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.
The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy
Inquiry and Intrigue
2002, Shortlisted - Dartmouth Non-Fiction Book Award, Atlantic Writing Awards
2003, Shortlisted - Keith Matthews Prize, Canadian Nautical Research Society
2003, Winner - John Lyman Book Award, North American Society for Oceanic History
2002, Shortlisted - Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, Atlantic Writing Awards
- Copyright year: 2002
A Trading Nation
Canadian Trade Policy from Colonialism to Globalization
This brilliantly crafted overview and analysis of the historical foundations of modern Canadian trade policy is the first survey to address the history of Canadian commercial policy in over fifty years.
2003, Shortlisted - Dafoe Book Prize, J.W. Dafoe Foundation
2002, Shortlisted - Donner Prize, Donner Foundation
2003, Shortlisted - Doug Purvis Memorial Prize, Canadian Economics Association
2002, Winner - Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine
2003, Shortlisted - Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association
- Copyright year: 2002
The Cost of Climate Policy
We all want to reduce the risks of global warming, but how much will this cost? What will it mean on a personal, business, or community level? What policy responses should we expect from our governments?
2002, Shortlisted - Donner Prize, Donner Foundation
2003, Shortlisted - Doug Pervis Memorial Prize, Canadian Economics Association
2002, Winner - Outstanding Contribution to Public Policy, Government of Canada, Policy Research Initiative
- Copyright year: 2002
Preserving What Is Valued
Museums, Conservation, and First Nations
What are the “right ways” to preserve heritage? Are the aims and purposes of museums necessarily at odds with those of First Nations? This thoughtful book explores the concept of museum conservation in light of cultural repatriation issues, and helps readers understand the complex relationship between museums and Aboriginal peoples.
2002, Winner - Outstanding Achievement Award, Conservation Category, Canadian Museums Association
- Copyright year: 2002
Gendering Government
Feminist Engagement with the State in Australia and Canada
This comparative study examines feminist engagement with a broad range of political institutions in Australia and Canada.
2004, Winner - Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine
- Copyright year: 2002
Anatomy of a Conflict
Identity, Knowledge, and Emotion in Old-Growth Forests
Explores the cultural aspects of the fierce dispute between activist loggers and environmentalists over the fate of Oregon’s temperate rain forest.
2002, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press
- Copyright year: 2002