Dr. Douglas Ivison

Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
English
douglas.ivison@lakeheadu.ca
+1 (807) 343-8010ext. 7825
RB 3038
email to arrange an in-person, phone or virtual appointment
Research Areas: 
Academic Qualifications: 
  • Ph.D. English. Université de Montréal, 2000
  • M.A. English, McMaster University, 1994
  • B. J. Hons. English, Carleton University, 1992
Date joined Lakehead: 
2003
Previous Teaching/Work: 

Courses Taught at Lakehead:

ENGL 1015 Introduction to Academic Writing
ENGL 2916 Popular Texts and Forms
ENGL 2950 Science Fiction
ENGL 3710 Canadian Literature to the Centennial
ENGL 3713 Contemporary Canadian Literature

Fourth-year seminars:

Fictions of Empire
The City in Canadian Literature
Ecocriticism and Climate Change
Ecocriticism
Place in Canadian Literature
Literary Prizes and Canadian Literature
Climate Film

Graduate seminars:

The City in Canadian Literature
Contemporary Newfoundland Literature
America after 9/11
Narratives of Climate Change

Graduate Supervision

  • Lindsay Benner, "A Meltdown of Expectations: The Role of the Reader in Michael Crichton's State of Fear." Research Project. April 2019
  • Alexander Jackson, "A World-Maker's Will: The Post-Apocalypse and Human Power in Cormac McCarthy's The Road" Thesis. April 2014
  •  Amber Wilson, "Creating Community Space Within the Modern Canadian City in Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project) and What We All Long For. Research Project. August 2013.
  • Steven Strey, "Nature and Nationality in the Poetry of Archibald Lampman." Research Project. August 2013. 
  • Alicia Brink, "Theia Unraveled." Creative Project. April 2013.
  • Dahl Botterill, "Religion in Russell Smith's Urban Fiction." Research Project. January 2010.
  • Doug Diaczuk, "Reading Canada Reads." Thesis. November 2009.
  • Justin Allec, "Narrative and Mountaineering Accounts." Thesis. April 2009.
  • Tamara Arthur, "Writing Bodies into History: Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin." Thesis. October 2008.
  • Adam Bryx, "The Matrix: From Representation to Simulation and Beyond." Thesis. May 2006.

I am a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and of the Master's programs in English and Cultural Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, and Social Justice Studies.

I was President of the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) from 2022-2024 and I am a member of the Advisory Board of Studies in Canadian Literature.