Ubc Press imprint: 250 books
Parole in Canada
Gender and Diversity in the Federal System
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Just as Canada’s population has changed in the past four decades, so too has its prison population. The increasing diversity among prisoners raises important questions about how we punish those who break the law. Parole in Canada is the first book to explore how concerns about aboriginality, gender,...
by Emily Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Drawing on the insights of Indigenous feminist legal theory, Emily Snyder examines representations of Cree law and gender in books, videos, graphic novels, educational websites, online lectures, and a video game. Although these resources promote the revitalization of Cree law and the principle of...
Finding Dahshaa
Self-Government, Social Suffering, and Aboriginal Policy in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The social suffering and self-determination of Indigenous peoples are important public policy issues in Canada today. This book asks a fundamental question regarding Canadian-Aboriginal relations: Are self-government agreements an effective path to self-determination?
Finding Dahshaa describes...
Healing Traditions
The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Aboriginal peoples in Canada have diverse cultures but share common social and political challenges that have contributed to their experiences of health and illness. This collection addresses the origins of mental health and social problems and the emergence of culturally responsive approaches to...
A Town Called Asbestos
Environmental Contamination, Health, and Resilience in a Resource Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos to produce a multitude of fire-retardant products. As use of the mineral became more widespread, medical professionals discovered it had harmful effects on human health. Mining and manufacturing companies downplayed the risks to workers...
Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region
Development, Agency, and Contestation in Northern British Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Northern British Columbia has always played an important role in Canada’s economy, but for many Canadians it also existed as an almost forgotten place: a vast territory where only a few roads, some railroad tracks, and a ferry system connected small cities, towns, and villages to the outside world....
Opening Doors Wider
Women's Political Engagement in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
From the days of the fur trade through the contemporary period, women have played important roles in the public life of Canada. Until the 1970s, however, these contributions were generally overlooked. This book focuses on two questions: are the doors to participation presently open wider than they...
A Queer Love Story
The Letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bébout
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
This book will appeal to anyone interested in writer’s lives, literary studies, queer and gender studies, and the history of LGBT communities and political activism in North America.
Militia Myths
Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896-1921
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
Based on extensive research into the writings of Canadian citizen soldiers in peacetime and in war, Militia Myths will be of interest to anyone who has ever looked at a cenotaph and wondered why so many young men answered the call to arms in 1914–18.
Shelter in a Storm
Revitalizing Feminism in Neoliberal Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Casey Ready, an academic and the executive director of a non-profit organization, combines the personal and the political to tackle some of the most pressing issues of our time: What is neoliberalism? How does it harm women? And what can be done about it? Her book begins by looking at how three YWCA...
What We Learned
Two Generations Reflect on Tsimshian Education and the Day Schools
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Stories of Indigenous children forced to attend residential schools have haunted Canadians in recent years. Yet most Indigenous children in Canada attended “Indian day schools,” and later public schools, near their home communities. Although church and government officials often kept detailed...
Treaty Talks in British Columbia, Third Edition
Building a New Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Treaty Talks in British Columbia traces the origins and development of treaty negotiations in the province. Since the second edition of this book was published in 2000, a number of significant developments have occurred: a controversial referendum on treaty mandates was held; the historic Tsawwassen...
Mobilizing Metaphor
Art, Culture, and Disability Activism in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Mobilizing Metaphor illustrates how radical and unconventional forms of activism, including art, are reshaping the rich and vibrant tradition of disability mobilization in Canada – and in the process, challenging perceptions of disability and the politics that surround it.
Until now, research...
When Good Drugs Go Bad
Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada’s Drug Laws
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
In the 1800s, opium and cocaine could be easily obtained to treat a range of ailments. Drug dependency, when it occurred, was considered a matter of personal vice. Near the end of the century, attitudes shifted and access to drugs became more restricted. Dan Malleck reveals how different forces converged...