005 “Working-Class Women and Political Action in British Columbia, 1948-1972.” Labouring Feminism & Feminist Working-Class History in Canada & Beyond Conference. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. October. 2005 “The Growth of the General Strike Idea in British Columbia: Industrial Solidarity in Historical Perspective.” Pacific Northwest Labour History Association. Vancouver. June. 2004 “A History of Higher Education in British Columbia.” CUPE British Columbia Education Conference. Vancouver. November. 2004 “Socialism Postponed: The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in British Columbia, 1941-1952.” North American Labor History Conference. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. October. 2003 “British Columbia Labour and the Development of Social Democracy in Canada.” Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) Biennial Meeting. Portland, Oregon. November. 2003 “Canada’s One Big Union and the First World War.” North American Labor History Conference. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. October. 2003 “Between Syndicalism and Social Democracy: The Political Organization of BC Labour, 1919-1932.” Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting. Dalhousie University, Halifax. May. 2003 “Disciplinary Boundaries and the Fragmentation of Historical Knowledge: The Case of BC Labour History.” Mapping Knowledge Conference. University of Victoria, Victoria. February.

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2003 “From Syndicalism to Social Democracy.” Qualicum History Conference. Qualicum Beach, BC. January. 2002 “Battling Bolshevism from Victoria to Vladivostok.” Pacific Northwest Labour History Association Conference. Vancouver. June. 2002 “Young Workers: What Were They Thinking?” Pacific Northwest Labour History Association Conference. Vancouver. June. 2002 “Battling Bolshevism from Victoria to Vladivostok.” Qualicum History Conference. Qualicum Beach, BC. January.

C. CONFERENCE DISCUSSANT/MODERATOR

2015 “Gregory Kealey’s Contribution to Labour and Working-Class History.” Panel discussant at Canadian Historical Association annual meeting, Ottawa, Ontario. May. 2014 “Law, Disability, and the History of North American Social Movements.” Co-organizer of the “Law, Disability and the History of North American Social Movements” mini- conference at the Canadian Law and Society Association annual meeting. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. June. 2013 “Social Democracy and British Columbia’s Working Class.” Organizer and Moderator for Canadian Committee on Labour History Annual Workshop, co-sponsored by the University of Victoria Social Justice Studies Program, and the Society for Socialist Studies. Victoria. June. 2012 “Private Lives and Politics.” Panel chair at Qualicum History Conference. Parksville, BC. January. 2011 “The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Postwar ‘Golden Age.’” Panel chair at Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. May. 2011 “The Canadian Federal Election.” Panel moderator at St. John’s College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. April. 2011 “War, Disaster, and Peace in Europe.” Panel chair at Qualicum History Conference. Parksville, BC. January. 2011 “Canada and the World.” Panel chair at Qualicum History Conference. Parksville, BC. January. 2010 “Approaches to Housing Research.” Chair and moderator for Tele-Learning Session involving 50 scholars, housing practitioners, and students. Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships. Various campuses across Canada. February. 2010 “Labour and Politics in British Columbia.” Panel chair at Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC. January. 2009 “The Student Movement in the 1960s.” Panel chair at Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC. January. 2009 “The Left in Western Canada.” Panel chair at Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC. January.

D. PUBLIC LECTURES

2017 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Royal United Services Institute, Victoria, BC. April. Forthcoming.

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2018 “Housing for All: The Growth of Non-Market Housing in British Columbia’s Capital Region.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Stelly’s Secondary School, , BC. February. 2018 “Housing for All: The Growth of Non-Market Housing in British Columbia’s Capital Region.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Kiwanis Club of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC. January. 2018 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at George Jay Elementary School, Victoria, BC. January. 2017 “Youth and the Power of Social Change.” Public lecture at the Youth Political Commons Conference, , BC. November. 2017 “Canada and the Bolshevik Revolution.” Public lecture at the 100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution event, Vancouver, BC. November. 2017 “Canada and the Bolshevik Revolution.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at the Perspectives on the Russian Revolution event, Victoria, BC. November. 2017 “The Struggle for Social Justice in Victoria.” Interactive historical tour and bicycle ride with the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition, Victoria, BC. September. 2017 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Victoria Golden Rods and Reels Society, Victoria, BC. April. 2017 “Understanding Local Government.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Margaret Jenkins School, Victoria, BC. April. 2017 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at RON Talks, Saanich, BC. March. 2016 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at James Bay Community Project, Victoria, BC. November. 2016 “Understanding Local Government.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at James Bay Community School, Victoria, BC. October. 2016 “Understanding Local Government.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Monterey Middle School, Oak Bay, BC. October. 2016 “The Future of Forests and Communities on Vancouver Island.” Public presentation, Victoria, BC. September. 2016 “The Future of Forests and Communities on Vancouver Island.” Public presentation, , BC. September. 2016 “Understanding Local Government.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Victoria High School, Victoria, BC. February. 2016 “Housing for All: The Growth of Non-Market Housing in British Columbia’s Capital Region.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Glenlyon Norfolk School, Oak Bay, BC. February. 2015 “Understanding Local Government.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Elementary School, Saanich, BC. October. 2015 “Understanding Local Government.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Maria Montessori Academy, Saanich, BC. October. 2015 “Understanding Local Government.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Arbutus Middle School, Saanich, BC. June. 2015 “Understanding Local Government.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Reynolds Secondary School, Saanich, BC. June.

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2015 “The Struggle for Social Justice in Victoria.” Interactive historical tour and bicycle ride with the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition, Victoria, BC. May. 2015 “Housing for All: The Growth of Non-Market Housing in British Columbia’s Capital Region.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Healthy Housing Forum, Esquimalt, BC. April. 2015 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at William Head Correctional Institute. , BC. February. 2014 “Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Continuing Studies Lecture. Victoria, BC. October. 2014 “Revolution and Military Intervention in the Middle East.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Vancouver Island Air Crew Association. Esquimalt, BC. September. 2014 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Monterey Middle School. Oak Bay, BC. April. 2014 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Campus View Elementary School. Saanich, BC. March. 2013 “Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Continuing Studies Lecture. Sidney, BC. November. 2013 “Revolution and Military Intervention in the Middle East.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Seniors’ Club. Victoria, BC. October. 2013 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Guest lecture to Russian 161 (Culture of the Russian Revolution), University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. October. 2013 “Mutiny from the Willows Camp.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Oak Bay Heritage Group. Victoria, BC. October. 2013 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Vancouver Island Aircrew Association. Victoria, BC. February. 2013 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Jeksen Aerie Assisted Living Housing. Langford, BC. January. 2012 “Housing for All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in British Columbia’s Capital Region.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at the Cridge Club. Victoria, BC. May. 2012 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at the Victoria Stroke Recovery Association. Saanich, BC. May. 2012 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Willows Elementary School. Oak Bay, BC. April. 2012 “Revolution and Military Intervention in the Middle East.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at William Head Correctional Institution. Metchosin, BC. March. 2012 “Revolution and Military Intervention in the Middle East.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Jewish Community Centre. Victoria, BC. February. 2012 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Doncaster Elementary School. Victoria, BC. February. 2012 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Beechwood Village Seniors’ Group. Sidney, BC. January. 2012 “Revolution and Military Intervention in the Middle East.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Garden City United Church Dinner Club, Saanich, BC. January. 2011 “A People’s History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Douglas House Senior’s Group. Victoria, BC. November.

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2011 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at James Bay Community Project. Victoria, BC. November. 2011 “British Columbia Workers and Political Change.” World Peace Forum Teach-In. Vancouver, BC. November. 2011 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Berwick House Seniors’ Group. Saanich, BC. October. 2011 “J.S. Woodsworth and Canada’s Social Gospel Tradition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Cadboro United Church Breakfast Club. Victoria, BC. October. 2011 “Howard Zinn and the Practice of Peoples’ History.” Public discussion organized by the People’s Co-op Bookstore, Rio Theatre, Vancouver, BC. July. 2011 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Public lecture at Mondragon Bookstore and Café. Winnipeg, MB. June. 2011 “Militant Minority.” Public presentation at Moka House Café. Victoria, BC. June. 2011 “Revolution and Intervention in the Arab World and Middle East.” Public lecture at World Federalists Association. Victoria, BC. April. 2010 “Canada’s Military: Past, Present, and Future.” Panel presentation at BC Government Employees’ Union Hall. Victoria, BC. November. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Public lecture to Island Solidarity Centre. Victoria, BC. November. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Public lecture at Greater Victoria Seniors’ Association. Victoria, BC. November. 2010 “Canada’s Siberian Expedition: The Website and the Book.” Public presentation at University of Victoria Department of History, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, Humanities Computing Centre, and Special Collections. Victoria, BC. November. 2010 “My Siberian Expedition.” Public presentation at UBC Press Book Launch. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. November. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Public lecture at St. John’s College, UBC. Vancouver, BC. November. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Public lecture sponsored by the Société d'histoire et de généalogie de Rivière-du-Loup. Rivière-du- Loup, Quebec. October. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19.” Guest lecture to Russian 161 (Culture of the Russian Revolution), University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. October. 2010 “Journey Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Rods and Reels Club. Victoria, BC. April. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Cadboro Bay United Church Group. Saanich, BC. April. 2010 “A Peoples’ History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at the Cridge Club. Church of our Lord. Victoria, BC. April. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Time Out for Women Group, Cadboro Bay United Church. Saanich, BC. March. 2010 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Oak Bay United Church Men’s Club. Victoria, BC. March.

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2010 “Journey Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Glenwarren Lodge. Victoria, BC. January. 2010 “Journey Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Time Out for Women Group, Cadboro Bay United Church. Saanich, BC. January. 2009 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at William Head Correctional Institute. Metchosin, BC. December. 2009 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Peninsula Stroke Recovery Club. Saanichton, BC. November. 2009 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Cridge Club. Church of our Lord. Victoria BC. November. 2009 “J.S. Woodsworth and Canada’s Social Gospel Tradition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at James Bay United Church Dinner Club. Victoria, BC. November. 2009 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Norgarden Seniors’ Home. Sidney, BC. November. 2009 “Housing for All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in British Columbia’s Capital Region.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at G.R. Pearkes Community Centre. Saanich, BC. October. 2009 “A Peoples’ History of Victoria and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Doncaster Elementary School. Saanich, BC. March. 2009 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at James Bay United Church Group. Victoria, BC. February. 2009 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” The History Undergraduate Society guest lecture. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. January. 2009 “Journey Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad.” Historical Works in Progress Lecture, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. January. 2009 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Amica House. Sidney, BC. January. 2008 “A People’s History of Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Berwick House. Saanich, BC. November. 2008 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at the Kinsmen-40 Club. Saanich, BC. November. 2008 “Journey Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad.” University of Victoria Russian Club guest lecture, Victoria, BC, November. 2008 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Priory Hospital. Langford, BC. October. 2008 “The Conquest of New France.” History 130: Canada to 1867, University of Victoria. October. 2008 “From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Kiwanis Club of Victoria. Victoria, BC. September. 2008 “Labour and Politics in Canada.” University 201 continuing education lecture. University of Victoria. March. 2008 “Canadian Labour History: An Introduction.” University 201 continuing education lecture. University of Victoria. March. 2008 “May Day Then and Now.” lecture delivered at May Day Celebration. Victoria. May. 2007 “A History of Higher Education in British Columbia.” Lecture at CUPE British Columbia Education Conference. Vancouver. November.

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2005 “The British Columbia Left.” Lecture at Power of Community Conference. James Bay Community School, Victoria. November. 2003 “The Canadian Left: Then and Now.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at the Kiwanis Club of Greater Victoria. Victoria. April. 2003 “A People’s History of British Columbia and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Amica Seniors’ Home. Victoria. March. 2003 “The Canadian Left: Then and Now.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at the Victoria Humanists. Victoria. February. 2002 “The Colonization of Vancouver Island.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Beacon Villa. Sidney, BC. November. 2002 “A People’s History of British Columbia and Canada.” UVic Speakers’ Bureau lecture at Glengarry Seniors. Victoria. October.

E. MEDIA AND FILM

2018 Director and Writer. Canada’s Siberian Expedition. Documentary film under production in English and French. www.SiberianExpedition.ca/film 2018 On-Air Commentator. “Whose History? The Politics of Renaming and De-Statueing.” CBC Radio All Points West. 7 March. 2018. Commentator. “Change urged to Victoria street named for ‘racist' figure.” CBC News Online. 16 January. 2018 On-Air Commentator. “Debating Commemoration and Street Names.” CBC Radio On the Island. 16 January. 2017 On-Air Commentator. “Coalition Government for BC?” CBC Radio On the Island. 12 May. 2017 “RON Talks.” Saanich News (Saanich, BC), 22 February. 2015 Commentator. “Walk This Way: New Books by Dan Rubinstein and Peter Kavanagh Celebrate One of Life’s Great Pleasures.” Globe and Mail (Toronto). 24 April. 2014 On-Air Commentator. “From Victoria to Vladivostok.” CFAX 1070 Talk Radio. 11 March. 2014 Commentator. “V muzee Arsen’eva prezentovali knigu o žizni kanadskih soldat vo Vladivostoke” [Arseniev Museum presents book about life of Canadian soldiers in Vladivostok]. Vladivostok News. 19 February. 2014 Commentator. “Iz Viktorii vo Vladivostok. Neizvestnye strani͡tsy istorii” [From Victoria to Vladivostok: Unknown pages of history]. Utro Vostoka (Vladivostok), 19 February. 2014 Commentator. “Sredi interventov v Primor’e byli kanadskie soldaty.” [Among the invaders in Primorye were Canadian soldiers]. APR Press (Vladivostok). 19 February. 2014 Commentator. “Knigu kanadskogo pisatelja o Vladivostoke 1917-19 godov predstavjat v stolice Primor’ja.” [Book of Canadian author on Vladivostok to be presented in the capital of Primorye]. Vladivostok News. 18 February. 2013 On-Air Commentator. “Jack Munro’s legacy.” CBC Radio All Points West. 15 November. 2012 Commentator. “Doktor filosofii iz Kanady obeshhaet cherez god predstavit' v DVFU svoju knigu o grazhdanskoj vojne” [Canadian historian promises to present civil war book at FEFU within a year]. Far Eastern Federal University News Service (Vladivostok, Russia). 1 November.

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2012 On-Air Commentator. “Place-names and decolonization in Victoria.” CFAX 1070 Radio. 9 October. 2012 On-Air Commentator. “Labouring British Columbia.” TheCityFM Radio, Vancouver. 4 September. 2011 Review of Militant Minority. “Labour played key role in province’s development,” Times Colonist (Victoria), 24 December 2011. 2011 Commentator. “Victoria mutiny of 1918 revived in call for justice.” Times Colonist (Victoria). 22 December 1918. 2011 On-Air Commentator. “Mutinerie en Victoria.” Radio-Canada Television. 21 December. 2011 On-Air Commentator. “Mutiny Remembered.” CTV News Vancouver Island. 21 December. 2011 Media interview on mutiny commemoration. CBC Radio Victoria. 21 December. 2011 Media interview on mutiny commemoration. CFAX 1070 Radio. 21 December. 2011 Media interview on mutiny commemoration. Vancouver Co-op Radio. 21 December. 2011 Media coverage. “Memory of mutineers honoured at downtown gathering.” Victoria News. 21 December 1918. 2011 Media interview on Jack Layton. CKNW News Radio Vancouver. 28 August. 2011 Media interview on Militant Minority. CFAX 1070 Morning Show, Victoria, BC. 28 June. 2011 On-Air Commentator on Canada Post labour dispute. CBC Radio One “All Points West” Afternoon Show. 23 June. 2011 Historical Consultant. History of Working People in British Columbia. Documentary film produced by Erik Paullson, Red Storm Productions for the BC Knowledge Network. 2011 Historical Consultant. “The Siberian Bullet.” History Detectives. Public Broadcasting System (PBS). New York, New York. January-February. 2010 Media Coverage. “Siberian Expedition to Battle Bolsheviks Began in Victoria.” Times Colonist (Victoria). 28 November. 2010 Media Coverage. “Mutiny Suppressed, a Siberian Expedition Goes Bust.” Globe and Mail (Toronto). 10 November. 2010 Media interview on From Victoria to Vladivostok . CBC Radio One. “All Points West” Afternoon Show. 8 November. 2010 Media Coverage. “Who’s Who British Columbia.” BC Bookworld (Vancouver). Spring. 2010 Commentator. “Workin’ in a Coal Mine.” Monday Magazine (Victoria). 30 April. 2010 Commentator. “Labour Martyr to be Remembered.” Cowichan Valley Citizen (Duncan). 22 January. 2010 Consultant. Ginger. Feature-length film under production by director Bryan Skinner. Victoria. In Progress. 2009 On-Camera Commentator. Voice of BC television show. Shaw Television. 26 November. 2009 On-Camera Commentator. Voice of BC television show. Shaw Television. 22 October. 2009 Commentator. “Pro ‘Krasnyh,’ ‘Belyh,’ i ‘Lishnih’ Kanadcev” [About Reds, Whites, and “Superfluous” Canadians]. Kuzbass newspaper (Kemerovo, Russia). 30 September. 2009 Consultant and Researcher. The Edge of the World: BC’s Early Years. Documentary film produced by Erik Paullson, Red Storm Productions for the BC Knowledge Network. 2009 Commentator. “Janki v Ulan-Udje” [Yankees in Ulan-Ude]. Nomer Odin newspaper (Irkutsk, Russia). 15 April. 2008 Commentator. “Academics Link Unions to Anti-War Failings.” Georgia Straight

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(Vancouver). 16 October. 2008 Commentator. “Sleazy Sprawl: New Report Alleges Conflicts of Interest, Backroom Dealings at Bear Mountain.” Martlet (Victoria). 17 January. 2008 Consultant and On-Camera Commentator. Under the Garden City: The Search for Victoria’s Secret Tunnels. Canada Council film directed by John McFetrick. Victoria. 2004 Consultant and On-Air Commentator. A Prayer for Oliver Mowat. CBC Radio Documentary Feature. By Jacques Poitras. Fredericton, New Brunswick. July. 2002 On-Air Commentator. Through the Eyes of Fernwood. Village 900 Radio Feature. Victoria. April. 2001 Commentator. “Labour Issues Loom Large for Incoming Liberal Cabinet.” Vancouver Sun. 6 June.

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