As an assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Ottawa, Kathleen Rodgers wrote Welcome to Resisterville: American Dissidents in British Columbia (UBC $95), a study that looks at the influx of idealist Americans to Canada between 1965 and 1975 who were merely draft evaders. Focussing on the West Kootenay region, Rodgers reveals how the largest group of these migrants were hoping to build a new and better egalitarian society in opposition to U.S. imperialism, materialism and capitalism. Their success remains evident throughout much of rural British Columbia. 9780774827331

[BCBW 2014]

Review of the author's work by BC Studies:
Welcome to Resisterville: American Dissidents in British Columbia