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Wesley B. Turner
Department of History

Office:
Tel.:(905) 688-5550 ext.
Internet: wturner@spartan.ac.brocku.ca
SSHRC General Research Grants
- ($1,000.00) Study of Leadership in Canada during the War of 1812, June 1992.
- (400.00) Study of Leadership in Canada during the War of 1812, November 1992.
Reviews
- HMS Detroit: The Battle for Lake Erie, R. & T. Malcomson, Journal of Erie Studies, Spring 1991, pp. 52 - 53.
- Dundurn Castle, D. Badone, Canadian Book Review Annual, 1990, p. 394.
- A Military History of Canada, D. Morton, Canadian Book Review Annual, 1990, pp. 337 - 338.
- Careless at Work: Selected Canadian Historical Studies, J.M.S. Careless, Canadian Book Review Annual, 1990, p. 331.
- Old Ontario: Essays in Honour of J.M.S. Careless, D. Keane & C. Read, Canadian Book Review Annual, 1990, pp. 338 - 339.
- R. Merritt et al (eds) The Capital Years, Niagara-on-the-Lake 1792 - 1796; G.F.G. Stanley, Battle in the Dark, pp. 381 - 382. Stoney Creek, June 6, 1813; S. Pfeiffer & R.F. Williamson (eds) pp. 442 - 443. Snake Hill. An Investigation of a Military Cemetery from the War of 1812; R. Shipley & F. Addis, pp. 379 - 380. Paddle Wheelers and Schooners, p. 550, all published in Canadian Book Review Annual, 1991.
- Review of P. Berton, Niagara. A History of the Falls in Canadian Book Review Annual.
- Review of R. Shipley and F. Addis, Propellors and Wrecks and Disasters in Canadian Book Review Annual.
- Review of A. Stouffer, The Light of Nature and the Law of God. AntiSlavery in Ontario, 1833-1877 in Canadian Book Review Annual.
Public Activities and Recognition
- Elected Vice-President of Historical Society of St. Catharines.
- Gave invited talk on British Leadership in the War of 1812 to the Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto.
- Gave invited talk on General Isaac Brock to the Pelham Historical Society.
- Gave invited talks on several historical topics at the Ina Grafton Gage Home.
Paper Presentations
- "The Defended Border: Niagara as a Frontier" to the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society series on Niagara as a Frontier.
Papers Presented at Brock University
- "Simcoe's Upper Canada: The 1790's, Context and Attitudes," Fourteenth Annual Niagara Peninsula History Conference, September 1992.