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Haarlem, Netherlands, May 2018
Brian Burtch
BIO
Biography

Brian completed a B.A. (Sociology) at Queen's University, an M.A. (Criminology) at the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. (Sociology) at the University of British Columbia. Now retired, he is Professor Emeritus with the School of Criminology and a former associate member with SFU’s Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSWS). The Dr. Brian Burtch Graduate Award in Criminology is awarded annually to a student in their third semester of the MA program. Brian was BC/Yukon Regional Representative for TWUC from 1999-2001 and a Float on National Council from 2001-2002.

A North Vancouver resident, he was with Carol Hird, the love of his life, for over 34 years. Following her passing in 2020, the Carol Hird memorial award in midwifery was created to support incoming students in UBC's midwifery program. The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation established a fundraising webpage in Carol's memory.  Over 40 trees were planted in Carol's honour under the auspices of the Canadian Institute of Forestry and the Arbor Day Foundation and the GSWS department at SFU.  A permanent memory page is maintained by McKenzie Funeral Services, West Vancouver, BC.

Brian has a daughter, Leora Gibson, son-in-law Trent Gibson,and three grandchildren (Maeve, Torsten, Ella).  Brian's interests include post-secondary program evaulation, photography, hiking on the North Shore, slo-pitch softball, and philanthropy. Brian served as TWUC’s representative on the BC/Yukon Book Prizes Board for seven years, retiring from the Board in 2017. Recent academic and community work involved serving on an expert panel for the Degree Quality Assessment Board (DQAB) in BC in 2017, participating in an external review of Saint Thomas University's Criminology & Criminal Justice Department in 2016, and peer reviews for the Journal of Homosexuality. He served as a BC/Yukon Book Prizes judge in the 2019 Roderick Haig-Brown regional prize category and volunteered at the 20th anniversary North Shore Writers Festival in 2019. Brian presented in a Zoom session on LGBTQ2S+ bullying for North Shore Eldercollege in September 2021. He is currently finishing a personal memoir through the StoryWorth platform.

Brian's SFU webpage
http://www.sfu.ca/personal/burtch/

ADDRESS
City: North Vancouver, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Get That Freak: Homophobia and Transphobia in High Schools (Rebecca Haskell and B. Burtch)
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing
Year
2010
Title
Law in Society: Canadian Readings (Nick Larsen and B. Burtch
Title
editors)
Publisher
Nelson Education
Year
2010
Title
The Sociology of Law: critical approaches to social control
Publisher
Nelson / Thomson
Year
2003
Title
The Silent System: An Inquiry into Prisoners who Suicide and Annotated Bibliography (B. Burtch and Richard V. Ericson)
Publisher
Centre of Criminology
Title
University of Toronto
Publisher
1979
Title
Brian Burtch
Title
Aynsley Pescitelli and Rebecca Haskell
Title
“LGBT movements in British Columbia”
Title
in Manon Tremblay (Ed.)
Title
Queer Mobilizations: Pan-Canadian Perspectives"
Title
pages 142-162.
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Year
2015
Title
Carol Hird and Brian Burtch
Title
"Midwives and Safe Motherhood: International Perspectives"
Title
in F. Shroff (Ed.)
Title
The New Midwifery: Reflections on Renaissance and Regulation
Title
pages 115-145.
Publisher
The Women's Press
Year
1997
AWARDS
Awards
Name
SSHRC doctoral scholarship
Publication
Midwifery Practice and State Regulation: A Sociological Perspective (1987)
Year
1980-1984
Name
AMTEC award for Midwifery and the Law video
Publication
Midwifery and the Law (1991) SFU and The Knowledge Network
Year
1991
Name
John J.Ll.J. Edwards Award
Name
Centre of Criminology
Name
University of Toronto
Year
1978
LINKS
Links
Simon Fraser University personal website
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Presentation Genre
Social Science
Presentation Length
Negotiable
Presentation Fee(s)
Negotiable
Workshop details
Audience Size
Variable
Intended Audience
Adult, general public, postsecondary
Workshop Length
1-3 hours
Workshop Fee(s)
Negotiable
School presentation details
Audience Size
Variable
Intended Audience
Grades 9-12
Presentation Length
Negotiable
Presentation Fee(s)
Negotiable
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
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No