Research Fellows

Alan Anderson (Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK)
Topic: The development and changing demographics of rural ethnic bloc settlements in Saskatchewan.
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Anne Campbell (Author, Regina, SK)
Topic: Historical biography of “Regina Five” visual artist, Arthur F. McKay.
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Doug Finnie (MBA, B Comm, Saskatoon, SK)
Topic: The short line agricultural industry in Saskatchewan.
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Dr. Margot Hurlbert (Department of Justice Studies, University of Regina)
Topic: To engage in research focused on water governamce, climate change and adaptation in the prairie provinces.
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Dr. Paul James (Zoologist, Regina, SK)
Topic: The development and application of the AEGIS climate change model to impact and adaptation issues, especially with regard to the agricultural sector.
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Dr. Michael Jackson (Author and Conference Interpreter, Regina, SK)
Topics: The Crown in Canada, including honours, the Office of Lieutenant Governor and the role of the Crown in the federal state. The Francophone minority in Saskatchewan.
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Dr. Howard Leeson (Political Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK)
Topic: Patriation of the Canadian Constitution (1982) and a history of the early CCF in Alberta.
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Dr. David Sauchyn (Geography, U of R, Regina)
Topic: Climate Change Adaptation on the Prairies.
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Dennis Sherratt (Environmentalist, Regina, SK)
Topic: The development and application of carbon offsets as part of an Ecological Goods and Services Program for southern Saskatchewan.
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Dr. James Aber (Geology, Emporia State University, Kansas).
Topic: Remote Sensing and Glacial Geomorphology and research in Glacial Geology. Dr. Aber was on a faculty exchange with Dr. Alec Paul, Department of Geography, University of Regina.

Mr. Abe Arnold (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Topic: Canadian Jewish history, to produce a book with a working title of Canada and the Jews: From New France to New Jerusalem.

Pamela Banting ( English, University of Calgary, Calgary AB)
Topic: To produce Writing the Land, an anthology of Western-Canadian writing about nature and about place.

Dr. John Bennett ( Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis MI, USA
Topic: Cultural History and Personal Experience in a Post-Frontier Region: A Bi-National Study in the Northern Great Plains.

Mr. William Beeching (Regina, Sask.)
Topic: to write a book published by CPRC - Canadian Volunteers: Spain, 1936-1939 - This is the story of Canadians who fought in Spain as part of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.

Mr. Ian Bickle (Retired Journalist, Regina)
Topic: History of the construction of the Hudson Bay Railroad (The Pas to Churchill, Manitoba).

Dr. Niels Braroe (Anthropology & Archaeology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Topic: Study of Nikaneet Cree at Maple Creek. His original study was published by Stanford University Press entitled Indian and White: Self-Image and Interaction in a Canadian Plains Community.

Mr. Barry Broadfoot (Author and Broadcaster, Nanaimo, B.C.).
Topic: Research for a documentary on the Current and Future Plight to the Western Grain Farmer as laid out in his book Next Year Country.

John Burton (Regina, SK)
Topic: The development of the potash industry in Saskatchewan.

Mr. John Campbell (Geography, Queens University of Belfast, Ireland).
Topic: The study of the geographic loci of CCF electoral support in the province of Saskatchewan.

Dr. Cecilia Danysk (History, Dalhousie University).
Topic: The penetration of capitalist farms in prairie agriculture production during the period 1880 to 1930.

Drs. Polo Diaz, Robert Stirling and Murray Knuttila (University of Regina).
Topic: A comparative study of the impact of international wheat prices on the prairies of Canada, Australia and Argentina.

Mr. Steve Dorey (Economics, University of Regina).
Topic: A study in respect of prairie regional trade patterns and policies resulting in a CPRC publication Free Trade on the Prairies: The Implications of the Canada-US Trade Pact for the Three Prairie Provinces.

Dr. Patrick Douaud (Education,University of Regina).
Topic: French translation of selected entries for the online Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.

Mr. David Doyle (Educator and historian, North Battleford).
Topic: Study of Cree Indian life during the period between the signing of treaties in the 1870s and the onset of welfare in the 1960s.

Mr. Michael Gertler (Sociology, University of Saskatchewan).
Topic: To study the changing structure of agriculture on the North American Plains.

Mr. Dennis Gruending (Writer, Broadcaster, Regina).
Topic: Writing a biography of Allan Blakeney, Premier of Saskatchewan.

Ms. Malin Hansen (Biology, U of R, Regina)
Topic: The use of plant species native to Saskatchewan in urban landscaping.

James Haaland (Political Science, Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.)
Topic: The effect of leadership on the success of western political parties.

Mr. Dale Hjertaas (SK Environment, Regina)
Topic: Endangered species in the province of Saskatchewan-the whooping crane and the piping plover.

Mr. Max Headley (Anthropology, University of Windsor).
Topic: Study of the transformation of household commodity producers through their involvement in societal and global processes of capitalist development. The prairie region of Canada has been chosen for comparative purposes.

Dr. Norman Henderson (Geography, University of East Anglia, U.K.) (Currently PARC, University of Regina)
Topic: History of the intersection of culture and ecology in the Qu'Appelle Valley. He spent the summer of 1994 traveling with a dog travois and the summer of 1995 was spent using a horse travois.

Mr. Dale Hjertaas (SK Environment, Regina)
Topic: Endangered species in the province of Saskatchewan-the whooping crane and the piping plover.
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Mr. Michael Hopkinson (Environment & Community Research Unit, Bedford College, UK).
Topic: Study of the prairie landscape in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Dr. Tom Isern (History, NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota)
Topic: Germans from Russia on the Canadian Prairies.
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Ms. Dominique Kaiser (Sociology, University of Tubingen, West Germany).
Topic: Research for Ph.D. thesis on ideology in the Canadian prairie novel.

Ms. Ella Kalcounis (Calgary Women's Writing Project, University of Calgary).
Topic: An oral history of the migration of Greeks from the Mount Parnon area of Greece to the prairie region of Canada.

Dr. Patrick Kyba (Political Science, University of Guelph).
Topic: History of the Conservative Party in the province of Saskatchewan. Also the author of CPRC's Alvin: A Biography of the Honourable Alvin Hamilton, P.C.

Dr. Ann Leger-Anderson (History, University of Regina)
Topic: History of Women in Saskatchewan. Dr. Leger-Anderson's work was cut short by her death in January 2006.

Mr. Malcolm Lewis (Geography, University of Sheffield, UK).
Topic: Received a Canada Research Award by the Canadian High Commission (UK) to undertake a study of cartography symbols found on eighteenth-century prairie maps.

Dr. Alex MacDonald (Campion College, University of Regina).
Topic: Saskatchewan utopias and intentional communities: a reference guide.

Mr. Max Macdonald (Saskatchewan journalist, Regina).
Topic: The history of the construction of the South Saskatchewan River Dam.

Dr. Stewart Mein (Author/Historian, Pierceland, SK).
Topic: A military history of Western Canada from 1870 to 1920.

Mr. George Melnyk (Writer and Historian, Calgary).
Topic: Researching and editing a collections of readings on the subject of social and political unrest in the prairie region from the time of Louis Riel to the present.

Dr. Grace Morgan (Regina, Ph.D. Anthropology U of Alberta)
Topic: Man/Environmental Relationships of Plains/Parkland Ecosystem Modeling.

Dr. Alijca Muszynski (Sociology, University of Waterloo).
Topic: Rural Community Study on Wishart, Saskatchewan.

Mr. John Othick (Economics & Social History Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland).
Topic: The development of a Canadian Studies program at Queen's University of Belfast with emphasis on the Canadian Plains.

Mr. Wayne Pepper (Biologist, Regina)
Topic: History of wildlife management in Saskatchewan.

Mr. Bob Phillips (Editor, Western Producer Publications, Saskatoon).
Topic: To work with the Center in connection with the Prairie Trade Patterns and Prospects project.

Dr. Barbara Powell (English, University of Regina) and Ms. Myrna Williams (Graduate Student in English, University of Regina).
Topic: Research and write a directory to the material relating to women's history in the Saskatchewan Archives.

Mr. Curt Schroeder ( Saskatchewan Natural History Society, Regina, SK).
Topic: Study of the conservation of the Greater Prairie Chicken and Black-footed Ferret.

Dr. Irene Spry (Historian, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa).
Topic: Research for CPRC book Records of the Department of the Interior and Research Concerning Canada's Western Frontier of Settlement.

Dr. Betty Ternier Daniels (Cochin, SK).
Topic: Toward sustainability: prairie universities in a postmodern world.

Dr. Donald Wetherell and Ms. Irene Kmet (Historians, Edmonton).
Topic: A study of the history of the farm implement manufacturing industry in the prairie region for the period 1870-1970.

Mr. Donny White (Cultural History at the Medicine Hat Museum, Medicine Hat, AB).
Topic: Documentation of the life and work of pioneer photographer, Geraldine Moodie.

Dr. Audrey Whitson (St. Joseph's College, University of Alberta).
Topic: Earth pilgrimage. Alberta represents a collage of images and voices of the land. The voices recorded are those of the First Peoples and the first Euro Americans in their encounters with the land, as well as those of Dr. Whitson seeking to rediscover the sacred in the land.

Dr. Roy Wortman (History, Kenyon College, Gabier, Ohio).
Topic: History of the Plains Indians.

Mr. Dongan Zhang (Canadian Economy and Trade Studies, Sichuan University, People's Republic of China).
Topic: Research in preparation for a book on the economics of prairie agriculture.