Winnipeg's General Strike

Michael Dupuis is a retired Canadian history teacher and writer. Since 2005, he has published work in several academic journals, commercial magazines, and newspapers in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. His writing concentrates on the role played by journalists in historical events, including the Winnipeg General Strike, the Titanic disaster, the Halifax Explosion, the On to Ottawa Trek, and the Regina Riot. In 2011, he was a consultant for Danny Schur's Winnipeg General Strike documentary Mike's Bloody Saturday and an advisor to the CBC for the television special Titanic: The Canadian Story. In 2012, he contributed the chapter Canadian Journalists in New York in Titanic Century: Media, Myth, and the Making of a Cultural Icon. He holds a BA (English) and MA (history) from the University of Ottawa, and a BEd from the University of Toronto. Michael resides in Victoria, B.C.