Dr. Benjamin Isitt is assistant professor of history at the University of British Columbia. He specializes in Canadian and world history, with particularly emphasis on labour, social movements, and the process of political change.
Dr. Isitt is the author of two books, From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19 (Vancouver: UBC Press) and Militant Minority: British Columbia Workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948-1972 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). His research has also been published in leading journals including the Canadian Historical Review, Canadian Journal of Political Science, International Labor and Working-Class History, and Labour/Le Travail.
Dr. Isitt can be reached by email at isitt@interchange.ubc.ca.
