Bruce Hodgins
Bruce W. Hodgins | |
|---|---|
Waterloo College, Queen's University at Kingston, Duke University | |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, author |
| Employer | Trent University |
| Organization | Canadian Canoe Museum |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Awards | Canadian Historical Association's Clio Award for the North (2000) |
Bruce W. Hodgins (January 29, 1931 – August 8, 2019) was a Canadian academic historian and author.
He was a co-founder of Trent University's history department, a federal New Democratic Party candidate, and a co-founder of the Canadian Canoe Museum.
He was the author of the 2003 book Blockades and resistance and the co-author of the 1989 book Temagami Experience.
Early life and education
Bruce Hodgins was born on January 29, 1931, in Kitchener, Ontario. His father, Stanley Hodgins, was a school principle and his mother Laura Belle Hodgins (née Turel) was a nurse. He had a younger brother named Larry.[1]
Hodgins studied at Waterloo College and Queen’s University at Kingston[1] and had a PhD from Duke University in North Carolina where he attended from 1958.[1]
Career
Hodgins taught Canadian history and worked in the history departments of
Hodgins was the chair of the National Administrative Committee for the United Nations Association Canada.[2] With John Jennings, Hodgins was a co-founder of the Canadian Canoe Museum.[3]
Hodgins was the New Democratic Party candidate for Peterborough—Kawartha in the 1968 Canadian federal election, losing to Hugh Faulkner, and remaining an active party member throughout his adult life.[3]
Hodgins won the Canadian Historical Association's Clio Award for the North in 2000.[5]
Selected publications
- Bruce Hodgins and Jamie Benidickson, Temagami Experience (1989) University of Toronto Press.[3][6]
- Bruce Hodgins, Blockades and resistance: Studies in actions of peace and the Temagami blockades of 1988-89 (2003) Wilfrid Laurier University Press.[6]
- The Canoe in Canadian Cultures/Bark, Skin and Cedar (1999) Natural Heritage/Natural History (co-editor with John Jennings and Doreen Small).[7][1]
- Bruce Hodgins, Nastawgan: The Canadian North by Canoe and Snowshoe (1995) Betelgeuse Books
- Changing Parks: The History, Future and Cultural Context of Parks and Heritage Landscapes (1998) (co-editor) Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc.[8]
Personal life
Hodgins met Carol, his wife-to-be, in Charlottetown, while working at the Prince of Wales College.[1] They had sons Shawn and Geoff and daughter Gillian Nesbitt.[1] He moved to Peterborough, Ontario in 1965[4] and lived on Engleburn Place.[3]
Hodgins was a supporter of the Peterborough Historical Society.[3] With other family members, he was a part owner of Camp Wanapitei, purchased in 1956.[3][1]
Hodgins was one of over 300 people arrested in 1989 for taking part in a protest of a road expansion in Temagami.[1]
Death
Hodgins died on August 8, 2019, at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, aged 88, after what was presumed to be a series of small strokes.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Iqbal, Maria (2019-08-28). "Scholar Bruce Hodgins wrote passionately about the canoe and Canadian history". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ a b c "Trent University Mourns the Passing of Professor Emeritus Bruce Hodgins". Trent University. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Jones, Elwood (2019-08-23). "Peterborough's Bruce Hodgins leaves a rich legacy". The Peterborough Examiner. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ a b Bruce W. Hodgins, Dundurn Press
- ^ Bruce Hodgins, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- ^ a b LACKENBAUER, P. W. Blockades and resistance: Studies in actions of peace and the Temagami blockades of 1988-89. Canadian Ethnic Studies, [s. l.], v. 37, n. 2, p. 121–122, 2005. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=19471249&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 16 mar. 2023.
- ^ FRANKS, C. E. S. The Canoe in Canadian Cultures/Bark, Skin and Cedar (Book). American Review of Canadian Studies, [s. l.], v. 30, n. 3, p. 393, 2000. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=8542476&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 16 mar. 2023.
- ^ CAMPBELL, C. E. “We All Aspired to be Woodsy”: Tracing Environmental Awareness at a Boys’ Camp. Oral History Forum, [s. l.], v. 30, p. 1–23, 2010. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=31h&AN=57631406&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 16 mar. 2023.
