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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.

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Queering Social Work Education

UBC Press

The first book of its kind in North America, this collection of original works promises to transform the future of social work education by equipping scholars and students with a new appreciation of queer strengths and experiences.

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Museums and the Past

Constructing Historical Consciousness

UBC Press

This vibrant examination of the museum’s role as contemporary narrator of our past reveals that our perceptions of history and ourselves are shaped as much by how a museum presents information as by what information it presents.

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What We Learned

Two Generations Reflect on Tsimshian Education and the Day Schools

UBC Press

Moving beyond the more familiar stories of residential schools, two generations of Tsimshian students recall their experiences attending day and public schools in northwestern British Columbia.

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So They Want Us to Learn French

Promoting and Opposing Bilingualism in English-Speaking Canada

UBC Press

So They Want Us to Learn French examines how and why Canadians both embraced and virulently opposed the ideal of personal bilingualism over the past fifty years, detailing and analyzing the strategies that social movements on both sides used to advance their goals.

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Insider’s Guide to K–12 Education in BC

UBC Press, Pacific Educational Press

This comprehensive guide offers real-life answers to real-life questions about British Columbia’s school system.

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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.

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More Indian Ernie

Insights from the Streets

UBC Press, Purich Publishing

Retired Police Sergeant Ernie Louttit heads back to the streets in his second book, giving readers a rare glimpse of the realities a street cop faces dealing with prostitutes, street gangs, drunk drivers, and other offenders.

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Teaching Each Other

Nehinuw Concepts and Indigenous Pedagogies

UBC Press

Drawing on Nehinuw (Cree) educational concepts, this book provides a new theoretical and practical model for teaching Indigenous students.

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Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education

Practical Strategies for Teachers

UBC Press, Pacific Educational Press

This book illustrates how to connect students to the natural world and encourage them to care about a more sustainable, ecologically secure planet.

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Aboriginal Student Engagement and Achievement

Educational Practices and Cultural Sustainability

UBC Press

A timely assessment of a successful initiative to support Aboriginal cultural ways and worldviews in one Ontario high school.

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The Public Sociology Debate

Ethics and Engagement

UBC Press

Leading Canadian experts discuss when – and if – sociologists should intervene in public debates and engage in social activism.

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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.

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Indian Ernie

Perspectives on Policing and Leadership by Ernie Louttit

UBC Press, Purich Publishing

Retired police sergeant Ernie Louttit shares stories from the streets of Saskatoon, struggling to bring justice to communities where the lines between criminal and victim often blurred.

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Decolonizing Education

Nourishing the Learning Spirit

UBC Press, Purich Publishing

An impassioned argument for Aboriginal education and critical engagement with Indigenous knowledges and traditions.

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Living Indigenous Leadership

Native Narratives on Building Strong Communities

UBC Press

Native women share their knowledge and insights about leadership at the community level.

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“Don’t Be So Gay!”

Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe

UBC Press

Queer students speak out in a book that seeks to address the problem of homophobic bullying in schools.

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A School in Every Village

Educational Reform in a Northeast China County, 1904-31

UBC Press

Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China’s early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed.

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MathWorks 12 Student Workbook Solutions

UBC Press, Pacific Educational Press

This resource provides complete worked solutions to the questions in the MathWorks 12 Workbook.

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Child and Youth Care

Critical Perspectives on Pedagogy, Practice, and Policy

UBC Press

This book reconceptualizes child and youth care by bringing critical and postmodern perspectives to bear on practices, programs, and policies.

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