Gordon Goldsborough

Environmental scientist, educator, historian, webmaster.

Email: webmaster@mhs.mb.ca

An Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba, and the Director of the University’s Delta Marsh Field Station on Lake Manitoba. Prior to moving to the University in 1996, he worked for seven years at Brandon University and four years at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He has also been employed as a Research Scientist by the Manitoba Department of Environment (now Manitoba Water Stewardship).

He specializes on studying the impacts of humans on the aquatic environment, water quality, and the ecology of plants and algae in wetlands and lakes. He has published articles in scientific journals and has contributed to three books. He is a member of the Society of Wetland Scientists. He is involved actively in water policy development, being Chair of the Lake Manitoba Stewardship Board, and a member of the Manitoba Water Council and the International Red River Board of the International Joint Commission.

As a member of the Manitoba Historical Society, he has served as President (2004-2006), Past-President (2006-2008), First Vice-President, Webmaster, Gazette and Photo Editor of Manitoba History, and Chair and Member of the Management Committee for Dalnavert Museum.

In 2008, he wrote the book With One Voice, A History of Municipal Governance in Manitoba for the Association of Manitoba Municipalities.

His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

Reginald Buller: The Poet-Scientist of Mushroom City
Manitoba History, Number 47, Spring/Summer 2004

President’s Message - Introduction
Keywords, Volume 36, Number 6, August/September 2004

President’s Message - Publish or Perish
Keywords, Volume 37, Number 1, October/November 2004

President’s Message - Active Membership
Keywords, Volume 37, Number 2, December 2004 / January 2005

President’s Message - Let’s Talk!
Time Lines, Volume 37, Number 3, February/March 2005

President’s Message - History in the Privacy Age
Time Lines, Volume 37, Number 4, April/May 2005

The Yukon Party from Manitoba
Manitoba History, Number 49, June 2005

President’s Message - Digitized Books Versus Digital Books
Time Lines, Volume 37, Number 5, June/July 2005

President’s Message - Living History
Time Lines, Volume 37, Number 6, August/September 2005

Winnipeg’s Silent Film Star
Manitoba History, Number 50, October 2005

President’s Message - Visual History
Time Lines, Volume 38, Number 1, October/November 2005

President’s Message - The Inaccessible Information Age
Time Lines, Volume 38, Number 2, December 2005 / January 2006

A Union of Manitoba Municipalities
Manitoba History, Number 51, February 2006

President’s Message - The Benefits of Membership
Time Lines, Volume 38, Number 3, February/March 2006

President’s Message - Let’s Work Together
Time Lines, Volume 38, Number 4, April-June 2006

Greening the Treeless Plain
Manitoba History, Number 53, October 2006

Review:
Christine Mazur, Simon Statkewich, and David Relkoff, eds., Manitoba Climbers: A Century of Stories from the Birthplace of The Alpine Club of Canada
Manitoba History, Number 53, October 2006

Review: Ted Stone, The Story Behind Manitoba Names: How Cities, Towns, Villages and Whistle Stops Got Their Names (PDF) Time Lines, Volume 39, Number 1, November/December 2006

Victorian Virtual Reality
Manitoba History, Number 54, February 2007

Manitoba in 3D

Greetings from Winnipeg: Views of a Changing City
Manitoba History, Number 55, June 2007

HSI: Historical Scene Investigation
Manitoba History, Number 58, June 2008

Manitoba’s War on Wildlife
Manitoba History, Number 59, October 2008

Winnipeg: Then and Now

Profile revised: 24 February 2009