Ken Coates is a Canadian historian focused on the history of the Canadian North and Aboriginal rights and indigenous claims. His other areas of specialization include Arctic sovereignty; science, technology and society, with an emphasis on Japan; world and comparative history; and post-secondary education. Coates is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, and Director, International Centre for Northern Governance and Development at the University of Saskatchewan. In 2015, Coates was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. While Coates was dean of arts at the University of Waterloo, he played an integral role in the development of the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus and was a member of the Waterloo Stratford Campus Advisory Board. *Source: Wikipedia* <h2>Contributions to Other Works</h2> - *“A Very Imperfect Means of Education”*: Indian Day Schools in the Yukon Territory, 1890-1955” in Jean Barman, Y. Hebert and D. McCaskill, eds., [Indian Education in Canada, Vol. 1: The Legacy](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL8080471M/) , 132-149 (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1986). - *“More Than a Matter of Blood: The Federal Government, the Churches and the Mixed Blood Populations of the Yukon and the Mackenzie River Valley, 1890-1950”*, in F.L. Barron and J.B. Waldram, [1885 and After: Native Society in Transition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17943666W/), 132-49. (Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre, 1986). With W.R. Morrison. - *“On the Move: Reflections on the Impact of Non-Native Transciency on the Yukon Territory, in Arctic Institute of North America”*, [Old Pathways and New Directions: Towards a Sustainable Future](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12449359W/) (Calgary: Arctic Institute of North America, 1989), 1-14. - *“Transiency in the Far Northwest: The Sinking of the Princess Sophia,”* in Ken Coates and W.R. Morrison, eds., Interpreting the Canadian North (Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman, 1989). With W.R. Morrison. - *“The Federal Government and Economic Development in the Yukon Territory: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives,”* in Ken Coates and W.R. Morrison, eds., For the Purposes of Dominion: Essays on Government and the Canadian North (Toronto: Captus Press, 1989). - *“Yukon and Northwest Territories: The Emerging North of Native and Non-Native Societies,”* in Peter Jull, ed., [The Challenge of Northern Regions](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18886412W/), 147-182. (Canberra: Australian National University, 1991). - *“Academic Versus Community-Based Scholarship in the Canadian North: Reflections on an Uneasy Relationship”*, and *“Scientific Knowledge and Northern Megaprojects: the Role of Academics and Scientists in the Construction of the Alaska Highway and Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Projects”*, [The Role of Circumpolar Universities in Northern Development: Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the Association of Circumpolar Universities](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12563638W/), Thunder Bay, Ontario, 24-26 November 1989, 175-181. (Thunder Bay: Lakehead University Centre for Northern Studies, 1991). With W.R. Morrison. - *“Towards a Methodology of Disasters: The Case of the Princess Sophia,”* in Ray Browne et al., eds. [Digging into Popular Culture: Theories and Methodologies in Archaeology, Anthropology and Other Fields](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18282186W/), 71-83. (Bowling Green, OH: Popular Press, 1991). With W.R. Morrison. - *“So Far From Power: The Politics of the Yukon Territory,”* in K. Brownsey and M. Howlett, eds. Politics in the Provinces: Social Change and Canada's Provincial Governments. (Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman, 1992). With W.R. Morrison. - *“Indigenous Battles for Land and Cultural Rights in Australia and Canada,”* Henry Reynolds, ed., [Indigenous Rights in the Pacific and North America: Race and Nation in the Late Twentieth Century](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18327788W/) (London: University of London, 1992). - *“Les Inuit Canadiens et les Baleiniers,”* Destins Croises, [Cinq Siecles de Rencontres Avec Les Amerindiens](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23554909W/), 379-392. (Paris: UNESCO, 1992). With W.R. Morrison. - *“Controlling the Army of Occupation: Law Enforcement and the Northwest Defense Projects, 1942-1946,”* [Law For The Elephant, Law For The Beaver: Essays in the Legal History of the North American West](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18892804W/). (Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 1992). With W.R. Morrison. - *“In Whose Best Interest?: The Federal Government and the Native People of Yukon, 1946-1991,”* [Rebirth: Political, Economic, and Social Development in First Nations](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16277726W/), 19-33. (Toronto: Dundurn Press, , 1993). With W.R. Morrison. - *“Preface,”* in Tappan Adney, The Klondike Stampede, xv-xxii, reprinted edition (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994). - *“Lord Durham Revisited: The Cultural Struggle of Nations and Peoples within the Canadian State,”* in H. Patrick Glenn and Monique Ouellette, eds., [Culture, Justice and Law](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19395280W/), 1-18. (Montreal: Les Editions Themis, 1994). - *“Friendly Invasions: U.S. Armies of Occupation During World War II,”* in Ray Richards and Laurie Barber, eds., Reflections on World War II (Hamilton: University of Waikato, Department of History, 1995). - *“Native People and the Alaska Highway,”* in Chad Gaffield and Pam Gaffield, eds., [Consuming Canada: Readings in Environmental History](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18446250W/), 316-39. (Toronto: Copp Clark Ltd., 1995). With W.R. Morrison. - *“Writing the North: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Writing on Northern Regions,”* Essays in Canadian Writing, special issue edited by Sherrill Grace, No. 59 (Fall 1996): 5-25. With W.R. Morrison. - *“Boundaries and the Pacific Northwest: The Historical and Contemporary Significance of Borders in Western North America,”* in Lars-Folke Lanbdgren and Maunu Häyrynen, eds., The Dividing Line: Borders and National Peripheries. (Helsinki: Renvall Institute, 1997). - *“Divided Past, Common Future: The History of the Land Rights Struggle in British Columbia”* and *“Degrees of Separation: First Nations Self-Government in British Columbia”*, in R. Kunin, ed., [Prospering Together: The Economic Impact of the Aboriginal Title Settlements in B.C.](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17942369W/), 1-35. (Vancouver: Laurier Institution, 1998). - *“A Matter of Context: The Pacific Northwest in World History,”* in Paul Hirt, ed., [Terra Pacifica: People and Place in Northwest North America and Western Canada](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3458935W/), 109-133. (Pullman: Washington State University, 1998). - *“Alfred Crosby, and W.L. Morton,”* in Kelly Boyd, ed., [Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19383778W/), 2 Vols. 267. (London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999). - *“Gentle Confiscation: The Settlement of Canada and the Dispossession of the First Nations,”* in Paul Haveman, ed., Indigenous Peoples and the Law: Comparative Perspectives, 141-161 (Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1999). - *“Native North Americans,”* in Frederick Boal and Stephen Royle, eds., [North America: A Geographical Mosaic](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL22080715W/), 57-68. (London: Arnold, 1999). With W.R. Morrison. - *“Back in The Race: Japan and The Internet,”* Paul Bowles and Larry Woods, ed., [Japan after the Economic Miracle: In Search of New Directions](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19430272W/) Social Indicators Research Series, Vol. 3, Ch. 4. (London: Kluwer Academic Punlishers, 2000). - *“Winter and the Shaping of Northern History: Reflections from the Canadian North,”* in Ingi Sigurðsson and Jón Skaptason, eds. Papers from the Circumpolar History Conference. (Reyklavik: University of Iceland, 2000). With W.R. Morrison. - *“Indigenous Rights in Canada,”* Michael Tucker, Raymond Blake, P.E. Bryden, eds., [Canada and the New World Order: Facing the New Millennium](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17992037W/). (Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 2000). - *“Women’s Health Policies and Issues in the Canadian Healthcare System”* and *“Communicating About Health and Health Care in the Information Age”*, in Midori Ashida, ed., Comparative Perspectives on Health Care in Japan. (Japanese) (2004). With Carin Holroyd. - *“Aboriginal Peoples and the Crown in Canada: Completing the Canadian Experiment,”* in Hans Michelamann and Cristine De Clercy, eds., [Continuity and Change in Canadian Politics; Essays in Honour of David E. Smith](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18968992W/), 147-169. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006). With Greg Poelzer. - *“From Panacea to Reality: The Practicalities of Canadian Aboriginal Self-Government Agreements,”* Yale D. Belanger, ed. [Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues, 3rd. Ed](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16567450W/), Ch. 5. (Saskatoon: Purich Publishing, 2008). With W.R. Morrison. - *“Seeding the Lead: A new model for innovation, commercialization, and technology transfer within the Arts,”* Compendium of Research Papers: The International Forum on the Creative Economy, 111-118. (Conference Board of Canada, August, 2008). With Jill Thomasson Goodwin and David Goodwin. http://www.sfu.ca/bcreative/files/resources/CreativeEconomyCompendium.pdf. - *“Indigenous Traditions,”* in Doris Jakobsch, ed., World Religions: Canadian Perspectives, Western Traditions, Ch. 5. (Toronto: Nelson, 2012). - *“East Asia in the Digital Age: National Innovation Strategies of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan,”* in Zhiqun Zhu,ed. [New Dynamics in East Asian Politics: Security, Political Economy, and Society](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16117949W/), Ch. 7. (New York: Continuum, 2012) With Carin Holroyd. - *“Tourism Shaped by War: The Unusual Evolution of Tourism in the Far Northwest of North America,”* in Richard Butler and Wantanee Suntikul, eds., [Tourism and War](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16532085W/), 77-91. (London: Routledge, 2012). With W.R. Morrison. - *“North American Indigenous Peoples’ Encounters,”* in Bardo Fassbender, Anne Peters, and Simone Peter and Daniel Högger, eds., [The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17404784W/), 787– 812. (Oxford: OUP, 2013). - *“Canada: The State of the Federation 2013. Aboriginal People and Multilevel Governance,”* Martin Papillon and André Juneau, eds, Rebuilding Canada: Reflections on Indigenous Peoples and the Restructuring of Government, 27-40. (School of Policy Studies, Queens University, 2015)