Friends of the Library Speaker Series Presents - Uplift: Visual Culture at the Banff School of Fine Arts with Dr. PearlAnn Reichwein. ...more

Join the Institute for Gender and the Economy for an online talk with Shalene Jobin, author of Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships, in coversation with Dr. Sarah Kaplan. ...more

Explore the importance of representation by and for Black artists in Canadian visual and performing arts. In celebration of ROM's newest publication "Making History: Visual Arts and Blackness in Canada," join co-editor Dominique Fontaine in a conversation on the positioning of Black history and art within the Canadian cultural landscape. ...more

Another Story Bookshop and UBC Press present the Toronto launch for Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto by Carolyn Whitzman in conversation with George Eliot Clarke. ...more

The Spaniel's Tale and UBC Press present the Ottawa launch for Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto. Join us for an evening of conversation with author Carolyn Whitzman and playwright Sarah Waisvisz. ...more

Hosted by the Ottawa Historical Association. ...more

Author Meets Readers invites Carleton students and the community to join an informal discussion on new books published by members of the Carleton University Faculty of Public Affairs. ...more

Join John C. Courtney for the hybrid launch of his new book Revival and Change: The 1957 and 1958 Diefenbaker Elections. ...more

The Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne, in partnership with the University of British Columbia Press, with support from the Centre for Refugee Studies of York University, the Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida, the HIV Legal Network, and the Departments of Sociology and Health and Society of the University of Toronto, invite you to the book launch of Screening Out: HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience. ...more

Join the C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History editors John English and Robert Bothwell, and Randy Schmidt, UBC Press senior editor, for a lively conversation on the origins of the series, its accomplishments to date, and opportunities for new books that fill the gaps in Canadian political history. ...more

Ever wonder how military historians distill their research into a book? Join esteemed scholars as they discuss Studies in Canadian Military History, the joint publication series of the University of British Columbia Press and the Canadian War Museum. ...more

Galiano Island Books welcomes you to join award-winning documentary film producer, Phillip Vannini, and co-producer and author April Vannini, along with Autumn Vannini, for a film screening and discussion about their fascinating new documentary and book "In the Name of Wild: One Family, Five Years, Ten Countries, and a New Vision of Wildness." ...more

Hosted by UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Join Randy Schmidt (Senior Editor, UBC Press) for a chat about academic book publishing. ...more

A roundtable discussion with author Andrea Geiger, Karen Ishizuka, and Michel Hogue moderated by Andrew Graybill. ...more

Join us for the launch of "Braided Learning: Illuminating Indigenous Presence through Art and Story." ...more

A public talk by Dr. Joan Sangster, Vanier Professor Emeritus, Trent University, and author or the new book "Demanding Equality: One Hundred Years of Canadian Feminism." ...more

Set aside the evening of Tuesday, March 8, to hear from award-winning authors Veronica Strong-Boag and Lara Campbell whose writings focus on the history of women’s equality in British Columbia. ...more

UBC Okanagan's Department of English and Cultural Studies is please to host the launch of a new book edited by Daniel Keyes and Luis Aguiar. White Space, Race, Privilege, and Cultural Economies of the Okanagan Valley, published by UBC Press, was released in the fall of 2021. ...more

Join MOA, Figure 1 Publishing and UBC Press to celebrate the launch of two new publications on art, performance and play—Mischief Making: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Art, and the Seriousness of Play and Bodies of Enchantment: Puppets from Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. ...more

On Tuesday, Nov 30th at 6:00PM, join Massy Arts and Massy Books for the in-person launch of “Mischief Making: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Art, and the Seriousness of Play” (2021, UBC Press) by Nicola Levell, an illustrated exploration of the art of Indigenous award-winning visual artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. ...more