About David Whitson David Whitson is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. He is co-author, with Richard Gruneau, of the widely acclaimed Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities, and Cultural Politics (Garamond Press, 1993). Books by David Whitson Cultural Policy Origins, Evolution, and Implementation in Canada's Provinces and Territories edited by Diane St-Pierre & Monica Gattinger with Jean-Paul Baillargeon, Nicole Barrieau, Alison Beale, Daniel Bourgeois, Donna Gannon, Joy Cohnstaedt, Patrice A. Dutil, Fernand Harvey, M. Sharon Jeanotte, Jan Marontate, Catherine Murray, Ronald Rompkey, Dick Stanley, Karen Wall & David Whitson Game Planners Transforming Canada's Sport System by (author) Donald Macintosh & David Whitson