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Faculty

Laurel MacDowell
Laurel MacDowell

Professor, Department of History, University of Toronto
and University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM)
E-mail: laurel.macdowell@utoronto.ca

Click here for a full CV (in pdf), including all publications.

 





Brief CV

1969 B.A. University of Toronto
1970 M.Sc. (econ) London School of Economics, University of London
1979 Ph.D. University of Toronto
2002 Winner, Floyd S. Chalmers Award, Camplain Society, for Renegade Layer: The Life of J.L. Cohen
2002 Honourable Mention, Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association, for Renegade Layer: The Life of J.L. Cohen

Current Research Interests

Laurel continues her interest in the industrial relations climate of post-war Canada and the U.S., particularly from the view of the labour movement.  She is also investigating the development and role of labour unions as protectors of the environment.

Recent Publications

L.S. MacDowell & Ian Radforth eds. Canadian Working Class History: Selected Readings, Toronto, Canadian Scholars' Press, 1992; revised second edition, Toronto, Canadian Scholars' Press, 2001; third edition forthcoming 2005.

Report on "Strengthening the Role of Workers and Their Trade Unions" for UNESCO'S Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, 2003, 45 pages, refereed.

L.S. MacDowell, “Paul Robeson in Canada: A Border Story,” Labour/Le Travail, v. 51, spring 2003.

Canadian Working Class History: Selected Readings, edited with Ian Radforth. 2nd ed, rev. Toronto : Canadian Scholar's Press, 2001.

Renegade Lawyer: the Life of J.L. Cohen. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; Osgoode Society, October 2001.

"Remember Kirkland Lake": The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners Strike, 1941-1942, 2nd ed. Toronto : Canadian Scholars' Press, 2001.

"Company Unionism in Canada, 1919-48," in Bruce Kaufman and Daphne Taras, eds.  Non-Union Employee Representation: History, Contemporary Practice and Policy. New Yorks: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.

Report on “Unions in Canada”, for Microsoft’s Encarta Encyclopedia, April 2000,15 pages, refereed.

"Greening the Workplace: Unions and the Environment," in L. Anders Sandberg and S. Srlin, eds. Sustainability - The Challenge: People, Power, and the Environment. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1998.

"Law and Labour in Ontario: The Career of J.L. Cohen," 10th Larry Sefton Memorial Lecture, University of Toronto, Woodsworth College,1991. (PDF downloadable document, 1490KB)

Courses Taught at the CIRHR

IRE 1620H Labour Relations Problems in Historical Perspective


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