Thomson, Ashley 1946–

PERSONAL: Born March 27, 1946, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; son of George (an education director) and Doris (a teacher; maiden name, Armstrong) Thomson; married Sharon Long, December 21, 1979 (divorced); married June 30, 1989; wife's name, Gail; children: (first marriage) Teasha Andress (adopted), Marcus. Education: University of Toronto, B.A., 1968, B.Ed., 1971, M.L.S., 1973; McMaster University, M.A., 1970. Politics: Liberal. Religion: Baptist. Hobbies and other interests: Reading.

ADDRESSES: Home—2631 Field St., Sudbury, Ontario P3E 4X8, Canada. Office—Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Rd., Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, librarian, 1975–. Child and Family Centre, president, 1995–97; Children's Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury-Manitoulin, vice president, 2002–. Member of editorial board, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, 1992–94.

MEMBER: Northern Association of Baptist Churches (moderator, 2000–02), Ontario College and University Library Association (member of council, 1986–88).

AWARDS, HONORS: Librarianship Award, Ontario College and University Library Association, 1998.

WRITINGS:

(With Gaetan Gervais and Gwenda Hallsworth) Bibliography of Ontario History, 1976–1986, Dundurn Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1989.

(Editor, with Matt Bray) Temagami: A Debate on Wilderness, Dundurn Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1990.

(Editor, with Matt Bray) At the End of the Shift, Dundurn Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1992.

(Editor, with Carl M. Wallace) Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital, Dundurn Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1993.

(With Gwenda Hallsworth and Lionel Bonin) The Bibliography of Northern Ontario, Dundurn Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1994.

(With Sylvie Lafortune) Handbook of Canadian Boarding Schools, Dundurn Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1999.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Margaret Atwood: A Bibliography, 1993–2003.