Kathryn M McPherson
Professor
Undergraduate Program Director
Office: 2140 Vari Hall (DUS Office); 142 Founders College
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 66968 (DUS Office); 66925 (142 Founders College)
Email: dushist@yorku.ca; kathryn@yorku.ca
Media Requests Welcome
Accepting New Graduate Students
Degrees
PhD, Simon Fraser UniversityMA, Dalhousie University
BA (Honours), University of Winnipeg
Professional Leadership
2021-2023 Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept of History, Faculty of LA&PS, York University
2014-2019 Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University
2013 Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University (Jan. 1-June 30, 2012)
2002-2007 Chair, School of Women’s Studies, York University (on leave July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003)
2002-2005 Macdonald Prize Committee, Canadian Historical Association (Chair 2003-2005)
1994-1997 CHA Council, Elected Member (Teaching History" Portfolio)
2004-2019 Co-Director, Histoire sociale/Social History
Community Contributions
2013-2018 Board Member, Associated Medical Services (AMS)
2002-2005 Macdonald Prize Committee, Canadian Historical Association (Chair 2003-2005)
1995-2005 Executive, Margaret Allemang Centre for the History of Nursing
1992-2001 Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine, Research Advisory Committee (Chair 1999-2001)
Research Interests
- Faculty of Graduate Studies Teaching Award, York University - 2015
- Marion Dewar Award, National Capital Committee on the Scholarship, Preservation and Dissemination of Women’s History - 2006
2003 Women, Health and Nation: Canada and the United States Since 1945, Gina Feldberg, Molly Ladd-Taylor, Alison Li and Kathryn McPherson, eds. (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press)
1999 Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays on Femininity and in Canada, Kathryn McPherson, Cecilia Morgan and Nancy Forestell, eds. (Toronto: Oxford University Press) . Reprinted 2003.
“Did Medicare Make Nursing Work Invisible” in Esyllt Jones, James Hanley and Delia Gavrus, eds. Medicare’s Histories: Origins, Omissions, Opportunities (Winnipeg MB; University of Manitoba Press, 2022)
2017 “Gender and Confederation” Canada Watch. Reprinted Canada @ 50: Competing Perspectives on Confederation ed. By David Cameron, Jacqueline Krikorian, Marcel Martel and Robert Vipond (Toronto: University of Toronto Press)
2012 “Home Tales: Gender, Domesticity and Colonialism in the Prairie West, 1870–1900”, in Jarvis Brownlee and Valerie Korinek, ed. Finding a Way to the Heart: Feminist Writings on Aboriginal and Women's History in Canada (Festschrift for Sylvia Van Kirk) Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2012.
2003 “Nursing and Colonization: The Work of Indian Health Service Nurses in Manitoba 1945-1970” in Gina Feldberg, Molly Ladd-Taylor, Alison Li and Kathryn McPherson, eds. Women, Health and Nation: Canada and the United States Since 1945, (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press)
1996 Bedside Matters: The Transformation of Canadian Nursing, 1900-1990 (Toronto: Oxford University Press). Reprinted 2003
"Assessment of Robert Sweeny, Why Did We Choose to Industrialize? Montreal 1819–1849" Journal of the Canadian Historical Association Revue de la Société historique du Canada, 28, 2 (2017): 115-120
Assessment of Robert Sweeny, Why Did We Choose to Industrialize? Montreal 1819–1849
“Imagining Gerontological Nursing: Canadian Nurses and Eldercare, 1905-70” Journal of Canadian Studies, 15, 2 (Spring 2016): 422-445.
2013 “Rethinking Veronica Strong-Boag” Invited paper “Veronica Strong-Boag, Canadian Feminist Historian: An Assessment and Appreciation” Atlantis, 36, 1 (2013): 126-29.
“Global Football: An Introduction”, with Stephen Brooke, Histoire sociale/Social History vol. 45, no. 90 (November 2012): 217-219.
“Guest Editor’s Note: Accounting for the Importance of Home-Place, Landscape, and Identity in Canadian Health Care Services” Nursing History Review 21 (2013): 76-78.
2005 "Appraising Cole Harris’ Making Native Space", forum with Keith Thor Carlson, Sarah Carter, Kate McPherson, and James Murton, with a response by Cole Harris, Native Studies Review 16, 2 (2005) pp. 125-149.
2000 “Was the Frontier ‘Good’ for Women? Historical Approaches to Women and Agricultural Settlement in the Prairie West, 1870-1900” Atlantis 25, 1 (Fall 2000): 75-86
1996 "Carving Out A Past: The Canadian Nurses Association Memorial and the Creation of Nursing History" Histoire Sociale/Social History special issue on Festival, Spectacle, and Popular History 29, No. 58 (November 1996): 417-29.
1995 "'The Country is a Stern Nurse:' Rural Women, Urban Hospitals and the Creation of a Western Canadian Workforce, 1920-1940" Prairie Forum (Fall 1995): 175-206.
“Nurses and their Work: Oral Histories of Nursing 1920-1940” Oral History Collection, Provincial Archives of Manitoba
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | GS/HIST5002 3.0 | A | Preparing Historians | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HIST2500 6.0 | A | Canadian History | LECT |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HIST2500 6.0 | A | Canadian History | LECT |
Degrees
PhD, Simon Fraser UniversityMA, Dalhousie University
BA (Honours), University of Winnipeg
Professional Leadership
2021-2023 Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept of History, Faculty of LA&PS, York University
2014-2019 Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University
2013 Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University (Jan. 1-June 30, 2012)
2002-2007 Chair, School of Women’s Studies, York University (on leave July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003)
2002-2005 Macdonald Prize Committee, Canadian Historical Association (Chair 2003-2005)
1994-1997 CHA Council, Elected Member (Teaching History" Portfolio)
2004-2019 Co-Director, Histoire sociale/Social History
Community Contributions
2013-2018 Board Member, Associated Medical Services (AMS)
2002-2005 Macdonald Prize Committee, Canadian Historical Association (Chair 2003-2005)
1995-2005 Executive, Margaret Allemang Centre for the History of Nursing
1992-2001 Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine, Research Advisory Committee (Chair 1999-2001)
Research Interests
Awards
- Faculty of Graduate Studies Teaching Award, York University - 2015
- Marion Dewar Award, National Capital Committee on the Scholarship, Preservation and Dissemination of Women’s History - 2006
All Publications
“Did Medicare Make Nursing Work Invisible” in Esyllt Jones, James Hanley and Delia Gavrus, eds. Medicare’s Histories: Origins, Omissions, Opportunities (Winnipeg MB; University of Manitoba Press, 2022)
2017 “Gender and Confederation” Canada Watch. Reprinted Canada @ 50: Competing Perspectives on Confederation ed. By David Cameron, Jacqueline Krikorian, Marcel Martel and Robert Vipond (Toronto: University of Toronto Press)
2012 “Home Tales: Gender, Domesticity and Colonialism in the Prairie West, 1870–1900”, in Jarvis Brownlee and Valerie Korinek, ed. Finding a Way to the Heart: Feminist Writings on Aboriginal and Women's History in Canada (Festschrift for Sylvia Van Kirk) Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2012.
2003 “Nursing and Colonization: The Work of Indian Health Service Nurses in Manitoba 1945-1970” in Gina Feldberg, Molly Ladd-Taylor, Alison Li and Kathryn McPherson, eds. Women, Health and Nation: Canada and the United States Since 1945, (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press)
2003 Women, Health and Nation: Canada and the United States Since 1945, Gina Feldberg, Molly Ladd-Taylor, Alison Li and Kathryn McPherson, eds. (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press)
1999 Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays on Femininity and in Canada, Kathryn McPherson, Cecilia Morgan and Nancy Forestell, eds. (Toronto: Oxford University Press) . Reprinted 2003.
1996 Bedside Matters: The Transformation of Canadian Nursing, 1900-1990 (Toronto: Oxford University Press). Reprinted 2003
"Assessment of Robert Sweeny, Why Did We Choose to Industrialize? Montreal 1819–1849" Journal of the Canadian Historical Association Revue de la Société historique du Canada, 28, 2 (2017): 115-120
Assessment of Robert Sweeny, Why Did We Choose to Industrialize? Montreal 1819–1849
“Imagining Gerontological Nursing: Canadian Nurses and Eldercare, 1905-70” Journal of Canadian Studies, 15, 2 (Spring 2016): 422-445.
2013 “Rethinking Veronica Strong-Boag” Invited paper “Veronica Strong-Boag, Canadian Feminist Historian: An Assessment and Appreciation” Atlantis, 36, 1 (2013): 126-29.
“Global Football: An Introduction”, with Stephen Brooke, Histoire sociale/Social History vol. 45, no. 90 (November 2012): 217-219.
“Guest Editor’s Note: Accounting for the Importance of Home-Place, Landscape, and Identity in Canadian Health Care Services” Nursing History Review 21 (2013): 76-78.
2005 "Appraising Cole Harris’ Making Native Space", forum with Keith Thor Carlson, Sarah Carter, Kate McPherson, and James Murton, with a response by Cole Harris, Native Studies Review 16, 2 (2005) pp. 125-149.
2000 “Was the Frontier ‘Good’ for Women? Historical Approaches to Women and Agricultural Settlement in the Prairie West, 1870-1900” Atlantis 25, 1 (Fall 2000): 75-86
1996 "Carving Out A Past: The Canadian Nurses Association Memorial and the Creation of Nursing History" Histoire Sociale/Social History special issue on Festival, Spectacle, and Popular History 29, No. 58 (November 1996): 417-29.
1995 "'The Country is a Stern Nurse:' Rural Women, Urban Hospitals and the Creation of a Western Canadian Workforce, 1920-1940" Prairie Forum (Fall 1995): 175-206.
“Nurses and their Work: Oral Histories of Nursing 1920-1940” Oral History Collection, Provincial Archives of Manitoba
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | GS/HIST5002 3.0 | A | Preparing Historians | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HIST2500 6.0 | A | Canadian History | LECT |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HIST2500 6.0 | A | Canadian History | LECT |
