George Johnson

Dr. George M. Johnson, Professor in the English and Modern Languages Department at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), has dedicated nearly 30 years to academia while maintaining a prolific creative career as a scholar, screenwriter, playwright, and children’s author. His work bridges social justice, environmental advocacy, and psychological analysis of literature.

• Education: BA (Honors Scholars Elective) in English and Psychology from the University of Western Ontario; MA and PhD from McMaster University, focusing on psychobiographical approaches to authors like Bertrand Russell and Virginia Woolf.
• Research: Explores intersections of psychoanalytic theory, British Modernist literature, and literary biography, particularly highlighting marginalized voices from the Late-Victorian to WWII eras.
• Creative Output: Includes plays like Still Life With Nudes (winner of Regina Little Theatre’s National Playwriting Competition) and children’s books such as How Hope Became an Activist, which tackle themes of social empowerment and environmental consciousness.
• Awards: Recognized internationally for screenplays and plays, including the Y.M.C.A. Peace Medal (2019) and multiple film awards for works like Peace Pledge (2022).
• Publications: Focus on First World War literature, pre-Freudian psychological theories, and reviving forgotten authors through edited volumes and biographies.
• Projects: Ruptured Lives: Childhood During War Time (documenting WWII childhood experiences) and Peace Pledge (screenplay about Aldous Huxley and Dick Sheppard’s anti-war activism).