Awards

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.

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Taxing Choices

The Intersection of Class, Gender, Parenthood, and the Law

This fascinating analysis of the controversial Symes case of the 1990s examines how class and gender interests clashed over the tax treatment of childcare.

Awards

2004, Winner - Harold Adams Innis Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Science

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Globalization and Well-Being

Throughout this concise and elegant book, John Helliwell emphasizes well-being as an explicit focus for research and for public policies.

Awards

2002, Winner - Donner Prize, Donner Foundation

  • Copyright year: 2002
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The Co-Workplace

Teleworking in the Neighbourhood

Borrowing from the experience of cooperative artists' studios, business incubators, and the corner copy shop, this book explains why office infrastructure can be important for productivity as well as the quality of work life.

Awards

2003, Winner - Diana C. Donald Award, American Planning Association, Planning and Women Division

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Unnatural Law

Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy

This award-winning book comprehensively assesses of the strengths and weaknesses of Canadian environmental law.

Awards

2004, Shortlisted - Donald Smiley Book Prize, Canadian Political Science Association

2005, Shortlisted - Walter Owen Book Prize, Foundation for Legal Research

2004, Winner - Book of the Year (Environment), Canadian Geographic Magazine

  • Copyright year: 2003
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Tough on Kids

Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justice

In this compelling, thought-provoking and sometimes heartbreaking book, the authors use the stories of their young clients to illustrate the very real costs of the current system, analyzing theories behind youth justice, and how these are reflected in Canadian legislation both past and present.

Awards

2003, Shortlisted - Publishing Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards

2003, Winner - Scholarly Writing Award, Saskatchewan Book Award

2003, Shortlisted - Non-Fiction Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards

  • Copyright year: 2003
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Hidden Agendas

How Journalists Influence the News

A controversial study showing how the political beliefs of journalists significantly affect the ideological slant of the news, skewing it further to the left than the political stance of the average Canadian.

Awards

2004, Shortlisted - Donner Prize, Donner Foundation

  • Copyright year: 2003
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