The Newfoundland Provincial Government: 
Culture, Nationalism, and Identity, 1949-1989

Dr. Shannon Conway is a Research Associate with the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canadian Studies at Saint Mary’s University. She received her PhD in History from the University of Ottawa in 2020 and her MA in History from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2014. Her doctoral thesis examined constructions of Canadian and Newfoundland identities since 1949. Shannon’s research interests include identity(ies), nationalism(s), regionalism, Canadiana, and post-confederation Newfoundland. Her current research is on perceptions of Newfoundland culture, identity, and nationalism in Newfoundland children’s literature from 1990-2015 and post-Cod Moratorium Newfoundland culture and identity more generally. Though currently residing in Ottawa, Shannon is from outport Newfoundland.