Gregory Millard
B.A. McGill University, M.A. McGill University, Ph.D. (Queen’s University),
Gregory Millard has taught political science at KPU since 2004, serving eight years as Chair of Political Science, as well as serving as Associate Dean of Arts, and Dean of Arts Pro Tem. His article 'Ambiguously Hip: The Tragically Hip and Canadian Nationalism' won the CSNE-RÉC 2022 Prize for Best Article Published in the Journal of Canadian Studies, and his book Secession and Self: Quebec in Canadian Thought was shortlisted for the 2009 Donald V. Smiley Prize. Originally from the Kanyen'kehà:ke territory of Montreal, Greg lives with his wife and dog on the unceded ancestral lands of the Kwikwitlem, Musqueam, Squamish, Stó:lō, Tsleil-Waututh peoples (Port Moody), an aficionado of - among other things - Bob Dylan, Star Wars and the Montreal Canadiens.
Courses taught
- POLI 1110: Ideology and Politics
- POLI 1120: Canadian Politics
- POLI 1125: Introduction to Political Science
- POLI 2122: Political Leadership: Prime Ministers of Canada
- POLI 2200: Classic Thinkers: History of Political Thought
- POLI 3125: Visions of Nationhood
- POLI 3500: Public Debates in Politics
- POLI 4125: Politics of Multiculturalism in Canada
- POLI 4190: Selected Topics in Canadian Politics
- POLI 4210: Democracy: Classic and Contemporary Debates
Areas of Interest
- National identity and nationalisms in Canada
- Canadian constitutionalism
- Political rhetoric
- Political ideology and ideologies
- Political thought
- The politics of popular culture
Scholarly Work
- ‘Introduction: Approaching Political Ideologies.’ Valérie Vézina, ed. Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction. (KPU: 2021).
- ‘Liberalism: from the ‘Free Men’ to the ‘Free Market,’ with Valérie Vézina, in Valérie Vézina ed. Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction. (KPU: 2021).
- ‘Feminism: Rising Up Against the Patriarchal Order,’ with Valentin Quintus Nicolescu in Valérie Vézina ed. Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction. (KPU: 2021), 2nd ed.
- ‘Fascism: An Unusual Ideology.’ Valérie Vézina, ed. Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction. (KPU: 2021), 2nd ed.
- ‘Ambiguously Hip: The Tragically Hip and Canadian Nationalism.’ Journal of Canadian Studies Volume 55 Issue 3, Fall 2021 | automne 2021, pp. 649-672
- ‘Rhetoric Revisited: Decennial Reflections on Canada’s Coalition Crisis.’ Canadian Political Science Review. Vol. 13 No. 1, 2019.
- 'The Jealous God: A Problem in the Definition of Nationalism.' Ethnicities Vol. 14 No.1 (February 2014), 3-24.
- 'The People’s Governor General? Restoring the Balance between the Prime Minister and the House.' With John Wright. Policy Options (June 2010).
- 'Stephen Harper and the Politics of the Bully.' The Dalhousie Review (Autumn 2009), 329-336
- Secession and Self: Quebec in Canadian Thought. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008.
- 'Moral Agency in the Modern Age: Reading Charles Taylor through George Grant.' With Jane Forsey. Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 40 No.1 (Winter 2006), 182-209.
- 'Here’s Where We Get Canadian: English-Canadian Nationalism and Popular Culture.' With Sarah Riegel and John Wright. The American Review of Canadian Studies. Spring 2002, 11-35.
- 'The Secession Reference and National Reconciliation: A Critical Note.' The Canadian Journal of Law and Society. Fall 1999, 1-20.