Fred Burrill

Fred Burrill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton). His research focuses on deindustrialization, settler colonialism, and white supremacy in Quebec and the Maritimes. He completed his PhD at Concordia University in 2021 and is affiliated with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, as well as the SSHRC-funded Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time research partnership.

His doctoral work examined the working-class neighborhood of Saint-Henri in Montreal, analyzing the interplay between deindustrialization, gentrification, and social resistance. Current research explores the history of death and labor in Nova Scotia’s Musquodoboit Valley, emphasizing oral histories and environmental impacts. He supervises graduate students in 20th-century Atlantic Canadian and Quebec history, deindustrialization studies, and oral history methodologies.

Burrill’s publications address labor movements, state planning, and the intersections of capitalism and settler colonialism. He is a core affiliate of transnational research initiatives studying plant closures and working-class marginalization across North America and Europe.