publications and research

michel’s research typically explores the social, economic, and political history of northern ontario and has been funded by a number of agencies such as sshrc and idrc. the author/editor of a number of books, his work has also been published in a number of edited collections and in the journals action research, canadian journal of film studies, canadian journal of native studies, canadian military history, journal of northern studies, faravid: historian ja arkeologian tutkimuksen aikakauskirja, left history, and ontario history. his research and community work has been recognized by a number of awards. click here for information on exhibits, film, and media projects.

recent publications (last 5 years):

ratz, david k. and michel s. beaulieu. "guard duty for the garries: soldiers, internees and the history of pow camp r." canadian military history 33, no. 1 (2024). https://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol33/iss1/20/

ojo, temitope moses and michel s. beaulieu. "oloibiri: lessons from the lifecycle of a single-industry town in nigeria." the journal of rural and community development 19, no. 3 (2024): 120-148.

tronrud, thorold j. and michel s. beaulieu, eds. thunder bay historical museum society papers & records lii (2024).

morrison, jean, ed. the northwest company in rebellion: simon mcgillivray’s fort william notebook, 1815, a new preface and edits by michel s. beaulieu and thorold j. tronrud. thunder bay: thunder bay historical museum society, 2023.

nigro, laura, lori chambers, and michel s. beaulieu. “women not welcome: martinie v. the italian society of port arthur.” in essays in the history of canadian law volume xii: new perspectives on gender and the law, edited by lori chambers and joan sangster, 275-303. osgoode society for canadian legal history and the university of toronto press, 2023.

beaulieu, michel s. and thorold j. tronrud, eds. thunder bay historical museum society papers & records li (2023).

nicol, heather, michel s. beaulieu, and diane hirshberg. "the university of the arctic (uarctic) as a non-state actor in the circumpolar world." in non-state actors in the arctic region, edited by nikolas sellheim and dwayne menezes, 63-77. cham, switzerland: springer, 2022.

beaulieu, michel s. and jenna l. kirker. "the continued evolution of fort william and port arthur into the city of thunder bay, ontario, canada." in twin cities across five continents: interactions and tensions on urban borders, edited by ekaterina mikhailova and john garrard, 35-47. london and new york: routledge, 2022.

tronrud, thorold j. and michel s. beaulieu, eds. thunder bay historical museum society papers & records l (2022).

beaulieu, michel s. and walter peace. world book encyclopedia, s.v. “ontario,” pages 764-787. chicago: world book encyclopedia, 2022.

beaulieu, michel s. and thorold j. tronrud, eds. thunder bay historical museum society papers & records xliv (2021).

beaulieu, michel s. “'but there is another source of liberty and vitality in our country:' louis st-laurent and regional development." in the unexpected louis st-laurent: politics and policies for a modern canada, edited by patrice dutil, 222-242. vancouver: ubc press, 2020.

beaulieu, michel s. "it is better to retreat now than be crushed altogether": questions of ethnicity and the communist party of canada at the lakehead.” in left transnationalism: the comintern and the national, colonial and racial questions, edited by oleska drachewych and ian mckay, 337-359. montreal and kingston: mcgill-queen’s university press, 2020.

lemelin, raynald harvey, michel s. beaulieu, and david ratz. "'everything changed!' - the ramification of the second world war on the canadian north." journal of tourism futures 6, no. 1 (2020): 83-90.

beaulieu, michel s. zapamiętaj mnie: the life of janina kokocinski. thunder bay: privately published, 2020. 

beaulieu, michel s. "political mapping: louis st-laurent’s 1949 tour of western canada." findings|trouvailles (november 2020). https://champlainsociety.utpjournals.press/findings-trouvailles/2020/11/political-mapping

beaulieu, michel s. review of one job town: work, belonging, and betrayal in northern ontario, by steven high. university of toronto quarterly “letters in canada 2020” 89, no.3 (summer 2020): 570-71.

beaulieu, michel s. and beth boegh, eds. thunder bay historical museum society papers & records xlviii (2020).

de ruiter, brian and michel s. beaulieu with special thanks to erno rossi. “outside the barbed wire fence: oral history and german pows in wainfleet township.” findings|trouvailles (april 2020). https://champlainsociety.utpjournals.press/findings-trouvailles/2020/04/outside-the-barbed-wire-fence?

foreword to george duncan, thoreau macdonald’s sketches of rural ontario. toronto: ontario historical society, 2020. 

blanchard, david and michel s. beaulieu. “the kimberly-clark corporation and terrace bay.” thunder bay historical museum society papers & records 47 (2019): 107-120.

beaulieu, michel s. and beth boegh, eds. thunder bay historical museum society papers & records xlvii (2019).

beaulieu, michel s., david ratz, and ronald harpelle. eds. hard work conquers all: building the finnish community in canada. vancouver: ubc press, 2018.

beaulieu, michel s., david k. ratz, thorold j. tronrud, and jenna l. kirker. thunder bay and the first world war, 1914-1919. thunder bay: thunder bay historical museum society, 2018.

beaulieu, michel s. “finnish-canadian contributions to early socialist organizations.” in hard work conquers all: building the finnish community in canada, edited by michel s. beaulieu, david ratz, ronald harpelle, 29-50. vancouver: ubc press, 2018.

beaulieu, michel s., david ratz, and ronald harpelle. “writing about the finnish-canadian immigrant experience.” in hard work conquers all: building the finnish community in canada, edited by michel s. beaulieu, david ratz, ronald harpelle, 1-28. vancouver: ubc press, 2018.

beaulieu, michel s. and beth boegh, eds. thunder bay historical museum society papers & records xlvi (2018).