Karen Balcom - McMaster Experts

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Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University
Paul R. MacPherson Teaching Fellow, Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, McMaster University
Associate Professor, History, Faculty of Humanities

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academic article
- "Phony Mothers" and Border-Crossing Adoptions: The Montreal-to-New York Black Market in Babies in the 1950s. Journal of Women's History. 19:107-116. 2007
- Cultures of transnational adoption.. Journal of American Ethnic History. 25:305-307. 2006
- Constructing Families, Creating Mothers: Gender, Family, State and Nation in the History of Child Adoption. Journal of Women's History. 18:219-232. 2006
- 'And Still I Rise, A History of African Canadian Workers in Ontario, 1900 to Present', Travelling exhibition, 16 March 2003-19 December 2003. The Canadian Historical Review. 84:639-642. 2003
- 'Punching the Clock, Working in Canadian Factories, 1840s-1980s', Ontario Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, 2 February 2002-ongoing. The Canadian Historical Review. 84:639-642. 2003
- Scandal and social policy: The ideal maternity home and the evolution of social policy in Nova Scotia, 1940-51. Acadiensis. 31:3-37. 2002
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- The traffic in babies: Cross-border adoption and baby-selling between the United States and Canada, 1930–1972 2011
conference paper
- "A Little Offensive and Defensive Alliance" Friendship, Professional Networks, and International Child Welfare Policy. FEMINIST HISTORY IN CANADA: NEW ESSAYS ON WOMEN, GENDER, WORK, AND NATION. 58-76. 2013