Dr. Daniel Byers – Canadian military history
Dr. Daniel Byers
Assistant Professor (Laurentian@Georgian B.A. Program - Barrie, Ontario)
Ph.D. (McGill)
Office: C-310C, Georgian College, One Georgian Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4M 3X9
Phone: 705-728-1968, ext. 5482
E-mail: dbyers@laurentian.ca
dbyers@georgianc.on.ca
Courses Taught (Barrie):
HIST 2327 - Modern War
HIST 2336 - History of the United States to the Civil War
HIST 2337 - History of the United States from the Civil War
HIST 3066 - Cities in Canada: A Historical Perspective
HIST 3196 - Canada in the 20th Century: Selected Problems
HIST 3286 - Canadian Military History
HIST 4125 - Canada and War, 1914-1945
Research Interests:
War and society in Canada
Canadian defence policy/civil-military relations
The Canadian military as a social and political institution
Chapters in Books
"J.L. Ralston and Civil-Military Relations in Canada During the Second World War: A Reassessment." In Geoffrey Hayes and Paul Whitney Lackenbauer, eds., Understanding the Past on its Own Terms (working title) (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2009) [forthcoming]
"Canada's 'Zombies': A Portrait of Canadian Conscripts and their Experiences During the Second World War." In LCol Bernd Horn, ed., Forging a Nation: Perspectives on the Canadian Military Experience (St. Catharines: Vanwell, 2002): 155-76.
Articles in Refereed Journals
"Mobilising Canada: The National Resources Mobilization Act, the Department of National Defence, and Compulsory Military Service in Canada, 1940-1945. Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, Vol. 7, 1996: 175-203.
"The Conscription Election of 1917 and Its Aftermath in Orillia, Ontario." Ontario History LXXXIII(4), December 1991: 275-96.
Other Scholarly Journal Articles
"Les <<zombies>> du Canada: un portrait des conscrits canadiens et de leur expérience durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale." Bulletin d'histoire politique, vol. 8, nos 2-3, printemps 2000: 184-204.
"Operation 'Canada': The Canadian Attack on Delfzijl, April 23-May 2, 1945." Canadian Military History, Vol. 7, No. 3, Summer 1998: 35-45.