Awards

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Clara at the Door with a Revolver

The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto

Gender, race, and politics in late-nineteenth-century Toronto swirl around this riveting true story of the murder of Frank Westwood and the controversial acquittal of the main suspect, Clara Ford – a cross-dressing Black single mother.

Awards

2023, Shortlisted - Toronto Book Award

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Unstable Properties

Aboriginal Title and the Claim of British Columbia

Unstable Properties convincingly argues that the so-called land question in British Columbia cannot be resolved without understanding the fundamentally unstable ideological foundation of land and title arrangements on which the province rests.

Awards

2023, Shortlisted - Lieutenant Governor’s Historical Writing Awards

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Making Muskoka

Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870–1920

Making Muskoka traces the first decades of Muskoka’s transformation from Indigenous homeland to a part-time playground for tourists and cottagers and uncovers the consequences for those who lived there year-round.

Awards

2023, Shortlisted - Saskatchewan Book Awards

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Lessons in Legitimacy

Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia

Lessons in Legitimacy examines the relationship between settler capitalism, state schooling, and the making of British Columbia.

Awards

2023, Runner-up - Lieutenant Governor’s Historical Writing Awards

2023, Winner - Clio Prize (British Columbia), Canadian Historical Association

  • Copyright year: 2022
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The Solidarity Encounter

Women, Activism, and Creating Non-Colonizing Relations

This compassionate yet unflinching exposé of the pitfalls of Indigenous–non-Indigenous solidarity work offers a constructive framework for non-colonizing solidarity that can be applied in any context of unequal power.

Awards

2023, Shortlisted - Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Rare Merit

Women in Photography in Canada, 1840–1940

Rare Merit illuminates the impact of women as portraitists, travel documentarians, photojournalists, fine artists, hobbyists, and printers in the early years of photography in Canada.

Awards

2023, Joint winner - AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show: Scholarly Illustrated

2023, Shortlisted - WILLA Literary Award, Scholarly Non-Fiction

  • Copyright year: 2022
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