He was the author of the 2003 book Blockades and resistance and the co-author of the 1989 book Temagami Experience.
Early life and education
Bruce Hodgins was born on January 29, 1931, in Kitchener, Ontario. His father, Stanley Hodgins, was a school principal and his mother Laura Belle Hodgins (née Turel) was a nurse. He had a younger brother named Larry.[1]
Bruce Hodgins, Blockades and resistance: Studies in actions of peace and the Temagami blockades of 1988-89 (2003) Wilfrid Laurier University Press.[6]
The Canoe in Canadian Cultures/Bark, Skin and Cedar (1999) Natural Heritage/Natural History (co-editor with John Jennings and Doreen Small).[7][1]
Bruce Hodgins, Nastawgan: The Canadian North by Canoe and Snowshoe (1995) Betelgeuse Books
Changing Parks: The History, Future and Cultural Context of Parks and Heritage Landscapes (1998) (co-editor) Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc.[8]
Personal life
Hodgins met Carol, his wife-to-be, in Charlottetown, while working at the Prince of Wales College.[1] They had sons Shawn and Geoff and daughter Gillian Nesbitt.[1] He moved to Peterborough, Ontario in 1965[4] and lived on Engleburn Place.[3]
Hodgins was a supporter of the Peterborough Historical Society.[3] With other family members, he was a part owner of Camp Wanapitei, purchased in 1956.[3][1]
Hodgins was one of over 300 people arrested in 1989 for taking part in a protest of a road expansion in Temagami.[1]