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Faculty of Arts
University of Alberta

Munro, Ken

Dr.  Ken Munro

(Professor & Senior Director of Interdisciplinary Studies)

Ph.D. University of Ottawa (1973)

M.A. McMaster University (1969)

B.A. University of Toronto (1968)

Humanities 1-51
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB T6G 2H4
Tel. (780) 492-2503

ken.munro@ualberta.ca

Expertise & Research Interests 

French Canadian History         

Political Biography

The Canadian Crown

Teaching 

HIST 120 -   World History Since the Eighteenth Century
HIST 231 -   Scotland from Early Times to the Present Day
HIST 260 -   Introduction to the Study of Canadian History 1500-1867
HIST 261 -   Introduction to the Study of Canadian History 1867 to the Present
HISTE 278 - Histoire canadienne, 1534-1867 (Faculté St.-Jean)
HIST 368 -   The Native Aspect of Canada's History I
HIST 374 -   French Canada to Confederation
HIST 375 -   French Canada Since Confederation
HIST 474 -   Topics in 19th Century French Canadian History
HIST 475 -   Topics in 20th Century French Canadian History
HIST 498 -   Directed Study
HIST 500 -   Introduction to Historiography for Honours Students
HIST 501 -   Special Subject, Forth-Year Honours History
HIST 502 -   Directed Study          
CANST 450 - Contemporary Issues in Canadian Studies

Publications

Books/Monographs:

The Maple Crown in Alberta: The Office of Lieutenant-Governor.Victoria, BC: Trafford, 2005.

First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton: A History.  Victoria, BC: Trafford, 2004.

A Biography of François-Xavier- Anselme Trudel , Quebec ’s Foremost Political Maverick in the Nineteenth Century.  Lewiston , NY : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.



The Political Career of Sir Adolphe Chapleau, Premier of Quebec 1879-1882.  Lewiston , NY :  The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992.

 

Books edited: 

 

Aspects du passé franco-albertain glimpses of the Franco-Alberta Past, eds., A. Trottier, K.J. Munro et Gratien Allaire, Edmonton :  Salon d'histoire de la francophonie albertaine, 1980.


Refereed Articles:

 

“Canada as reflected in her Participation in the Coronation of her Monarchs in the Twentieth Century”, Journal of Historical Sociology, 14.1 (March 2001), 21-46.


“French in the West”, Canadian Encyclopedia: Year 2000 Edition, (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart), [1999], pp. 921-922. [Written by Roger Motut; Revised by Kenneth Munro]


"Sir Charles Boucher de Boucherville", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, XIV (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1998], pp. 104-108.


"Joseph-Aldric Ouimet", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, XIV (Toronto: University of Toronto Press), [1998], pp. 809-810.


"The Crown and French Canada: The role of the Governors-General in Making the Crown relevant, 1867-1917", in Imperial Canada, ed. Colin Coates, The University of Edinburgh, 1997, 109-121.


"L'individu marquant" in erudition, humanisme et savoir, eds. Yves Roby et Nive Voisine, Les presses de l'universite Laval, [1996], pp. 53-68.


F.X.-A. Trudel face ? l'ouest canadien", Pratiques culturelles au Canada français,( Edmonton :  Institute de recherche de la Faculté Saint-Jean), 1996, pp. 303-315.

 

"John Jones Ross", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. XIII, Toronto :  University of Toronto Press, 1994, pp. 900-904.


"Le sénat: une institution importante pour la francophonie albertaine", Aprés Dix Ans ...Bilan et Prospective, ( Edmonton : Institut de recherche de la Faculté Saint-Jean), 1992, pp. 255-267.


"French language and educational rights in Alberta :  an historical perspective" in Language and the State The Law and Politics of Identity, ed. David Schneiderman, Cowansville ( Quebec ):  Les éditions Yvon Blais, [1991], 251-263.


"Teaching in the French Language in Alberta :  An Historical Perspective," Alberta , 2.2 (1990), 63-80.


"Official Bilingualism in Alberta ," Prairie Forum, 12.1 (Spring 1987), 37-47.


"The Chinese Immigration Act, 1885:  Adolphe Chapleau and the French Canadian Attitude," Canadian Ethnic Studies, 19.3 (1987), 89-101.


"L'Ouest dans la pensée politique de Chapleau," Revue de l'Université d'Ottawa, 47.4 (October-December 1977), 413-426.


"L'histoire de la vie économique des Franco-Albertains, Un bilan provisoire,"  Project de recherche:  "Ecole bilingue ou unilingue pour les franco-albertains?", I, ( Edmonton ):  ( University of Alberta Press ), Juin 1974, 355-369.