Bøker utgitt av University of British Columbia Press

Against the backdrop of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage examines past and emerging issues in the recognition of Indigenous inherent human rights and knowledge within a Canadian legal context.

The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out documents the tumultuous struggle of one coal-mining region to stave off economic ruin in the face of changing times and technologies.

A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise - one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert control over northern peoples and their lands.

The Civil Sphere in Canada shows why a socially just, inclusive society hinges on a robust and dynamic civil sphere.

Uniquely focused on Canada's 1921 federal election, Times of Transformation recounts the many firsts that made this a watershed event and situates these within the global zeitgeist of post-Great War disillusionment and hope.

Ballots and Brawls, the first book dedicated solely to Canada's inaugural election in 1867, is an engaging look at the main players, regional concerns, and nationalistic ideals that characterized the country's beginnings.

Blue Skies over Wuhan traces the development of environmental protection policy in China through a case study of Hubei Province, where an environmental agenda dominated by economic growth priorities gradually gave way to more mature, state-led governance.

Analyzes an enigmatic figure at the peak of his influence in China, showing how his improvisational approach to political problems brought remarkable successes, but also ultimate defeat. From 1935 to 1950, Chiang Kai-shek steered China's development as a nation and shaped global history, yet he remains an enigmatic figure remembered primarily for losing a brutal civil war. A reinterpretation is overdue. Chiang Kai-shek's Critical Years sheds new light on his call for mobilization against Japan in 1937 and his relations with US representatives during the war, his efforts first to accommodate and then to defeat the Chinese Communist Party, and his ability to hold on to the presidency of the Republic of China after 1949, despite disastrous military failure. This examination of Chiang's daily planning and reflection on events reveals astute improvisation that ensured political survival despite setbacks and weaknesses. The sharpened sense of Chiang's agency that emerges from this important study provides an invaluable foundation for further analysis of the military and political institutional structures he helped build.

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.

An innovative examination of continuing calls for justice in the wake of state redress and reconciliation agreements in Canada. Indigenous peoples and Japanese Canadians have demanded justice from the Canadian state for its discriminatory systems of colonization and racial management. Critics have argued that state apologies co-opt those demands. In addition, many Canadian institutions still attempt to control narratives about residential schools and other violence committed against Indigenous peoples, and about the internment of Japanese Canadians. After Redress examines how struggles for justice continue long after truth and reconciliation commissions conclude and state redress is made. Contributors to this trenchant volume analyze the complex, often paradoxical redress process from the perspectives of the communities involved. Mechanisms for reconciliation are defined by the settler state, but how do Indigenous peoples and Japanese Canadians reject or conform to Western liberal notions of social justice?

Ancillary Police Powers in Canada investigates the scope of police powers under Canadian common law, and the implications for our rights, freedoms, and individual liberty.

What really happened at Heenan Blakie? This is the ultimate account of what went on behind the scenes of the largest law firm dissolution in Canadian history.

Blending research with a reporter's journey through the industry, Under the White Gaze takes a pointed look at how people of colour are routinely missing, marginalized, or misrepresented in Canadian journalism, and explores what can be done to make our media more inclusive.

Local Governance in Transition presents a framework for conversations around technological, ecological, and economic challenges - and encourages innovative thinking for those interested in exploring sustainable solutions.

Feathered Entanglements investigates human-bird relations across the Indo-Pacific and shows what birds can teach us about how to live with other species in the Anthropocene.

How activities in and around government-run care facilities can help former residents heal after their closure. Into the twenty-first century, millions of disabled people and people experiencing mental distress were segregated from the rest of society and confined to residential institutions. Deinstitutionalization--the closure of these sites and integration of former residents into the community--has become increasingly commonplace. But this project is unfinished. Elizabeth Punzi's powerful work explores the use of the concept of sites of conscience, which involves place-based memory activities such as walking tours, survivor-authored social histories, and performances and artistic works in or generated from sites of systemic suffering and injustice. These activities offer new ways to move forward from the unfinished deinstitutionalization project and its failures. Covering diverse national contexts, Sites of Conscience proposes that acknowledging former residents' memories and lived experiences--and keeping institutions' histories and social heritage alive rather than simply closing sites--holds the greatest potential for recognition, accountability, and action.