UBC Press is proud to publish outstanding scholarly works by some of the world’s preeminent scholars. We congratulate our authors and volume editors who have been recognized with awards and citations.
Breaching the Peace
The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro
Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox recounts the prolonged battle, led by farmers and First Nations, to stop the cripplingly expensive and environmentally irresponsible Site C dam.
2019, Winner - Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, BC Book Prizes
2019, Shortlisted - Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, Writers’ Trust of Canada
- Publication year: 2019
One Hundred Years of Struggle
The History of Women and the Vote in Canada
Acclaimed historian Joan Sangster celebrates the 100th anniversary of Canadian women getting the federal vote with a look at the real struggles women faced, depending on their race, class, and location in the nation, in their fight for equality.
2019, Shortlisted - Dafoe Book Prize Prize, The Dafoe Foundation
- Publication year: 2018
Otter’s Journey through Indigenous Language and Law
Told in contemporary Anishinaabe storytelling style, Otter’s Journey takes us across the globe to explore how the work in Indigenous language revitalization can inform the emerging field of Indigenous legal revitalization.
2019, Shortlisted - Indigenous Literature Award, Southern Ontario Library Service
- Publication year: 2018
The Creator’s Game
Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood
The Creator’s Game serves as a potent illustration of how, for over a century, the Indigenous game of lacrosse has served as a central means for Indigenous communities to activate their self-determination and reformulate their identities.
2018, Winner - CSN-REC Book Prize, Canadian Studies Network – Réseau d’études canadiennes
2019, Winner - Canada Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
2019, Shortlisted - Wilson Book Prize, The Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University
- Publication year: 2018
Crerar’s Lieutenants
Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-45
This book illustrates not only the challenges many junior officers faced during the Second World War, it also points to the enduring problem of living up to the image of an ideal middle-class male.
2017, Winner - C.P. Stacey Award for scholarly work in Canadian Military History
- Publication year: 2017
China Gadabouts
New Frontiers of Humanitarian Nursing, 1941–51
This critical reassessment of the Quaker-sponsored humanitarian nursing convoy in 1940s China will deepen understanding of the ethical, cultural, and political barriers to delivering humanitarian assistance then and now.
2018, Winner - Lavina L. Dock Award, American Association for the History of Nursing
- Publication year: 2018