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Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers

Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy

UBC Press

Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers amasses vital, data-driven research that both corroborates enduring accounts of inequality for women academics and offers pathways toward substantive policy change.

  • Copyright year: 2024
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The Deliberate Doctorate

A Values-Focused Journey to your PhD

UBC Press, On Campus

The Deliberate Doctorate shows postgraduate students how their PhD journey can be driven by purpose when it is grounded in their core values and aligned with their future plans.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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TL;DR

A Very Brief Guide to Reading and Writing in University

UBC Press, On Campus

TL;DR is a clear, accessible, and short guide to what students need to know about writing for university.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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The Successful TA

A Practical Approach to Effective Teaching

UBC Press, On Campus

Feel confident stepping into your role as a TA with help from this short, practical guide, which demystifies everything from how to interact with course instructors to giving students feedback on their work.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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You @ the U

A Guided Tour through Your First Year of University

UBC Press, On Campus

In this essential guide, university counsellor Janet Miller draws on her wit, wisdom, and decades of experience to help first-time students – of whatever age – prep for and survive their first year of university.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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It’s All Good (Unless It’s Not)

Mental Health Tips and Self-Care Strategies for Your Undergrad Years

UBC Press, On Campus

It’s All Good (Unless It’s Not) explores frequent sources of undergraduate mental distress and the steps students can take to meet those challenges head-on.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Postsecondary Education in British Columbia

Public Policy and Structural Development, 1960–2015

UBC Press

Postsecondary Education in British Columbia is a thoughtful critical analysis of the role of social justice, human capital, and the market in the development of institutions and public policy in BC education since 1960.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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The Equity Myth

Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities

UBC Press

Challenging the myth of equity in higher education, this is the first comprehensive, data-based study of racialized and Indigenous faculty members’ experiences in Canadian universities.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Learning and Teaching Together

Weaving Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Education

UBC Press

An inspirational account of how a group of pre-service teachers, working alongside Indigenous wisdom keepers in British Columbia, developed an indigenist approach to education that can be applied in a wide variety of classrooms.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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How to Succeed at University (and Get a Great Job!)

Mastering the Critical Skills You Need for School, Work, and Life

UBC Press, On Campus

This practical, easy-to-read guide shows you how to master the critical skills needed for school, work, and life.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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Unthinkable Thoughts

Academic Freedom and the One-State Model for Israel and Palestine

UBC Press

This book presents a case study of an academic conference where various actors sought to circumscribe the exploration of a controversial idea – the one-state model for Israel and Palestine – and it throws into stark relief the vulnerability and importance of academic freedom.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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The Exchange University

Corporatization of Academic Culture

UBC Press

This book critically examines the commercialization of today’s universities, under increasing economic pressure to develop human capital, science, and technology.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Reshaping the University

Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes, and the Logic of the Gift

UBC Press
  • Copyright year: 2007
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Student Affairs

Experiencing Higher Education

UBC Press

This collection reveals how much institutional change has occurred in the social organization of postsecondary education, and how much more change is required to achieve equitable access and inclusion.

  • Copyright year: 2004
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Growth and Governance of Canadian Universities

An Insider's View

UBC Press

A veteran of university administration considers the effect of remarkable change on the growth and governance of the modern Canadian university.

  • Copyright year: 2003
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No Place to Learn

Why Universities Aren't Working

UBC Press

Arguing that too much emphasis is placed on specialized research and too little on teaching, this book contends that students seeking higher education in Canada are being short-changed.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Academic Freedom and the Inclusive University

UBC Press

Lively, impassioned and informed, these essays provide insight into the relationship between academic freedom and the inclusive university.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Challenge and Opportunity

Canada's Community Colleges at the Crossroads

UBC Press

This book provides a critical analysis of the most significant developments in the college systems in every province and territory since 1895.

  • Copyright year: 1995
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