Mélanie's Work
I am currently a professor at the Augustana Campus (Camrose) of the University of Alberta. I received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science at McGill University, a Master of Arts in History at the Université de Moncton, and finally, a Ph.D. in History at the University of Calgary! I also have an interest in the scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
I have published on the turn of the 20th century social reform movements in Montreal and Winnipeg. My new research lies within the scope of legal history. I have completed a monograph on the bigamy case of Julie Morin tentatively titled: "Bigame malgré elle: Julie Russell perd son héritage." (under consideration). I am now working on a project focusing on bigamy in Australia.
Family History Webinars: Bigamy prosecutions the Tasmanian way, 2023
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“Le mariage, c’est l’affaire de l’Église : pouvoir d’État et bigamie.”
Mélanie Méthot. 2016. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 31 (2) 1-21. Winner of the Law and Society article prize. http://www.acds-clsa.org/?q=en/prizes
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“Finding the Ordinary in the Extraordinary: Marriage Norms and Bigamy in Canada.”
Mélanie Méthot. In J. Moses, ed., Marriage, Law and Modernity: Global Histories (London: Bloomsbury, 2017) 187-203.
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“The Fort Saskatchewan Prison Ledger 1914-1919: Portraits of Vagrants.”
Mélanie Méthot. 2016. Prairie Forum, 39 (1) 27-43.
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“That Impulse Which Bids a People to Honor its Past. The Nature and Purpose of Centennial Celebrations.”
Terry McDonald and Mélanie Méthot. 2006. International Journal of Heritage Studies 12 (4) 307-320.
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“Jules Helbronner : père de la conscience ouvrière et intellectuel engagé.”
Mélanie Méthot. 2001. Mens Revue d’Histoire Intellectuelle de l’Amérique Française 2 (1) 67-104.
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De La Survivance à l’effervescence. Portrait historique et sociologique de la communauté acadienne et francophone de Saint-Jean, Nouveau-Brunswick
Allain, Greg and Maurice Basque, in collaboration with Mélanie Méthot. 2001. ARCF de Saint-Jean, Saint Jean. ISBN 0968785204 9780968785201
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A Lesson on Subjectivity: The Sad Story of Bigamist Julie Russell, 2021
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“Analyzing Bigamy Cases without Legal Records: It Is Possible.”
Canada’s Legal Past: Looking Forward, Looking Back, eds Lyndsay Campbell, Ted McCoy and Mélanie Méthot, (University of Calgary Press, 2020) 37-43.
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Moving Forward or Holding Back? Creating a Culture of Academic Assessment.
Wilton, S., & Méthot, M. (2020). The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 11(2).
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“Revoir Emily Murphy : Première magistrate de police de tout l’Empire britannique.”
Mélanie Méthot. 2016. Journal of Canadian Studies 50 (1) 150-178.
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“Bigamy in the Northern Alberta Judicial District, 1880-1969. A Socially Constructed Crime that Failed to Impose Gender Barriers.”
Mélanie Méthot. 2006. Journal of Family History 31 (3) 257-266.
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“H.B. Ames, Political Reformer and Enforcer.”
Mélanie Méthot. 2003. Urban History Review, 31 (2) 19-31.
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Canada’s Legal Past: Future Directions in Canadian Legal History
Campbell, Lyndsay, Ted McCoy and Mélanie Méthot (eds). University of Calgary Press. 2020. https://www.amazon.ae/Canadas-Legal-Pasts-Looking-Foreward/dp/1773851160
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“Introduction.” Canada’s Legal Past: Looking Forward, Looking Back.
Ted Mccoy, Lyndsay Campbell and Mélanie Méthot. , eds Lyndsay Campbell, Ted McCoy and Mélanie Méthot, (University of Calgary Press, 2020). 1-8.
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“Female Bigamists: Their Particular Position in the Canadian Courts and Media.”
Mélanie Méthot. 2019. Women’s History Review, 28 (4) 532-551. DOI: 10.1080/09612025.2018.1471786
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“Bigamists Meet Polygamists: Confronting the Popular Image of Bigamists in Canadian Society.”
Mélanie Méthot. 2007. History of the Family. An International Quarterly 12 (1) 169-177.
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“Fame Does Not Necessarily Bring Immortality: The Reverend J.B. Silcox, a True Social Gospeller (1847-1933).”
Mélanie Méthot. 2003. Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society 45: 31-64.
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“Forgotten Social Gospelers: Reverends J.B. Silcox and Hugh Pedley.”
Mélanie Méthot. 2002. Historical Papers. Canadian Society of Church History 79-95.
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