Ester Reiter Explained

Ester Reiter
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, USA
Children:2
Education:BA, 1962, History, Brandeis University
MA., Sociology, Washington State University
PhD., 1985, Sociology, University of Toronto
Thesis Title:Out of the frying pan and into the fryer: the organization of work in a fast food outlet
Thesis Year:1985
Workplaces:Memorial University of Newfoundland
Queen's University
Brock University
York University
Main Interests:Women, Sociology, Secular Jewish left in Canada; Immigrant Women; Gender, Race and Ethnicity; Left Politics, the Cold War and the War on Terror; Women and Work

Ester Reiter (née Koulack; 1941) is an American-Canadian historian and sociologist. She is a Professor Emerita in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at York University. In 2017, her book A Future Without Hate or Need was shortlisted for the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.

Early life and education

Reiter came from a Jewish family and was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1] She moved to Winnipeg in the 1960s and joined Canadian Voice of Women For Peace protests.[2] [3] She graduated from Brandeis University in 1962.[4]

She left Winnipeg to pursue her PhD at York University in Toronto, Ontario.[5] In order to complete her thesis, Reiter worked at a Toronto-based Burger King to observe how work is organized in fast food.[6]

Career

After earning her PhD, Reiter had a limited appointment as a professor of sociology at Memorial University.[7] [8] She was then hired by Queen's University in 1986 as a sociology professor[9] before being hired as an associate professor at Brock University.[10]

She stayed at Brock until the 2002–03 academic term when Reiter was given a full-time appointment as an associate professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at York University.[11] She retired from teaching in 2011.[12]

In 2016, she launched her book A Future Without Hate or Need. [13] The book was a study of how left-wing secular Judaism in Canada survived and flourished from the 1920s to 1960s.[14] The book was shortlisted for the 2017 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.[15]

In 2018, Reiter protested the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada for invoking the notwithstanding clause in the middle of a municipal election campaign. She refused to leave Queen's Park and was escorted out.[2]

Selected publications

The following is a list of selected publications:[16]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gonick . CY . Canada Since 1960: A People's History: A Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture . April 18, 2016 . James Lorimer & Company . 9781459411142 . September 25, 2019.
  2. News: Beattie . Samantha . 'You can't let them get away with these dirty deeds,' says protester removed from Queen's Park Wednesday . September 25, 2019 . . September 13, 2018.
  3. Book: Tarah Brookfield . Cold War Comforts: Canadian Women, Child Safety, and Global Insecurity . May 1, 2012 . Wilfrid Laurier University Press . 9781554586356 . 86–87 . September 25, 2019.
  4. Web site: Ann Leder Sharon . Class of 1962 . brandeis.edu . September 27, 2019.
  5. News: Sharon Chisvin . Author remembers legacy of Jewish leftist movement . Winnipeg Free Press . November 5, 2016.
  6. Web site: Growth At All Costs . pearsoncanada.ca . September 27, 2019 . 11 . 2014.
  7. Book: Craig Heron . On the Job: Confronting the Labour Process in Canada . January 1, 1986 . McGill-Queen's Press . 9780773561342 . September 27, 2017.
  8. News: Donald C. MacDonald . Life in the fast food lane Young workers 'cheap, plentiful, easy to replace' On the Job - Confronting the Labour Process in Canada, ed. by Craig Heron and Robert Storey . Toronto Star . May 18, 1986 . Ester Reiter's Life in the Fast Food Factory. Reiter now teaches sociology at Memorial University, in Newfoundland.
  9. News: White . Nancy J. . Where the money goes . Toronto Star . November 11, 1986.
  10. News: Sociologist burns fast food industry. November 27, 1991. Lethbridge Herald. Alberta. 23.
  11. Web site: Full-Time Appointments/Enseignants à temps plein . calendars.registrar.yorku.ca . September 25, 2019 . 2002.
  12. Web site: NARAYEVER NEWS . September 27, 2019 . 17 . 2019 . Ester Reiter taught Sociology and Women's Studies at York University until her retirement in 2011..
  13. Web site: Book launch for York senior scholar Ester Reiter . yfile.news.yorku.ca . September 25, 2019 . October 17, 2016.
  14. Kosak . Hadassa . Reviewed Work: A Future Without Hate or Need: The Promise of the Jewish Left in Canada by Ester Reiter . Labour / Le Travail . 2017 . 80 . 307–309 . 44820590 . 10.1353/llt.2017.0052 . 148812501 .
  15. Web site: van Koeverden. Jane . Max Eisen, Matti Friedman among finalists for 2017 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature . cbc.ca . September 25, 2019 . August 17, 2017.
  16. Web site: Au:Reiter, Ester . worldcat.org . September 27, 2019.

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