Diane Purvey

Diane Purvey is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Human, Social and Educational Development at Thompson Rivers Univeristy in Kamloops. She is the co-editor of "Child and Family Welfare in British Columbia: A History" (Detselig Press) and co-author of "Private Grief, Public Mourning: The Rise of the Roadside Shrine in British Columbia" (Anvil). She was born and raised in Vancouver. John Belshaw is the Dean of Social Sciences & Management at Langara College. He is the author of "Becoming...See more

Diane Purvey is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Human, Social and Educational Development at Thompson Rivers Univeristy in Kamloops. She is the co-editor of "Child and Family Welfare in British Columbia: A History" (Detselig Press) and co-author of "Private Grief, Public Mourning: The Rise of the Roadside Shrine in British Columbia" (Anvil). She was born and raised in Vancouver. John Belshaw is the Dean of Social Sciences & Management at Langara College. He is the author of "Becoming British Columbia: A Population History" (UBC Press) and "Colonization and Community: The Vancouver Island Coalfield and the Making of the British Columbian Working Class, 1848&150;1900" (McGill-Queen's University Press), and co-author of "Private Grief, Public Mourning: The Rise of the Roadside Shrine in British Columbia" (Anvil). He is a second-generation Vancouverite. See less