Publications and Conference Papers
Selected Published Works
“Hippies, Yippies, the Counter-Culture, and the Gastown Riot in Vancouver, 1968-71”. BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly, 197 (Spring 2018): 39-65.
“The Legalization of Cannabis in New Brunswick.” Acadiensis Blog, 11 October 2017. https://acadiensis.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/the-legalization-of-cannabis-in-new-brunswick
With Bonnie Huskins, “Irresponsibility, Obligation, and the ‘Manly Modern’: Tensions in Working-class Masculinities in Postwar Saint John, New Brunswick”. Labour/Le Travail: Journal of Canadian Labour Studies, 78 (Fall 2016):165-196.
City of Order: Crime and Society in Halifax, 1918-35. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2012.
Michael Boudreau, Peter G. Toner, and Tony Tremblay, eds. Exploring the Dimensions of Self-Sufficiency for New Brunswick. Fredericton: New Brunswick & Atlantic Studies Research & Development Centre, 2009.
“The ‘Struggle for a Different World’: The 1971 Gastown Riot in Vancouver.” In Debating Dissent: Canada and the Sixties, Dominique Clement, Lara Campbell, and Greg Kealey, eds. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012, 117-133.
“‘Delinquents Often Become Criminals’: Juvenile Delinquency in Halifax, 1918-1935.” Acadiensis: The Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region, 39, 1 (Winter/Spring 2010): 108-132.
With Bonnie Huskins, “‘Getting By’ in Postwar Saint John: Working-Class Families and New Brunswick’s Informal Economy.” In Exploring the Dimensions of Self-Sufficiency for New Brunswick, Michael Boudreau, Peter G. Toner, and Tony Tremblay, eds. Fredericton: New Brunswick & Atlantic Studies Research & Development Centre and St. Thomas University, 2009, 77-99.
With Bonnie Huskins. “Life After Ile Ste-Croix.” Acadiensis: The Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region, 35, 2 (Spring 2006): 180-187.
With Bonnie Huskins. “`Daily allowances’: literary conventions and daily life in the diaries of Ida Louise Martin (nee Friars), Saint John, New Brunswick, 1945-1992.” Acadiensis: The Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region, 34, 2 (Spring 2005): 88-108.
Conference Papers
“Canada’s Efforts to Police & Legalize Cannabis, 1923-2018”. LSA-CLSA Joint Annual Meeting, Sheraton Centre, Toronto, 8 June 2018.
“`he deserves to be lynched’: Ethnicity, Justice, and Capital Punishment in Nova Scotia & New Brunswick, 1927-1949.” Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, Acadia University, 4 May 2018.
“Atlantic Canadian Legal History: Past, Present, and Future Trends”. Canada’s Legal Past: Future Directions in Canadian Legal History, University of Calgary, 18 July 2017.
“The ‘most spectacular symbol of justice in action”: Crime & Capital Punishment in 19th & 20th Century New Brunswick.” King’s Landing Historical Settlement, Prince William, New Brunswick, 23 June 2017.
“A ‘backwoods tragedy’: The Bannister Brothers and Capital Punishment in New Brunswick”. Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Congress 2015, University of Ottawa, 5 June 2015.
“Social Insanity & ‘pathological intoxication’: Criminological Inquiry & Death Penalty Cases in New Brunswick”. Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting, Congress 2015, University of Ottawa, 1 June 2015.
"'Capital punishment is both unorthodox and unchristian': Executions and the Debate over Capital Punishment in New Brunswick, 1869-1957." Social Science History Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, 2 November 2012.
“The condition of things...where you have lived… is a fearful one”: The Trials and Executions of George Gee and Bennie Swim in New Brunswick. Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Congress 2011, St. Thomas University/University of New Brunswick, 29 May 2011.
Member of the Roundtable “Evocative Details: New Directions in the Use of Diaries as Historical Sources.” Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting, Congress 2011, St. Thomas University/University of New Brunswick, 30 May 2011.
“Preventing Hate Crime and Hate Speech”. The Atlantic Coordinating Committee on Crime Prevention and Community Safety - 25TH Annual Crime Prevention Conference: Safe Schools - Strong Communities: A Crime Prevention Approach, Four Points Sheraton, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 5 May 2011.
“Does the Media’s Portrayal of the Police Strengthen or Undermine Public Confidence in the Police”. Canadian Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, Conference - Civilian Oversight: Strengthening Public Confidence in Police, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 7 June 2010.
“‘The disgust of the community against hanging’: State Authority and the Execution of Bennie Swim in New Brunswick.” 88th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, Carleton University, 27 May 2009.
“Murder in the “bad lands” of New Brunswick: The Execution of Bennie Swim.” 18th Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, University of Prince Edward Island, 2 May 2009.“The ‘Struggle for a Different World’: The 1971 Gastown Riot in Vancouver.” Tri-Campus Colloquium, University of New Brunswick (Saint John), 6 April 2009.
“‘The Struggle for a Different World’: The 1971 Gastown Riot”. Workshop - Debating Dissent: Canada and the Sixties, University of New Brunswick, 22 August 2008.
“Determining Wilful Promotion in the Prosecution of Hate Crime in Canada: The Case of R. v. Ahenakew”. Law & Society Association Meeting, Montreal, 31 May 2008.
With Bonnie Huskins, “Getting By in Post-War Saint John: Working-Class Families and New Brunswick’s Informal Economy.” Second Annual Conference of the New Brunswick & Atlantic Studies Research & Development Centre, St. Thomas University, 9 May 2008.
”Determining Wilful Promotion in Hate Crimes: The Case of R. v. Ahenakew.” Rand Lecture Panel, University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law, 16 March 2007.
“`The Struggle for a Different World...In the Angry Seventies’: The Youth International Party & the 1971 Gastown Riot.” Mobilizations and Engagements: Social Movements in Canada, Centre for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University, 9 March 2007.