sf Courses and Academic Research in Canada

The following table combines two lists: the sf courses currently (2000-2002) offered at universities in Canada; and the academics with a research interest in some aspect of speculative fiction. The information is based on a survey conducted by R. Runté in May and June of 2001. Definitions used in this study are provided at the end of the table. To add, update or comment on information in this table, email R. Runté.

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University	sf Course	Canadian Content?	Instructor	Research Interests
Acadia University Wolfville NS	English 3723 Fantasy	No	Dr. Ray Thompson	Gordon Dickson, Arthurian legend, interviews with Arthurian authors
Acadia University Wolfville NS	English 4153 Tales of Terror	No	Dr. Robert Morrison	Blackwoods Magazine, Vampire literature etc.
University of Alberta Edmonton AB	Comparative Lit. 342 Intro. to Science Fiction		Dr. Peter Swirski	Eastern European sf
	English 487 Harry Potter	No	Dr. R. Jones
	English 483: Studies In The Literature Of Popular Culture In English: Fantasy	Yes: Guy Kay	Dr. Douglas Barbour	sf book reviews, Delany, poetry, etc.
			Dr. Craig Gordon	science fiction
Athabasca University Athabasca AB	No relevant courses; mention in genre film course		No one
Augustana University College Ave Camrose	No relevant courses		No one
Bishop's University Sherbrooke QC	English 117A The Arthurian Tradition	No	Dr. Joanne S. Norman	not listed
Brandon University Brandon MB,	English 281 Science Fiction	Yes Gibson	Faculty and research interests not listed
Brescia College London ON	No relevant courses		Dr. Monika Lee	Frankenstein
University of British Columbia Vancouver BC	English "Topics" seminars and Film 332 may include sf	unknown	Faculty research interests not readily identifiable from calendar etc.
British Columbia Open University Burnaby BC	No relevant courses		Faculty research interests not readily identifiable from calendar etc.
Brock University St Catharines ON,	No relevant courses		no one
University of Calgary Calgary AB	English 393: Science Fiction	Yes: Sawyer (Golden Fleece); Robert C. Wilson Darwinian	Dr. Ruby Ramraj	Canadian sf
	English 393: Science Fiction	unknown	Dr. Janis Svilpis	sf, gothic, 18th century
	English 395: Fanasy	no	Dr. Rod McGillis	Westerns (!)
	English 395: Fanasy	no	Dr. Lorne Macdonald	gothic, Vampyre, Frankenstein, etc.
	not currently	unknown	Dr. Susan Stratton (formerly Stone-Blackburn)	sf; utopian
Campion College Regina SK	See University of Regina courses		Dr. J. Alex MacDonald	not listed
University College of Cape Breton Sydney NS B1P 6L2 ,	No relevant courses		Research interests not indicated
University College of the Cariboo Kamloops BC	No relevant courses		Research interests not indicated
Carleton University Ottawa ON	Anthropology 54.382: anthropology and Science Fiction	no
Carleton University Ottawa ON	English course descriptions not available on-line	unknown	Dr. Tom Herrington (retired)	sf
Concordia University College of Alberta Edmonton AB	no		no one
Concordia University Montreal QC	No courses listed		research interests not indicated
Dalhousie University Halifax NS	English 2233: Science Fiction English 2216: Gothic Novel	Not stated No	Pat Monk	Canadian literature; Science Fiction
CollËge dominicain de philosophie et de thèologie Ottawa ON
University College of the Fraser Valley Abbotsford BC	ENGL 270: Popular Fiction (sf one option)		no one
University of Guelph Guelph ON	37-286:Science Fiction	unknown	Dr. Peter Bigg	sf, J. G. Ballard, Leguin, Herbert
...cole des Hautes ...tudes Commerciales Montrèal QC
Huron University College London ON	no		research interests not indicated
King's College London ON	134E Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Other Forms of Romance	unknown	research interests not indicated
King's University College Edmonton AB	English 380: Arthurian Literature		No one
University of King's College Halifax NS	Courses not listed		research interests not indicated
Lakehead University Thunder Bay ON	No		Dr. Jim H. Gellert	children's lit, fairy tales, fantasy
Laurentian University of Sudbury / Universitè Laurentienne de Sudbury Sudbury ON	no listings		No one
Universitè Laval CP 2208 Succ Terminus Quèbec QC	No relevant courses*
University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB,	No; English 3700 "Genres and Forms" may include sf		No One
Luther College Regina SK	No relevant courses		research interests not identified
Malaspina University-College Nanaimo BC	No relevant courses		Dr. Ron Bonham	science fiction (ranked 4th of 5)
Malaspina University-College Nanaimo BC	No relevant courses		Dr. Jacqueline Wytenbroek	fantasy & science fiction (ranked 2nd of 9)
University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB	No relevant courses		Dr. John J. Teunissen (retired)	Editor of Other Worlds: Fantasy and Science Fiction Since 1939
McGill University Montreal QC	No relevant courses		No one
McMaster University Hamilton ON L8S 4L8 ,	No relevant courses		No one
Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's NF	No relevant courses		No one
Universitè de Moncton Moncton NB
Universitè de Montrèal Montrèal QC
Mount Allison University Sackville NB	English 4221: Myth and Legend in Renaissance Drama	No (obviously)	No one
Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax NS	ENGL 2262: Fantasy and Science Fiction	unknown	Ms. Dorothy Shostak (formerly Dorothy Wells)	science fiction (2nd of 4)
	ENGL 2205: Literature for Children (several fantasy works)	no	Dr. Peter Schwenger	not relevant
			Dr. Steven Bruhm	gay/gothic
University of New Brunswick Fredericton & Saint John, NB	Engl 3708: Contemporary Science Fiction: Loving the Alien ENGL 3708: Contemporary Science Fiction: Gender in Space	No	Dr. Miriam Jones	science fiction (8th of 9)
	Engl 3973:Science Fiction Film	No	A.B. Cameron	film; nothing relevant
	3978 Monsters and the Grotesque in Literature	unknown	unknown	na
			Dr. James Noble	Arthurian Legend
			William Prouty	Utopian
	Ward Chipman Library sf Collection	Yes	one of 3 best research collections in North America
Nipissing University North Bay ON	No relevant courses		No one
University of Northern British Columbia Prince George BC	ENGL 480: Science Fiction (includes fantasy) ENGL 486: Literature of the Fantastic ENGL 680: Science Fiction (includes fantasy; graduate course) ENGL 686 Literature of the Fantastic (graduate course)	unknown	Dr. Stan Beeler (Program Chair)	science fiction & fantasy (4th of 4)
Nova Scotia Agricultural College Truro NS,	No relevant courses		No one
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax NS	No relevant courses		No one
Okanagan University College Kelowna BC	No relevant courses		No one
University of Ottawa / Universitè d'Ottawa Ottawa, ON	Eng 2132: Utopian Fiction	no	Dr. David Shore	Nothing relevant
	Eng 2130: Tradition of King Arthur	no	Dr. David Stains	Arthurian literature
	Eng 2136: Fiction of Horror	unknown	TBA
			Dr. Camille R.LaBossière	science fiction (48th of 48)
...cole Polytechnique de Montrèal Montrèal QC
University of Prince Edward Island Charlottetown PE	No relevant courses		Research interests not indicated
Universitè du Quèbec Quèbec QC,
Universitè du Quèbec en Abitibi-Tèmiscamingue Rouyn-Noranda QC
Universitè du Quèbec ‡ Chicoutimi Chicoutimi QC
...cole nationale d'administration publique Quèbec QC
...cole de technologie supèrieure Montrèal QC
Universitè du Quèbec ‡ Hull Hull QC
Institut national de la recherche scientifique Quèbec QC
Universitè du Quèbec ‡ Montrèal Montrèal QC
Universitè du Quèbec ‡ Rimouski Rimouski QC
Tèlè-universitè Quèbec QC
Universitè du Quèbec ‡ Trois-RiviËres Trois-RiviËres QC
Queen's University at Kingston Kingston ON	No relevant courses		No one
Redeemer University College Ancaster ON	No relevant courses		Research interests not indicated (but unlikely to include sf)
University of Regina Regina SK	Hum 260: Utopian Literature, Thought and Experiment Literature and Science (Frankenstein, Brave New World, etc.)	No	Dr. J. Alex MacDonald	Not listed (Campion College)
University of Regina Regina SK	Wells, Darwin, and Scienctific Romance (also offered at graduate level) Popular Fiction (includes sf)	No	Dr. Nicholas Ruddick	British sf
Royal Military College of Canada / College militaire, royal du Canada Kingston ON	ENE401: Science Fiction (science/Engineering Arts option)	unknown	No one
Royal Roads University Victoria BC	No relevant courses		No one
Ryerson Polytechnic University Toronto ON	ENG 503 Science Fiction ENG 072: Popular Literature (includes sf)	Yes: Gibson unknown	Dr. Jennifer Burwell	Notes on Nowhere: Feminism, Utopian Logic and Social Transformation
Universitè Sainte-Anne Pointe-de-l'...glise
CollËge universitaire de Saint-Boniface Saint-Boniface MB
St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish NS	No information available (wins worst website Award!)
St. Jerome's University Waterloo ON (University of Waterloo)	Engl 208A Forms of Fantasy Engl 208B: Science Fiction	Unknown	Dr. G. Drapper (Dept Chair)	Not listed
Saint Mary's University Halifax NS	English 356: The Development of Science fiction to the Golden Age English 357: Recent Science Fiction	no Gibson	Dr. Margaret Harry	Folklore, popular lit., mediaeval and Celtic studies, etc.
University of St. Michael's College Toronto ON M5S 1J4 ,	No relevant courses (theology faculty only)
Saint Paul University / Universitè Saint-Paul Ottawa ON	No relevant courses (seminary only)
St. Thomas University Fredericton NB	No course listings		No one (but only partial listing of research interests)
St. Thomas More College Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	No course or faculty lists; See University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK	eng 287.3 fantasy	unknown	Dr. Terry Matheson	Utopia/dystopia; science fiction
Saskatchewan Indian Federated College Regina SK	No relevant courses		No one
Universitè de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke QC
Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC	English 383 Studies in Fantasy and Popular Literature (content varies, only some sections sf, e.g:) Cybervision; Arthurian legend; Gothic	Yes: Gibson	S. Haag	cyberculture
		no	Shelia Roberts	Arthurian legend
		no	N. Currie	Gothic
		unknown	Mason Harris	fantasy & science fiction (3rd of 5)
University of Sudbury / Universitè de Sudbury Sudbury ON	No relevant courses		No one
University of Toronto Toronto ON
Trent University Peterborough ON
University of Trinity College Toronto ON
Trinity Western University Langley
University of Victoria Victoria BC
Victoria University Toronto ON
University of Waterloo Waterloo ON
University of Western Ontario London ON
University of Windsor Windsor ON
University of Winnipeg Winnipeg MB
York University North York ON

Definitions:

"University" is defined here as a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

"sf " is defined as speculative or imaginative fiction, including the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. "sf course" is defined as one in which explicit reference to sf is made in the course title. (Other courses may include examples of, or references to sf, and not be noted here. For example, Canadian literature courses were not examined to see if they included examples of Canadian sf.) Where web links are indicated, clicking on the link should take you to the course outline. (On some campuses several course outlines are included in the same web page; you may have to scroll down to find the specific course cited here.)

"Canadian content" refers to any course that includes at least one piece of assigned Canadian fiction or criticism of Canadian fiction.

"Instructor" is the professor teaching the course (if known), or a member of the English or Literature department whose announced specialties include science fiction, fantasy, or horror. Where web links are indicated, clicking on the link should take you to the instructor's home page.

"Research Interests" lists the relevant areas of that instructor's announced research specializations. Where web links are indicated, clicking on the link should take you to the relevant article, bibliography, web page, etc.
*Note: As I am not fluent in French, it is possible that I missed references to relevant courses when reviewing the websites of francophone campuses.