The popular series, Learning with Syeyutsus, starts Jan.23! Explore topics like rock art as resistance and the transformative power of storytelling in reclaiming identity with Indigenous thought leaders and authors.
Details👉virl.bc.ca/learning-with-sye…@UBCPress@sd68bc
⚖️ 🇨🇦 A riveting account of the ascent & downfall of one of Canada's most influential law firms, home to prime ministers, judges & more. This book could be made into a movie--it is a window into the drama of the Canadian legal & political elite.
Details: ubcpress.ca/heenan-blaikie
Only a few days left in our winter sale! Until December 31, take 20% off all books on our website using discount code BRRR24 at checkout. We don't do sales often, so now is a good time to stock up on your 2025 reading! ubcpress.ca/happy-holidays
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We hope you have a cozy holiday and a happy new year! We can't wait to share our latest projects with you in 2025! ☃️🎄
Our office is closed for the holidays starting December 24. You can still order books through our website (and save 20% until the end of the year!)
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Congratulations to David Roberts, author of "Boosters and Barkers" and winner of the 2023 C.P. Stacey Award. Thank you to the C.P. Stacey Award Committee and the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada for recognizing this important book.
About the award: studyofcanada.ca/david-rober…
ALT Cover: Boosters and Barkers: Financing Canada’s Involvement in the First World War, by David Roberts. Collage: At the top of the page is a poster featuring a Union Jack behind a statue of Lady Justice in whose scales blood outweighs money. At the bottom of the page is a photo of two men and five preteen boys, holding posters for victory bonds. Beside the cover, it reads "Congratulations! C.P. Stacey Award, C.P. Stacey Award Committee and the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada.
Now available as a free, open access PDF, “Drumming Our Way Home” by Georgina Martin takes readers on an autobiographical journey to recover Indigenous identity, demonstrating how storytelling can open up a new world of pedagogy and culture-based learning. bit.ly/41CqQ7F
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🏆 Meet #CanadaPrizes winner Celeste E. Orr, Assistant Professor at the University of New Brunswick. Orr's book investigates how intersex and interphobia intersect with disability and activism to form a new field of crip intersex studies.
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[1/2] The Federation is proud to announce this year’s five Canada Prizes recipients, representing the most inspiring, impactful, and transformative scholarly books in the #HSS recently funded by the Scholarly Book Awards.
ALT Text reads: Winners 2024. Cover of the books "Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition" by Deanna Reder, "Penser la « pervertibilité »" by Nicholas Cotton, "Cripping Intersex" by Celeste E. Orr, "Regards sur le monde" by Pascal Riendeau and "Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin: Wolves and the Making of Canada" by Stephanie Rutherford. Logo of the Canada Prizes. | Le texte lit : Lauréat.e.s 2024. Couverture des livres "Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition" de Deanna Reder, "Penser la « pervertibilité »" de Nicholas Cotton, "Cripping Intersex" de Celeste E. Orr, "Regards sur le monde" de Pascal Riendeau et "Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin: Wolves and the Making of Canada" de Stephanie Rutherford. Logo des Prix du Canada.
Our winter sale is back! Through December, take 20% off all books at ubcpress.ca using code BRRR24 at checkout. Need some gift ideas to get you started? Visit ubcpress.ca/happy-holidays. ❄️📚
We're thrilled to offer a new, audio-enhanced epub edition of "Teaching Each Other: Nehinuw Concepts and Indigenous Pedagogies" by Linda M. Goulet and Keith N. Goulet.
ubcpress.ca/teaching-each-ot…
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Audio features enable readers not only to learn the pronunciations, but also provide an introduction to, appreciation of, and respect for the Cree language and the thinking of the Cree people that is reflected in their language.
New #book from @UBCPress by our Senior Housing Researcher @CWhitzman is a must read for Canadians who want to understand, confront, and solve our housing crisis. Available now! ubcpress.ca/home-truths
Join us on November 11 at UBC's War Memorial Gymnasium for a ceremony to commemorate Remembrance Day.
Everyone is invited to attend—to honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace.
Learn more: bit.ly/3tNj8sz