Michael Chartier PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Dr. Erika DyckUsing primarily children’s correspondence, magazines, and judicial records, this project explores how Western Canadian youth navigated puberty and reproduction during a period when nationalism, the mental hygiene movement, and purveyors of medical quackery fought to shape the values of Canada’s post ‘Great War’ generation of children.
Research Area(s)
- Canadian History
- Canadian Labour History
- Medical History
Conference Presentations (Select):
Chartier, M. (2023). A.1 Youth: Exploring Nationalism, Eugenics, and Puberty in the Interwar Period through Children’s Letters to the Western Producer. Paper presented at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences to the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine. York University, Toronto, ON.
Chartier, M. (2022). “The Teen Age”: Exploring the Inter-War Health Experiences of Children through their Letters to the Western Producer. Paper presented at the 8th biannual “Manitoba, Northwest Ontario, Minnesota, Saskatchewan (MOMS) Medical History Conference. October 21-23rd, Saskatoon, SK.
Dyck, E., Chartier, M., & Savelli, M. (2021) Just Say No, Eh?: Teens, Doctors, Drugs and the Battle over Healthy Brains. Paper presented at “Between Postwar and Present Day Canada: 1970-2000 Conference” University of Guelph, virtual conference.
Chartier, M. (2011). “The Rhythms of Education: The Role of Foresight and Wisdom in Co-operative Development” Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Studies, Fredericton, NB.
Chartier, M. (2010).“Foresight and Wisdom: A Whiteheadian Approach to Co-operative Management” Paper presented at the Applied Process Metaphysics Summer Institute, Paris, France.
Chartier, M. (2009).“Adult Education and the Social Economy” Paper presented as part of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives Seminar Series.