For the American critic and author, see Mel Watkins (American writer).
Mel Watkins
Born
Melville Henry Watkins
(1932-05-15)May 15, 1932
McKellar, Ontario, Canada
Died
April 2, 2020(2020-04-02) (aged 87)[1]
Ottawa, Ontario[2]
Known for
Cofounding the Waffle, Watkins Report
Political party
New Democratic Party
Spouse
Kelly Crichton
Academic background
Influences
Walter L. Gordon,[3]
Harold Innis[4]
Kari Polanyi Levitt[1]
Hyman Minsky[1]
John Maynard Keynes[1]
Academic work
Discipline
Economics
political science
Sub-discipline
Political economy
School or tradition
Canadian nationalism
socialism
Institutions
University College, Toronto
Influenced
James Laxer, Peter Gzowski[3]
Melville Henry Watkins (May 15, 1932 – April 2, 2020)[1] was a Canadian political economist and activist and professor emeritus of economics and political science at the University of Toronto. He was a founder and co-leader with James Laxer of the Waffle, a left-wing political formation within the New Democratic Party that advocated an "independent socialist Canada" and Canadian nationalism.[5][6][7][8] He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2019.[9]
^ abcdeSas, Jonathan (April 2, 2020). "Remembering Mel Watkins". Broadbent Institute. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
^Valpy, Michael (April 10, 2020). "Prominent socialist intellectual Mel Watkins believed in a political philosophy of compassion". Globe and Mail. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
^ abFleming, R. B. (2010). Peter Gzowski: A Biography. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-77070-539-5.
^Stanford, Jim (2013). "Re: 'The Past Reframes Itself,' by Mel Watkins". Literary Review of Canada. Toronto. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
^Hugh Grant and David Wolfe (15 October 2013). "The Staple Theory at 50: Mel Watkins as teacher, scholar and activist". Rabble.
^Jim Stanford (March 2014). "The Staple Theory at 50; Reflections on the Lasting Significance of Mel Watkins' "A Staple Theory of Economic Growth"" (PDF). Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
^"Once Upon a Waffle". Canadian Dimension. 12 November 2009.
^General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor (2019-12-20). "Governor General Announces 120 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
half-century". Toronto Star. Retrieved April 6, 2020. MelWatkins's Blog at rabble.ca MelWatkins Author from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives...
movement. The group formed in 1969. Its leaders were university professors MelWatkins and James Laxer. It issued a Manifesto for an Independent Socialist Canada...
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poetry. Walker also won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1983. MelWatkins of the New York Times Book Review wrote that it is a "striking and consummately...
Archives Canada See for example, MelWatkins (1967) "A Staples Theory of Economic Growth," In Easterbrook and Watkins (Eds.), Approaches to Canadian Economic...
Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry, African-American critic MelWatkins argued that the character of Stepin Fetchit was not truly lazy or simple-minded...
been popularized in white minstrel shows. Modern commentators such as MelWatkins cite him as one of the earliest black entertainers to have faced the...
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returned to America, where he died in 1887. Modern writers, such as MelWatkins, cite Dilward (but his name appears as Dilverd in primary sources, like...
in Memphis: The FBI and the Assassination of Martin Luther King (with MelWatkins), African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today...
Reframes Itself,' by MelWatkins". Literary Review of Canada. Toronto. Retrieved November 15, 2019. Easterbrook, W.T. and Watkins, M.H. (1984) "The Staple...
her parents' divorce, Watkins' mother obtained a marketing degree and relocated the family to Boston when Watkins was 15. Watkins attended Moses DeWitt...
full professor in 1968. In 1969, he joined his son, James Laxer, and MelWatkins to form the Waffle, a socialist group within the New Democratic Party...
Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 30, 2019. William Thomas Easterbrook; MelWatkins (1984). Approaches to Canadian Economic History: A Selection of Essays...
Highway Evelyn Lau Dennis Lee Michael Ondaatje Rick Salutin Stan Persky MelWatkins Al Purdy Drew Hayden Taylor Doug Saunders Mark Kingwell Sandra Alland...
2001). "Kathleen Freeman". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2023. MelWatkins (August 24, 2005). "Brock Peters of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Is Dead at...
Retrieved May 17, 2019. Facebook comment by Waffle co-founder and co-leader MelWatkins, May 17, 2013: "It is a known fact that Pamela Wallin was in the Waffle...
Orchard Louis Joseph Papineau Abraham Rotstein Pierre Trudeau John Turner MelWatkins Maxime Bernier Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. Canada portal Anthems and nationalistic...
Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-0-7864-2489-4. MelWatkins (August 24, 2005). "Brock Peters of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Is Dead at...
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