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CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Joan Murray McFarland
ADDRESS: Dept. of Economics
St. Thomas University
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5G3
TELEPHONE: (506) 452-0458
NATIONALITY: Canadian
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
International student, 1963-64, National University of Mexico, Mexico City
BA., Honours Economics, 1967, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
MA, Economics, 1969, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
PhD, Economics, 1971, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Sabbatical Year, 1977-1978, spent at the New School for Social Research, New York City
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Political Economy of Women, Women and Development, Marxian Economics, International
Development, Canadian Social Policy, Community Economic Development, New Brunswick
Economy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor of Economics, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, July 1, 1986-
present
Associate Professor of Economics, St. Thomas University, July 1, 1976 to June 1986
Assistant Professor of Economics, St. Thomas University, July 1, 1971 to June 1976
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Economics, North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke-on-Trent,
England, 1981-82 (on leave of absence from St. Thomas University)
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Special experience: Have organized and taught interdisciplinary credit courses in Gender
Studies since 1973-1974 at St. Thomas University. Also co-taught the advanced seminar in
Women's Studies (WS4004) at the University of New Brunswick, Fall 1988. In 1994-95,
developed and team taught Gender and Society section of the Aquinas program, a new
first year three credit interdisciplinary Economics/Sociology/Religious Studies program.
(Taught again in 96-97, 97-98 and 98-99 with French literature in translation instead of
Religious Studies and in 99-2000 with Religious Studies). In 2006--07 and 2007-08,
developed and team-taught Justice and Globalization section of the Aquinas program with
Sociology and Religious Studies. In 2009-10, co-taught Social Policy: Current Issues and
Global Perspectives with Suzanne Dudziak in Social Work.
COURSES TAUGHT
Introductory Economics*
Microeconomic Theory I and II
Macroeconomic Theory I
Perspectives on Underdevelopment
Case Studies in Economic Development
International Economics: Trade Theory
International Economics: Balance of Payments
Industrial Organization I and II
Marxian Economics
Community Economic Development
The New Brunswick Economy
Woman in Society: A socio-economic perspective* (cross-listed with Sociology and Gender
Studies)
Selected Topics in the Political Economy of Women (cross-listed with Sociology and Gender
Studies)
Women in the Third World I and II (cross-listed with Sociology and Gender Studies)
The latter three courses are also cross-listed with Women's Studies at UNB. In addition,
Theoretical Perspectives on Underdevelopment, Case Studies in Economic
Development and Women in the Third World I and II are cross-listed with
International Development Studies, UNB
Gender and Society section*, Aquinas program
Justice and Globalization section*, Aquinas program
Social Policy: Current Issues and Global Perspectives (cross-listed with Social Work)
(*Denotes full credit course, the others are half credit courses).
AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
Centre for Developing Area Studies, McGill University, Graduate Fellowship, 1967-68,
68-69
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Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1969-70, 70-71
SSHRC Research Grant (STU) for Black's Harbour research, Summer 1979
Nuffield Fellowship for research in England, 1981-82
SSHRC Research Grant (STU) for research on women in Cuba, Spring 1985
SSHRC Seed grant ($5,000) with Dr. Dorothy MacKeracher (Education, UNB) for research
on Women's Learning and Women's Work, 1989-90
SSHRC Research grant (STU) for research on Women's Learning and Women's Work, 1990-
91
SSHRC Strategic Theme Research grant ($30,866) with Dr. Dorothy MacKeracher on
Women's On-the-job Learning, 1991-93
SSHRC Partnership Development grant ($5,000) with Alan Miller (Psychology UNB) and
Gary Bowden (Sociology UNB) on Alternatives to Industrial Forestry in New Brunswick,
1994-95
Challenge grant on The Role of Women in Knowledge based Industries in the Fredericton
Area, summer 1994
Challenge grant on the Role of Women in Knowledge- based Industries in the Moncton area,
Summer 1995
Summer Placement grant on Role of Women in Knowledge based Industries in the Saint John
area, Summer 1996
Team member for SSHRC Strategic Research Network grant in Education and Training co-
ordinated by York University's Centre for Research on Work and Society, annual funding of
$225,000 for five years. Individual grant of $8000 for NB Inventory Training project, 1997-
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Summer Placement grant on NB Training Inventory project, Summer 1997
Administrator of $18,500 Ottawa Board of Education grant for the Atlantic Provinces general
research component of the Adult Basic Education in Canada National Study of Access to
Programs and Services project, Fall 1997
Team member for CIHR seed grant for preparation of “Body-Based Aspects of Adolescent
Health” application, $5000. May 2002
Course release, Fall 2005, STU Senate Committee on Research
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Travel grant, April 2006, STU Senate Committee on Research
Course release, Fall 2006, STU Senate Committee on Research
NBASRDC grant, 2007, for call centre research
Co-investigator in $1 million SSHRC (CURA) grant, 2010-2015, co-ordinated by York
University on “Work in a Warming World: Adapting Canadian Employment and
Work to Challenges of Climate Change”. $12064 research grant transferred to STU,
2010-12 and $4700 conference grant transferred in 2011
PUBLICATIONS
The Responsiveness of the Tax System in Pakistan, 1950-66 MA Thesis, McGill University,
1969
Linder and Demand-Led Theories of the Pattern of Trade: A Review in the Canadian
Context. PhD Thesis, McGill University, 1971
Equality for Women? Co-authored with Kathleen D. Strouch, Fredericton: New Brunswick
Human Rights Commission, 1974
"Economics and Women: A Critique of the Scope of Traditional Analysis and Research,"
Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April 1976)
"Women and Unions: Help or Hindrance", Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2
(Spring, 1979)
"Changing Modes of Social Control in a New Brunswick Fish Packing Town", Studies in
Political Economy: A socialist review, No. 4, Fall 1980. Reprinted in Graham S.
Lowe and Harvey J. Krahn, Working Canadians: Readings in the Sociology of Work
and Industry, (Toronto: Methuen, 1984)
"The Persistence of Women's Oppression in the Household", unpublished manuscript, 1981
"Underdevelopment and Economic Theory in Atlantic Canada", Acadiensis, Vol. XI, No. 2
(Spring 1982)
"Women in the Potteries Industry: A Case of Lost Potential" Atlantis: A Women's Studies
Journal, Vol. XI, No. 1 (Fall 1985)
Review of Girls, Wives, Factory Lives by Anna Pollert in The Political Quarterly, Vol. 53, No.
2 (April-June 1982)
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Review of Girls, Wives, Factory Lives by Anna Pollert in Atlantis: A Women's Studies
Journal Vol. 8, No. 1 (Fall 1982). (A different review from the above)
Review of Women, the Family and the Economy by S.J. Wilson in Resources for Feminist
Research (Nov. 1982)
"Hartt and Soul", New Maritimes, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Nov. 1985)
"Excerpts from a Diary", The Decade for Women: A Special Report, ed. Aisla Thomson,
CCLOW, 1986
Women in Cuba: Twenty-five Years Later, Unpublished manuscript, Jan. 1986
Review of We, the Undersigned: A Historical Overview of New Brunswick Women's
Political and Legal Status, 1784-1984, by Elspeth Tulloch in New Maritimes, Vol. 5,
No. 1, (Sept. 1986)
"The New Brunswick Re-entry Program: Five Views", Women's Education des Femmes,
Vol. 6, No. 1, Winter 1988
"Asseny Muro and Patricia Mgubi: Interview", Women's Education des Femmes, Vol. 6,
No. 1, Winter 1988
Review of Free Trade and the Future of Women's Work by Marjorie Griffin Cohen in
Women's Education des Femmes, Vol. 6, No. 1, Winter 1988.
With Kathleen Driscoll, "The Effects of Feminist Approaches on Research Methodologies:
Social Sciences" in The Effects of Feminist Approaches on Research Methodologies.
Wilfrid Laurier Press, 1989
"The Construction of Women and Development Theory: A Review Essay", Canadian Review
of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 25, No. 2, May 1988
With Mike Cole, "A Reply to Paul Willis's 'Unemployment: The Final Inequality'", British
Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1988
With Dorothy MacKeracher, Marg Wall and Bonnie Wood, "Women's on-the-job procedural
knowing" Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for the
Study of Adult Education, 1990
With Dorothy MacKeracher, Marg Wall and Bonnie Wood, "Women's Learning and
Women's Work", in From the Margin to the Centre, Proceedings of the 25th
Anniversary Meeting of the Atlantic Association of Anthropologists and
Sociologists, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, 1991.
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"Combining Economic and Social Policy through work and welfare: the Impact on Women",
in Papers on Economic Equality, Ottawa, Status of Women Canada, 1994
With Dorothy MacKeracher, "Learning Working Knowledge: Implications for Training"
Women’s Education des femmes, Vol 10, No. 3/4, 1993/94
"Law and Economics: A Feminist Economist's Critique" UNB Law Journal, Vol. 44, 1995
With Bob Mullaly, "NB Works: Image vs Reality" in Jane Pulkingham and Gordon
Ternowetsky, Remaking Social Policy: Social Security in the Late 1990's (Halifax:
Fernwood, 1996)
"Conceptualizing a People Friendly Economy", Canadian Friend, March-April, 1996
"From Nairobi to Beijing: How far have we come?" Women's Education des femmes, Vol
12, No 1 (Spring 1996)
"Many are Called, But What are the Choices?" New Maritimes, Vol XIV, Number Six
(July/August 1996)
"Working Life in the Call Centres" On the Table: A Review of Work and Society, Issue #1,
May 1997
"The Political Economy of New Brunswick's Call Centre Industry: Old Wine in New
Bottles?" Socialist Studies Bulletin, Number 50, Oct./Nov./Dec. 1997
"From Feminism to Women's Human Rights: The Best Way Forward?" Atlantis: A Women's
Studies Journal, Vol. 22.2, Spring 1998 (Chosen for 25th anniversary issue of
Atlantis, 2001)
“What’s Happening with Training in New Brunswick?” (with Abdella Abdou) Working
paper, Centre for Research on Work and Society, York University, May 1998
“Women’s Access to Training in New Brunswick” Working Paper, Centre for Research on
Work and Society, York University, May, 1999 (Also published on the NALD
website: http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/recent.htm)
Review of Power, Employment and Accumulation: Social Structures in Economic Theory
and Practice, ed. Jim Stanford, Lance Taylor and Ellen Houston in Feminist
Economics, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2002
“Call Centres in New Brunswick: Maquiladoras of the North?” Canadian Woman Studies,
special issue “Women, Globalization and International Trade”, Volumes 21/22,
Numbers 4/1, Spring/Summer 2002
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“Public Policy and Women’s Access to Training in New Brunswick” in Training the
Excluded for Work, Marjorie Cohen, ed., Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003
“Technology, Geography and Regulation: The Case of Call Centres in New Brunswick” (with
Tom Good) in Challenging the Market: The Struggle to Regulate Work and Income,
Leah Vosko and Jim Stanford, eds., McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2004
“Microcredit for poor women not the panacea it’s claimed to be” The CCPA Monitor, Vol.
10, No. 6, Nov. 2003
“Microcredit for Women: Kerala-style”, Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal, Vol. 29, No.
1, Fall 2004
“Call Centres: A New Solution to an Old Problem?” (with Tom Good) in From the net to the
Net: Atlantic Canada and the Global Economy, James Sacouman and Henry
Veltmeyer (eds), Garamond/Broadview, 2005
“Women’s Centres: North and South”, Unpublished manuscript, 2007
“Pioneer in Feminist Political Economy: Overcoming the Disjuncture” in Minds of Our Own:
Inventing Women’s/Feminist Studies in Canada, Wendy Robbins, Meg Luxton,
Francine Descarries and Margrit Eichler (eds), Wilfred Laurier Press, May 2008
“Vulnerable Jobs in the New Brunswick Call Centre Industry”, NBASRDC E-Paper
Series, June 2009
“Self-Sufficiency and the Call Centre Industry in New Brunswick”, in Exploring the
Dimensions of Self-Sufficiency in New Brunswick. NBASRDC, 2009
“Telling the Story of Globalization, Neoliberalism and the Call Centre Industry in New
Brunswick”, Socialist Studies: The Journal of the Society for Socialist Studies. Vol
5, No.1 (Spring,2009)
“Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: Creating Call Centre Industries”, Atlantic Canada
Economics Association: Papers and Proceedings, 2009
“Labour Doing its Part to Save the Planet”, Commentary (with Andy Secord), Telegraph
Journal, May 23, 2011
Work in a Warming World Atlantic Forum: Saving the Planet and Creating Jobs. Forum
publication. York University: Work in a Warming World CURA program, Oct. 2011
(available on STU website under publications)
Review of Private Affluence, Public Austerity: Economic Crisis and Democratic Malaise
in Canada by Stephen McBride and Heather Whiteside in Socialist Studies: The
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Journal of the Society for Socialist Studies, Vol. 8, No 1 (2012)
“Labour’s Responses to Environmental Issues: a New Brunswick Case Study”, Work in a
Warming World Research Program working paper, #2012-01. Also posted on Work
in a Warming World (W3)
“The Gender Impact of Green Job Creation”, Work in a Warming World Research Program
working paper, #203-02. Also posted on Work in a Warming World (W3)
“More Jobs in Clean Energy than in Oil and Gas” (op ed), Telegraph Journal, May 21, 2013
Reprinted in The Brief, Aug. 21, 2013 and Eco Alert Newsletter, Fall 2013
Posted at NB Media Coop www.nbmediacoop.org and Work in a Warming World
www.workinawarmingworld.yorku.ca
“Labour and the Environment: Five Stories from New Brunswick Since the 1970s”,
Labour/LeTravail, #74 (Fall 2014)
“Are There Jobs for Women in Green Job Creation?” Women & Environments,
Vol. 94/95, Fall 2014/Winter 2015
CONFERENCE PAPERS
"Women and Economics" presented at conference, Women's Studies in Higher Education at
University of Calgary, Spring 1975
"Piecework 1979" presented at Union for Radical Political Economists (Allied Social
Sciences) conference, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1979
"Working in a N.B. Fish Plant" presented at workshop on the fishing industry in the Atlantic
provinces, Acadia University, Spring 1980
"Notes on Including Women in Development Models and Theories" presented at Workshop
on Women and Development, St. Thomas University, January 1985
"Cuban Women: Twenty-five Years Later", presented at Atlantic Association of Sociologists
and Anthropologists conference, Acadia University, March 1986
"The Effects of Feminist Approaches on Research Methodologies: Social Sciences"
presented with Kathleen Driscoll at The Effects of Feminist Approaches on Research
Methodologies conference, University of Calgary, January 22-24, 1987
"Women's Unemployment and the Recession: the Canadian Case" presented at conference at
University of Havana, International Comparative Research on Women, Feb. 25-28,
1987
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"Women's Learning and Women's Work", presented with Bonnie Wood at Atlantic
Association of Anthropologists and Sociologists conference, Saint John, March 1990
"Reflections: work experiences", presented at Canadian Women's Studies Association
conference, Victoria, May 1990
"Developing an On-the-job Learning Portfolio", presented with Dorothy MacKeracher and
Marg Wall at Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
conference, Charlottetown, November 1990
"Developing an On-the-job Learning Portfolio", presented with Bonnie Wood and Karen
Gallagher at "The Invisible Woman: Getting Recognition on the Job" conference at
St. Thomas University, May 1992
"Combining Economic and Social Policy through Work and Welfare: the Impact on Women"
at Economic Equality workshop organized by the Status of Women Canada,
November 1993
"Law and Economics: A Feminist Economist's Critique", Viscount Bennett lecture/seminar,
Faculty of Law, UNB, Nov. 3-4, 1994
"NB Works: Image vs Reality", Seventh Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy:
Remaking Canadian Social Policy--Staking Claims and Forging Change, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., June 25-38, 1995
"Call Centres: the Answer for Women's Employment?", Canadian Women's Foundation
Workshop on Women's Contribution to the Canadian Economy, Toronto, Oct. 16,
1995
"SAPs of the North: the Canadian Case", Women at the Threshold of the Twenty-first
Century, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, November 1995
"Response to The Prosperity of Humankind", Baha’i Prosperity of Humankind Conference,
Wu Centre, May 2, 1996
With Ruth Buchanan, "The Political Economy of New Brunswick's Call Centre Industry: Old
Wine in New Bottles?", joint session Socialist Studies/Law and Society, Learned
Societies Conference, Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld. June 7, 1997
"From Feminism to Women's Human Rights: The Best Way Forward?" Canadian Research
Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) conference, Fredericton, Nov.
1997
“What’s Happening to Training in New Brunswick?” at Education and Training Network
meeting, Toronto, May 23-25, 1998
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“Education and/or re-education for the 21st century world: Canada” at Third World
Consciousness in a Global Society RORAC workshop, Temamatla, Mexico, July 28-
Aug. 6, 1998.
“Women’s Access to Training in New Brunswick” at Education and Training Network
meeting, Quebec City, May 29-30, 1999
“Gender-Based Analysis of Women’s Access to Training in New Brunswick” at CCLOW
Congress: Designing our Future: Women’s learning, education and training in
Canada: 2000 and beyond, Toronto, March 2-5, 2000
“Technology, Geography and Regulation” with Tom Good at Challenging the Market: The
Struggle to Regulate Work and Income, Toronto, June 8, 2001
“Call Centres: Solution to an Old Problem?” with Tom Good at Underdevelopment in
Atlantic Canada: Renewing the Debate, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Oct. 26-27,
2001
“Pioneer in Feminist Political Economy: a Canadian Experience” at Breaking the Glass
Ceiling conference, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus, April 25-28, 2006
“The Call Centre Industry in New Brunswick” at New Brunswick: Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow NBASRDC symposium, St. Thomas University, Sept. 6, 2006
“An Update on the Call Centre Industry in New Brunswick: Preliminary Findings” at Town
and Country: Exploring Urban and Rural Issues in New Brunswick NBASRDC
conference, St. Thomas University, June 22-23, 2007
“Telling the Story of Globalization, Neoliberalism and the Call Centre Industry in New
Brunswick”, Society for Socialist Studies, Vancouver, June 5, 2008
“Developing a Political Economy Program at St. Thomas” on Teaching Varieties of
Economics panel, Progressive Economics Forum, Vancouver, June 7, 2008
“Call Centres in New Brunswick: Maquiladoras of the North”, New Brunswick Social
Forum, Fredericton, Sept. 28, 2008
“Putting Call Centres in Rural Locations: Contrasting Approaches in New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia”, Communities, Culture and Collaboration: Where we are now, research
on New Brunswick, NBASRDC Forum, April 17, 2009
“Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: Creating Call Centre Industries”, Atlantic Canada
Economics Association Annual Meeting, UNBSJ, Oct. 16-18, 2009
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“Lessons from the New Brunswick Casual Workers Court Challenge, 2004-2010” (with
Raymond Leger), Labour History Workshop, Charlotte Street Arts Centre,
Fredericton, May 29, 2011
“Memories of the AASA and the AASA’s Women’s Caucus, 1986-99”, Canadian
Sociological Association, Fredericton, June 2, 2011
“The New Brunswick Casual Workers Court Challenge and Beyond, 2004-2010” (with
Raymond Leger and David Frank), Society for Socialist Studies, Fredericton, June 4,
2011
“Labour’s Response to Environmental Issues: A New Brunswick Case Study”, Work in a
Warming World Annual Researchers’ Workshop, Toronto, Jan. 26, 2013
“The Gender Impact of Green Job Creation: A Call for Gender-based Analysis”, Work in a
Warming World Annual Researchers’ Workshop, Toronto, Jan. 26, 2013
“The Gender Impact of Green Job Creation”, W3 International Conference, Work in a
Warming World: Labour, Climate Change and Social Struggle, Toronto, Nov.29-
Dec.1, 2013
“Stories about Labour and the Environment in New Brunswick”, 20th Atlantic Studies
Conference, Images of Atlantic Canada, Fredericton, May 1-3, 2014
CONFERENCE SPEAKER/PANELLIST/WORKSHOP LEADER/CHAIR
Keynote Speaker, Fredericton International Women's Day Conference, March, 1980
Panellist, Women's Issues conference, University of New Brunswick, Spring, 1984 (my
topic: Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value)
Panellist, People Against Pornography Workshop, St. Thomas University, Spring, 1983 (my
topic: The Economics of Pornography)
Workshop Leader, "Non-hierarchical Management of Shelters", Wife Battering conference,
Fredericton, Fall 1982
Chair, "Women in Unions" panel, Women in the New Brunswick Economy conference,
Winter 1985
Workshop Leader on The Nairobi Conference, N.B. Women's Network conference,
Fredericton, September 1985
Speaker, Women's Employment Issues Committee (provincial-federal governments), Fall
1985
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Human Rights group, UNB-STU, August 1985
Speaker, Grace Memorial Baptist Church Women's group, Fall 1985
Speaker, Women's Directorate Speakers series, January 1986
Workshop Leader, Transition to Learning Workshop, UNB Extension Dept., May 1989,
1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
Panellist, UNB Teaching Effectiveness Workshop, April 1991
Panellist, Plenary Panel, "The Invisible Woman: Getting Recognition on the Job" conference,
St. Thomas University, May 1992
Speaker, YM-YWCA Saint John on "The Impact of NAFTA on Women", March 25, 1994
Resource person, Alternative Economics: Building a Sustainable Future for Maritime
Communities Conference, Kingsclear, March 25-27, 1994
Panel presentation, "Women in High Tech Industries in the Fredericton Area", Atlantic
Association of Anthropologists and Sociologists, Dalhousie University, Oct. 12-15, 1994
Panel presentation, "Backlash in the classroom", Mt. St. Vincent Women's Studies chair
workshop, May 6-7, 1995
Beijing presentations, Sept.95-March 96 to NB Advisory Council on the Status of Women,
Women's History Month panel STU, University Women's Club, Third World Studies UNB,
Fredericton Interchurch Women's Group, Fredericton Area Social Justice Coalition,
Unitarian Fellowship, Provincial Council Women Working with Immigrant Women, Voice
of Women, International Women's Day celebration Fredericton
Panel presentation on film "Who's Counting?" sponsored by Women's Studies and Political
Science, UNB, Mar 1996
Chair, joint session of Socialist Studies/CPSA, Public Policy and Women's Organizing in
Canada and Sweden, Learned Societies Conference, Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld.,
June 8, 1997
Panel presentation, “Mending the Social Safety Net: Is it Really Women’s Work?” at
Nurturing Ourselves: Women’s Health and Well-being conference, Wu Centre, March 27,
1998
Panel presentation, “The Skills, Loans and Grants Program”, Workplace Training
Conference, Moncton, Nov. 25-27, 1998
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Panel presentation, “The Free Trade Agreement on the Americas and Capitalist
Globalization”, St. Thomas University, Mar. 28, 2001
“Fighting for Social Justice: NGOs in Kerala” at Unitarian Fellowship of Fredericton, Feb.
14, 2002
“Women and Development Projects in India”, Gender Studies Week, STU, March 19, 2002
“NGOs in Kerala: Report from the field”, International Development Studies Society, Nov.
14, 2002
“Women’s Organizations and Projects in Costa Rica” to Unitarian women’s group, Sept.
2004
“The Christian Right and Microcredit in Costa Rica” to Perspectives on Underdevelopment
class, Feb. 2005
Chair, “Before Equal Opportunity: A Regional Profile of Early Social Work in New
Brunswick” at NBASRDC Town and Country conference, St. Thomas University,
June 22-23, 2007
“Sex, Lies and Economics”, speaker at Lunch and Learn with Advisory Council on the Status
of Women, Fredericton, Crowne Plaza Hotel, April 7, 2008
Organizer, Chair and Panellist, “The Self-Sufficiency Agenda: Impact and Implications for
the New Brunswick Economy” at NBARDC conference “Exploring the Dimensions of Self-
Sufficiency for New Brunswick”, St. Thomas University, May 9-10, 2008
Chair, Political Economy session, Atlantic Canada Economics Association meetings, UNBSJ,
October 17, 2009
Chair, Society for Socialist Studies session, “Labour Struggles in New Brunswick”, Congress
2011, UNB & STU, June 4, 2011
“Massacre in Guatemala” at Unitarian Fellowship of Fredericton, Jan. 15, 2012.
Speaker, Taymouth Speaker Series on Jobs and the Economy, “Green Job Creation in New
Brunswick”, April 22, 2013.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
Work in a Warming World Atlantic Forum: Saving the Planet and Creating Jobs. Fredericton:
Sept. 29-30, 2011.
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CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT:
Learned Societies Conferences
Memorial University, St. John's, 1971
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1972
McGill University, Montreal, 1973
Queen's University, Kingston, 1975
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, 1977
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 1979
University of Quebec, Montreal, 1980
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1983
University of Montreal, Montreal, 1985
University of Windsor, Windsor, 1988
Laval University, Quebec City, 1989
University of Victoria, Victoria, 1990
Queen's University, Kingston, 1991
University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, 1992
Carleton University, Ottawa, 1993
University of Quebec at Montreal, 1995
Memorial University, St. John's, 1997
Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Toronto, Toronto, 2002
Dalhousie University, 2003
University of Western Ontario, 2005
University of Saskatchewan, 2007
University of British Columbia, 2008
Carleton University, 2009
Concordia University, 2010
UNB & STU, 2011
University of Victoria, 2013
American Economics Association meetings
San Francisco, 1976
New York, 1977
Atlanta, 1979
New Orleans, 1980
Atlantic Provinces Economic Council meetings
Fredericton, 1971
Halifax, 1976
Workers and their Communities conferences
McMaster University, Hamilton, 1982
OISE, Toronto, 1984
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York, Toronto, 1989
Women's Studies conference, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, Montreal
1980
"Marxism: The Next Two Decades" conference, Winnipeg, 1983
"Rethinking Development" conference St. Mary's University, Halifax, 1984
Women's Studies conference, York University, April 1985
International Social Sciences conference, University of Havana, Cuba, March 1985
United Nations End of the Decade of Women Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985
Atlantic Association of Sociologists and Anthropologists meetings Acadia University,
Wolfville, N.S., March 1986 St. Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., March 1988 University of
New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B., March 1990, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Oct 1994, St.
Thomas University, Fredericton, Oct. 1999
Teaching Effectiveness Workshops, UNB, 1986-91
Special Teaching Effectiveness Workshop (facilitator: Susan Montague, Carnegie Mellon),
UNB, April 1992.
Teaching Effectiveness Workshop, Wu Centre, Fall, 1992
Teaching Conversations and Workshops, STU, 1992-93
Microcomputer Workshop, UNB, 1991
Internet Workshop, Wu Centre, Spring 1993
NB Women's Coalition Conference, Fredericton, Fall 1992
CRIAW (Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women) conferences
Moncton, November 1984
Quebec City, November 1988
Charlottetown, November 1990
Fredericton, November 1997
Atlantic Region Women's Studies Workshop, Mt. St. Vincent University, June 1991
Teaching Effectiveness Institute, Wu Centre, April 1994
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Asheville General Education Institute, University of North Carolina at Asheville, June 3-9,
1994
Viscount Bennett lecture/seminar, Faculty of Law, UNB, Nov. 3-4, 1994
CERF conference, "Retooling the Workforce", Wu Centre, March 31-Apr. 1, 1995
Nancy Rowell Jackman Chair in Women's Studies conference, Mt. St. Vincent University,
May 6-7, 1995
Canadian Social Welfare Policy conference, University of BC, June 25-28, 1995
Teaching Effectiveness Institute, Wu Centre, April 1995
United Nations Women's Forum, Beijing, China, Aug-Sept 1995
Canadian Women's Foundation Workshop on Women's Contribution to the Canadian
Economy, Toronto, Oct. 1995
Women at the Threshold of the Twenty-first Century, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba,
November 1995
Alternative Budget Workshop and Action Canada Network meeting, Ottawa, Jan 1996
Common Ground: A Conference on Jobs, Employment and Livelihoods in Sustainable
Communities organized by the Environment and Sustainable Development Research Centre
(UNB), Beaverbrook Hotel, May 28-29, 1996
Consultation for Status of Women Canada, Montreal, March 1996
Annual Summer Institute in Management and Community Development, Concordia
University, June 17-20, 1996
Building a Moral Economy: the Faith and Justice Training Project, Ecumenical Coalition for
Social Justice, Unitarian House, Fredericton, May 1-4, 1997
Teaching Effectiveness Workshop, Wu Centre, April 15, 1997
Education and Training Research Network meeting, Toronto, May 1997
Faculty Workshop on the First-year Experience, STU, June 26-27, 1997
Women, Work and Well-being in Atlantic Canada, Dalhousie University, April 30-May 2,
1998
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Education and Training Network meeting, Toronto, May 1998
Building a Foundation for Gender-based Analysis in New Brunswick, Fredericton, June 29,
1998
Workplace Training Conference, Moncton, Nov. 1998
Labour Education and Training Network meeting, Quebec City, May 1999
Women and Credit, UNB, Sept. 15-18, 1999
Critical Issues in the Delivery of Training in New Brunswick, CLC/UNB workshop on
Training, UNB, Jan. 14, 2000
CCLOW Congress: Designing our Future: Women’s Learning, education and training in
Canada: 2000 and beyond, Toronto, March 2-5, 2000
Qualitatives 2000 conference, STU, May 18-21, 2000
Progressive Economics Forum, UBC, June 2-4, 2000
Labour Education and Training Network conference: The Provision of Training in Canada:
Regional Comparisons, National Perspectives, Vancouver, Oct. 20-22, 2001
International Socialists conference: Marxism 2001: From Anti-capitalism to Revolution,
Ryerson University, Toronto, May 3-6, 2001
Women’s Union for Pay Equity Annual General Meeting, Miramichi, June 16, 2001
Gender in the Corporate University workshop, STU, June 14-16, 2001
Global Turbulence: Instability in National and International Political Economy, Simon Fraser
University, Vancouver, July 19-21, 2001
Pay Equity: Why and How? University of Moncton, Feb. 16, 2002
Pay Equity Coalition Annual General Meeting, Wu Centre, Fredericton, April 13, 2002
Teaching Effectiveness Workshop, Wu Centre, Fredericton, April 22, 2002
Body-Based Aspects of Adolescent Health Workshop, Everett Chalmers Family Teaching
Unit, Fredericton, May 10-11, 2002
Teaching Effectiveness Workshop, STU, May 2, 2003
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Violence Against Women and Girls in Rural/Remote and Socially Isolated Communities in
the Atlantic Provinces conference, Wu Centre, Fredericton, May 16-17, 2003
The Determinants of Health: An Atlantic Perspective, a Policy Studies Centre conference,
Wu Centre, UNB, June 6, 2003
Organizing Call Centre Workers, Toronto, Sept. 11-13, 2003
Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus, April 25-28, 2006
Environmental Activism in a Time of Climate Change: A Public Symposium, STU, Oct. 16,
2009.
CURA grant meeting. Toronto. Aug. 10, 2009
Atlantic Canada Economics Association, UNBSJ, Oct. 16-18, 2009
Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network AGM, Tatamagouche, Dec. 4-6, 2009
Teaching Effectiveness Workshop, UNB, May 13, 2010
“Turning the World Right-Side Up: Exploring the Role of Women in Re-Balancing
Economic Priorities”, Fredericton, May 21-24, 2010
Work in a Warming World team meeting/workshop. Toronto, June 7-9, 2010
Researchers Workshop: Greening Work in a Chilly Climate. Toronto, Nov.18-19, 2011
Breaking the Silence network AGM, Tatamagouche, Mar. 9-11, 2012
Triennial Rural Women’s Studies Conference, “Rhymes, Rhythms, and Rituals: Twenty-
Five Years of Rural Women’s Studies Revisited”, St. Thomas University, July 26-28,
2012
GUEST LECTURES
Course for Trade Unionists (Prof. T. Good) on Women in Unions, Extension Dept., UNB,
Spring 1974
Economics 100 (Prof. A. Secord) on Women in the Economy, Spring 1980
Women's Studies class, Acadia University (Prof. Lois Vallely-Fischer) on political economy
of women, Spring 1980
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History 4335, UNB (Prof. P. Buckner) on research on women in the Atlantic provinces, Fall
1984
Sociology 2-352 (Prof. P. Weeks) on Nairobi conference, Fall 1985
Gender Studies 2-301 (Prof. M. Reimer) on the political economy approach to Gender
Studies, Spring 1993
History 180 (Prof. D. Gleason) on the Women's Movement, Summer 1993
Gender Studies 2-301 (Prof. C. Kelly) on the political economy approach to
Gender Studies, Spring 1995
History 396 (Prof. S. Andrew) on Beijing conference, April 1996
Law and Social Policy, UNB Law School (Prof. Margaret McCallum) on economic
terms and terminology: the perspectives behind them, March 2005
History 3332, UNB (Prof. B. Huskins) on “Neoliberalism and the Maritimes: call
centres”, March 28, 2011
Peace Studies 2006, (Prof. S. Pidwysocky) on “Guatemala: Is there a road to
peace?” Oct. 17, 2013
REFEREEING ACTIVITIES
Journals:
Atlantis (5-6 articles)
Studies in Political Economy (1 article)
Canadian Journal of Regional Science (1 article)
Relations industrielle/Industrial Relations (1 article)
Canadian Journal of Development Studies (3 articles-1997,1998 and 1999)
CRIAW Marion Porter Best Paper Prize panel, Spring 1991
SSHRC (Some 10 applications over last five years)
SSHRC Evaluation Committee, Women and Work Strategic grants, Summer 1989
Health and Welfare grant referee, Summer 1991
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AUCC International Development grant, July 1997
Acadiensis, (1 article), March 2004
Acadiensis, (1 article), Feb. 2006
Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, (1 article), Feb. 2008
Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal (1 additional article), Dec. 2009
Alternate Routes (1 article), Sept. 2013
Interdisciplinary Majors Supervision
International Development Studies
Rebecca Tremblay, 2005-2008
Molly Beaton, 2005-2007
Ashley Rerrie, 2012-14
Thesis Supervision
Honours Economics
Remus Garraway, The Role of Multinational Corporations in Third World Countries:
the Effect on Employment in the Sugar Industry in Trinidad, first reader, 1980
Kam Tai Yung, Transformation of the People's Commune, first reader, 1984
Pamela Hatt, Pay Inequity: Theories and Policies, first reader,1991
Andrew Parker, Post-debt Crisis Lending to Developing Countries, first reader, 1993
Andrew Rioux, An Analysis of the Information Technology Sector: A Case Study of
Saint John, first reader, 1997
Carol Egan, The New Brunswick Aquaculture Industry, first reader, 1998
Catherine Durling, Call Centres in New Brunswick: Is There a Labour Shortage? first
reader, 2000
Jennifer Flavin, Human Development Indicators for Canada, second reader, 2000
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Richard Ross, Globalization and Training and Education in Canada, second reader,
2000
Maggie Gorman, Researching Women’s Work in Export Processing Zones and
Maquiladoras, first reader, 2001
Jan Allen, The Demand for Nursing Home Services in New Brunswick, second
reader, 2001
Kent Brewer, An Inquiry into the Political Economy of Agriculatural Subsidies in
New Brunswick, second reader, 2004
Rebecca Marshall, The Political Economy of Inaction: An Analysis of the Belledune
Lead Smelter Controversy, 1968-74, second reader, 2004
Todd Kennedy, Demand for University Education, third reader, 2004
Rhea Bowen, The Political Economy of Entitlement, first reader, 2005
Norman Haven, The Political Economy of Restructuring: The World Bank, the IMF
and Jamaica, second reader, 2005
Meaghan MacDonald, Economic Perspectives on the Restructuring of the Markets for
Electricity: a Literature Review, second reader, 2006
Paul Spin, The Gender Wage Gap in Ontario, 2000: A Cross Sectional Analysis, third
reader, 2006
Olga Efimova, Evaluating the Externalities of Thermal Electricity in New Brunswick,
second reader, 2007
Marie-Lise Peter, The Impact of Globalization on Dominica, first reader, 2008
Diego Ponce, Microfinance: a Survey of Recent Literature and Case Study of Ecuador
(project), first reader, 2008
Lisa Wallace, The Political Economy of the Jaakko Poyry Report: a Discourse
Analysis, second reader, 2008
Carla Valdivieso, Foreign Debt: the Case of Ecuador (project), first
reader, 2009
Hideki Koshizuka,“Implications of the Flat Personal Income Tax for New
Brunswick, second reader, 2009
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Brandon Chavarie, The Political Economy of Neoliberal Tax Changes in New
Brunswick, second reader, 2009
Mikhail Bullard, “Give us your best and brightest”: Changing conceptualizations of
the brain drain in the neoliberal era and the impact on the Caribbean, first reader,
2010
Sabrina Fernandes, The Political Economy of Conflict and Hydroelectricity in Brazil:
A Case Study of the Madeira River Dams, second reader, 2010
Marie-Christine Allard, New Brunswick Unions and the Environment in the Age of
Neoliberalism (incomplete), first reader, 2011
Anu Thomas, Assessing the Barriers to Integrating Professional Immigrants into the
Canadian Labour Market: Economic Perspectives, second reader, 2011
Margaret Fitzgerald, Can Degrowth and Capitalism Coexist? An Exploration of the
Relationship between Capitalist Growth and Ecological Destruction, second
reader, 2012
Josh Clarke, The Right to Information and Portection of Privacy Act: How the State
Unravelled a Right, second reader, 2013
Lore Fredstrom. Government Brochures as Active Text and Constituents of the
Social Relations of Public Discourse, second reader, 1994.
Interdisciplinary Honours
Lorna Waye-Munn. Canadian Aid to the Third World: Development for Whom?
1993.
Stacey Wilson. Literary Reaction to Noche de Tlateloco, 1995
Tanya Goguen. Sentencing and Domestic Assault, 1997
Joan Brewer. The Female Mid-life Re-entry Student, 1998
Emma Platts-Boyle. An analysis of the barriers to liberation for Aboriginal peoples,
1998
Leah Fusco, Understanding the Environmental Crisis: How Five Environmental
Leaders Make Sense of Environmental Problems, third reader, 2004
Sarah Conde, The Discursive Conflict over the Precautionary Principle, third reader,
2007
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Sarah Keyes, Keeping it out of the Landfill: A Comparison of the Waste Diversion
Strategies in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, third reader, 2008
Rebeka Fraser-Chiasson, Muddy grounds and Hilton Hotels: An Analysis of Young
People’s Experiences at the World Social Forum, second reader, 2011
Mary-Dan Johnston, “A Constant Struggle”: The Nutritional Praxis of Women with
Type II Diabetes Living in Challenging Circumstances, second reader, 2012
Kate Price, Deconstructing Otherness: Observations from a rural Ghanaian
Classroom, first reader, 2013 (forthcoming)
International Development Studies Honours (UNB)
Shirley von Sychowski, Women and Development in Brazil, 2000
Masters of Arts
Amanda Khan, Masters thesis in Policy Studies, UNB, Water Privatization in South
Africa: An Application of the Neo-Liberal Policy Framework, second reader,
2007
EXTERNAL EXAMINER
Masters thesis, Valerie Bezanson, Acadia University, 1980
Masters thesis, Jean Wright, University of New Brunswick, 1980
Masters thesis, Debra Williams, Acadia University, 1983
Masters thesis, Donna D. Davis, University of New Brunswick, 1986
Masters thesis, Khair Jahan Sogra, University of New Brunswick, 1992
Masters thesis, Kim Doucet, University of New Brunswick, 1993
Masters thesis, Neil Cole, University of New Brunswick, 2010
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Member, Union for Radical Political Economists, 1976-81
Member, Committee for Socialist Studies (now Society for Socialist Studies), 1980-present
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Member, Political Economy Network, 1983-present
Member, CRIAW (Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women)
Executive of AWAND (Atlantic Women and Development Committee) 1985-89
St. Thomas Representative and Vice-Chair of FNBFA (Federation of N.B. Faculty
Association) Status of Women Committee, 1987-89
Editorial Advisory Board, Atlantis: A Woman's Studies Journal, 1978-89
N.B. Editorial Committee member, Our Schools/Our Selves, 1989-93
Submission to Review of Women and Work Strategic Grants program, Summer 1991
Steering Committee, "The Invisible Woman: Getting Recognition on the Job" conference, St.
Thomas University, May 1992
St. Thomas representative, Selection Committee, Women's Doctoral Scholarship Program,
1994, 1995
Selection Committee, Status of Women Canada for first External Committee to the Policy
Research Fund, Jan 1997
Editorial Board, On the Table: A Review of Work and Society, 1996- 2004
Member of the Working Group on Labour Market Regulation and Deregulation, Fall 1998 to
2002
Member of Women’s Union for Pay Equity (now Pay Equity Coalition), Spring 2001- present
New Brunswick Pay Equity Coalition, 2001- present
Member of local chapter of Council of Canadians, 2003- present
Member, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2002 - present
Member, Society for Socialist Studies, 1990’s - present
Member, Canadian Women’s Studies Association, 2003 - present
Expert witness (wrote affidavit) for CUPE Charter of Rights court challenge on rights of
casual workers in NB civil service to belong to a union, Fall 2004
Research Associate, New Brunswick and Atlantic Studies Research and Development
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Centre, 2005-2010
OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE
Co-author, Equality for Women? educational booklet on UN Charter, equality provisions for
New Brunswick Human Rights Commission, 1974
Interview, CTV Moncton, on Discrimination against women in the universities, October 1973
Interview CBC radio, before and after Nairobi, 1985
Participant, Negotiating Alternatives for Peace conference, Mt. St. Vincent University, June
1985
Block parent, 500 Aberdeen St. block, 1984-present
Certified tutor, NB Literacy Council
Workshop leader, Wife Battering conference, Fall 1982
Participant, NDP workshop, Fredericton Motor Inn given by Valerie Preston, March 1986
Member of Women's Committee, NDP party, York-Sunbury, 1985-2010
Co-ordinator for proposed Re-entry program for women, CEIC, 1986, 1987
Voting representative in New Brunswick Women's Network
- workshop leader at September, 1985 conference, Fredericton
- participant in October, 1986 conference, Bathurst, N.B.
Voting New Brunswick representative on National Action Committee on the Status of
Women (NAC) - attended their annual general meeting in Ottawa as voting member, May
1986
Founding member, Fredericton Women's Centre, 1982-84
Founding member, Legal Education Action Fund (LEAF) N.B. branch 1985
New Brunswick Director of the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women
(CCLOW), 1985-88
National President-elect, National CCLOW, 1988-89
President, CCLOW, 1989-90
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Past-president, CCLOW, 1990-91
Chair, Nominating Committee, CCLOW, 1990-91
Chair, Personnel Committee, CCLOW, 1990-91
Our Schools/Our Selves Workshop organizer, "What's going on in N.B. Schools?", October
1990
Opening Remarks, Women's Art Exhibit, Gallery Connexion, June 1992
Member, Fredericton Area Coalition for Social Justice, 1993-present
Presentation of Alternative Budget, Feb. 1995, 1996 and Nov. 1997
Member, Women and Social Welfare Reform Working Committee (WATT), Spring 1994
Presentation before the Social Security Reform Hearings, Fredericton, Dec. 16, 1994
Member, Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women, NB Network, 1985-
2000
Interview, CBC TV, "NB NOW" on harmonization of GST and PST, Spring 1997
Chair, Social Responsibility Committee, Unitarian Fellowship of Fredericton, 2000-01,
2007-08
Adult Program Committee, Unitarian Fellowship of Fredericton, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2008-09,
2012-13, 2013-14
Member, Fredericton Raging Grannies, 1997 - present
Member, Organizing Committee for 2008 New Brunswick Social Forum
Member, Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network, 2009 – present
Member, Breaking the Silence network, 2011 - present
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Acting Chairperson of the Dept. of Social Sciences, St. Thomas University, 1973-1974
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Co-ordinator, Economics Section, Dept. of Social Sciences:
1976-77
1980-81
1984-85
Spring 86
Fall 88
Chair, Dept. of Economics, 1990-92
Acting Chair, Dept. of Economics, July 1997
Chair, Dept. of Economics 1998 to 2001
Acting Chair, Dept. of Economics, Spring 2003
OTHER UNIVERSITY SERVICE
1976-77 University Budget Committee FAUST (union) executive - Treasurer
Co-ordinator, Economics section
1977-78 On sabbatical at the New School for Social Research, New York City
1978-79 Joint university-FAUST Fringe Benefits Committee
Women's Caucus - FAUST
Departmental Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee
1979-80 Future of the University Committee
Women's Caucus- FAUST (campaign to raise faculty secretaries's salaries)
1980-81 Women's Caucus - organized Women's Film Festival
Co-ordinator, Economics section
1981-82 On exchange at North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke-on-Trent, England
1982-83 Chairperson, Committee on Part-time and Limited Term Contracts
Internal Auditor, FAUST
Departmental Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee
1983-84 Student Grievance Committee
FAUST executive - Treasurer
Chairperson, Committee on Part-time and Limited Term Contracts
Co-ordinator, Economics section
Jan.-Mar. maternity leave
1984-85 Student Grievance Committee
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FAUST negotiator, 1984-86 contract
Co-ordinator, Economics section
Jan. 85-Jan. 86 On sabbatical leave. Research in Cuba (Feb., Mar.) and Nairobi, Kenya (July)
Spring 1986 Co-ordinator, Economics section
Member of FAUST Nominating Committee
Pension Committee
FAUST representative at CAUT AGM in Ottawa in May
Organized visit of Cuban speaker to St. Thomas in April
1986-87 Member of departmental curriculum committee
Organized visit of Thelma McCormack, Chair of Women's Studies (Mt. St.
Vincent/Dalhousie,) to St. Thomas in September
Organized public showing of "She's Nobody's Baby" in October
1987-88 Departmental Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee
Search Committee for Chair in Department of Education
Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Harassment
FAUST representative and Vice-Chair of FNBFA Status of Women Committee
1988-89 Coordinator, Economics Section (Fall)
Gender Studies Committee
Jan.-April 89 On half-sabbatical
1989-90 Departmental Appointments, Promotion and Tenure
Committee
University Aids Committee
Gender Studies Committee
Post-graduate Awards Committee
1990-91 Chair, Dept. of Economics
University Senate
Chairs Committee
University Research Committee
Chair, Departmental APT Committee
FAUST Status of Women Committee
Gender Studies Committee - active in organizing Gender Studies Week, March 1991
1991-92 Chair, Dept. of Economics
University Senate
Senate Committee on Research
Advisory Committee on Teaching Conversations
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Appointments, Promotion, Tenure Committee, Dept. of Economics
Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Harassment Policy
FAUST Status of Women Committee
Gender Studies Committee - active in organizing Gender Studies week, March 1992
Host for Sue Calhoun, Guest Lecturer on Maritime Fishermen's Union, February 1992
1992-93 Departmental Appointments, Promotion and Tenure Committee
Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Harassment Policy
Status of Women's Committee
Gender Studies Committee
Senate Committee on Research
1993-94 Departmental library representative
Economics Society advisor
Alternative Work Arrangements Committee
Occupational Health and Safety Committee
Gender Studies Committee
First Year Curriculum Committee, Fall term only
Orientation Student Advisor
STU Phonethon
Third World Studies Committee, UNB
Trinidad Intersession Planning Committee, UNB
1994-95 Vice-president, FAUST
Economics society advisor
Economics dept. library representative
Gender Studies Committee
Orientation student advisor
STU Phonethon
Third World Studies Committee, UNB
Search committee, chair for Economics
1995-96 Sabbatical year but participated fully in External review of Economics department
and departmental retreat
1996-97 Committee of the whole, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Co-chair, Sexual Harassment Education Committee
FAUST contract committee
Orientation student advisor
International Development Studies Committee, UNB
1997-98 Committee of the whole, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Honours advisor, Dept. of Economics
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Organizer, Gender and Society (Aquinas) program
Co-chair, Sexual Harassment Education Committee
Co-ordinator, Gender Studies
Organizer, Gender Studies Week, March 1998
Orientation Student Advisor
International Development Studies Committee, UNB
Host, Carol Malyon poetry reading, Fall 1997
1998-99 Chair, Dept. of Economics
Member of Senate
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Majors advisor, Dept. of Economics
Co-chair, Sexual Harassment Education Committee (to Dec. 1998)
FAUST observer for part-time negotiations
International Studies Committee, UNB
Member, Immigrant Women and Family Violence research team, Muriel McQueen
Ferguson Centre for Research on Family Violence, co-organizer of one day
workshop, Wu Centre, May 5
1999-2000 Chair, Dept. of Economics
Member of Senate
Honours Advisor, Economics
Library representative, Economics
Gender Studies Committee
International Development Studies Committee, UNB
2000-2001 Chair, Dept. of Economics
Member of Senate
Majors advisor, Economics
Library representative, Economics
Advisor, Economics Society
Gender Studies Committee
International Development Studies Committee, UNB
Facilitator, Transition to Learning workshop, April 14
July-Dec 2001 On sabbatical leave
2001-2002 Library representative, Economics
Gender Studies Committee
International Development Studies Committee, UNB
2002-2003 Acting Chair, Economics, Jan-June
Member of Senate
Honours Advisor, Economics
Library representative, Economics
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Women’s Studies/Gender Studies Committee
International Development Studies Committee, UNB
2003-2004 Majors Advisor, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Participant, External Review process, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
Participant, External Review process, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies
Programme
Member, International Development Studies Committee, UNB
Judge, International Development Studies Poster Project, UNB, April 2004
July -Dec. 2004 On sabbatical leave
2004-2005 Majors and honours advisor, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
Member, International Development Studies Committee, UNB
2005-2006 Secretary, Dept. of Economics
Majors and Honours Advisor, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
Member, International Development Studies Committee, UNB
2006-07 Secretary, Dept. of Economics
Majors advisor, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
Member, Aquinas program group
2007-08 Secretary, Dept. of Economics
Majors advisor, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
FAUST picket captain
July-Dec 2008 On sabbatical leave
2008-09 Secretary, Dept. of Economics
Majors Advisor, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
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NBASRDC Closing Forum Organizing Committee
IDS Policies Committee, UNB
AHED-UPESED representative at STU (Academics for Higher Education and
Development)
2009-10 Secretary, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
Member of Co-ordinating Committee, Meet Others Forum
AHED-UPESED representative at STU (Academics for Higher Education and
Development) Canada Research Chair Nominating Committee
2010-11 Secretary, Dept. of Economics
Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Hiring committee member, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
Local co-ordinator, Canadian Women’s Studies Association Congress 2011 meetings
AHED-UPESED representative at STU (Academics for Higher Education and
Development) until November
Peace Studies Committee, including hiring committee
July-Dec. 2011 On sabbatical leave
2011-12 Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Hiring committee member, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee, including hiring committee
Peace Studies Committee, including hiring committee
2012-13 Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Hiring committee member, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
Peace Studies Committee
2013-14 Library representative, Dept. of Economics
Hiring committee member, Dept. of Economics
Member, Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Committee
Peace Studies Committee