Robert Mellin, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, McGill University from 1999-2019, is a registered member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Architects and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He is a Past-President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA), and a Past-Chair of Heritage NL. In 2003, he received the Winterset Literary Award for his book on the architecture of Tilting, Fogo Island. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2014, and Memorial University awarded him an honourary doctorate in 2015. In 2018, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Selected publications:

Tilting: House Launching, Potato Trenching, and Slide Hauling in a Newfoundland Fishing Village (Princeton Architectural Press, 2003)

Newfoundland Modern (McGill Queen’s, 2011)

Winter in Tilting (Pedlar Press, 2015)

Self-published:

Ernest A. Steinbrink, Newfoundland Architect, Engineer, Artist, and Inventor (2025)

Tilting in Black and White (2025)

Little Fogo Islands (2025)

The Brett House in Joe Batt’s Arm (2025)

Halliday’s Meat Market (2025)

Street Dogs of Granada, Nicaragua (2025)