About Ruth Bleasdale Ruth Bleasdale is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Dalhousie University. Books by Ruth Bleasdale Rough Work Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841-1882 by (author) Ruth Bleasdale Rough Work Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841-1882 by (author) Ruth Bleasdale