Matthew J. Bellamy

Biography

Matthew J. Bellamy is an associate professor of history at Carleton University where he has been the recipient of a number of teaching and book awards. He specializes in Canadian business, political and economic history. In 2005 Maclean’s magazine named him as one of Carleton’s most popular professors. In 2007, he was the recipient of the Capital Educators’ Award.
And in 2009 he was a finalist in TVO’s “best lecturer” competition. He is the author of Profiting the Crown: Canada’s Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990, for which he received the 2006 National Business Book Award – an award that recognizes “outstanding talent in Canadian business writing.” The $20,000 award is widely considered one of Canada’s most prestigious English-language book awards. His latest research has taken him into the realm of brewing history. His work on brewing has been recently published in The Walrus, Canada’s History Magazine, Legion Magazine, the CHR and the international journal of Brewery History. He is also a regular contributor to Taps: The Beer Magazine. Professor Bellamy contends that no industry is more revealing about Canadian culture, history and attitudes. He is currently working on a book-length history of the Labatt’s brewery.

Research Interest

Canadian Political History Canadian Economic and Business History Cultural History, especially the history of consumption