John F. Conway
| John Frederick Conway | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1943 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation |
Author political activist |
John Frederick Conway (born 1943 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan[1]) is a Canadian academic, author and political activist. He teachers sociology at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan with a research focus on the social, political and economic history of Western Canada and Quebec.[2] He is the author of The West: The History of a Region in Confederation (third edition, 2006), The Canadian Family in Crisis (fifth edition, 2003), and Debts to Pay: English Canada and Quebec from the Conquest to the Referendum (first edition, 1992).[2]
In the 1960s, Conway was a radical student activist at the University of Saskatchewan's Regina campus and subsequently Simon Fraser University.[3] In 1969, he ran as a radical left candidate for the leadership of the British Columbia New Democratic Party[4] coming in fourth place on the first ballot with 44 votes.
In 1991, Conway was elected as a trustee on the Regina school board and was re-elected five times,[2] serving as Vice-Chair from 1995 to 1997 and as Chair from 1997 to 2000. In 2000-2001 he as Chair of the Saskatchewan Urban Public Boards' Caucus of the Saskatchewan School Boards' Association.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Archives Canada". Archivescanada.ca. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- 1 2 3 "John F. Conway fonds - SAIN Collections". Sain.scaa.sk.ca. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- ↑ ""The Backdrop Against Which Everything Happened": English-Canadian Student Movements and Off-Campus Movements for Change | History of Intellectual Culture | University of Calgary". Ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- ↑ Militant Minority: British Columbia Workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948 ... - Benjamin Isitt - Google Books. Books.google.ca. 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2014-04-17.