University of Lethbridge

Office Hours

Wednesday 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

About Me

I was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and received my BA (Sociology) at the University of Winnipeg in 1979; my MA (Sociology) at the University of Calgary in 1985; and my Doctorate (Sociology) at the University of Alberta in 1993. I am currently Director of Parkland Institute, a province-wide think tank dealing with issues of public policy. My research interests are vast and eclectic, though in the main my areas of interest are Canadian society, Greece, Japan, militarism, political economy, political sociology, and public policy. My work is highly interdisciplinary, including culture, economics, history, and politics, as well as sociology.

I am married, with two children, and one grandchild.

Selected Publications

Authored Books
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Harrison, Trevor W.
2015 Prairie Bohemian: Frank Gay's Life in Music. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. (Shortlisted for the Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award.)

Harrison, Trevor W., and John Friesen
2015 Canadian Society in the 21st Century: A Historical Sociological Approach. Third Edition. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press Inc.

Harrison, Trevor W.
2008 Twenty-First Century Japan: A New Sun Rising. Montreal: Black Rose.

Harrison, Trevor W.
2002 Requiem for a Lightweight: Stockwell Day and Image Politics. Montreal: Black Rose.

Harrison, Trevor
1995 Of Passionate Intensity: Right-Wing Populism and the Reform Party
of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Edited Books
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Harrison, Trevor W., and Slobodan Drakulic
2011 Against Orthodoxy: Studies in Nationalism. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

Harrison, Trevor W.
2005 The Return of the Trojan Horse: Alberta and the New World (Dis)Order. Montreal: Black Rose.

Harrison, Trevor W., and Jerrold Kachur
1999 Contested Classrooms: Education, Globalization, and Democracy in Alberta. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press/Parkland Institute.

Laxer, Gordon, and Trevor Harrison
1995 The Trojan Horse: Alberta and the Future of Canada. Montreal: Black Rose Books.


Articles in Refereed Journals/Texts
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Harrison, Trevor
2014 "The Pyrrhic triumph of finance capital and the return of Polanyi." Athens Journal of Social Sciences, July: 139-147.

Ramp, William, and Trevor W. Harrison
2012. "Libertarian populism, neoliberal rationality, and the mandatory long-form census: Implications for sociology." Canadian Journal of Sociology 37(3): 273-294. http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/CJS/issue/current

Krahn, Harvey, Trevor Harrison, Michael Haan, and William Johnston
2009 "Social capital and democratic political engagement." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 46(1): 29-55.

Harrison, Trevor
2007 "Anti-Canadianism: Explaining the deep roots of a shallow phenomenon." International Journal of Canadian Studies 35: 217-240.

Johnston, William, Harvey Krahn, and Trevor Harrison
2006 "Democracy, political institutions, and trust: The limits of current electoral reform proposals." Canadian Journal of Sociology 31(2): 165-182.

Harrison, Trevor, William Johnston, and Harvey Krahn
2001 "Postmodern politics: Political values and support for Canada's new political parties." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 38(2): 1-16.

Harrison, Trevor
2000 "The changing face of prairie politics: Populism in Alberta." Prairie Forum 25(1): 107-121.

Conference Proceedings
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Harrison, Trevor
2012 "The Greek financial crisis as viewed by four major American and Canadian newspapers." ATINER's Conference Paper Series, No: SOC2012-0101. On-line: http://www.atiner.gr/papers.htm

In The Media

Numerous opinion pieces published over more than two decades in Alberta Views, the Edmonton Journal, the Globe and Mail, the Lethbridge Herald, the Winnipeg Free Press, and Canadian Dimension (on-line). Additionally, many interviews and presentations on CBC, CTV, Global, and other television networks, and on radio.

Research Interests

Beyond my general areas of interest mentioned above, I am currently working on several projects, including:

1) Ongoing work on the Greek financial crisis and the European Union.
2) A book examining westerners who travelled the so-called Hippie Trail during the years 1959-1979.
3) The emerging crisis of work in the twenty-first century.
4) Carbon-extractive industries in western Canada.
5) The complicated legacy of the 1960s counter-revolution upon political values in the twenty-first century
6) Political identities in Alberta.
7) A paper comparing political attitudes in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

Current Research and Creative Activity

Title	Location	Grant Information	Principal Investigator	Co Researchers
Carbon-extractive industries	western Canada	SSHRC, 2015.	William Carroll & Shannon Daub	Trevor Harrison
Counter-revolution political values	North America		Trevor Harrison
Crisis of work	Canada/World	Grant, 2018.	UoL Chinook	Trevor Harrison
Greek financial crisis	Greece/Europe	Grant, 2016.	UofL Chinook	Trevor Harrison
Political attitudes in SK, AB, and BC	U of A	Research Fund.	Trevor Harrison	H. Krahn, UofA
Political identities in Alberta	U of A	Research Fund.	Trevor Harrison	H. Krahn, UofA
Travel on the Hippie Trail	Middle East	ULRF, 2010.		Trevor Harrison

Previous Research

Title	Grant Agency	Completion Date
Twenty-First Century Japan: A New Sun Rising. Montreal: Black Rose.		2008
"Social capital and democratic political engagement" International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. Co-authored	University of Lethbridge Research Fund	2007
"Democracy, political institutions, and trust: The limits of current electoral reform proposals." Canadian Journal of Sociology 31(2): 165-182 (Co-authored)	University of Alberta Research Fund (Co-author's account)	2006
The Return of the Trojan Horse: Alberta and the New World (Dis)Order. Montreal: Black Rose. (Sole edited book.)		2005
Canadian Society in the 21st Century: A Historical Sociological Approach. Toronto: Pearson. (Co-authored)		2004
Prairie Bohemian: Frank Gay's Life in Music. Edmonton	University of Alberta Press.	2015
Canadian Society in the 21st Century: A Historical Sociological Approach. Third Edition. (Co-Authored.) Toronto	Canadian Scholars Press Inc.	2015
Against Orthodoxy: Studies in Nationalism. Vancouver	University of British Columbia Press. (Co-edited.)	2011
Canadian Society in the 21st Century: A Historical Sociological Approach. Second Edition. (Co-Authored.) Toronto	Canadian Scholars Press Inc.	2010

Curriculum Vitae

My CV