CURRICULUM VITA
W. Robert Needham
PERSONAL
Home Address: 197 Alexandra Avenue
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2L 1M6
Telephone: (519) 578-4143
e-mail: rneedham@uwaterloo.ca
web: http://economics.uwaterloo.ca/w-robert-needham
Personal http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rneedham/
Marital Status: Widower, two adult sons
EDUCATION 1961 B.Com13., Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
1964 M.A., Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
1968 Ph.D., Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
EMPLOYMENT
1960-1962 Instructor, Statistics Lab., Department of Economics, Carleton University.
1961-1962 Research Assistant, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Productivity Research and Analysis Section, (Summers).
1962-1963 Tutor, Economics, History and Geography, (Economics 4) Department of Economics, Queen’s University.
1963-1965 Head Tutor, Economics, History and Geography, (Economics 4) Department of Economics, Queen’s University.
1963 Summer Research Assistant, Institute for Economic Research, Queen’s University.
1965 Summer Administrative Assistant to Head, Institute for Economic Research, Queen’s University.
1965-1969 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo; Executive Secretary 1966-68, Deputy Chairman 1968-69.
1969- Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo; Deputy Chairman, Economics, 1969-70.
1970 - 1971 Associate Professor, Part time, McMaster University (taught Canadian Economic History course).
1973 - 1974 Sabbatical Leave, Cambridge, England.
1980 Sabbatical Leave
1986 Sabbatical Leave
1992-95 Director of Canadian Studies, University of Waterloo
1995-98 Director of Canadian Studies, University of Waterloo
1996-97 Sabbatical Leave
UNPUBLISHED WRITING
The Problem of Quality Change, M.A. Thesis, Queen’s University, 1964.
Immigration to Canada From the British Isles, 1951-1964: A Regional Analysis of Sending Areas, Paper presented to the 1967 meetings of the Canadian Economics Association, (Statistical Conference).
Immigration to Canada From the British Isles, 1951-1964: A Regional Analysis of Sending Areas, Ph.D. Thesis, Queen’s University, 1968.
Immigration to Canada From the British Isles, 1951-1964: A Regional Analysis of Sending Areas, Waterloo Economic Series, No. 1, 1969.
Inflation in Canada: The Historical Perspective, Waterloo Economic Series, No. 20, Presented to Queen’s Conference on Inflation, 1970.
Input-Output and Resource Management: A Conceptual View, December 1976, Resources Management Seminar, University of Waterloo.
An Institutional Framework for Socialist Planning, Growth and Development in the Province of Ontario: An Ontario Development Corporation, Paper for ONDP Manufacturing Task Force, April 1979.
Some Comments on the Political Economy of Affecting Structural Change in Canada: An Optimist’s View, September 1979.
“The Role of the State in Public and Private Economic Planning,” Paper prepared for the Fifth Annual Planning Conference, The Ebb of Planning in the Flow of Politics, School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Waterloo, March 1, 1980.
Notes on Health Care Delivery and ONDP Policy, Speech to K.W. Academy of Medicine, February 25, 1981.
An Industrial Strategy for Ontario (Horses of Different Colours), Paper for Purchasing Management Association of Canada, Stratford, April 21, 1981.
Legislative Intrusions by Governments into Normal University Governance and Procedures, A CAUT Position Paper, March 1984, for May 1984 Council Meeting.
Government Intervention: The Imperative for Regional and National Economic Development, Paper for Economic Development Program, University of Waterloo, April 29, 1984.
Radical Economics in Canada. Copyright held by New Canadian Encyclopedia Company Limited, July 1984.
Religion and Economics: On the Advantages of Being Secular. Paper for Local Chapter, Canadian Conference of Christians and Jews, Kitchener Public Library, March 1, 1985.
Teaching Economics in a Political Economy Framework: Paper for Pre-University Education in Economics Conference, (University of Waterloo, August 16, 1990).
Canada and the National Question: A Political and Social Theory Framework—Some Reference Materials. Canadian Studies 201, St. Paul’s United College, (November 6, 1990).
The Governance Implications of Free Trade: A Political Economy Analysis of Efficiency, Unfairness and the Abuse of Democracy by a Democratically Elected But Corporate Controlled Government—What Is, What Ought to Be, alternatively: Free Trade: A Political Analysis. (Kitchener Public Library: Monday, March 25, 1991).
Free Trade—Canada, United States, Mexico: A Democratic Socialist Perspective. (Rockway Seniors Kiwanis Club: August 1, 1991).
Notes on the Concept of Parity Prices and Incomes with Reference to United States Legislation. Prepared for: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Fair Pricing Issue Team. Invited Seminar: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, (August 21, 1991).
Edited 3 lectures by Charles Taylor at Wilfrid Laurier University October 26, 27 and 28, 1993. Lectures included in Selected Readings to Accompany Canadian Studies 201—Canadian Community, Existence and Sustainability. (Waterloo: University of Waterloo, 1994), 39-54; 55-69; 70-84. “The Liberal Communitarian Debate,” Transcribed Notes of The Laurier Lectures, (October 26, 1993), 39-54; “Two Theories of Modernity,” Transcribed Notes of The Laurier Lectures, (October 27, 1993), 55-69; “The Malaises of Modernity,” Transcribed Notes of The Laurier Lectures, (October 28, 1993) 70-84.
Canadian Studies Programs: Self-Studies, ‘Discipline Definition’ and Interdisciplinarity with Discipline, MWACS, Sixth Biennial Meeting: Facing the Future from an Established Past: Friday, September 30, 1994. (Midwestern Canadian Studies Association Meetings—Toledo Ohio.)
“Which Ideology is “Justice” for Canada: Market-Based or Social-Based Values and Policies?,” Lenten Forum: Re-weaving Community: A Lenten Forum on the Social Safety Net, St. Paul’s United College, University of Waterloo. (March 22, 1996).
The Proper Canadian Nationalism is Ethical, 2000. (Note: I found the original of this note in 2009. The original were the points I made at a SPUC meeting held on February 6, 2000. It is still relevant. I have only tried to improve the writing and add some recent updates to relevant readings.
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Understanding the Canadian Economy: A Political Economy Approach—I—Micro-economics, (Toronto: Wall and Thompson, 1989).
Lerner, Sally, Charles Clark and W. Robert Needham Basic Income: Economic Security for all Canadians, (Toronto: Between the Lines Press, 1999).
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT
Understanding the Canadian Economy: A Political Economy Approach III—Capitalist Economic Development in Canada, Draft, July, 1997.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES / CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“The Regional Economic Base: Concept, Measurement and Forecasting Growth Prospects,” The Concept of a Regional Development Plan, Progress Report: Regional Evaluation Phase, Vol. 1, Co-author, L.P. Fletcher, Planning and Resources Institute, University of Waterloo, 1968.
“The Methodology of Programming Capital Expenditures Arising Out of a Regional Development Plan.” The Concept of a Regional Development Plan, Progress Report, Vol. II, Co-author, L.P. Fletcher, Planning and Resources Institute, University of Waterloo, 1970.
“Some Comments on the Cambridge Paradigm: An Introduction to Modern Economics,” The Subtle Anatomy of Capitalism, J.G. Schwartz, ed., (Goodyear Publishing Company, 1977).
“Some Comments on 1980 Federal Election Issues,” Prepared for the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce for Publication in the Waterloo Chronicle, Waterloo Chronicle, January 1980. (Issues of 23/01/80; 30/01/80; 06/02/80; 13/02/80)
“Current Economic Policy in Canada and an Alternative Economic Strategy,” July 1982. K-W Record, September 7, 1982.
“The Role of the Universities in the Nuclear Debate,” CAUT Bulletin, April 1984, 25-26.
“Canada in Crisis: Can Canadians Overcome the Problems that Threaten to Destroy their Country.” One of five articles in Waterloo Alumni, (Fall 1991). Included with contributions by: Professors John English, History; Donald Horton, History; Terrence J. Downey, Political Science; Sylvia Ostry, UW, Chancellor.
“The Last Word: What if the Neo-Classical Model of Costs and Prices is Wrong?” In: W.H. Pope, All you must Know About Economics, Second Edition. (Toronto: Bergandal, 1997).
W. H. Pope, All You Must Know About Economics. (Toronto: COMER Publications, 1996), viii, 108. ISBN: 0-9680681-0-3. Published in Economic Reform (July 1996). Journal of Business Ethics, 17(1998), 1363-1364.
“Reforming Economics-Ten Quick Steps towards Reality Economics,” COMER, (Vol. 20, No. 7 • July 2008) 5, 6, 7.
Letter to President of the University of Chicago re Establishment of Milton Friedman Institute, Comer (Vol. 21, No. 3 • March 2009), 13.
BOOK REVIEWS
Societé de Demographie Historique, “Annales de Demographie Historique,” 1969, Villes et Villages de l’Ancienne France,” Journal of Economic History, XXXI(1971), 993-994.
Officer, L.H. and Smith, G.H., “Canadian Economic Problems and Policies,” Journal of Canadian Public Administration, XIV(1971), 474-476.
Gilmour, J.M., “Spatial Evolution of Manufacturing: Southern Ontario, 1851-1871,” Canadian Journal of Economics, VI(1973), 444-447.
D.G. Alexander, “Atlantic Canada and Confederation: Essays on Canadian Political Economy,” CAUT Bulletin, (May 1985).
W. Block, “On Economics and the Canadian Bishops,” W. Block and D. Shaw, eds., “Theology, Third World Development and Economic Justice,” Grail: An Ecumenical Journal, II, June 1986.
W. H. Pope, All You Must Know About Economics. (Toronto: COMER Publications, 1996), viii, 108. ISBN: 0-9680681-0-3. Published in Economic Reform July 1996. Journal of Business Ethics, 17(1998), 1363-1364.
Web Based Publications:
W. Robert Needham, The Current State of Economics
http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rneedham/needhdata/CurrentStateofEcon241103.pdf
W. Robert Needham, The War Functions of Mainstream Economics
Technological Phases in the Development of Capitalism
http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rneedham/needhdata/Technological%20Phases%20in...
W. Robert Needham, Profit as the Root of all Evil: The Devil is in the Details
http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rneedham/documents/ProfitastheRootofAllEvilREV.pdf
National Policy Diagram: Commodity and Labour Markets
http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rneedham/documents/National_Policy_Diagram9-3Rev.pdf
Reforming Economics-Ten Quick Steps towards Reality Economics
Cambridge Town Hall Meeting: Minimum Wages A Political Economy Perspective on Fair Wages: Some Speaking Notes Cambridge Town Hall Meeting Sponsors: Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries and Waterloo Regional Council, March 7, xxxx .
An Unconditional Basic Income for Canada? Some Comments on the Historical Contexts
May 2000 http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rneedham/needhdata/UBI_Chapter_Revised_000530....
Milton Friedman and Conservative Economics or Gatekeeper Economics II — When Ivory Tower Theory and Practice Go Bad: The Milton Friedman Aberration — Capitalism as Fascism to Create a World that Fits Friedman’s Idiosyncratic and Normative Theory of What the World We Live in Should Be
http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rneedham/documents/MFriedmanandConservativeEconomics-2.pdf
Gatekeeper Economics I: Economy and Society - Conformance with Experience?
Wage Controls and The CLC: Dr. Ron Lang sets the Record Straight
OTHER PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS
Pre-publication review of draft of Chapter X—Canadian Studies: Non-Print Technologies and Learning, by Professor David Cameron, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, from his report titled: Taking Stock: Canadian Studies in the Nineties, (Montreal: Association for Canadian Studies, 1996). Review prepared for the Secretary of State and the Association for Canadian Studies, 1994.
Profiles of Canada, Reviewer of Manuscript for Nelson Canada, 1996.
WRITINGS FOR FACULTY ASSOCIATION
1982-83 Compensation Proposal of the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo, March 1982.
Update on Faculty Salary Negotiations, May 1982.
Special Edition, The Arbitrated Settlement at the University of Toronto, June 25, 1982.
Special Edition, Report of the Faculty Salary Steering Committee, June 1982.
Special Edition, Tenure Under Attack at Waterloo, September 1982.
Copyright in Intellectual Property: An Interim Report For Discussion, March 1983.
Brief to the University of Waterloo Board of Governors on the Administration of Salary Policies in the Light of Bill 179, June 7, 1983.
Special Edition, The FAUW Application to the IRB: The Submissions, July 19, 1983.
Memorandum of Agreement Between the Board of Governors and the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo, April 1986.
Brief. Prepared on behalf of FAUW for the 1991 Hearings of Ontario Council on University Affairs. (Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo, March 21, 1991).
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE WRITING
With Jocelyn Legault and Harriet Lyons: Statement on IDP Board Processing of Curricular Matters Including Interdisciplinary Major Programs
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
“Referendum Not Political,” Waterloo Chronicle, May 20, 1981.
“Faculty Salaries—Let’s Keep the `Record’ Straight,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record, June 3, 1982.
“Editorial Misleading,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record, June 18, 1982.
“Economic Crisis are Handled More Humanely by Universities,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record, September 17, 1982.
“NDP Defends Petro-Canada,” Elmira Independent, November 17, 1982.
“Public Treasury Bails Out Failing Private Enterprises,” Elmira Independent, November 24, 1982.
“Stewardship,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record, February 15, 1983.
“Let Him Go,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record, March 1, 1983.
“Get In Step,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record, May 13, 1983.
“Editorial on UW Policy Lacked Logic,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record, March 26, 1984.
“The Vicious Attack of High Interest Rates.” The Guelph Daily Mercury, July 18, 1984.
“University Leaders Should Elaborate on their Vision,” The Record, (May 25, 1992), A7.
“Workers should be more than just tools of production,” The Record, (September 9, 1997), A8.
TALKS: HIGH SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS
“Current Problems of the Canadian Economy,” K.W. Kiwanis Club, (Rockway), September 6, 1979.
“Canada’s Economic Problems,” Chairman, High School Conference Session, University of Waterloo, August 1979.
‘The Conservative-Liberal ‘Disease’ and the Necessity for Socialist Solutions,” Nomination Speech, Waterloo Federal NDP, Knights of Columbus Hall, Waterloo, January 6, 1980.
“The Ebb of Planning and the Flow of Politics,” Panel Member with William Curry, Economic Planning Conference, University of Waterloo, March 1, 1980.
“Industrial Strategies,” Markham District High School, March 4, 1980.
“Canadian Industrial Strategy in the 1980s,” Moira Secondary School, Belleville, April 16, 1980.
“Canadian Industrial and Economic Planning and Strategy: Strengths and Pitfalls,” Panel member, with G.J. Allen, R. Boadway, E.H. Clarke and A. Evans, Moira Secondary School, Canada Tomorrow Conference, April 16, 1980.
“The ONDP Manufacturing Task Force Report and Convention Resolutions: An Institutional Framework for Socialist Planning,” May 11, 1980, Paper for talk to Cambridge ONDP General Meeting.
“Foreign Investment: The Implications,” Stratford Northwestern Secondary School, January 21, 1981.
“Industrial Strategy,” Markham District High School, April 7, 1981.
“Socialist Principles and ONDP Policy,” Nomination Speech, Waterloo North NDP, Kitchener-Waterloo and District Labour Council, February 8, 1981.
“Canadian Economic Problems,” Gorden E. Purdue High School, Oakville, January 5, 1982.
“Canadian Economic Problems: An Industrial Strategy,” W.L. Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, Downsview, March 2, 1982.
“Alternative Economic Strategy,” Kiwanis Club of Kitchener, July 1982.
“Socialism as a Base for Saving Capitalism: A Part of the Transition,” Paper for Political Science course, November 1982.
“Socialist Alternative Economic Strategy: The Light at the End of the Tunnel,” Nomination Speech, Waterloo Federal NDP, Knights of Columbus Hall, Waterloo, January 30, 1983.
“Unemployment and Inflation: The Policy Solutions,” Cantab College, Toronto, March 8, 1983.
“Current Economic Policy and the Alternative Economic Strategy,” Department of Economics, University of Calgary, April 19, 1983.
“The 1983 Provincial Budget: A Panel Discussion,” with John Sweeny, Bill Gladwist, Wayne Samuelson and Archie Gillies, Rodgers Cable T.V., May ll, 1983.
“Unemployment and Inflation: A Prognosis for the 1980s,” Barrie Central Collegiate, May 31, 1983.
“Unemployment and Inflation and the Alternative Economic Strategy,” Pickering High School, Issues '83, Senior Conference Day, June 8, 1983.
Panel Member with Don O’Hagan, CLC Economist and Bruce Whitestone, CLC, New Era Conference, Waterloo Motor Inn, November 18-19, 1983.
“Government Intervention in the Economic Development Process,” Economic Development Program, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, Siegfried Hall, St. Jerome’s College, April 29, 1984.
“The Bovey Commission,” Radio Station CHYM, January 11, 1984.
“On Government Intrusions into Normal University Governance and Procedures.” CBC Radio, Ottawa, May 9, 1984.
“The 1984 Provincial Budget,” Radio Station CHYM, May 15, 1984.
“Unemployment and Inflation,” Operation Open Door, Alexandra Campus, May 31, 1984.
“Unemployment and Inflation: A Socialist’s View,” Fairview Mennonite Centre, Cambridge, October 15, 1984.
“Unemployment, the Public Sector and the Alternative Economic Strategy,” New Hamburg Optimists Club, Tama Inn, February 6, 1985.
“Socialism or Capitalism: Which is the Moral System.” A Debate with J.M. Wilson, D. Heath and M. Raw, University of Waterloo, February 27, 1985.
“The 1985 Federal Budget: A Socialist Perspective,” Cameron Heights Kiwanis, May 28, 1985.
Free Trade in the Neo-Conservative Agenda: (Mr. Mulroney’s Abdication), Rockway Seniors Club (February 18, 1988).
Is Regionalism Divisive; Is Nationalism Unifying? (Canadian Studies Lecture, Kitchener Public Library: Tuesday, June 11, 1991).
“Free Trade—Canada, United States, Mexico: A Socialist Perspective.” Rockway Seniors Kiwanis Club: August 1, 1991.
Poverty in Canada: The Systemic Explanation, Faculty of Social Work, MA Program, Wilfrid Laurier University, (February 3, 1992).
Session Chair—Symbolic Space: Canadian Studies Conference, Theoretical Discourse in the Canadian Intellectual Community, Grey Rocks, Quebec, September 1992.
Rapporteur: Session at Meetings of Canadian Studies Program Administrators, Grey Rocks, Quebec, September 1992.
“An Introduction to the Analysis of Community and Economic and Social Systems—Values Definition and the Moral Society”. Lecture for Dr. John Redekop, Department of Political Science and Coordinator, Canadian Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, September 30, 1992.
“The Moral Society and Comparative Social System Values.” St David Catholic Secondary School, Waterloo. As part of their Building a Better World Symposium. April 6, 1993.
“Strengthening Canadian Community: The Search for Efficiency, Fairness and Democracy.” Third Age Learning, Kitchener Auditorium, November 30, 1993
“Canadian Studies Programs: Self-Studies, ‘Discipline Definition’ and Interdisciplinarity with Discipline,” MWACS Sixth Biennial Meeting, Facing the Future from an Established Past, Toledo, Ohio, (Friday, September 30, 1994).
Which Ideology Is “Justice” For Canada: Market-Based or Social Based Values And Policies? Lecture for SPUC Lenten Forum, Re-Weaving Community: A Lenten Forum on the Social Safety Net. March 22, 1996
Canada and ‘Basic Income’— A Quick Look Prepared for ‘BIEN’ Conference, UNOV, Vienna September 12, 1996
The Culture of Capitalism. For OPIRG Popular Economics Course. With Harry Glasbeek Of York University, Faculty of Law. October 2, 1996.
Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, March 24, 26, 28, 1997. Lectures: Canada: Aspects of the Regional and Cultural Diversity of a Political Economy.
Stanley Knowles and the Common Good: The Moral Significance of ‘Old ’ Values. Lecture, SPUC April 25, 1997.
1980 FEDERAL ELECTION MEETINGS-SPEECHES TO LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS
Mennonite Central Committee, Peace and Social Concerns Committee, Kitchener, January 14, 1980
NDP Campus Club, University of Waterloo, January 15, 1980
Conestoga College, Waterloo Campus, January 21, 1980
Elmira Jaycees, John Mahood School, Elmira, January 28, 1980
Waterloo Oxford District Secondary School, January 29, 1980
Wilfrid Laurier University, January 30, 1980
Wellesley Board of Trade, Wellesley Community Centre, Wellesley, January 30, 1980
South East Asian Community Association, Adult Recreation Centre, January 31, 1980
Grand River Collegiate, February 4, 1980
Bluevale Collegiate Senior Students, February 5, 1980
Mutual Life Insurance Company, February 6, 1980
Chaplain Rem Kooistra’s Group, University of Waterloo, February 6, 1980
Waterloo Collegiate Institute, February 7, 1980
KWCVI (History Class), February 11, 1980
K-W Ten Days for World Development and Global Community Centre, (Aid, Trade, Defense and Social Justice), St. Louis School, Waterloo, February 12, 1980
Federation of Students, University of Waterloo, February 13, 1980
Faculty of Environmental Studies, Students, University of Waterloo, February 13, 1980
Waterloo Kiwanis, Rink in the Park, February 13, 1980
1981 PROVINCIAL ELECTION MEETINGS-SPEECHES TO LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS
K-W Academy of Medicine, Waterloo Motor Inn, February 25, 1981
South East Asian Community Association, Rink in the Park, Waterloo, March 4, 1981
Federation of Students and Pollution Probe, University of Waterloo, March 9, 1981
Wellesley Board of Trade, Wellesley Community Centre, March 9, 1981 (See Milverton Sun, March 18, 1981)
Mutual Life Insurance Company, “Public Automobile Insurance,” March 10, 1981 (See K-W Record, March 11, 1981)
Married Students, University of Waterloo, March 10, 1981
Elmira Jaycees, Riverside School, Elmira, March 11, 1981
Local Independent School Association, Kitchener Public Library, March 12, 1981
Status of Women, Kitchener Public Library, March 16, 1981
Students Federation, Wilfrid Laurier University, March 17, 1981
1984 FEDERAL ELECTION MEETINGS-SPEECHES TO LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS
Wilfrid Laurier University, July 27, 1984
Elmira Jaycees, The Elmira Legion, August 20, 1984
Waterloo Jaycees, Waterloo, Motor Inn, August 21, 1984.
Rogers Cable TV, August 23, 1984.
Mutual Life, August 24, 1984
RESEARCH/GRANT ACTIVITIES
1967-68 Department of Manpower and Immigration, Immigration to Canada from the British Isles, 1951-1964: A Regional Analysis of Sending Areas, $2,670 Grant.
1973-74 Canada Council, Sabbatical Leave Fellowship, 1973-1974. Declined because of full salary funding from the University of Waterloo.
1973 Canada Council, Research Supplement, Regional Growth Poles: Theory and Policy
1973 British Council, Commonwealth University Interchange Scheme. Declined because of conflict with Canada Council above
1993 $45,000. As Director, Canadian Studies Program, University of Waterloo, from: Canadian Studies and Special Projects Directorate, Department of the Secretary of State. For Preparation of three Correspondence Courses for Canadian Studies Program, SPUC, University of Waterloo. CDN ST 201—Social Regionalism: Canadian Community, Existence and Sustainability; CDN ST 202—Canadian Cultural Regionalism; CDN ST 313—Traditional and Popular Culture
1994 $18,000. As Director, Canadian Studies Program, University of Waterloo, from: Canadian Studies and Special Projects Directorate, Department of the Secretary of State. For Preparation of a Correspondence Courses for the Canadian Studies Program, SPUC, University of Waterloo. CDN ST 101—Landforms and Mindscapes.
1996 $18,000. As Director, Canadian Studies Program, University of Waterloo, from: Canadian Studies and Special Projects Directorate, Department of Heritage Canada. For Preparation of a Correspondence Courses for the Canadian Studies Program, SPUC, University of Waterloo. CDN ST 370/NATST 370—Issues in Contemporary Native Communities of Canada.
OTHER GRANTS:
1995 $3,000. As Director, Canadian Studies Program, University of Waterloo, and on behalf of Ad Hoc Community Committee on Native Studies Development. From Ontario Ministry of Education. To assist in building of library collection at Weejeendimin Native Resource Centre in Kitchener and to finance the costs of a Public Forum on Contemporary Issues in Native Communities in Canada, held March 2, 1995 at SPUC.
1996 $2,000. As Director, Canadian Studies Program, University of Waterloo. From the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Education and Training. For Summer Employment of an Aboriginal Youth as an Academic Research Trainee/Assistant.
RESEARCH AND WRITING IN PROGRESS
Understanding the Canadian Economy: A Political Economy Approach III—Capitalist Economic Development in Canada, Draft, (Waterloo: University of Waterloo, July, 1997). WE Publication: http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rneedham/needhdata/310-draftTextfeb.htm
Social Regionalism: Canadian Community, Existence and Sustainability, (Waterloo: University of Waterloo, 1994. Including three chapters by W. R. Needham:
Chapter 1, “An Introduction To The Analysis Of Community And Economic And Social Systems—Values Definition And The Moral Society”
Chapter 2, “An Overview of Heartland and Hinterland Relationships and How They Get that Way”
Chapter 13, “Strengthening Canadian Community: The Search for Efficiency, Fairness and Democracy”
Some Selected Readings To Accompany Canadian Studies 201—Social Regionalism
Including written by W. R. Needham:
“The Council of Canadians Video—The Betrayal of Canada—Some Notes and Queries Relevant to the Position of the Video Within CDNST 201.”
and edited by W. Robert Needham:
Roberta Jamieson, Ombudsman of Ontario, Community, Diversity, Learning— Notes for Remarks, (St Paul’s United College, University of Waterloo, February 24, 1993).
C. Taylor, “The Liberal Communitarian Debate,” Transcribed Notes of The Laurier Lectures, (October 26, 1993).
C. Taylor, “Two Theories of Modernity,” Transcribed Notes of The Laurier Lectures, (October 27, 1993).
C. Taylor, “The Malaises of Modernity,” Transcribed Notes of The Laurier Lectures, (October 28, 1993).
THESIS AND MAJOR PAPERS SUPERVISED
William A. Hamilton, Canadian Urban Development and the Economic Base Concept, 1931-1961, University of Waterloo, M.A. Thesis, Department of Geography, 1970.
A. Kimmel, Oil Transportation in the Arctic: Pilot Survey of Some Problems, M.A. Major Paper, Department of Economics, 1972.
S.M.R. Rohani, Income Distribution, Theory and Measurement With Special Reference to Canada, 1950, 1960 and 1970, M.A. Major Paper, Department of Economics, 1975.
J.A. Gittens, Trade and Development in the Barbadian Economy: A Policy Approach, M.A. Major Paper, Department of Economics, 1976.
J. Strickland, Structural Growth and Change in the City of Oshawa, 1931-1971: An Empirical Essay on Urban Development, Senior Honours Essay, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Plan 490, March 1977.
N. Bathish, The Protective Tariff in Canada's Development: A Comparative Study of the Canadian and U.S. Economics, M.A. Major Paper, Department of Economics, 1977.
E. Palomino, A Study of the Development of Underdevelopment, M.A. Major Paper, Department of Economics, 1978.
J. Cekota, A Conceptual Overview of Environmental Problems in Comecon, M.A. Major Paper, Department of Economics, 1978.
S. Ddumba, Rural Urban Migration in Uganda, M.A. Major Paper, Department of Economics, 1979.
Paul Gauci, Economic Development of Malta: An Evaluation of Economic Development Plans, M.A., Environmental Studies, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Committee Member, 1981.
John Watt, The Evolution of Manufacturing Industry in St. John New Brunswick, 1971-1911, Towards a Theory of Economic Development, Ph.D., Environmental Studies, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Committee Member, 1981.
Brian Wilson, National Development Planning in Canada: Past Experience and Future Options, M.A., Environmental Studies, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Committee Member, 1982.
Prem Lal, Ph.D., Some Aspects of Cost Management With Special Reference to Indian Railways, Economics, Delhi, External Examiner, April 1981.
Jaromir Cekota, Structural Change of Production Technology in the Economies of the USSR (1959-72), Poland (1962-77), and Czechoslovakia (1962-77): An Application of the Contemporary Production Model to National Input-Output Data, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Calgary, External Examiner, April 1983.
Niel Freeman, Political Economy of Confederation: The Ontario Case, M.A., Political Science, University of Waterloo, June 27, 1984.
Erna Van Duren, Agriculture and the Common Market, Honours BA, Economics and Political Science, May 1985.
Resa Nakhaie, Capitalist Economic Development in Iran, Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Waterloo, (1986).
Douglas Charles Baker, Conflicting Justification and Claims to Property Rights: Planning for Aggregate Resource Extraction in Southern Ontario, Ph.D. Faculty of Environmental Studies, Department of Regional Planning and Resource Development, (August 1992).
Pamela Johnson, Mohawk Voices on Native Science, MA Thesis, Wilfrid Laurier University, (September, 1996).
Joanne R DiNova, Spiralling Webs of Relation: Movements Toward an Indigenist Criticism, PhD (English, 2003). Thesis. (Internal/External Examiner). Awarded Alumni Gold Medal (Thesis published by Routledge; 1 edition, 2005).
CANADIAN STUDIES DISTANCE EDUCATION and On-Campus READING COURSES (MAJOR PAPERS) SUPERVISED
Ms. Marie Pearsons, Saving Nature from the Nature Lovers, Canadian Studies 365D, July 1997.
Ms. Louise Harris, Scarborough Women: In the Beginning, Canadian Studies 365D, May 1997.
Ms. Vicki Roeder, Family Ties that Bind: Mennonites in Waterloo County, Canadian Studies 365D, September 1995.
Ms. Deirdre M. Liptay, Making Community Work: Canada, Quebec and Native People, Canadian Studies 365D, August 1995.
W. V. Maine, No Surrender: A Discussion of the Orange Influence in Canada., Canadian Studies 365D, July 1995.
Ms. Karen Houston, The History of Midwifery in Ontario from Its Slow death to Recent Rebirth, Canadian Studies 365D, May 1, 1995
Lew Miller, Canadian Food Culture: Change and Continuity, Canadian Studies 365D, April 1995.
Ms. Gale Babin, The History and Survival of the Acadians. Canadian Studies 365D, August 1994.
C. Gregory Blythe, Canada’s Invisible Energy Source. Canadian Studies 365D, August 1994
Ms. Susan Magee A Basic Right: Sex Education in Canadian Schools. Canadian Studies 365D, August 1994
Ms. K. Pellow, The Economics of the Fur Trade and Native People and the Fur Trade, Canadian Studies 365D, April 1994.
G. E. Shea, Native Self-Government in Canada: Roots, Reasons and Ramifications. Canadian Studies 365D, February 1994.
Ms. Gloria Muir, Embro: Stability: The Evolution of a Community, Canadian Studies 365D, September 1993.
Ms. Ethel E. Clare, Trade Ornament Usage Among the Native Peoples of Canada, Canadian Studies 365D, August 11, 1992.
MEMBERSHIPS
CCPA—Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
COMER—Committee on Economic and Monetary Reform
BIEN—Basic Income European Network (Life-member)
PEF—Progressive Economics Forum
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
University
1970 Faculty Salary Steering Committee
1970 Member, Presidents Advisory Committee on Operating Budgets
1972-73 Member, Economics Discipline Group, ACAP
1982 Faculty Salary Steering Committee
1989 Member, University Senate
1990 Member, University Board of Governors
1990 Chair, Canadian Studies Board
1990 Member, Senate Committee on Scholarship and Student Aid
1990 Member, Senate Finance Committee
1992-93 Elected Faculty at Large Member, Vice-Presidential Search Committee
1992- Member, Interdisciplinary Studies Program Board—Representing Canadian Studies
1992 Member, Management Board, SPUC
1992 Member, Development Committee, SPUC
1993-95 Member, Senate
1992-95 Director, Canadian Studies Program
1994- Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Native Studies Development
1995-98 Director, Canadian Studies Program
1998-01 Director, Canadian Studies Program
Faculty
1968-70 Member, Arts Faculty Executive
1970-73 Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts
1973 Member, Arts Faculty Tenure and Promotions Committee
1974-77 Member, Arts Faculty Executive
1975-78 Member, Arts Faculty Tenure and Promotions Committee
1984-87 Member, Arts Faculty Executive
1987-90 Member, Arts Faculty Executive (to 31/08/90)
1988-91 Member, Arts Faculty Tenure and Promotion Committee (01/09/88-31/09/90)
1990-93 Member, Arts Faculty Executive
Department of Economics
1965-66 Library Officer
1968-70 Deputy Chairman
1975-78 Graduate Officer
1981-82 Undergraduate Officer
Faculty Association
1977-78 Member, Pensions and Benefits Committee
1979-86 CAUT Corresponding Member for Collective Bargaining
1981-86 Faculty Association Executive Member
1981-86 Member, Compensation Committee, FAUW
1981-82 OCUFA Director for FAUW
1981-83 OCUFA Salary Steering Committee
1982-86 President, FAUW
1989 Member, Board of Directors, FAUW
1989 Member, Pension and Benefits Committee, FAUW
1989-90 Member, Faculty Salary Committee (1990)
1989-90 Member, Compensation Committee
1990-92 FAUW Member, Faculty Relations Committee
1991 FAUW Member, Memorandum of Agreement Committee
1991 FAUW Member, Policy 1 Committee on Faculty Grievances
1990-93 Chair, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
1993-94 Member, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
1995 Member, Board of Directors, FAUW serving as Past-President Aug ’95-April ’96.
Other
1967-70 Director, Faculty Club, Memberships
1967-73 Campus Chairman, Canadian Crossroads International (formerly Canadian Crossroads Africa)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Local Community Involvement
1976 Group Committee Chairman, 10th Waterloo Cubs and Scouts, Mount Zion Lutheran Church, December 1975 to January 1977.
1976 WMSA, Atom Division Coach, Racers.
1976 Member (Alternate), Executive, Grand Valley Regional Council, New Democratic Party.
1977-81 Chief Financial Officer, Waterloo North New Democratic Party Constituency Association.
1977 Chief Financial Officer, Campaign Manager, Official Agent, Provincial Election Campaign of Waterloo North NDP Candidate, M.J. Mewhinney.
1978 Provincial Council Delegate, Waterloo North NDP. Chairman, Education Committee, Waterloo North NDP.
1980-84 President, Waterloo Federal NDP Constituency Association
1981-93 President, Waterloo County (Civitan) Wheeling Squares, (Disabled Group)
1984-93 Member, Kitchener Waterloo Civitan Club
1984 Member, Committee for the Study of Ethics and Technology
1987-88 Member at Large, Waterloo North N.D.P. Executive
1988 President, Waterloo Federal N.D.P. (Resigned)
1990 Chief Financial Officer, Campaign of Waterloo North NDP Candidate Hugh Miller.
1990-97 Chief Financial Officer, Waterloo North New Democratic Party Constituency Association (until 1997 reorganization of riding boundaries establishing the provincial riding of Kitchener-Waterloo
National Community Involvement
1977 Canada Council, Doctoral Scholarship Review Committee
1978 Academic Member, Industry Trade and Commerce, Second Tier Committee, Chaired by Mr. Ralph Barford.
1980 Waterloo Federal NDP Candidate, Federal Election
1984 Waterloo Federal NDP Candidate
1983-85 CAUT, Board Member
Jan. 1988 Reviewer for: SSHRC application
Dec. 1988 Reviewer for: Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security (CIIPS) application
Fall 1993 Reviewer for: Project Applications for Secretary of State’s Office.
1996 Reviewer of Manuscript for Nelson Canada.
1996 Session Chair, Regional Cultures, Annual Meeting of the Association for Canadian Studies, Brock University, Monday, June 3, 1996.
Provincial Community Involvement
1979-80 Ontario New Democratic Party, Manufacturing Task Force
1981 Waterloo North, NDP Provincial Candidate, Provincial Election
1982 Panel Member, OPSEU Forum on Wage Controls in the Public Sector, Thunder Bay, October 23, 1982.
1983-84 OCUFA, Chairman, Salary Steering Committee
Date: September 2012