Brian Burtch completed his B.A. (Sociology) at Queen's University, his M.A. (Criminology) at the University of Toronto, and his Ph.D. (Sociology) at the University of British Columbia. A full professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, he is an associate member in the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at SFU, and adjunct faculty in Justice Studies at the University of Regina.
Brian was BC/Yukon Regional Representative for The Writers' Union of Canada [TWUC] from 1999-2001 and a Float on TWUC National Council from 2001-2002. A North Vancouver resident, he is married to Carol Hird and has a daughter, Leora Burtch. Brian is active in online and distance education initiatives at SFU. His interests include photography, hiking, postsecondary program assessment, slo-pitch, skating and - at last! - hockey. He is a member of the North Shore Family Court & Youth Justice Committee and serves on the BC Book Prizes Board.
PUBLICATIONS:
Rebecca Haskell and Brian Burtch, "'Get That Freak!': Homophobia and Transphobia in Canadian High Schools" in Larsen and Burtch (eds.), Law in Society, 3rd edition. Nelson Education, 2010
Nick Larsen and Brian Burtch (eds.) Law and Society: Canadian Readings (third edition) . Nelson Education Ltd, 2010
"Oppression", in M. Flood et al. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. Routledge, 2007
Becky Haskell and Brian Burtch Confronting Homophobia in High Schools. Academic Exchange Quarterly 11(4), pages 187-191, 2007
Law in Society: Canadian Perspectives. 2nd edition Co-edited with Nick Larsen. Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2006
Review of Further Education/Higher Education links in Canada. J. Gallacher and M. Osborne (eds.), A Contested Landscape: International Perspectives on Diversity in Mass Higher Education. Leicester, National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education, pages 47-62., 2005
The Sociology of Law: Critical Approaches to Social Control . 2nd edition Toronto: Nelson, 2003.
Catherine Dunlop and B. Burtch "Doors Close, Windows Open: A British Columbia Case Study on Widening Access to Further and Higher Education". Journal of Adult and Continuing Education 9(1), pages 2-21, 2003
"Interview with Brian Burtch, the BC/Yukon Regional Representative of the Writers' Union of Canada" (Interview by John Whatley). Arts Vancouver 16:3, pages 18-20, 1999 (Winter)
Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery. Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994.
Discovering Barriers to Legal Education: First-Generation Immigrants in Greater Vancouver. Brian Burtch and Kerri Reid with assistance from Paul Woodward. Department of Justice Canada [also published in French], 1993
"An Interview with Claire Culhane". Crime and Social Justice, Volume 26, pages 135-150, 1986
The Silent System: An Inquiry into Prisoners who Suicide and Annotated Bibliography. Brian E. Burtch and Richard V. Ericson. Published by the Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1979
The Wolves [poem]. The Canadian Forum, (684) p. 12, 1978
AWARDS:
AMTEC award for Midwifery and the Law video, 1991
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1980-84
John J.Ll.J. Edwards Award for Centre of Criminology, U of Toronto, 1978
University of Toronto Open Fellowship (M.A.), 1976-77
