The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region

About Alvin FinkelPeter FortnaSarah Carter

Alvin Finkel has taught Canadian history atAthabasca University since 1978. Best known for his co-authorship withMargaret Conrad of the two-volume History of the Canadian Peoples hisother publications include The Social Credit Phenomenon in Albertaand Our Lives: Canada After 1945 and Social Policy andPractice in Canada: A History. Sarah Carter isProfessor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair in both the Department ofHistory and Classics and the Faculty of Native Studies at theUniversity of Alberta. She is the author of The Importance of BeingMonogamous: Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada to 1915 andMontana Women Homesteaders: A Field of Ones Own. PeterFortna is a historical and traditional land use consultant inthe Fort McMurray area. He was the co-organizer of The West andBeyond: Historians Past Present and Future conference on whichThe West and Beyond is based. Contibutors: Dominique Clement Bruce Dawson AmberDean Lyle Dick Matt Dyce Gerald Friesen Elizabeth Jameson EsylltJones Susan Joudrey Jennifer Kelly Dan Cui Valerie Korinek KathrynMcKay James Opp Robyn Read Jeffrey Taylor Robert Wardhaugh LaurenWheeler Winona Wheeler John Willis