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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.

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 �����������, 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, �����������/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, �����������/University of New Brunswick, 30 May 2011.

“Preventing Hate Crime and Hate Speech”. The Atlantic Coordinating Committee on Crime Prevention and Community Safety - 25^TH 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.”  88^th 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.”  18^th 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, �����������, 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.