Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph

Research

gender history of medicine social policy professionalization social inequality alcohol health race

Latest papers

"Insidious habits": The moral vision of the Lalonde Report in historical perspective.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025 · first author
COVID-19 in Perspective: A Witness Seminar1.
Canadian journal of health history = Revue canadienne d'histoire de la sante · 2024 · first author
Carstairs Responds.
American journal of public health · 2016 · first author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

To your health!: Drinking in Canada, 1970-Present
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$41,485
Healthy smiles: social inequality, gender and oral health, 1920-1990
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$45,425
Communist conspiracy, rat poison or dental miracle water fluoridation in the US and Canada
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$49,843

All 4 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

"Insidious habits": The moral vision of the Lalonde Report in historical perspective.

Carstairs C

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01063-z PMID: 40982194

02

COVID-19 in Perspective: A Witness Seminar1.

Carstairs C, Greer A, Magilsen R

Canadian journal of health history = Revue canadienne d'histoire de la sante2024First author

DOI: 10.3138/cjhh.678-112023 PMID: 39378341

03

Carstairs Responds.

Carstairs C

American journal of public health2016First author

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302998 PMID: 26794380

04

"Our sickness record is a national disgrace": Adelle Davis, nutritional determinism, and the anxious 1970s.

Carstairs C

Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences2014First author

DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrs057 PMID: 23011464

05

The stages of the international drug control system.

Carstairs C

Drug and alcohol review2005First author

DOI: 10.1080/09595230500125179 PMID: 16191722

To your health!: Drinking in Canada, 1970-Present

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Carstairs, Catherine L.

Keywords: alcohol; health; gender; race; colonialism; age; ethnicity; public health; education; moral regulation; consumer history; risk

$41,485

Healthy smiles: social inequality, gender and oral health, 1920-1990

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Carstairs, Catherine L.

Keywords: history of medicine; social policy; gender; professionalization; social inequality

$45,425

Communist conspiracy, rat poison or dental miracle water fluoridation in the US and Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Carstairs, Catherine L.

Keywords: public health; dentistry; risk; environment; Cold War

$49,843

Consuming nature: health, food, and the environment 1945-1999

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Carstairs, Catherine L.

Keywords: health; gender; consumption; environment; aging; food; modernity; immigration

$43,009

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Amy Greer

Department of Population Medicine - University of Guelph

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: gender Dear Professor Carstairs, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper ""Insidious habits": The moral vision of the Lalonde Report in historical perspective." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "To your health!: Drinking in Canada, 1970-Present" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]