"Shaping the Future on Haida Gwaii" by Joseph Weiss counters colonial ideas about Indigenous peoples being frozen in time and without a future. This provocative book explores the ways in which members of the Haida Nation are shaping myriad possible futures to address the dilemmas that come with life under settler colonialism. ...more

From Where I Stand is a timely, forthright, impassioned, and optimistic book for all Canadians – Indigenous and non-Indigenous – that urges us to build upon the momentum already gained on the reconciliation journey or else risk hard-won progress being lost. ...more

The University of British Columbia Press has been awarded US$490,000 (C$650,000) to undertake a 15-month research project leading to the design of a business plan and conceptual framework for supporting interactive digital publications in Indigenous studies. ...more

A little bird told us that it's Vancouver Bird Week (May 11-17). And since we're as proud as a peacock over our ornithology list, we're taking the opportunity to bring back our UBC Press Picks list of bird books. Though these aren't specific to Vancouver birds, we wanted to give bird-lovers everywhere a bird's eye view of our best bird books! ...more

Join us as we celebrate the launch of Truth and Conviction and hear McMillan, in conversation with Justice Harry LaForme, explore the current state of Indigenous relations in Canada, and understand if we are actually learning from our past mistakes. ...more

UBC Press would like to congratulate Allan Downey, author of "The Creator’s Game: Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood" and recipient of the 2019 Canada Prize, awarded by The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. ...more