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Dr. David Jay Bercuson

BA, MA, PhD, LLD, Royal Society of Canada, Officer Order of Canada

Positions

Professor

Faculty of Arts, Department of History

Contact information

Email

bercuson@ucalgary.ca

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-4038

For media enquiries, contact

mediarequests@ucalgary.ca

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy History, University of Toronto, 1971

M.A. History, University of Toronto, 1967

B.A. History, Sir George Williams University, 1966

Research

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Awards

  • John Lyman Book Award of the North American Society for Oceanic History in the category of US Naval History, 2015
  • Alberta Centennial Medal, 2005
  • Vimy Award of the Conference ofg Defence Associations, 2004
  • Officer of the Order of Canada, 2003
  • J.B Tyrrel Historical Medal of the RSC, 2002
  • Prime Minister’s Award for Japanese language translation of Maple Leaf Against the Axis, 2002
  • Order of the University of Calgary, The University of Calgary. 2001
  • Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Concordia University. 1998
  • Wilfrid Eggleston Award, Writers' Guild of Alberta. 1997
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Canada. 1988
  • J.I. Segal Cultural Foundation Award, Jewish Public Library. 1986
  • Killam Research Fellowship , Canada Council. 1985
  • Killam Resident Fellowship, The University of Calgary. 1981
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Leave Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 1979
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Leave Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 1983
  • Canada Council Leave Fellowship, Canada Council for the Arts. 1975
  • Canada Council Doctoral Awards, Canada Council for the Arts. 1968
  • Province of Ontario Graduate Fellowships, 1966
  • Province of Quebec Graduate Fellowships, 1966
  • Lieutenant-Governor's Silver Medal for History, Lieutenant-Governor's Silver Medal for History. 1966

Publications

  • "The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919: The Role of the Veterans". David Jay Bercuson. University of British Cilumbia Press. (2020)
  • Confrontation at Winnipeg: Labour, Industrial Relations and the General Strike. David Jay Bercuson. McGill-Queen's University Press. (1990)
  • Western Perspectives I. David Jay Bercuson (ed.). Rinehart & Winston. (1974)
  • The Winnipeg Strike: 1919. David Jay Bercuson. Longman Canada. (1974)
  • Canada and the Burden of Unity. David Jay Bercuson (ed.). Macmillan. (1977)
  • Fools and Wise Men: The Rise and Fall of the One Big Union. David Jay Bercuson. McGraw-Hill Ryerson. (1978)
  • Alberta's Coal Industry: 1919. David Jay Bercuson (ed.). Alberta Records Society. (1978)
  • Law and Society in Canada in Historical Perspective. David Jay Bercuson & Louis A Knafla (eds.). University of Calgary Studies in History. (1979)
  • Eastern and Western Perspectives. David Jay Bercuson & Phillip Alfred Buckner (eds.). University of Toronto Press. (1981)
  • Reappraising Canadian History. David Jay Bercuson. History and Social Science Teacher. (1982)
  • The Secret Army. David Jay Bercuson. Lester & Orpen Dennys. (1983)
  • The Great Brain Robbery: Canada's Universities on the Road to Ruin. David Jay Bercuson & Robert Bothwell & J.L. Granatstein. McClelland & Stewart. (1984)
  • A Trust Betrayed: The Keegstra Affair. David Jay Bercuson & Douglas Wertheimer. Seal Books. (1987)
  • Canada and the Birth of Israel: A Study in Canadian Foreign Policy. University of Toronto Press. (2021)
  • Canadian Labour History: Selected Readings. David Jay Bercuson (ed.). David Bright. (1994)
  • Sacred Trust? Brian Mulroney and the Conservative Party in Power. David Jay Bercuson & J.L. Granatstein & W.R. Young. Doubleday. (1986)
  • Twentieth Century Canada: A Reader. David Jay Bercuson et al.. McGraw-Hill Ryerson. (1986)
  • The Collins Dictionary of Canadian History: 1867 to the Present. David Jay Bercuson & J.L. Granatstein. Collins Publishers. (1988)
  • Canada’s Air Force: The Royal Canadian Air Force at 100. David Jay Bercuson. University of Toronto Press. (2024)
  • Treasuring the Tradition: The Story of the Military Museums. David Jay Bercuson & J. Keshen. University of Calgary Press. (2020)
  • Long Night of the Tankers: Hitler’s War Against Caribbean Oil, 1942-1945. David Jay Bercuson & H. Herwig. University of Calgary Press. (2014)
  • The Patricias: A Century of Service. David Jay Bercuson. Goose Lane Editions. (2013)
  • Canada’s Ultimate Story: Korea; Canada’s Forgotten War. David Jay Bercuson . Canvet Publications. (2012)
  • The Fighting Canadians: Canada’s Regimental History from New France to Afghanistan. David Jay Bercuson. Harper Collins. (2008)
  • The World in Canada: Diaspora, Demography, and Domestic Politics. David Jay Bercuson & D. Carment. McGill-Queen’s University Press. (2007)
  • One Christmas in Washington: The Secret Meeting Between Roosevelt and Churchill that Changed the World. David Jay Bercuson & H. Herwig. Overlook Press. (2005)
  • The Destruction of the Bismarck. David Jay Bercuson & H. Herwig. Hutchinson. (2002)