Mark Leier is a Canadian historian and, since 1994, a professor of working class and left-wing history at Simon Fraser University (SFU).
He earned his PhD in History from Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in 1992.
[1] Politically anarchist, Leier's books have mostly reflected on British Columbia's history of labour radicalism.
Red Flags and Red Tape: The Making of a Labour Bureaucracy (University of Toronto Press) deals with the institutionalization of a non-revolutionary labour movement.
[2] A former folk singer, Leier is also known for bringing a banjo to his history classes.