Canadian historian
Raymond Benjamin Blake FRSC University of Regina . He was the winner of the 2025Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing .
Blake is based inRegina , Saskatchewan, where he works as a professor of history at theUniversity of Regina . He has previously held positions as the director of the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy and director of the Centre for Canadian Studies atMount Allison University .[ 1] [ 2]
Blake is aFellow of the Royal Society of Canada .[ 2] Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his bookCanada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity .[ 3]
Blake, Raymond B. (1994).Canadians at Last: The Integration of Newfoundland as a Province . Toronto:University of Toronto Press .ISBN 978-0-8020-0554-0 [ 4] —; Bryden, Penny; Strain, J. Frank (1997).The Welfare State in Canada: Past, Present, and Future . Concord, ON: Irwin Publishing.ISBN 978-0-7725-2397-6 [ 5] —; Bryden, Penny; Tucker, Michael (2000).Canada and the New World Order: Facing the New Millennium ISBN 978-0-7725-2827-8 — (2000).From Fishermen to Fish: The Evolution of Canadian Fishery Policy ISBN 978-0-7725-2822-3 [ 6] —; Keshen, Jeffrey A. (2006).Social Fabric or Patchwork Quilt?: The Development of Social Welfare in Canada . Peterborough, ON:Broadview Press .ISBN 978-1-5511-1544-3 [ 7] — (2007).Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney . Montreal:McGill–Queen's University Press .ISBN 978-0-7735-3214-4 [ 8] — (2009).From Rights to Needs: A History of Family Allowances in Canada, 1929–92 . Vancouver:UBC Press .ISBN 978-0-7748-1572-7 [ 9] — (2015).Lions or Jellyfish: Newfoundland-Ottawa Relations since 1957 . Toronto:University of Toronto Press .ISBN 978-1-4426-5025-1 [ 10] —; Hayday, Mathew (2016).Celebrating Canada: Holidays, National Days, and the Crating of Identities . Toronto:University of Toronto Press .ISBN 978-1-4426-4980-4 [ 11] —; Baker, Melvin (2019).Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland's Rocky Road towards Confederation . Regina, SK:University of Regina Press .ISBN 978-0-8897-7619-7 [ 12] — (2025).Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity . Vancouver:UBC Press .ISBN 978-0-7748-6964-5 [ 13] Baehre, Rainer (2020)."Raymond B. Blake and Melvin Baker. Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland's Rocky Road towards Confederation" .Newfoundland and Labrador Studies .35 (1– 2):141– 146.doi :10.7202/1076771ar Bailey, Ian (24 September 2025)."Raymond Blake wins political writing prize for book on Canada's postwar prime ministers" .The Globe and Mail . Retrieved25 September 2025 . Boswell, Peter G. (1995). "Canadians at Last: Canada Integrates Newfoundland as a Province".Canadian Journal of Political Science 28 (1).University of Toronto Press :148– 149.doi :10.1017/S0008423900018497 . Brennan, Patrick H. (2009). "From Rights to Needs: A History of Family Allowances in Canada, 1929-92".Canadian Review of Social Policy (Review).62 :111– 114.JSTOR 45407592 . Bryden, P. E. (19 September 2016). "Lions or Jellyfish: Newfoundland-Ottawa Relations since 1957 by Raymond B. Blake".Canadian Historical Review 97 (3).University of Toronto Press : 448.doi :10.3138/chr.97.3.BR10 . Cadigan, Sean T. (December 2021). "Raymond B. Blake and Melvin Baker. Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland's Rocky Road Towards Confederation".The American Historical Review 126 (4).Oxford University Press :1643– 1644.doi :10.1093/ahr/rhab628 . [CBC Books] (25 September 2025)."Regina author Raymond B. Blake wins $40K Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing" .CBC Books Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved25 September 2025 . Dankwort, Juergen (2007)."Social Fabric or Patchwork Quilt: The Development of Social Policy in Canada" .Canadian Review of Social Policy Revue Canadienne de Politique Sociale .59 . Retrieved25 September 2025 . Dawn, Moira (30 April 2019)."Where They Once Stood re-examines Newfoundland's rocky journey to Confederation" .The Globe and Mail . Retrieved25 September 2025 . Drudi, Cassandra (24 September 2025)."Raymond B. Blake wins 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing" .Quill & Quire St. Joseph Media . Retrieved25 September 2025 . Dutil, Patrice (2025)."Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond B. Blake" .Ontario History .117 (1).Ontario Historical Society :123– 125.doi :10.7202/1117632ar Fleming, Keith (15 July 2025). "Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity. Raymond B. Blake".Canadian Historical Review 106 (2).University of Toronto Press :310– 311.doi :10.3138/chr.106.2.br10 . Fry, Noah (13 May 2025). "Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond B. Blake".Canadian Journal of Political Science 58 (2).Cambridge University Press :485– 487.doi :10.1017/S0008423924000520 . [The Globe and Mail] (2 August 1997)."New & Noted" .The Globe and Mail . Retrieved25 September 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Gordon, Alan (December 2008). "Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney (review)".The Canadian Historical Review 89 (4).University of Toronto Press :615– 617.doi :10.1353/can.0.0130 . Perovic, Lydia (23 September 2025)."How much does a prime minister actually matter, anyway?" .The Hub . Hub Canada Media. Retrieved25 September 2025 . [Policy Options] (1 November 2007)."Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney (book review)" .Policy Options . Montreal, QC:Institute for Research on Public Policy . Retrieved25 September 2025 . Sawyer, Taylor (28 December 2017). "Matthew Hayday and Raymond B. Blake, Celebrating Canada".Nations and Nationalism 24 (1).Wiley-Blackwell .doi :10.1111/nana.12358 . Scott, Tracie Lea (2025)."Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond B. Blake (review)" .British Journal of Canadian Studies 37 (1).Liverpool University Press :116– 117. Retrieved25 September 2025 – viaProject MUSE . Thompson, Ashley (2007)."Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney" .Canadian Book Review Annual Online . Toronto, ON:University of Toronto Libraries . Retrieved25 September 2025 . [University of Regina] (2025)."Raymond Blake" . Regina, SK:University of Regina . Retrieved25 September 2025 . van Horssen, Jessica (May 2009). "Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney (review)".Histoire sociale / Social History .42 (83).University of Toronto Press :225– 227.doi :10.1353/his.0.0068 . Wiseman, Nelson (2009). "Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney (review)".University of Toronto Quarterly .78 (1).University of Toronto Press :458– 459.doi :10.1353/utq.0.0533 . Wright, Miriam (September 2001)."From Fishermen to Fish: The Evolution of Canadian Fishery Policy by Raymond B. Blake (review)" .The Canadian Historical Review 82 (3).University of Toronto Press :580– 581. Retrieved25 September 2025 – viaProject MUSE .
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