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Biographical notes
David G. Burley retired as professor of history at the University of Winnipeg. His research continues to explore inequality in urban social relations and in particular the manifestations of inequalities in the built environments of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Hamilton, Ontario. Publications in this area include: “Winnipeg and the Landscape of Modernity, 1945-1975,” in Serena Keshavjee (ed.), Winnipeg Modern, 1945-75 (University of Manitoba Press, 2006); Living on Furby: Narratives of Home, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1880-2005 (co-author Mike Maunder; Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg, 2008); and “Rooster Town: Winnipeg’s Lost Suburb,” Urban History Review (vol. 42, no. 1, 2013).
Ron Rubin, a graduate of Sir George Williams University (Concordia) Liberal Arts Program, is a retired, career human resources professional with multinational experience. His Toronto-based management consultancy specialized in delivery of next gen human resources strategy to global corporations and private companies. Latter years were dedicated to providing expert witness testimony to the Courts and legal community in matters related to human resources and compensation. He is currently researching a story regarding James Matthew Whyte’s life in Scotland, Jamaica, and Hamilton and his unheralded accomplishments, which include the 1836 building of a secondary, limestone residence on Murray Street in Hamilton, which the Hamilton Spectator has called a “gem.”