“Organizing Sanctuary” by Karl Gardner offers a politically charged analysis of the history of sanctuary activism in Canada and outlines a radical reimagining of its potential in the current political moment. tinyurl.com/yscevxnt

Congratulations to Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross! “Challenging Exile” was awarded the W. Wesley Pue Book Prize by the Canadian Law and Society Association! 🥳 About the book: www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...

Edited by Charles Smith and Tom McIntosh, “The New Politics of Western Canada” examines the identity of “the West,” its contested political ideologies, and current economic and policy concerns to anticipate the challenges that lie ahead. tinyurl.com/49cthr2t

Have you read our latest newsletter? We share the latest from UBC Press, including a visit to the BC legislature and our newest books! mailchi.mp/ubcpress/spr... Join our mailing list and never miss an issue: www.ubcpress.ca/newsletter

Thanks to @ctvnewsedmonton.bsky.social for the Morning Show chat about creative anti-violence activism in Canada and my new book--which came out June 1! @ubcpress.bsky.social @ualbertaarts.bsky.social @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/vid...

Congratulations to George M. Abbott! “Unceded” is a finalist for the inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy BC Award for Excellence. Congratulations to the shortlisted authors and publishers. 🎉 Finalists will be featured at an event during the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts ⬇️

We’re thrilled that the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences has awarded Éléna Choquette, author of “Land and the Liberal Project: Canada’s Violent Expansion,” a 2026 Canada Prize! Thank you to the Federation and congratulations to all the prize winners and their publishers! 🥳

Congratulations! Books BC members @caitlinpress.bsky.social, @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social, and @ubcpress.bsky.social have been shortlisted for the inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy BC Award for Excellence, presented by the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Read more here: buff.ly/7ZaXFjQ

Congratulations to Amy Janzwood! “Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance” has won the 2026 Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize, awarded by the Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. 🎉 About the book: www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...

We’re looking for a Sales and Inventory Coordinator! Could it be you? 👀 The Sales and Inventory Coordinator plays a key role in sales, marketing, and inventory activities. Learn more and apply. Posting ends June 23: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcstaffjobs...

“Greyscale Legality” by Qiaoling He provides a sharp and systematic analysis of how legal texts and industry contexts interact to shape the enforcement of intellectual property law across Chinese industries. bit.ly/4uBeCaA

"Girlhoods in the Traumascape" by Mythili Rajiva compares how Indigenous and white girls in Canada interpret and navigate sexual violence, highlighting the role of settler colonialism in their very different experiences. bit.ly/4ecImV2

Join us and Another Story Bookshop for the Toronto launch of "From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada" by Nicolette Little. June 24 at 7:00 PM at Another Story Bookshop! www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-la...

Welcome to our newest acquisitions editor, Shalini Nanayakkara! Shalini brings a sales perspective to editorial work, having started in the UBC Press marketing dept in 2022. She bears a personal connection to her subject areas and offers safe space to help authors publish their best scholarship.

On Tuesday, our director, Douglas Hildebrand, presented the K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing to Robert Gibbs for “What Could a University Be? Revolutionary Ideas for the Future.” Congratulations, Dr. Gibbs! 🎉 About the book: www.ubcpress.ca/what-could-a...

It must be conference season! We're in Ottawa at the @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social annual conference, June 2-4. Please stop by our booth to say hello! #CPSA_ACSP26 Visit our special CPSA conference page: www.ubcpress.ca/cpsa-confere...

This week we’re in Charlottetown at the Canadian Historical Association’s annual meeting! We’re done for the day but we’re here all day tomorrow. #CHASHC2026 📚 Visit our special conference page: www.ubcpress.ca/cha-conference

We’re at #CSSE2026 at the University of Winnipeg! Please stop by our booth to browse our books and tell us about your latest project. We’ll be here tomorrow and Wednesday morning as well, so come say hello! 📚 Browse our newest education books: www.ubcpress.ca/education-ca...

“From Red Dresses to Memory Stones” by Nicolette Little explores creative media activism to address gender-based violence, illuminating a vital but overlooked terrain of resistance and remembrance in Canada. bit.ly/43Fmbld

We’re at the Indigenous Literary Studies Association gathering at UBC! Please visit our booth, browse our books, and say hello! We’re here today and tomorrow, 8:30 – 5:30.

TODAY! Charles Smith, co-editor of “The New Politics of Western Canada,” will be on CBC's "On The Coast" at 5:00 PM to discuss political relations between BC and AB. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

“Belonging with Indigenous Lands” details an innovative Indigenous environmental movement and economic justice initiative in Tla-o-qui-aht country, along with its reception by settler communities in Tofino. bit.ly/4dEIQTk

Thank you to everyone who attended last week's launch of "Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi," edited by @larrybeasley.bsky.social and Michael White. Thank you to Inform for being wonderful hosts! For those who missed it, Inform has shared a video of the talk! It's worth a watch: inform.ca/archives/

Check out Cecilia Slane's review of Amy Janzwood's "Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance: Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure," published in 2025 by @ubcpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #energy www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

“Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi,” edited by Larry Beasley and Michael White, shares the inside story of the international collaboration that turned the Emirate into a model of sustainable, contemporary city building. bit.ly/4tAepUu

We hope you can join us this Thursday, May 14, for the Vancouver launch of “Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi: A Canadian-Emirati Collaboration for Sustainable Urbanism,” edited by Larry Beasley and Michael White. Details and RSVP: inform.ca/events/book-...

This year's #BCBookDay was "one for the books"! Thank you for celebrating with us. Special shoutout to program speakers: Books BC Board Chair Laraine Coates, Creative BC CEO Prem Gill, Hon. Minister Anne Kang, MLA A'a:lya Warbus, BC Treaty Chief Comm + Author George Abbott, and Author Iona Whishaw.

Excited to announce the launch of my new book with Michael White - Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi is now available from @ubcpress.bsky.social: www.ubcpress.ca/planning-the...

Our website is back! Thank you for your patience during our website downtime. Our shopping cart isn’t live yet, so please place orders through UTP Distribution (link below), or get in touch with us at frontdesk[at]ubcpress[dot]ca. Orders: utpdistribution.com/search-resul...

We are thrilled to report that George Abbott has been shortlisted for the 2026 George Ryga award for “Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why it Matters Now.”

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We’re pleased to share that two UBC Press books have been shortlisted for the 2026 Donald Smiley Prize: 📕 “Renegotiating the Bargain” by Rob Currie-Wood 📕 “Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance” by Amy Janzwood Thank you to @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social and good luck to all the shortlisted authors!

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“Canada, Apartheid, and the Defence of the Liberal Order” traces Canadian attitudes and policy toward South African apartheid over nearly four decades, revealing why Canada was prompted to take a leading role in the global fight against South Africa’s system of racial oppression. bit.ly/4tECgmL

We’re at the BC Library Conference in Vancouver! Stop by our booth to chat about books from UBC Press and our distribution partners. #BCLA2026

We had a wonderful time yesterday celebrating #BCBookDay at the BC Legislature!

Happy #BCBookDay! On April 21, we celebrate the province’s book & magazine publishers, authors, illustrators, bookstores, libraries, festivals, and literary prizes that connect us with local stories. Learn more about how you can support BC Book Day via Read Local BC: www.readlocalbc.ca/bcbookday/

We’re grateful that two UBC Press books are finalists for the 2026 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, awarded by @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social! Good luck to the shortlisted authors and publishers! Read more: bcyukonbookprizes.com/2026/04/14/a...

Working-class Canadians are often overlooked by politicians, policy-makers, and political scientists. “The Working Class and Politics in Canada” offers an up-to-date and much-needed assessment of class and its place in contemporary Canadian politics. #cdnpoli bit.ly/4tnJWd4

Next Tues. FREE webinar: PLANNING THE FUTURE OF ABU DHABI: A Canadian - Emirati Collaboration Guests: Larry Beasley (f) Chief Planner Vancouver & Michael White Free register & share: bit.ly/4b3drIZ Tues. April 21 11am EST / 5pm CET / 7pm UAE Invite: Cities for Better Health & 8 80 Cities

I am so incredibly proud of Karl Gardner, the first PhD student I ever supervised, for releasing his upcoming book published @ubcpress.bsky.social Seriously a smart and committed activist and scholar. Buy his book and watch this space for details on his launch! www.ubcpress.ca/organizing-s...

Reversing the flow of knowledge – so students, rather than established professors, drive enquiry – could help the next generation of scholars prepare society, and themselves, for the future, writes Robert Gibbs: https://ow.ly/o8io50YIWYW #AcademicChatter #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky

This Thursday! Don't miss the online book launch of "Gateways to Trade: Global Value Chains and Governance in Canadian Cities." Presented by the CIVIS: Urban Governance and Citizenship Research Cluster, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies. www.yorku.ca/research/rob...

Congrats to @tinaadcock.bsky.social ! You can watch/listen to our convo about A Cold Colonialism here: 🎥 newnatures.org/greenhouse/e... 🎧 newnatures.org/greenhouse/p...

Shortlisted for the Canadian Historical Association’s Best Scholarly Book in Canada History Prize, “A Cold Colonialism” by @tinaadcock.bsky.social offers the first extended examination of twentieth-century exploration in the Canadian North. bit.ly/4mlCLPB

“Artificial Democracy” examines the multiple ways in which big data, analytics, and AI are transforming contemporary democracies. bit.ly/48aeTsH

The First Nations Summit and the governments of British Columbia and Canada are to appoint George Abbott, author of "Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now," as chief commissioner of the BC Treaty Commission. Congrats, George! news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

“A Cold Colonialism” by @tinaadcock.bsky.social has been shortlisted for this year’s Best (English-Language) Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize! Thank you to the Canadian Historical Association and congratulations to all the shortlisted authors and publishers. cha-shc.ca/shortlist-be...

It's a great honour to see *A Cold Colonialism* on this list alongside other excellent books by talented colleagues. Congratulations to the other nominees! And many thanks to the wonderful team @ubcpress.bsky.social who brought ACC into being. #cdnhist #cdnhistory

Now available as an open access download, “Tender Labour” by Jennifer E. Shaw investigates the paid and unpaid labour that young migrants from the Philippines engage in to hold their families together and build a better life. bit.ly/3PWPPyP