The University Of Alberta Press imprint: 88 books
Winter in Fireland
A Patagonian Sailing Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
After tough assignments as a Canadian diplomat abroad, Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny unwind by sailing Bosun Bird, a 27foot sailboat, from Cape Town, South Africa, across the South Atlantic and into the stormy winter waters around Tierra del Fuego, South America. Coghlan recounts earlier adventures...
Weaving a Malawi Sunrise
A Woman, A School, A People
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
“When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” —Malawian saying The women of Malawi, like many other women in developing countries, struggle to find their way out of poverty and build a better life for themselves and their families. Weaving a Malawi Sunrise tells the story of Memory Chazeza’s...
Taking the Lead
Strategies and Solutions from Female Coaches
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In an extensive and frank exploration, leaders in women's coaching discuss the values women bring to the coaching profession, their quest for equal access, ways career aspirations and motherhood are juggled, how to negotiate contracts, and encounters with homophobia, harassment, and bullying. They...
Street Sex Work and Canadian Cities
Resisting a Dangerous Order
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
“Our voices scrubbed out and forgotten. There are those who research and write about sex workers who often forget we are human.” —Amy Lebovitch Shawna Ferris gives a voice to sex workers who are often pushed to the background, even by those who fight for them. In the name of urban safety and...
From the Elephant's Back
Collected Essays & Travel Writings
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2015
“…the proverb says that whoever sees the world from the back of an elephant learns the secrets of the jungle and becomes a seer. I had to be content to become a poet.” —Lawrence Durrell Best known for his novels and travel writing, Lawrence Durrell defied easy classification within twentieth-century...
Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada
Taking the Next Steps
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Rural communities, often the first indicators of economic downturns, play an important role in planning for development and sustainability. Increasingly, these communities are compelled to reimagine the paths that lead not only to economic success, but also to the cultural, social, environmental,...
Dreaming of Elsewhere
Observations on Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2014
Home, for me, was not a birthright, but an invention.. It seems to me when we speak of home we are speaking of several things, often at once, muddled together into an uneasy stew. We say home and mean origins, we say home and mean belonging. These are two different things: where we come from, and...
by Albert Braz, Jennifer Delisle, Lise Gaboury-Diallo
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This book examines the cultural work of space and memory in Canada and Canadian literature, and encourages readers to investigate Canada within its regional, national, and global contexts. It features seven chapters in English and five in French, with a bilingual introduction. The contributors invite...
by Robert Kroetsch
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The Hornbooks of Rita K, Robert Kroetsch's first volume of new poetry in more than a decade, is a brilliant collection of mysterious fragments. Where has Rita gone and who is reconstructing her oeuvre? Written with wit and playfulness, Hornbooks is a welcome new work from one of Canada's best writers.
by Tomoko Mitani
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Geishas and samurai, manga and animé come to mind when Japan enters the conversation. While these traditional and modern images about the island nation have been widely disseminated in North America, most of us cannot imagine what everyday life is like in Japan. Tomoko Mitani's work addresses this...
Beyond "Understanding Canada"
Transnational Perspectives on Canadian Literature
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
The dismantling of “Understanding Canada”—an international program eliminated by Canada’s Conservative government in 2012—posed a tremendous potential setback for Canadianists. Yet Canadian writers continue to be celebrated globally by popular and academic audiences alike. Twenty scholars...
The Larger Conversation
Contemplation and Place
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
This volume, the final in Tim Lilburn’s decades-long meditation on philosophy and environmental consequences, traces a relationship between mystic traditions and the political world. Struck by the realization that he did not know how to be where he found himself, Lilburn embarked on a personal attempt...
by Alice Major
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In this ambitious long poem, Alice Major exemplifies the redemptive force of story. Through the light-hearted interplay of such literary touchstones as Chaucer, The Thousand and One Nights, and Greek myth, readers meet receptionist Aphrodite, Sheherazad in PR, and Pandora, expectant grandmother from...
Entryways to Criminal Justice
Accusation and Criminalization in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
How do societies decide whom to criminalize? What does it mean to accuse someone of being an offender? Entryways to Criminal Justice analyzes the thresholds that distinguish law-abiding individuals from those who may be criminalized. Contributors to the volume adopt social, historical, cultural, and...