Publications
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New article “Gendering ‘Intelligent’ Machines” in Technology and Culture
My fourth and final article to come out of my research project Laborem Ex Machina: A History of Construction Machinery and Operating Engineers in Canada was published in the October issue of Technology and Culture. Find it here: “Gendering ‘Intelligent’ Machines:How Operating Engineers Constructed their Masculinity,” Technology and Culture 66: 4 (2025): 1111-41 Keywords: Advertising; children and youth; literature; unions; war;…
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New article “Part of the Solution? Indigenous Apprentices and the Unionized Building Trades” in Labour / Le Travail
My third article to come out of my research project Laborem Ex Machina: A History of Construction Machinery and Operating Engineers in Canada was published in the Spring issue of Labour / Le Travail. Find it here: “Part of the Solution? Indigenous Apprentices and the Unionized Building Trades: The Way of the International Union of Operating…
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We Are What We Eat: A Review of “The Human Cost of Food” Digital Exhibition
I was asked to write a review of the digital exhibition The Human Cost of Food, curated by Ed Dunsworth and a team of undergraduate and graduate students at McGill University. This is a great example of public/active history about Canada’s temporary migrant worker program, its built-in cruelty, and the lives of those most affected…
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New article “As Ceaseless as the Sea: How Modern Construction Machines Disrupted Canadian Senses and Sensibilities, 1870s–1940s” in Technology and Culture
My second article to come out of my research project Laborem Ex Machina: The History of Operating Engineers and Heavy Machinery in Canada’s Construction Industry was published in the January issue of Technology and Culture, the flagship journal in the field of history of technology. Find it here: “As Ceaseless as the Sea: How Modern…
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New article “Reshaping the Ways of Commerce and Civilization” in the Journal of History
My first article to come out of my research project Laborem Ex Machina: The History of Operating Engineers and Heavy Machinery in Canada’s Construction Industry” was published in the December issue of Journal of History. Find it here: “Reshaping the Ways of Commerce and Civilization: Modern Construction Machines and the Building of Canada’s Mobility Infrastructure, 1860s–1920s,” Journal of History 58: 2–3 (December…
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President Rebelo de Sousa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mayor Olivia Chow unveil Movimento Perpétuo exhibition
It was a great honour to meet the President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, the Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow, and the many other dignitaries who visited my Movimento Perpétuo exhibition. It was a memorable day. One of the most delightful outcomes was to be able to…
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Interview for Witness to Yesterday podcast
My interview for The Champlain Society’s Witness to Yesterday podcast, about my book This Pilgrim Nation, came out today. You can listen to it here.
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Thank you!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came out to my book launch. I am honoured and delighted that I got to share this milestone with so many old and new friends. I look forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts on the book. Here are some photos taken by Gilberto Prioste. A couple of his photos…
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