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Book signing - Home Truths, by Carolyn Whitzman

November 23, 2024 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore, 1131 Wellington St. W., Ottawa
Stop by to meet author Carolyn Whitzman and pick up a copy of her new book, Home Truths. ...more

Book Launch – Drumming Our Way Home

November 15, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Gallery, Indian Residential School Historical and Dialogue Centre. 1985 Learners’ Walk, UBC Vancouver
Join us for the Vancouver book launch of Drumming Our Way Home. ...more

Windsor - Book launch for Shifting Gears

November 8, 2024 4:00 PM
Sandwich Brewing Company, 3232 Sandwich Street, Windsor, ON
Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage in conversation with Luke Savage ...more

Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law with Dr. Mandi Gray

November 7, 2024 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
108 St. John's College, University of Manitoba, Fort Garry Campus
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Mandi Gray (Assistant Professor, Trent University) on her book, Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law. ...more

Two Tyee Titans: andrea bennett and Christopher Cheung in Conversation

November 6, 2024 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Upstart & Crow, 1387 Railspur Alley, Vancouver
Join us on Wednesday, November 6 as two staffers at The Tyee, B.C.’s best-read online news source, chat about their newest books! ...more

Heenan Blaikie: The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm – Book Launch with Adam Dodek

November 5, 2024 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
UBC Robson Square Theatre C300 at 800 Robson Street
Join us to celebrate the release of Heenan Blaikie: The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm and listen to a fascinating discussion with the author, Professor Adam Dodek. ...more

Book Launch: Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law

October 23, 2024 7:00 PM
Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Ave., Edmonton
Assistant professor (University of Trent, Department of Sociology) and anti-violence activist Mandi Gray launches her book Suing for Silence. ...more

St. Catharines - Book launch for Shifting Gears

October 11, 2024 7:00 PM
Niagara Artists Centre, 354 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON
Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage in conversation with Luke Savage ...more

Hamilton - Book launch for Shifting Gears

October 7, 2024 7:00 PM
Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, 51 Stuart Street, Hamilton, ON
Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage in conversation with Luke Savage ...more

Book launch event – ‘Broken City: Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis’

October 1, 2024 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Inform Interiors, 50 Water Street, Vancouver
Join Inform and UBC SALA on October 1st to celebrate the launch of Broken City with author Patrick Condon. ...more

Diane Morrisseau: One Second at a Time

September 24, 2024 7:00 PM
VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
In her new memoir, One Second at A Time, Diane Morrisseau shares her harrowing story of domestic abuse and how she found the strength to escape her abuser. It’s a courageous story of how an Ojibway-Anishinabe woman rescued herself and her children from a life of brutal beatings, sexual servitude, and almost unimaginable hardship. ...more

Toronto - Book launch for Shifting Gears

September 20, 2024 7:00 PM
Workers' Action Centre, 720 Spadina Ave. 2nd floor, Suite 223, Toronto, ON
Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage in conversation with Luke Savage. ...more

ONE SECOND AT A TIME - Diane Morrisseau & Elisabeth Brannigan

September 19, 2024 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncevalles Ave., Toronto
Join us for the launch of One Second at a Time: My Story of Pain and Reclamation (UBC Press) by Diane Morrisseau, with Elisabeth Brannigan, in conversation with Nancy Cooper. ...more

Christopher Cheung: Under the White Gaze

September 18, 2024 7:00 PM
VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
Journalist Christopher Cheung’s new book, Under the White Gaze, is a candid investigation into the state of race in Canadian media today, and a call for newsrooms to think critically about representation in all areas of coverage. ...more

Geographies of the Heart - Book Launch Celebration

September 18, 2024 6:00 PM
Open Space, 33765 Essendene Ave, Abbotsford BC
Join us to celebrate the release of Geographies of the Heart: Stories of Newcomers to Canada, edited by Raymonde Tickner, Amea Wilbur, Zahida Rahemtulla, and Kerry Johnson. ...more

Mandi Gray Montreal Launch: Suing for Silence

June 19, 2024 4:00 PM
Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore, 2220 Avenue McGill College Montréal, QC H3A 3P9
June 19! Join author Dr. Mandi Gray and moderator Amanda Lynn Hardman for a vitally important talk about “Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law.” 4:00 PM at Paragraphe Books in Montréal. ...more

Diane Morrisseau & Elisabeth Brannigan Book Launch

June 5, 2024 7:00 PM
McNally Robinson, Grant Park in the Atrium, Streaming on YouTube, Winnipeg
Join Diane Morrisseau and Elisabeth Brannigan for the launch of One Second at a Time: My Story of Pain and Reclamation (UBC Press / Purich Books). Featuring a conversation hosted by Darren Courchene. ...more

Swipe North for Sex! A Book Launch

May 30, 2024 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncevalles Ave., Toronto
Join us for an evening of sex talk featuring writers Tina Fetner and Treena Orchard, moderated by author of Halal Sex Sheima Benembarek. ...more

Sex and Swiping: A Dual Book Launch

May 16, 2024 6:00 PM
Upstart & Crow, 1387 Railspur Alley, Vancouver
Join us for an evening of frank talk on sex, love, and dating in Canada, with authors Tina Fetner and Treena Orchard. Moderated by Mandy Len Catron. ...more

Workshop: Publishing as Knowledge Sharing in the Digital Age

May 14, 2024 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
University of Manitoba
Join us for this workshop that pursues those questions and introduces RavenSpace, a new model of scholarly publishing designed for Indigenous studies in a digital age. ...more
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