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Truth and Conviction

Donald Marshall Jr. and the Mi’kmaw Quest for Justice

A passionate account of how one man’s fight against racism and injustice transformed the criminal justice system and galvanized the Mi’kmaw Nation’s struggle for self-determination, forever changing the landscape of Indigenous rights in Canada and around the world.

Awards

2020, Winner - Atlantic Book Awards, Atlantic Book Awards and Festival

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Made Modern

Science and Technology in Canadian History

The first major collection of its kind in thirty years, Made Modern explores the role of science and technology in shaping Canadians’ experience of themselves and their place in the modern world.

Awards

2019, Commended -

Best Edited Collection, Canadian Studies Network

  • Copyright year: 2019
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Our Voices Must Be Heard

Women and the Vote in Ontario

Our Voices Must Be Heard examines the ideals and failings of Ontario’s suffrage history, its daring supporters and thunderous enemies, and its blind spots on matters of race and class.

Awards

2018, Winner - Alison Prentice Award for Best Book in Ontario Women's and Gender History, Ontario Historical Society

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Incorporating Culture

How Indigenous People Are Reshaping the Northwest Coast Art Industry

Incorporating Culture examines what happens when Indigenous people assert control over the commercialization of their art by instilling the market with their communities’ values.

Awards

2019, Shortlisted - Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, UBC Library

2019, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing, UBC Press

2020, Shortlisted - Society for Economic Anthropology Book Prize, Society for Economic Anthropology

2020, Commended - Council for Museum Anthropology Book Award, Council for Museum Anthropology

  • Copyright year: 2018
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The Last Suffragist Standing

The Life and Times of Laura Marshall Jamieson

The Last Suffragist Standing is an unprecedented study of a pioneering Canadian suffragist and politician and an illuminating work on the history of feminism, socialism, internationalism, and activism in Canada.

Awards

2019, Shortlisted - Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing, BC Historical Federation

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Sovereignty and Command in Canada–US Continental Air Defence, 1940–57

The most thorough study of Canada–US command and control relations to date, Sovereignty and Command in Canada–US Continental Air Defence, 1940–57 traces Canada’s efforts to protect its sovereignty by retaining command over its armed forces.

Awards

2018, Commended - C.P. Stacey Award

  • Copyright year: 2018
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