Blog Posts, Research Trips, and Recent Conferences
German Interment Camps and Archival Treasures in the Maritimes
I am delighted to have delivered an invited public lecture via Zoom hosted by Dr. Hollie Adams and sponsored by the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine, Orono on November 18, 2021. You can watch the lecture recording here.
Research for P.S. Duffy Chapter
As part of a SSHRC IDG, I travelled to Amherst, Nova Scotia in the winter of 2017 to gather information about the history of the local internment camp.
MS St. Louis apology: How novels can teach us about our past
As a professor of literature, I believe stories have the power to teach us about our past. In this case, an American novel about Canada may provide some of the education we need.
Some older blog posts.
Canada Owes Refugees Fleeing U.S, a Fighting Chance
To be exceptional is to be unusual, rare or outstanding. Right now, we are none of those things. To be exceptional is to figure out a way to make it safe for refugees fleeing the U.S. to come to Canada and to give them a chance to contribute to our country, without having to go underground yet again. [Huffington Post March 1, 2017]
Unpacking Transcanadas
I recently returned home from a Canadian literature conference held in my old hometown of Toronto in a state of disillusionment, frustration, and anger. Here’s why. [Hook & Eye June 26, 2017]