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Moved by the State

Forced Relocation and Making a Good Life in Postwar Canada

Through five diverse episodes of forced relocation across Canada, Moved by the State offers a new look at the power of the welfare state and the political culture of postwar Canada.

Awards

2020, Shortlisted - Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History, Canadian Historical Association

2020, Shortlisted - J.W. Dafoe Book Prize, J.W. Dafoe Foundation

2020, Winner - Best Book in Political History, Canadian Historical Association

  • Copyright year: 2019
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Flawed Precedent

The St. Catherine’s Case and Aboriginal Title

This illuminating account of the St. Catherine’s case of the 1880s reveals the erroneous assumptions and racism inherent in judgments that would define the nature and character of Aboriginal title in Canadian law and policy for almost a century.

Awards

2020, Shortlisted - Canada Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

2020, Winner - John T. Saywell Prize for Canadian Constitutional Legal History, The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

  • Copyright year: 2019
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At the Bridge

James Teit and an Anthropology of Belonging

At the Bridge lifts from obscurity the story of James Teit (1864–1922), an outstanding Canadian ethnographer and Indian rights activist whose thoughtful scholarship and tireless organizing have been largely ignored.

Awards

2020, Shortlisted - Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, UBC Library

2020, Shortlisted - Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History, Canadian Historical Association

2020, Shortlisted - Roderick Haig-Brown Award, BC and Yukon Book Prizes

2020, Shortlisted - Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical Writing, BC Historical Federation

2020, Shortlisted - Ryga Award for Best Book on Social Justice Awareness in Literature, The George Ryga Society

2020, Commended - The Wilson Book Prize, McMaster University

2020, Winner - Clio BC, Canadian Historical Association

2020, Winner - Canada Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

2020, Winner - Labrecque-Lee Book Award, Canadian Anthropology Society

2020, Winner - Best Book in Canadian Studies, The Canadian Studies Network

2021, Winner - Pierre Savard Book Award, International Council for Canadian Studies

  • Copyright year: 2019
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The New NDP

Moderation, Modernization, and Political Marketing

The New NDP traces the tumultuous shift in federal New Democratic Party’s ideology and campaigning techniques in the opening decades of the twenty-first century.

Awards

2020, Winner - Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association

  • Copyright year: 2019
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The Nature of Canada

These captivating reflections on the history of our environment and ourselves will make you think differently not only about Canada’s past but also about our future.

Awards

2020, Winner - Best Edited Collection, Canadian Studies Network

  • Copyright year: 2019
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Nothing to Write Home About

British Family Correspondence and the Settler Colonial Everyday in British Columbia

The first substantial study of family correspondence and settler colonialism, Nothing to Write Home About elucidates the significance of trans-imperial intimacy, epistolary silence, and the everyday in laying the foundations of settler colonialism in British Columbia.

Awards

2020, Commended - The Wilson Book Prize, McMaster University

  • Copyright year: 2019
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