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One Second at a Time
My Story of Pain and Reclamation
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780774880978
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
A deeply personal history of colonialism’s corrosive effects on an Ojibway-Anishinabe woman who survives a traumatic childhood, becomes a teen mother, and eventually escapes unrelenting domestic violence to find hope and healing, dedicating herself to helping women and children like her former self.
Canada and Colonialism
An Unfinished History
Price:
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774880947
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Canada and Colonialism presents the history Canadians must reckon with before decolonization is possible, from the nation’s establishment as a settler colony to the discriminatory legacies still at work in our institutions and culture.
Land and the Liberal Project
Canada's Violent Expansion
Price:
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774869805
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Land and the Liberal Project explores the “improving” ideas that informed the expansion of Canada from coast to coast, exposing the justifications for state violence and appropriation of Indigenous territory, thus challenging our assumptions about Canadian sovereignty.
Discovering Nothing
In Pursuit of an Elusive Northwest Passage
Price:
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774868877
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Quests to discover a navigable or usable Northwest Passage ended in failure, but as Discovering Nothing shows, the many attempts to find what nature did not provide led to the construction of its transcontinental equivalent, changing the landscape of North America forever.
Broken City
Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis
Price:
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774869553
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Broken City argues that skyrocketing urban land prices drive our global housing market failure – so, how did we get here, and what can be done about it?
Fighting Feelings
Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life
Price:
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780774869003
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Fighting Feelings investigates the lived experiences of women of colour to reveal the complex ways that white supremacy is felt, endured, and navigated.
Canada and the Korean War
Histories and Legacies of a Cold War Conflict
Price:
CA$45.00
ISBN: 9780774868631
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Canada and the Korean War synthesizes Canadian and global perspectives on a watershed conflict to explore its profound influence on international, diplomatic, and military history, public memory, and contemporary affairs.
Constraining the Court
Judicial Power and Policy Implementation in the Charter Era
Price:
CA$125.00
ISBN: 9780774870474
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Constraining the Court considers what happens when a statute involving a significant public policy issue is declared unconstitutional – and government disagrees.
Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers
Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy
Price:
CA$115.00
ISBN: 9780774869249
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers amasses vital, data-driven research that both corroborates enduring accounts of inequality for women academics and offers pathways toward substantive policy change.
Canada's Surprising Constitution
Unexpected Interpretations of the Constitution Act, 1982
Price:
CA$115.00
ISBN: 9780774870047
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Canada’s Surprising Constitution asks why the Constitution Act, 1982, keeps generating unexpected interpretations and outcomes.
Building a Special Relationship
Canada-US Relations in the Eisenhower Era, 1953-61
Price:
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774870542
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
This book takes a compelling look at how bilateral diplomacy in an era wracked by the Cold War created a culture of cooperation between Canada and the United States that endures to the present day.
Boosters and Barkers
Financing Canada's Involvement in the First World War
Price:
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780774869591
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
“Back him up! Buy Victory Bonds.” Boosters and Barkers examines the unrelenting financial demands of Canadian participation in the First World War, exploring the aims, methods, and implications of securing public support.
Silent Partners
The Origins and Influence of Canada's Military-Industrial Complex
Price:
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780774868969
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Silent Partners delves into the shadowy world of security and national defence to shine a light on the influence they hold in Canadian society.
Counting Matters
Policy, Practice, and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada
Price:
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774870160
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Counting Matters emphasizes the importance of gender measurement as a distinct policy and social phenomena while exposing the flaws of the technocratic assumption that all aspects of gender equality can be strictly quantified.
North of America
Canadians and the American Century, 1945-60
Price:
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780774868846
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
North of America takes a fresh, sharp-eyed look at how Canadians of all stripes reacted to political, economic, and cultural events and influences emanating from postwar America.
Sea Change
Charting a Sustainable Future for Oceans in Canada
Price:
CA$45.00
ISBN: 9780774869041
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Sea Change takes stock of what we know about Canada’s changing oceans, offering a wealth of practical information to support the task of building resilient, sustainable oceans and ocean communities.
One Second at a Time
My Story of Pain and Reclamation
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780774880978
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
A deeply personal history of colonialism’s corrosive effects on an Ojibway-Anishinabe woman who survives a traumatic childhood, becomes a teen mother, and eventually escapes unrelenting domestic violence to find hope and healing, dedicating herself to helping women and children like her former self.
Canada and Colonialism
An Unfinished History
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774880947
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Canada and Colonialism presents the history Canadians must reckon with before decolonization is possible, from the nation’s establishment as a settler colony to the discriminatory legacies still at work in our institutions and culture.
Land and the Liberal Project
Canada's Violent Expansion
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774869805
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Land and the Liberal Project explores the “improving” ideas that informed the expansion of Canada from coast to coast, exposing the justifications for state violence and appropriation of Indigenous territory, thus challenging our assumptions about Canadian sovereignty.
Discovering Nothing
In Pursuit of an Elusive Northwest Passage
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774868877
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Quests to discover a navigable or usable Northwest Passage ended in failure, but as Discovering Nothing shows, the many attempts to find what nature did not provide led to the construction of its transcontinental equivalent, changing the landscape of North America forever.
Broken City
Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774869553
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Broken City argues that skyrocketing urban land prices drive our global housing market failure – so, how did we get here, and what can be done about it?
Fighting Feelings
Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780774869003
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Fighting Feelings investigates the lived experiences of women of colour to reveal the complex ways that white supremacy is felt, endured, and navigated.
Canada and the Korean War
Histories and Legacies of a Cold War Conflict
CA$45.00
ISBN: 9780774868631
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Canada and the Korean War synthesizes Canadian and global perspectives on a watershed conflict to explore its profound influence on international, diplomatic, and military history, public memory, and contemporary affairs.
Constraining the Court
Judicial Power and Policy Implementation in the Charter Era
CA$125.00
ISBN: 9780774870474
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Constraining the Court considers what happens when a statute involving a significant public policy issue is declared unconstitutional – and government disagrees.
Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers
Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy
CA$115.00
ISBN: 9780774869249
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers amasses vital, data-driven research that both corroborates enduring accounts of inequality for women academics and offers pathways toward substantive policy change.
Canada's Surprising Constitution
Unexpected Interpretations of the Constitution Act, 1982
CA$115.00
ISBN: 9780774870047
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Canada’s Surprising Constitution asks why the Constitution Act, 1982, keeps generating unexpected interpretations and outcomes.
Building a Special Relationship
Canada-US Relations in the Eisenhower Era, 1953-61
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774870542
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
This book takes a compelling look at how bilateral diplomacy in an era wracked by the Cold War created a culture of cooperation between Canada and the United States that endures to the present day.
Boosters and Barkers
Financing Canada's Involvement in the First World War
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780774869591
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
“Back him up! Buy Victory Bonds.” Boosters and Barkers examines the unrelenting financial demands of Canadian participation in the First World War, exploring the aims, methods, and implications of securing public support.
Silent Partners
The Origins and Influence of Canada's Military-Industrial Complex
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780774868969
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Silent Partners delves into the shadowy world of security and national defence to shine a light on the influence they hold in Canadian society.
Counting Matters
Policy, Practice, and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774870160
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Counting Matters emphasizes the importance of gender measurement as a distinct policy and social phenomena while exposing the flaws of the technocratic assumption that all aspects of gender equality can be strictly quantified.
North of America
Canadians and the American Century, 1945-60
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780774868846
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
North of America takes a fresh, sharp-eyed look at how Canadians of all stripes reacted to political, economic, and cultural events and influences emanating from postwar America.
Sea Change
Charting a Sustainable Future for Oceans in Canada
CA$45.00
ISBN: 9780774869041
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Sea Change takes stock of what we know about Canada’s changing oceans, offering a wealth of practical information to support the task of building resilient, sustainable oceans and ocean communities.