Thomas Walton Langford

Professor Emeritus of Sociology

langford@ucalgary.ca

B.A. Sociology, University of Guelph, 1984

B.Sc. Honours Botany, University of Guelph, 1975

Doctor of Philosophy Sociology, McMaster University, 1989

M.A. Sociology, University of Guelph, 1984

Scholarly Book Award (Publication Grant), Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP) of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada. 2023

Behind the Scenes on a Royal Commission Report.. Tom Langford. The Champlain Society Findings (published 13 June 2025). (2025)
On Strike! Five Decades of Striking Scholarship in Labour/Le Travail. Tom Langford. Labour/Le Travail. (2026)
Class and Environmental Justice Politics in the Demolition of Natal and Michel, 1964-1978. Tom Langford. BC Studies, no. 189 (spring). 31-58. (2016)
Union Democracy as a Foundation for a Participatory Society: A Theoretical Elaboration and Historical Example. Tom Langford. Labour/Le Travail No. 76 (Fall). 79-108. (2015)
International Solidarity or Renewed Trade Union Imperialism? The AFL-CIO and Garment Workers in Bangladesh. Zia Rahman and Tom Langford. WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society, 17(2). 169-186. (2014)
Five Decades of Class Analysis in the Canadian Review of Sociology. Tom Langford. Canadian Review of Sociology 50(3). 304-334. (2013)
The Affective Bases for the Gendering of Traits. Tom Langford and Neil J. MacKinnon. Social Psychology Quarterly 63(1). 34-48. (2000)
The Meaning of Occupational Prestige Scores: A Social Psychological Analysis and Interpretation. Neil J. MacKinnon and Tom Langford. The Sociological Quarterly 35(2). 215-245. (1994)

The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out: Fighting Economic Ruin in a Canadian Coalfield Community. Tom Langford. UBC Press. 400 pages, 6 x 9, 23 b&w photos, 14 tables, 2 maps. (2024)
Alberta’s Day Care Controversy: From 1908 to 2009—and Beyond. Tom Langford. Athabasca University Press. xviii + 406. (2011)
A World Apart: The Crowsnest Communities of Alberta and British Columbia. Wayne Norton and Tom Langford (editors). Plateau Press. ix + 202. (2002)
The Elk Valley. Wyatt Petryshen, Paul S. Ciccantell and Tom Langford. Chapter 5 in Sustainable Development and Rural Public Heath: From Fossil Fuels to Greener Futures (edited by Michael Hendryx, Springer). pp. 51-64. (2024)
The Winnipeg General Strike in the Crowsnest Pass. Tom Langford. For a Better World: The Winnipeg General Strike and the Workers’ Revolt, edited by James Naylor, Rhonda Hinton and James Mochoruk. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. 140-159. (2022)

“‘Tin-Pot Childcare’ Lives On? Alberta Falls Short of the National Vision. Tom Langford. Alberta Views 25(3), April. 22-28. (2022)
The Workers’ Revolt in Western Coal Country. Tom Langford. Active History (Active History theme week on the 1919 Strike Wave, 17-21 June 2019). (2019)
It Takes A Village. The Case for Universal Daycare. Tom Langford. Alberta Views 19(8), October. 28-33. (2016)
Rebel Local 7292 in the Elk Valley. Tom Langford. British Columbia History, 56(4). 31-32. (2023)