UBC Press

01/27/2025

"Roberts, a long-time editor at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, decided to take on this knotty problem as a retirement project, and we’re all the winners for it."

Patrice Dutil reviews "Boosters and Barkers" by David Roberts.

Patrice Dutil on “Boosters and Barkers: Financing Canada’s Involvement in the First World War,” by David Roberts.

01/25/2025

In this week's episode of Witness to Yesterday, Canadian history Simon Nantais talks to Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson about their co-edited book North of America: Canadians and the American Century, 1945-60, which will be published by UBC Press in October 2023.

North of America: Canadians and the American Century, 1945-60, is an edited volume that looks at postwar Canada and Canadian-American relations of the 1940s and 1950s. From constitutional reform to transit policy, from national security to the arrival of television, Canadians were ever mindful of the American experience. The volume explores the opinions and perceptions of a broad range of Canadians – from consumers to diplomats, jazz musicians to urban planners, and a diverse cross-section in between. Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson discuss the topics covered in the volume such as international relations in a nuclear armed early Cold War era, domestic politics, and national identity.

Listen at: https://bit.ly/WTYj2425

UBC Press Journals - University of Toronto Press

01/20/2025

" - will highlight more voices as it launches a new season of its 'Learning with Syeyutsus' webinar series.
Some of the topics covered this winter and spring will include uncovering the cultural significance of petroglyphs and pictographs, intergenerational learning, and a journey of reconnection and healing through art.
The series is presented by Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools District in partnership with UBC Press and Vancouver Island Regional Library + Fans.
According to a press release, this season serves to explore the deep intersections of Indigenous knowledge, cultural revitalization as well as the ongoing impact of colonial histories."
[read more at: nanaimo bulletin . com / local-news]

01/17/2025

"Constraining the Court" by James B. Kelly considers what happens when a statute involving a significant public policy issue is declared unconstitutional – and government disagrees. https://bit.ly/3PEImRB

01/16/2025

Book Review: The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out by Tom Langford (UBC Press)

Reviewed by Arn Keeling

Follow the link in our bio to read!

01/16/2025

Much gratitude to The Hill Times for including these books on their list of Top 100 Best Books in 2024.

📕 After Ice
Edited by Rafico Ruiz, Paula Schönach, and Rob Shields

📕 Ancillary Police Powers in Canada
John W. Burchill, Richard Jochelson, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, and Terry Skolnik

📕 Broken City
Patrick M .Condon

📕 Building a Special Relationship
Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson

📕 Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity
Raymond B. Blake

📕 Constraining the Court
James B. Kelly

📕 Counting Matters
Edited by Christina Gabriel and L. Pauline Rankin

📕 Geographies of the Heart
Edited by Raymonde Tickner, Amea Wilbur, Zahida Rahemtulla, and Kerry Johnson

📕 Heenan Blaikie
Adam Dodek

📕 Home Truths
Carolyn Whitzman

📕 Local Governance in Transition
Mary Louise McAllister

📕 Political Activist Ethnography
Edited by Agnieszka Doll, Laura Bisaillon, and Kevin Walby

📕 The Independence of the Prosecutor
Laszlo Sarkany

📕 Under the White Gaze
Christopher Cheung

12/30/2024

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

12/23/2024

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, any time of day, through our website (and save 20% until the end of the year!)

12/20/2024

Congratulations to David Roberts, author of "Boosters and Barkers" and winner of the 2023 C.P. Stacey Award for scholarly work in Canadian military history. 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: https://studyofcanada.ca/david-roberts-named-winner-of-the-2023-c-p-stacey-award/

12/20/2024

David Roberts has won the 2023 C.P. Stacey Award for scholarly work in Canadian military history.

12/19/2024

Reminder: Through December, take 20% off all books at ubcpress.ca using code BRRR24 at checkout. ubcpress.ca/happy-holidays. ❄️📚

12/17/2024

Read an excerpt from "Under the White Gaze: Solving the Problem of Race and Representation in Canadian Journalism" by Christopher Cheung, via Canadian Geographic.

Journalist Christopher Cheung investigates the state of race in modern-day Canadian media

12/17/2024

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 – aided by a hand drum – can open up a new world of pedagogy and culture-based learning. https://bit.ly/4iEtr7i

12/13/2024

NEW WITNESS TO YESTERDAY podcast episode!
https://bit.ly/WTYd1324

In a new episode of Witness to Yesterday, Canadian history Larry Ostola speaks with David Roberts about Boosters and Barkers: Financing Canada's Involvement in the First World War.

Boosters and Barkers by David Roberts explores Canada's efforts to finance its participation in through public contributions, particularly war bonds. The book examines how Ottawa appealed to citizens for financial support, incorporating imperial funding, taxation, and other revenue sources. Using print, images, and music, Canada’s bond campaigns generated significant public engagement, raising nearly a third of the country’s $6.6 billion war costs. The story highlights the necessity of funding, strategies, public resistance, and the lasting financial impact of the war.

Listen at: https://bit.ly/WTYd1324
Dictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada UBC Press

12/11/2024

12/10/2024

Looking to take advantage of our winter sale? ❄️

Check out The Tyee's annual holiday reads list to learn why "Under the White Gaze" and "Home Truths" should be on your shopping list! 📚

Gather round! It’s The Tyee’s annual holiday reads list. Please share your own picks.

12/09/2024

Congratulations to Celeste E. Orr, author of "Cripping Intersex," and all the Canada Prize winners! Thank you to the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences for supporting and amplifying such important work! 🎉

12/03/2024

Geographies of the Heart "opens up new ways of imagining and building Canadian society, enriching it by so doing from a decolonial lens. More than anything, the contributions challenge us to rethink what it means for refugees and immigrants to belong while facing larger contexts of racism, exclusion, and marginalization." - Dr. André Elias Mazawi, Professor and Department Head of UBC Educational Studies