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Unsettling the Settler Within
Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada
Unsettling the Settler Within is a powerful call to action that lays bare the myth of the peacemaking settler and points the way toward a meaningful reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians grappling with the legacy of the Indian residential school system.
2012, Shortlisted - Canada Prize in Social Sciences, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Copyright year: 2011
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 47, 2009
This is the forty-seventh volume of The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, which contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.
2013, Winner - Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing, Canadian Association of Law Libraries
- Copyright year: 2010
Contesting White Supremacy
School Segregation, Anti-Racism, and the Making of Chinese Canadians
By drawing on Chinese sources and perspectives, this book offers an anti-racist history of the 1922-23 Chinese students’ strike in Victoria and Asian exclusion and racism in British Columbia.
2012, Winner - Clio Award for British Columbia, Canadian Historical Association
2012, Winner - Founder Award, Canadian History of Education Association
- Copyright year: 2011
Retail Nation
Department Stores and the Making of Modern Canada
Retail Nation traces Canada’s modern consumer culture back to an era when department stores not only ruled, but defined, the nation’s shopping scene.
2012, Shortlisted - John W. Dafoe Book Prize, J. W. Dafoe Foundation
2012, Shortlisted - Sir John A MacDonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association
2012, Winner - PIerre Savard Award, International Council for Canadian Studies
- Copyright year: 2011
Code Politics
Campaigns and Cultures on the Canadian Prairies
This book unravels the paradox of the Canadian prairies by explaining how the region’s three provinces developed such distinct political cultures.
2012, Shortlisted - Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association
, Commended - The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books for 2012
- Copyright year: 2011
Globalization and Local Adaptation in International Trade Law
Drawing on case studies from the Pacific Rim, this book traces the selective adaptation of international trade law to local conditions.
, Commended - The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books for 2012
- Copyright year: 2011