This book explores how French Canada’s aspirations migrated north with natural resource development, creating a culture of hydroelectricity that continues to shape territorial planning and relations with Aboriginal peoples in the province.

An investigation into the experiences of Filipino women in Canada’s Prairie provinces, which reveals much about their understanding of transnational identities, feminism, migration, diaspora, and the rubric of multiculturalism.

Here the story of a B.C. First Nations woman, whose people were for many years both silent and silenced, is carefully recorded.

An exploration of the personal, social, and cultural meanings of the iconic Canadian cottage.

This innovative blend of oral history and anthropological commentary documents how the Dane-zaa survived and flourished for millennia in northern BC.

This provocative book provides a new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Saskatchewan, arguing that it should not be portrayed merely as an irrational outburst of intolerance but as a slightly more extreme version of mainstream opinion that wanted to keep Canada British.

A revealing look at the origins of modern wildlife conservation in Quebec.

A timely exploration of how the interplay between attitudes toward nature, parks policy, public memory, and the force of nature helped shape one of the world’s most famous urban parks.

A lavishly illustrated history of the Canadian Rangers and their evolving role as defenders and stewards of Canada’s remote regions.

A crystal clear evocation of another time and place and a compelling meditation on hope and loss.

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.

Tells the complex story of the relationship between Plains Indians and Canadian criminal law as it took root in their land.

A stirring portrait of a controversial Kwakwaka’wakw leader and the efforts of her descendants to reconcile a difficult history in the hopes of forging a positive cultural identity for future generations.

A compelling exploration of place-based development as a timely, pragmatic approach to renewing rural and small-town economies in northern British Columbia.

An examination of the struggle for identity and nationhood among non-status Algonquin during the negotiation of a major comprehensive land claim.

Reveals the underlying forces that shaped postwar conflict and cooperation in the Canada-Quebec-France triangle.

A groundbreaking exploration of the causes and consequences of Halifax’s tough-on-crime measures in the interwar era.

The first synthesis of the archaeological and ethnological evidence pertaining to the St’át’imc or Upper Lillooet people of the Mid-Fraser Canyon.

Charts the development of the region's labour movement from the early nineteenth century to the present.