Statistics
To help situate the NDI research on Timmins, Schumacher, South Porcupine, and Porcupine in the context of Northern Ontario, Dr. Leadbeater led a multi-year project with student and librarian assistance to produce a book, useful for reference, on long-term population, social composition, employment, and urban concentration trends over 150 years in the region now called Northern Ontario (or “Nord de l’Ontario”). Colonial-racial biases in the Canadian censuses are discussed critically as a contribution towards decolonizing changes in official statistics. The book is available in print as well as an open-access e-book, free to download from the University of Ottawa Press website.
Leadbeater, David with Pat Marcaccio, Charlaine Fafle, Tomasz Mrozewski, and Caitlin Richer. 2024. Northern Ontario in Historical Statistics, 1871–2021: Expansion, Growth, and Decline in a Hinterland-Colonial Region. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. 266 pages.
Download the open-access e-book.
Cover art: Leiland Bell / Bebaminojmat, Anishinaabe artist from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.
Economic and political background
The following reviews the political economic background of Northern Ontario. A copy of the chapter is provided below.
Leadbeater, David. 2018. “Northern Ontario and the Crisis of Development and Democracy.” In Greg Albo and Bryan M. Evans (eds.), Divided Province: Ontario Politics in the Age of Neoliberalism. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press. 53 pages.
Northern Ontario and the Crisis of Development and Democracy
Theoretical issues
The following provides theoretical perspectives relevant to the understanding of Northern Ontario, especially its mining communities.
Leadbeater, David. 2021. “Hinterland Decline, Resource Rents, and Resource Wages: A Critique of the Theory of an Intrusive Rentier Syndrome.” Revue de la régulation 31, 2nd semester, Autumn 2021. 30 pages.
Leadbeater, David. 2019. “Notes on Dual Economy Concepts in Economic Analysis.” In Louis-Philippe Rochon and Virginie Monvoisin (eds.), Finance, Growth and Inequality: Post-Keynesian Perspectives. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 9 pages.
Notes on Dual Economy Concepts in Economic Analysis.
Leadbeater, David. 2014. “Metropolitanism and Hinterland Decline.” In David Leadbeater (ed.), Resources, Empire and Labour: Crises, Lessons and Alternatives. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing. 20 pages.
Metropolitanism and Hinterland Decline.