Professor
- Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1984
- M.A. University of Toronto, 1979
- B.A. Trent University, 1974
- University of Guelph, 1986-
- Saint Mary’s University, 1984-1986
- Visiting Fellowships: Cambridge University, University of Edinburgh, Australian National University
- Associate Dean Research and Graduate Studies, CME 2009-2010
- Director, International Development Studies, University of Guelph, 1997-2004
- Director,
- Industrialization
- Health and well-being
- Gender
- Aboriginal peoples
- Inequality
Areas of Research for Graduate Supervision
Social and economic history
Canadian history
Comparative colonial histories
with M. Hamilton. “The Aboriginal Population and the 1891 Census of Canada.” In P. Axelsson and P. Skold, eds., Indigenous Peoples and Demography: The Complex Relation Between Identity and Statistics (New York: Bergahn, 2011).
with Les Oxley and Evan Roberts. “Physical Stature in Nineteenth Century New Zealand: A Preliminary Interpretation. Australian Economic History Review 50, no. 3 (November 2010): 262-83.
with Evan Roberts. “Longitudinal Studies of Human Growth and Health: A Review of Recent Historical Research.” Journal of Economic Surveys 24, no. 5 (December 2010): 801-40.
with Catherine McDevitt and Jim Irwin. “Gender Pay Gap, Productivity Gap and Discrimination in Canadian Clothing Manufacturing in 1870.” Eastern Economic Journal 35, no. 1 (2009): 24-36.
“L’industrialisation d’une société rurale: l’industrie canadienne à la fin du XIXe siècle.” Histoire, Economie et Société 27, no. 4 (décembre 2008): 103-132.
with Ian Keay. “The Devil is in the Details: Assessing Early Industrial Performance across International Borders.” Cliometrica 2, no. 2 (July 2008): 85-117.
with John Cranfield. “The Great Transformation: A Long-Run Perspective on Physical Well-Being in Canada.” Economics and Human Biology 5, no. 2 (July 2007): 204-228.
with Herb Emery and Henry Thille. “Hecksher-Ohlin in Canada: New Estimates of Regional Wages and Land Prices." Australian Economic History Review 47, no. 1 (February 2007): 22-48.
with David Greasley and John Singleton. “Factor Prices and Income Distribution in Less Industrialized Countries.” Australian Economic History Review 47, no. 1 (February 2007): 1-5.
with Ian Keay. “Bigger Establishments in Thicker Markets: Can We Explain Early Productivity Differentials Between Canada and the United States?" Canadian Journal of Economics 38, no. 4 (November 2005): 1327-1363.
with Kevin James. “Une ressource numérique pour l’analyse historique: le recensement canadien de 1891.” Cahiers québécois de démographie 34, no. 2 (automne 2005): 315-329.
with Sarah Van Sligtenhorst. “The Social Consequences of Legal Reform: Women and Property in a Canadian Community.” Continuity and Change 19, no. 1 (Winter 2004): 165-197.
Women, Property and the Law, a special issue of the journal Continuity and Change, February 2004.
Select earlier publications
with Richard Reid. “Gender and Occupational Identity in a Canadian Census.” Historical Methods
32, no. 2 (Spring 2001): 57‑70.
"The Census Representation of Canadian Industry, 1871‑91", Histoire sociale/Social History vol. 28 no. 56 (November 1995): 347-74.
with Phyllis Wagg, "Wealth and Prosperity in Nova Scotian Agriculture, 1850-1870", Canadian Historical Review vol. 75 no. 2 (June 1994): 239-264.
Farm, Factory and Fortune: New Studies in the Economic History of the Maritime Provinces (Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 1993).
with Phyllis Wagg, "The Survival of Handloom Weaving in Rural Canada circa 1870", Journal of Economic History vol. 54 no.2 (June 1993): 346-358.
with Thanasis Stengos, “Discontinuities in Canadian Economic Growth, 1870-1985", Explorations in Economic History vol. 28 no. 3 (July 1991): 274-286.
“Maritime Industrialization from 1870 to 1910: A Review of the Evidence and Its Interpretation”, Acadiensis vol. 21 no. 1 (Autumn 1991): 132-55.
