UBC Press is proud to publish outstanding scholarly works by some of the world’s preeminent scholars. We congratulate our authors and volume editors who have been recognized with awards and citations.
Strong, Beautiful and Modern
National Fitness in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, 1935-1960
Strong, Beautiful and Modern tells the story of the national fitness campaigns spanning the “British world” beginning in the 1930s.
2012, Shortlisted - Ernest Scott Prize
2012, Winner - The Ian Wards Prize, Archives and Records Association of New Zealand (ARANZ)
- Copyright year: 2013
Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada
Historical Foundations and Contemporary Issues
Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada is the first work to focus sustained and serious attention on the wider implications of Aboriginal peoples’ involvement in sport.
2014, Winner - NASSH Book Prize for Collections, North American Society for Sport History
- Copyright year: 2013
Aboriginal Justice and the Charter
Realizing a Culturally Sensitive Interpretation of Legal Rights
This book explores the tension between Aboriginal justice methods and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, while searching for practical ways to implement Aboriginal justice.
2013, Shortlisted - Canadian Law & Society Association Book Prize
2013, Joint winner - K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing
- Copyright year: 2012
Boundless Optimism
Richard McBride's British Columbia
Boundless Optimism is the definitive biography of Premier Richard McBride and a revealing portrait of British Columbia during a time of great volatility and great expectations.
2013, Winner - Patricia E. Roy is the recipient of the Canadian Historical Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013
- Copyright year: 2012
Hunger, Horses, and Government Men
Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains, 1870-1905
Tells the complex story of the relationship between Plains Indians and Canadian criminal law as it took root in their land.
2013, Winner - Clio Prize for the Prairies, Canadian Historical Association
2013, Shortlisted - CLSA Book Prize, Canadian Law and Society Association
2013, Shortlisted - The Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2012
Still Dying for a Living
Corporate Criminal Liability after the Westray Mine Disaster
Still Dying for a Living investigates the state’s (in)ability to develop effective legal strategies for holding corporations accountable for serious injury and death in the workplace.
2014, Winner - Outstanding Publication of the year, National White Collar Crime Consortium (NWCCC)
- Copyright year: 2012