- Ian MacPherson (historian)
Dr. Ian MacPherson (born 1939 in Toronto) is a
Canadian historian , and a supporter of theCo-operative movement .Education
MacPherson received his
B.A. from theUniversity of Windsor in 1960. After working as a high school teacher for four years, he returned to school, earning his M.A. andPh.D. degrees in History from theUniversity of Western Ontario . [http://www.bcics.org/node/141 Dr. Ian MacPherson] , BCICS Website]Academic life
MacPherson taught at the
University of Winnipeg for 8 years, and helped establish theCanadian Studies program there. In 1976, he moved to the History Department at theUniversity of Victoria , serving as Chair from 1981 to 1989. He became Dean of Faculty ofHumanities in 1992, but stepped down in 1999 to establish theB.C. Institute for Co-operative Studies (BCICS). He continues to teach history and serves as director of BCICS.Focus of scholarship
Although an enormous amount of MacPherson's work has focused on the Canadian and international co-operative movement, he has also written on the nineteenth century
Ontario family,Canadian Prairie rural history,urban history , and the history of the Canadian north.Involvement with the Co-operative movement
MacPherson has participated in numerous
co-operative s, and served on the boards forConsumers' cooperative s inWinnipeg and Victoria, a health co-operative in Winnipeg, a child care co-operative in Victoria, and severalcredit union s in Victoria, including Pacific Coast Savings. He was a member of theBC Central Credit Union board, theCanadian Co-operative Credit Society , theCo-operative Union of Canada , theInternational Co-operative Alliance (ICA), and was the founding President of theCanadian Co-operative Association in 1989. As part of his work with the ICA, he wrote the 1995 revision of theRochdale Principles adopted at the 1995 ICA Congress inManchester .Awards
* Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC) – CASC Merit Award 2002
* BC Credit Unions – Distinguished Service Award
* Canadian Co-operative Association (BC Region) – Distinguished Co-operator Award, 2000
* World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) - Credit Union Ambassador Award, 2000.
* Canadian Credit Union Hall of Fame Member, 2000elected bibliography
*Hands around the globe : a history of the international credit union movement and the role and development of World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (Victoria: Horsdal & Schubart Publishers Ltd., 1999.)
*Co-operative principles for the 21st century (Geneva: International Co-Operative Alliance, 1996)
*Co-operation, conflict and consensus : B.C. Central and the credit union movement to 1994 (Vancouver: B.C. Central Credit Union, 1995.)
*Building and protecting the co-operative movement: a brief history of the Co-operative Union of Canada, 1909-84 (Ottawa: Co-operative Union of Canada, no date.)
*Matters of loyalty : the Buells of Brockville, 1830-1850 (Belleville: Mika Pub. Co., 1981)
*Co-operative movement on the prairies, 1900-1955 (Ottawa : Canadian Historical Association, 1979.)
*Each for all : a history of the co-operative movement in English Canada, 1900-1945 (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1979.)References
External links
* [http://www.bcics.org/ BC Institute for Co-operative Studies]
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