Professor and Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History (Tier 1), Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Greg Marchildon

Canada Research Chair Greg Marchildon received his doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and spent five years at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C..  His academic pedigree was among the reasons Marchildon was asked to serve as Executive Director of the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, chaired by the Hon. Roy Romanow, Q.C. in 2001. Greg has an international reputation for his work in health care policy, but he is also an expert on the water, from canoeing the Churchill River to kayaking in Panama. Greg has co-authored a book with Sid Robinson entitled Canoeing The Churchill: A Practical Guide to the Historic Voyageur Highway, which won the 2002 Saskatchewan Book Award for scholarly writing.

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Email: greg.marchildon@uregina.ca
Phone: (306) 585-5464
Website: http://www.uregina.ca/gspp/marchildon
Designations
  • PhD in Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1990
  • MA in Economics, University of Regina, 1984
  • LLB, University of Saskatchewan, 1980
  • BA in History/Economics, University of Regina, 1980

Areas of Interest
  • Public health care policy in Canada and other advanced industrialized nations and comparative health systems
  • Political, administrative and economic history of the Prairie Provinces
Recent Grants/Awards

Awards and Honours

  • Institute of Public Administration of Canada Lieutenant Governor's Gold Medal, 2006
  • Distinguished Alumni Award (Professional/Business), University of Regina, 2003
  • Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing, 2002

Funding

  • Principal Applicant: CIHR, enhancing existing capacity in applied health services and policy research in Western Canada (training grants d), grant notice of decision, April 3, 2009. Total funding: $298,333 per year for 6 years shared among University of Regina, University of Calgary and University of Saskatchewan.
  • Co-investigator: SSHRC, social enterprises, knowledgeable economies, and sustainable communities (project #859-2005-0007). Total funding: C$1,747,475 for 2005-2010.
  • Co-investigator, SSHRC, Multi-Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) on institutional adaptation to climate change (project #412-2003-1001). Total funding: C$2,430,388 for 2003-2008.
  • Principal Investigator (with SIPP): Saskatchewan Health grant for evaluation of regionalization project. Total funding: C$50,000 for 2004-2006.
  • Principal Investigator: Saskatchewan Health grant for profile of province. Total funding: C$50,000 for 2005-2006.
  • Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History grant for history of Stewart, McKelvey, Stirling & Scales. Total funding: C$4,000 for 2000-2006.
Select Publications

Books 

  • Marchildon, G.P. and K. O'Fee. 2007. Health Care in Saskatchewan: An Analytical Profile. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center and SIPP. 153 pp.
  • *Marchildon, G.P. 2006. Health Systems in Transition: Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 156 pp.
  • +Marchildon, G.P. and S. Robinson. 2002. Canoeing the Churchill: A Practical Guide to the Historic Voyageur Highway. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center. 477 pp.
  • *Marchildon, G.P. 1996. Profits and Politics: Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 348 pp.

Edited Books

  • Medicare: Facts, Myths, Problems, Promise, ed. B. Campbell and G.P. Marchildon. Toronto: Lorimer, 2007.
  • The Heavy Hand of History: Interpreting Saskatchewan's Past, ed. G.P. Marchildon. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2005.
  • The Fiscal Sustainability of Health Care in Canada: The Romanow Papers, Volume 1, ed. G.P. Marchildon, T. McIntosh, and P.-G. Forest. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; French version published by University of Ottawa Press, 2004.
  • Changing Health Care in Canada: The Romanow Papers, Volume 2, ed. P.-G. Forest, G.P. Marchildon and T. McIntosh. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004; French version published by University of Ottawa Press, 2004.
  • The Governance of Health Care in Canada: The Romanow Papers, Volume 3, ed. T. McIntosh, P.-G. Forest and G.P. Marchildon. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004; French version published by University of Ottawa Press, 2004.
  • Agriculture at the Border: Canada-U.S. Trade Relations in the Global Food Regime, ed. G.P. Marchildon. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2000.
  • The NAFTA Puzzle: Political Parties and Trade in North America, ed. C.F. Doran and G.P. Marchildon. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994.
  • Canadian Multinationals and International Finance, ed. G.P. Marchildon and D. McDowall. London: Frank Cass, 1992.
  • Mergers and Acquisitions: Critical Essays in Business History, ed. G.P. Marchildon. Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1991

General and Volume Editor: History of the Prairie West Series

  • The People (Vol. 10). Regina: CPRC Press, forthcoming 2013
  • The Environment (Vol. 9). Regina: CPRC Press, forthcoming 2013
  • Politics and Government, 1940-1990 (Vol. 8). Regina: CPRC Press, forthcoming 2012
  • Politics and Government, 1870-1939 (Vol. 7). Regina: CPRC Press, forthcoming 2012
  • Labour History (Vol. 6). Regina: CPRC Press, forthcoming 2011.
  • Women's History (Vol. 5), with Wendee Kubic. Regina: CPRC Press, forthcoming 2011.
  • Business and Urban Life (Vol. 4). Regina: CPRC Press, forthcoming, 2010.
  • Agriculture and Rural Life (Vol. 3). Regina: CPRC Press, forthcoming 2010.
  • Immigration and Settlement, 1870-1939 (Vol. 2). Regina: CPRC Press, 2009.
  • The Early Northwest (Vol. 1). Regina: CPRC Press, 2008.

Guest Editor (peer-reviewed journals)

  • Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 26, no. 2 (forthcoming Autumn 2009): History of Canadian Medicare theme issue.
  • Prairie Forum 34 (July 1992): Canadian business history theme issue.
  • Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 28 (Autumn 1998): Canada-US Agricultural trade relations theme issue.
  • American Review of Canadian Studies 26 (Spring 2009): History of Canadian medicare theme issue.
  • Business History 34 (Spring 2009): Institutional Adaptation to Climate Change on the Canadian Plains theme issue.

Journal Articles

  • Marchildon, G.P. 2009. The policy history of Canadian medicare.  Forthcoming in Canadian Bulletin of Medical History.
  • Marchildon, G.P., and N.C. O'Byrne. 2009. From Bennettcare to Medicare: The morphing of medical care insurance in British Columbia. Article accepted for publication in Canadian Bulletin of Medical History.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2009. Institutional adaptation to climate change in the Canadian Plains. Prairie Forum 34(1): vii-xiii.
  • Marchildon, G.P., J. Pittman, and D.J. Sauchyn. 2009. The Dry Belt and changing aridity in the Palliser Triangle, 1895-2000. Prairie Forum 34(1): 31-44.
  • Rojas, A., L. Magzul, G.P. Marchildon, and B. Reyes. 2009. The Oldman River dam: conflict and institutional learning. Prairie Forum 34(1): 235-260.
  • McNutt, K., and G.P Marchildon. 2009. Think tanks and the Web: measuring visibility and influence. Canadian Public Policy 35(2): 219-236.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2009. The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration: climate crisis and federal-provincial relations during the Great Depression. Canadian Historical Review 90(2): 275-301.
  • Hadjistavropoulos, T., G.P. Marchildon, P. Fine, K. Herr, H. Palley, S. Kaasalainen, and F. Béland. 2009. Tranforming long-term care pain management in North America: the policy-clinical interface. Pain Medicine 10(3): 506-520.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2008. Reforming health management in Canada. Health Law in Canada 29(2): 9-15.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2008. Health security in Canada: policy complexity and overlap. Social Theory & Health 6(1): 74-90.
  • Marchildon, G.P., S. Kulshreshtha, E. Wheaton, and D. Sauchyn. 2008. Drought and institutional adaptation in the Great Plains of Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1914-1939. Natural Hazards 45(3): 391-411.
  • Marchildon, G.P. and C. Anderson. 2008. Robert Weir: Forgotten Farmer-Minister in R.B. Bennett's Depression-Era Cabinet. Prairie Forum 33(1): 65-98.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2007. Institutional adaptation to drought and the Special Areas of Alberta, 1909-1939. Prairie Forum 32(2): 251-271.
  • Marchildon, G.P. and K. McNutt. 2007. Infostructure and the revitalization of public health in Canada. HealthcarePapers 7(3): 44-51.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2006. Pharmacare: Prescription for an ailing federation? Inroads 18(1): 94-108.
  • An updated and revised version of this article appeared in Medicare: Facts, Myths, Problems, Promise, ed. B. Campbell and G.P. Marchildon. Toronto: Lorimer, 2007, 268-284.
  • Marchildon, G.P., and D. Black. 2006. Henry Black, the Conservative Party and the politics of relief. Saskatchewan History 58(1): 4-17
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2005. The Chaoulli case: A two-tier Magna Carta? Healthcare Quarterly 8(4): 49-52.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2005. Understanding equalization: Is it possible? Canadian Public Administration 48:3: 420-428.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2005. Canadian health system reforms: Lessons for Australia? Australian Health Review 29(1): 105-119.
  • Romanow, R.J., and G.P. Marchildon. 2004. History, politics and transformational change in Canadian health care: A rejoinder." Canadian Psychology 45(3): 239-243.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2004. The public/private debate in the funding, administration and delivery of healthcare in Canada. Healthcare Papers 4(4):61-68.
  • Romanow, R.J., and G.P. Marchildon. 2003. Psychological services and the future of health care in Canada. Canadian Psychology 44(4): 283-295.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2001. Corporate lawyers and the second industrial revolution in Canada. Saskatchewan Law Review 64(1): 99-112.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 2000. A step in the right direction. Inroads 9: 236-245.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 1998. Canadian-American agricultural trade relations: A brief history. American Review of Canadian Studies 28(3): 233-252.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 1996. An attempt to reconcile the irreconcilable. Inroads 5: 98-104.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 1995. From Pax Britannica to Pax Americana and beyond. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 538: 151-168.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 1993. Canadian trade and investment: Historical trends and the impact of the FTA and the NAFTA. Built Environment 19(1): 50-59.
  • Marchildon, G.P., and E. Maxwell. 1992. Quebec's right of secession under Canadian and international law. Virginia Journal of International Law 32(3): 583-623.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 1992. Canadian multinationals and international finance: Past and present. Business History 34(3): 1-15.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 1992. "Hands across the water": Canadian industrial financiers in the City of London, 1905-20. Business History 34(3): 69-95.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 1991. British investment banking and industrial decline before the Great War: A case study of capital outflow to Canadian industry. Business History 33(3): 72-92.
  • Reprinted in Geoffrey Jones, ed., Banks and Money: International and Comparative Finance in History. London: Frank Cass, 1991.
  • Marchildon, G.P., and V. Noble. 1991. Canada-US relations in agricultural trade: A review of recent difficulties. Canada-US Outlook 2(3): 3-19. Extract reprinted in the National Planning Association's quarterly Looking Ahead 13 (1991).
  • Marchildon, GP. 1990. A new view of Canadian business history. Business History 32(3): 162-167.
  • Marchildon, G.P. 1990. The role of lawyers in corporate promotion and management: A Canadian case study and theoretical speculations. Business and Economic History 19: 193-202.
Current Research
  • Evolution of Public Health Care in Canada
  • Political, Administrative and Economic History of Postwar Saskatchewan