James D. Cameron, Chair

Department of History

St. Francis Xavier University

Hello and welcome. See below for current and brief biographical
information.

Appointment:

Associate Professor
Department of History
St. Francis Xavier University

Courses 2010-2011

· HIST 204: Western Canada: British Columbia (Fall Term—3 credits)

· HIST 215: Canada: Post-Confederation (Winter term—3 credits)

· HIST 297: Canadian Business and Financial History from 1885 (Winter term—3 credits)

To Contact:

Phone: 902-867-3921

Email: jdcamero@stfx.ca

Campus mail: Box 81

Office: Nicholson Hall 311 (3^rd floor)

Education:

BA 1981 (Philosophy) University of Prince Edward Island
B.Ed. 1981 University of Prince Edward Island
MA (Theology) 1985 Acadia University
PHD (History) 1990 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

Research Interests:

· Canadian Ethnic/Immigration History

· Canadian Higher Education

· Business Enterprise and Society

Current Projects:

· The history of illegal entry on Canada’s Pacific Coast

· Post-WW II Illegal Entry Amnesties

· History of the Vancouver Stock Exchange

Publications:

a) Books:

"And Martha Served": A History of the Sisters of St. Martha, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Halifax: Nimbus, 2000. 368 pp.

For the People: A History of St Francis Xavier University. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. 551 pp.

b) Articles--refereed:

· "International Student Integration into the Canadian University: A Post-World War Two Historical Case Study.” History of Intellectual Culture 6/1 (2006): 1-18.

· "Canada's Struggle with Illegal Entry on its West Coast: The Case of Fred Yoshy and Japanese Migrants Before World War II." BC Studies 146 (Summer 2005): 37-62.

· "The University Contribution to Canadian Multiculturalism: A Case Study of St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada." Journal of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society 8 (2005): 116-128.

· "Student Life Transformed: A Post-World War Two Institutional Case Study of St. Francis Xavier University." Canadian Journal of Higher Education XXXIII/1 (2003): 1-24.

· "Ethnicizing Atlantic Canadian Universities: The Regional Impact of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Program, 1973-1997." Canadian Ethnic Studies 34/2 (2002): 1-24.

· "Canada: A Nation of Immigrants." Annual of the University of Oradea XI (2001): 354-364.

· "From Intimacy to Detachment: The History of Relations Between St. Francis Xavier University and the Diocese of Antigonish to 1970." Journal of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society 4 (2001): 70-83.

· "Prince Edward Island Methodist Prelude to Church Union, 1925," in The Contribution of Methodism to Atlantic Canada. Eds. Charles H.H. Scobie and John Webster Grant. Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992.

· "The Garden Distressed: Church Union and Dissent on Prince Edward Island, 1925" Acadiensis XXI, 2 (Spring 1992), pp. 108-131.

· "The Garden Distressed: Church Union and Dissent on Prince Edward Island," The Island Magazine 30 (Fall/Winter 1991) and 31 (Spring/Summer 1992).

· "'Erasing forever the brand of social inferiority': Saint Francis Xavier University and the Highland Catholics of Eastern Nova Scotia." Canadian Catholic Historical Association, Historical Studies (1992): 49-64.

c) Articles--popular:

"Establishing the Foundation: Priests and Sisters in St.F.X.'s Past." In Alumni News: St. Francis Xavier University (Special 150^th Anniversary Edition 2003): 4-7.

"Celtic Studies in the History of St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia." Celtic Heritage, (April/May 1996): 20-1 and 42.

"Church and University: An Enduring Partnership," Alumni News: St. Francis Xavier University (Winter 1995): 11-12.

"St.F.X.'s Kennedy Connection," The Xaverian 8 February 1995, 6.

"Impact of World War Two Veterans on Life at St.F.X." Alumni News: St. Francis Xavier University (Fall 1995): 8-12.

"An American Imprint on St.F.X.," Alumni News: St. Francis Xavier University (Winter/spring 1994): 13-14.

"December 3--A Day For Saintly Reflections," Xaverian Weekly, 1 December 1993.

"The Shock of Apostasy: St.F.X. and its First Rector." Alumni News: St. Francis Xavier University (Fall 1992): 3-7.

Last updated: August 2010

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