• About
    • Curriculum Vitae
  • Research
    • Books
      • From Victoria to Vladivostok
        • Times Literary Supplement review
        • Maclean’s review
      • Militant Minority
        • Times Colonist review
    • Journal Articles
      • Confronting the Cold War
      • Canadian Labor Party in BC 1924-28
      • Fellow Traveller
      • One Big Union and Victoria General Strike of 1919
      • Social Democracy in Twentieth Century Canada
      • The Hospital Employees’ Union Strike and the Privatization of Medicare
      • Mutiny from Victoria to Vladivostok, December 1918
    • Reports
      • Higher Learning and the Labour Market in a Changing World
      • Housing for All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in BC’s Capital Region
      • Langford’s Bear Mountain Interchange
    • Op-Ed Articles
      • Unlearned lessons from First World War
      • Ghost of Elections Past Still Haunt BC
      • A Tale of Three Housing Projects: The View from Victoria
      • Make housing the priority for federal ‘shovel-ready’ dollars
      • Conflict of Interest at Bear Mountain?
    • Theses and Dissertations
      • Tug-of-War: PhD dissertation
      • Search for Solidarity: MA thesis
      • Battling Bolshevism: Honours Thesis
    • Web Projects
      • Siberian Expedition Virtual Exhibition & Digital Archive
      • Canadian Social History Archive
    • Film
  • Teaching
  • Service
  • Travel
  • Commentary
Benjamin Isitt, PhD
Historian – Author – Community Advocate

Journal Articles

“Confronting the Cold War: The 1950 Vancouver Convention of the CCF.” Canadian Historical Review, 91:3 (September 2010): 465-501.

“Elusive Unity: The Canadian Labor Party in British Columbia, 1924-1928.” BC Studies, 163 (Fall 2009): 33-64.

“Fellow Traveller: A British Columbia Fisherman Writes Home from the Eastern Bloc, 1952.” Labour/Le Travail, 63 (Spring 2009): 105-130

“Searching for Workers’ Solidarity: The One Big Union and Victoria General Strike of 1919.” Labour/Le Travail, 60 (Fall 2007): 11-4

“Social Democracy in Twentieth Century Canada: An Interpretive Framework.” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 40:3 (September 2007): 567-589. With Nelson Wiseman.

“The Hospital Employees’ Union Strike and the Privatization of Medicare in British Columbia, Canada.” International Labor and Working-Class History, 71 (Spring 2007): 91-111. With Melissa Moroz.

“Mutiny from Victoria to Vladivostok, December 1918.” Canadian Historical Review, 87:2 (June 2006): 223-264.










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  • About
    • Curriculum Vitae
  • Research
    • Books
      • From Victoria to Vladivostok
        • Times Literary Supplement review
        • Maclean’s review
      • Militant Minority
        • Times Colonist review
    • Journal Articles
      • Confronting the Cold War
      • Canadian Labor Party in BC 1924-28
      • Fellow Traveller
      • One Big Union and Victoria General Strike of 1919
      • Social Democracy in Twentieth Century Canada
      • The Hospital Employees’ Union Strike and the Privatization of Medicare
      • Mutiny from Victoria to Vladivostok, December 1918
    • Reports
      • Higher Learning and the Labour Market in a Changing World
      • Housing for All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in BC’s Capital Region
      • Langford’s Bear Mountain Interchange
    • Op-Ed Articles
      • Unlearned lessons from First World War
      • Ghost of Elections Past Still Haunt BC
      • A Tale of Three Housing Projects: The View from Victoria
      • Make housing the priority for federal ‘shovel-ready’ dollars
      • Conflict of Interest at Bear Mountain?
    • Theses and Dissertations
      • Tug-of-War: PhD dissertation
      • Search for Solidarity: MA thesis
      • Battling Bolshevism: Honours Thesis
    • Web Projects
      • Siberian Expedition Virtual Exhibition & Digital Archive
      • Canadian Social History Archive
    • Film
  • Teaching
  • Service
  • Travel
  • Commentary
Contact Ben@Isitt.ca