BA (Hons), Carleton University
MA, PhD, University of New Brunswick
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A native of Perth, Ontario, Corey Slumkoski arrived at the Mount in 2010. He holds a BA from Carleton University and an MA and PhD from the University of New Brunswick.
Corey's primary research interest lies in the intersection of regionalism and identity, with a secondary focus on the digital humanities. His recently published book, Inventing Atlantic Canada: Regionalism and the Maritime Reaction to Newfoundland's Entry into Canadian Confederation, considers how Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island attempted to use the addition of a new "Atlantic" province to further regional development. His work has also appeared in The Island Magazine, Acadiensis, The Journal of New Brunswick Studies, Computers and the Humanities Working Papers, and Digital Studies. In addition, he has been involved in the development of a number of online history projects, such as the Atlantic Canada Portal and the Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives.
Corey is currently working on a project titled "Race, Class, Gender, Region: Civil Society and the Shaping of Public Policy in Atlantic Canada, 1949-1968," which traces the ways a variety of Atlantic Canadian voluntary organizations used the public sphere to foster a sense of regional solidarity during the 1950s and 1960s in efforts to shape public policy and improve the region's social and economic standing. He is also writing a biography of Clarence Gillis, a prominent Cape Breton CCF MP of the 1940s and 1950s.
At the Mount Corey teaches classes in Canadian and Atlantic Canadian history. He has recently taught the following courses: Pre-Confederation Canada; Pre-Confederation Maritimes; Sport and Leisure in Canada; Underdevelopment and the Regional Response; Modern Canada; and the State and the Family.
Select Publications
Inventing Atlantic Canada: Regionalism and the Maritime Reaction to Newfoundland's Entry into Canadian Confederation. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011.
"'...a fair show and a square deal': New Brunswick and the Renegotiation of Canadian Federalism, 1938-1951." Journal of New Brunswick Studies 1, 1 (October 2010), electronic edition.
With Margaret Conrad and Lisa Charlong. "History on the Internet: The Atlantic Canada Portal." Acadiensis 37, 1 (Spring 2008): 100-109.
"History for High Schoolers: The Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives," Computers and the Humanities Working Papers (2007), electronic edition, CHWP C.4. Reprinted in Digital Studies / Le champ numérique (2008), electronic edition.
"Let them Eat Beef: The Prince Edward Island-Newfoundland Beef Cattle Trade, 1941-1946." Acadiensis 35, 2 (Spring 2006): 106-126.