birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
moose jaw , saskatchewan canadian 1943 john f. conway
 john frederick conway author political activist
john f. conway

john frederick conway -lrb- born 1943 in moose jaw , saskatchewan -rrb- is a canadian academic , author and political activist .
he teachers sociology at the university of regina in saskatchewan with a research focus on the social , political and economic history of western canada and quebec .
he is the author of `` the west : the history of a region in confederation '' -lrb- third edition , 2006 -rrb- , `` the canadian family in crisis '' -lrb- fifth edition , 2003 -rrb- , and `` debts to pay : english canada and quebec from the conquest to the referendum '' -lrb- first edition , 1992 -rrb- .
in the 1960s , conway was a radical student activist at the university of saskatchewan 's regina campus and subsequently simon fraser university .
in 1969 , he ran as a radical left candidate for the leadership of the british columbia new democratic party coming in fourth place on the first ballot with 44 votes .
in 1991 , conway was elected as a trustee on the regina school board and was re-elected five times , serving as vice-chair from 1995 to 1997 and as chair from 1997 to 2000 .
in 2000-2001 he as chair of the saskatchewan urban public boards ' caucus of the saskatchewan school boards ' association .
