Raymond B. Blake

Raymond Benjamin Blake FRSC is a Canadian writer and professor of history at the University of Regina. He was the winner of the 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

Biography

Blake is based in Regina, Saskatchewan, where he works as a professor of history at the University of Regina. He has previously held positions as the director of the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy and director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University. ^[1] He has written and edited over 20 books across his career. ^[2]

Blake is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. ^[2] In September 2025, he was awarded the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity. ^[3]

Publications

• Blake, Raymond B. (1994). Canadians at Last: The Integration of Newfoundland as a Province. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-0-8020-0554-0. ^[4]
• —; Bryden, Penny; Strain, J. Frank (1997). The Welfare State in Canada: Past, Present, and Future. Concord, ON: Irwin Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7725-2397-6. ^[5]
• —; Bryden, Penny; Tucker, Michael (2000). Canada and the New World Order: Facing the New Millennium . Concord, ON: Irwin Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7725-2827-8.
• — (2000). From Fishermen to Fish: The Evolution of Canadian Fishery Policy . Concord, ON: Irwin Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7725-2822-3. ^[6]
• —; Keshen, Jeffrey A. (2006). Social Fabric or Patchwork Quilt?: The Development of Social Welfare in Canada. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press. ISBN   978-1-5511-1544-3. ^[7]
• — (2007). Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney. Montreal: McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN   978-0-7735-3214-4. ^[8]
• — (2009). From Rights to Needs: A History of Family Allowances in Canada, 1929–92. Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN   978-0-7748-1572-7. ^[9]
• — (2015). Lions or Jellyfish: Newfoundland-Ottawa Relations since 1957. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-1-4426-5025-1. ^[10]
• —; Hayday, Mathew (2016). Celebrating Canada: Holidays, Natonal Days, and the Crating of Identities. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-1-4426-4980-4. ^[11]
• —; Baker, Melvin (2019). Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland’s Rocky Road towards Confederation. Regina, SK: University of Regina Press. ISBN   978-0-8897-7619-7. ^[12]
• — (2025). Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity. Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN   978-0-7748-6964-5. ^[13]

References

Citations

1. University of Regina (2025).
2. CBC Books (2025).
3. Bailey (2025); CBC Books (2025); Drudi (2025).
4. Boswell (1995).
5. The Globe and Mail (1997).
6. Wright (2001).
7. Dankwort (2007).
8. Thompson (2007); Policy Options (2007); Gordon (2008); van Horssen (2009); Wiseman (2009).
9. Brennan (2009).
10. Bryden (2016).
11. Sawyer (2017).
12. Dawn (2019); Baehre (2020); Cadigan (2021).
13. Dutil (2025); Fry (2025); Fleming (2025); Perovic (2025); Scott (2025).

Sources

• Baehre, Rainer (2020). "Raymond B. Blake and Melvin Baker. Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland's Rocky Road towards Confederation". Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. 35 (1–2): 141–146. doi:10.7202/1076771ar.
• Bailey, Ian (24 September 2025). "Raymond Blake wins political writing prize for book on Canada's postwar prime ministers". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
• Boswell, Peter G. (1995). "Canadians at Last: Canada Integrates Newfoundland as a Province". Canadian Journal of Political Science . 28 (1). University of Toronto Press: 148–149. doi:10.1017/S0008423900018497.
• Brennan, Patrick H. (2009). "From Rights to Needs: A History of Family Allowances in Canada, 1929-92". Canadian Review of Social Policy (Review). 62: 111–114. JSTOR   45407592.
• Bryden, P. E. (19 September 2016). "Lions or Jellyfish: Newfoundland-Ottawa Relations since 1957 by Raymond B. Blake". Canadian Historical Review . 97 (3). University of Toronto Press: 448. doi:10.3138/chr.97.3.BR10.
• Cadigan, Sean T. (December 2021). "Raymond B. Blake and Melvin Baker. Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland's Rocky Road Towards Confederation". The American Historical Review . 126 (4). Oxford University Press: 1643–1644. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhab628.
• [CBC Books] (25 September 2025). "Regina author Raymond B. Blake wins $40K Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing". CBC Books . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
• Dankwort, Juergen (2007). "Social Fabric or Patchwork Quilt: The Development of Social Policy in Canada". Canadian Review of Social Policy Revue Canadienne De Politique Sociale. 59. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
• Dawn, Moira (30 April 2019). "Where They Once Stood re-examines Newfoundland's rocky journey to Confederation". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
• Drudi, Cassandra (24 September 2025). "Raymond B. Blake wins 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing". Quill & Quire . Toronto: St. Joseph Media . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
• Dutil, Patrice (2025). "Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond B. Blake". Ontario History. 117 (1). Ontario Historical Society: 123–125. doi:10.7202/1117632ar.
• Fleming, Keith (15 July 2025). "Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity. Raymond B. Blake". Canadian Historical Review . 106 (2). University of Toronto Press. doi:10.3138/chr.106.2.br10.
• Fry, Noah (13 May 2025). "Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond B. Blake". Canadian Journal of Political Science . 58 (2). Cambridge University Press: 485–487. doi:10.1017/S0008423924000520.
• [The Globe and Mail] (2 August 1997). "New & Noted". The Globe and Mail . p. 64. Retrieved 25 September 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Gordon, Alan (December 2008). "Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney (review)". The Canadian Historical Review . 89 (4). University of Toronto Press: 615–617. doi:10.1353/can.0.0130.
• Perovic, Lydia (23 September 2025). "How much does a prime minister actually matter, anyway?". The Hub. Hub Canada Media. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
• [Policy Options] (1 November 2007). "Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney (book review)". Policy Options. Montreal, QC: Institute for Research on Public Policy . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
• Sawyer, Taylor (28 December 2017). "Matthew Hayday and Raymond B. Blake, Celebrating Canada". Nations and Nationalism . 24 (1). Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1111/nana.12358.
• Scott, Tracie Lea (2025). "Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond B. Blake (review)". British Journal of Canadian Studies . 37 (1). Liverpool University Press: 116–117. Retrieved 25 September 2025– via Project MUSE.
• Thompson, Ashley (2007). "Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney". Canadian Book Review Annual Online. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Libraries . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
• [University of Regina] (2025). "Raymond Blake". Regina, SK: University of Regina . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
• van Horssen, Jessica (May 2009). "Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney (review)". Histoire sociale / Social History. 42 (83). University of Toronto Press: 225–227. doi:10.1353/his.0.0068.
• Wiseman, Nelson (2009). "Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney (review)". University of Toronto Quarterly. 78 (1). University of Toronto Press: 458–459. doi:10.1353/utq.0.0533.
• Wright, Miriam (September 2001). "From Fishermen to Fish: The Evolution of Canadian Fishery Policy by Raymond B. Blake (review)". The Canadian Historical Review . 82 (3). University of Toronto Press: 580–581. Retrieved 25 September 2025– via Project MUSE.

External links

• Works by Raymond B. Blake at Open Library
• Raymond B. Blake at 49th Shelf, Association of Canadian Publishers