Margaret Conrad
Biographic Data
| ID | 3977287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Conrad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Conrad |
| SIGNATURE | CONRAD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Brunswick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Concise History of Canada
Margaret Conrad's history of Canada explains what makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state. Beginning in Canada's deep past with the arrival of its Indigenous peoples, she traces its history through the conquest by Europeans, the American Revolutionary War, and Confederation in the nineteenth century to its prosperous present. This impressive second edition has expanded by 20 percent, including revised chapters and an insi…
Death in the Peaceable Kingdom: Canadian History since 1867 through Murder, Execution, Assassination, and Suicide by Dimitry Anastakis
Canadians and Their Pasts
What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today's world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to answer these questions by launching an ambitious investigation into how Canadians engage with history in their everyday lives. The results of their survey form the basis of this eye-opening book.Canadians and Their Pasts reports on the findings of inte…
A Concise History of Canada
Margaret Conrad's history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment? And who are its people? Drawing on her many years of experience as a scholar, writer and teacher of Canadian history, Conrad offers astute answers to these difficult questions. Beginning in Canada's deep past with the arrival of its Aboriginal peoples, she t…
It Was All about Me: Making History Relevant
In this article, Margaret Conrad reflects on her four-decade career as a historian. She takes an autobiographical approach, tracing her interest in the past to an evangelical upbringing in rural Nova Scotia and the dramatic changes in post–Second World War Canada that begged historical reflection. On the leading edge of the baby boom, she benefitted from reforms in education that set her on the path to an academic career focusing on Atlantic Cana…
Canadians and Their Pasts: An Exploration in Historical Consciousness
In March 2006 a group of Canadian researchers formally embarked on a collaborative project to explore how ordinary Canadians engage the past in their everyday lives. The Canadians and Their Pasts project was inspired by previous studies undertaken in Europe, the United States, and Australia that used survey data to probe people's historical consciousness. This paper will briefly summarize the findings of the earlier studies, offer preliminary res…
Manifestation, Attribution, and Coping With Depression Among Asian Indians From the Perspectives of Health Care Practitioners
The study explores cultural influences on depression and care outcomes among Asian Indians with depression. Data were collected from interviews of 23 multidisciplinary mental health professionals and retrospective review of 20 medical records of patients. Findings revealed a major influence of social and cultural context in expression of symptoms, illness attribution, help-seeking behaviors, and communication patterns. Religious beliefs and socia…
Intimate Relations: Family and Community in Planter Nova Scotia, 1759-1800
Saturday's Child: Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister
Ellen Fairclough (born 1905), the first woman in Canada to become a federal cabinet minister, recounts her early life, her efforts to become a business woman, and her experiences as a Progressive Conservative member for the constituency of Hamilton West from 1950-63. B&w photos. Annotation copyright
Tenure, Discrimination, and the Courts
The Double Ghetto: Canadian Women and Their Segregated Work
Canadians and Their Pasts: An Exploration in Historical Consciousness
In March 2006 a group of Canadian researchers formally embarked on a collaborative project to explore how ordinary Canadians engage the past in their everyday lives. The Canadians and Their Pasts project was inspired by previous studies undertaken in Europe, the United States, and Australia that used survey data to probe people's historical consciousness. This paper will briefly summarize the findings of the earlier studies, offer preliminary res…
The Double Ghetto: Canadian Women and Their Segregated Work
The Double Ghetto: Canadian Women and Their Segregated Work
Saturday's Child: Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister
Ellen Fairclough (born 1905), the first woman in Canada to become a federal cabinet minister, recounts her early life, her efforts to become a business woman, and her experiences as a Progressive Conservative member for the constituency of Hamilton West from 1950-63. B&w photos. Annotation copyright
Tenure, Discrimination, and the Courts
Intimate Relations: Family and Community in Planter Nova Scotia, 1759-1800
Manifestation, Attribution, and Coping With Depression Among Asian Indians From the Perspectives of Health Care Practitioners
The study explores cultural influences on depression and care outcomes among Asian Indians with depression. Data were collected from interviews of 23 multidisciplinary mental health professionals and retrospective review of 20 medical records of patients. Findings revealed a major influence of social and cultural context in expression of symptoms, illness attribution, help-seeking behaviors, and communication patterns. Religious beliefs and socia…
Canadians and Their Pasts: An Exploration in Historical Consciousness
In March 2006 a group of Canadian researchers formally embarked on a collaborative project to explore how ordinary Canadians engage the past in their everyday lives. The Canadians and Their Pasts project was inspired by previous studies undertaken in Europe, the United States, and Australia that used survey data to probe people's historical consciousness. This paper will briefly summarize the findings of the earlier studies, offer preliminary res…
It Was All about Me: Making History Relevant
In this article, Margaret Conrad reflects on her four-decade career as a historian. She takes an autobiographical approach, tracing her interest in the past to an evangelical upbringing in rural Nova Scotia and the dramatic changes in post–Second World War Canada that begged historical reflection. On the leading edge of the baby boom, she benefitted from reforms in education that set her on the path to an academic career focusing on Atlantic Cana…
A Concise History of Canada
Margaret Conrad's history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment? And who are its people? Drawing on her many years of experience as a scholar, writer and teacher of Canadian history, Conrad offers astute answers to these difficult questions. Beginning in Canada's deep past with the arrival of its Aboriginal peoples, she t…
Canadians and Their Pasts
What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today's world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to answer these questions by launching an ambitious investigation into how Canadians engage with history in their everyday lives. The results of their survey form the basis of this eye-opening book.Canadians and Their Pasts reports on the findings of inte…
Death in the Peaceable Kingdom: Canadian History since 1867 through Murder, Execution, Assassination, and Suicide by Dimitry Anastakis
A Concise History of Canada
Margaret Conrad's history of Canada explains what makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state. Beginning in Canada's deep past with the arrival of its Indigenous peoples, she traces its history through the conquest by Europeans, the American Revolutionary War, and Confederation in the nineteenth century to its prosperous present. This impressive second edition has expanded by 20 percent, including revised chapters and an insi…
Canadian Identity and History (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Genealogy (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Ethnology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works)