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Five Canadian Authors Receive Prestigious Canada Prizes Award for Scholarly Books

Posted: December 9, 2024
Five Canadian writers are the recipients of the prestigious Canada Prizes award and $4,000 each in recognition of their inspiring, impactful and transformative scholarly books. ...more
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UP Week 2024: How our distribution program brings diverse and important books to Canadian readers

Posted: November 14, 2024
To celebrate university press week, publishers were asked to explore the ways that their presses Step UP to “educate and enlighten, motivate and inspire, support and act…” This year, we’re exploring how our distribution program helps us “Step UP” and support the wider university press community. ...more

UBC appoints Douglas Hildebrand as the new director of UBC Press

Posted: October 2, 2024
University of British Columbia is pleased to announce the appointment of Douglas Hildebrand as the new director of UBC Press, effective November 18, 2024. ...more

UBC Press digital start-up wins global prize for Multimodal Publishing

Posted: May 3, 2024
RavenSpace Publishing came into being so that Indigenous authors and their scholarly co-authors and creators could publish long-form, interactive digital works such as "As I Remember It." ...more
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UP Week 2023: A Conversation with the UBC Press Accessibility Committee

Posted: November 15, 2023
In celebration of 2023 University Press Week and this year’s theme – #SpeakUP – we spoke with our Accessibility Committee about how we strive to amplify our authors’ voices by making our publications accessible. Here’s what they shared about past, present, and future projects. ...more

Skills, Supervisors, and Networking on the PhD Journey

Posted: August 16, 2023
In this final post of a three-part series, On Campus asked guest blogger, Leela Viswanathan, author of The Deliberate Doctorate: A Values-Focused Journey to Your PhD, to answer a few questions about skills development, PhD supervisors, and networking along the PhD journey. ...more

Preface to Bootstraps Need Boots by Hugh Segal

Posted: August 10, 2023
Today we were saddened to hear of Hugh Segal's passing. A few years ago, we had the privilege to work with Hugh Segal on his book Bootstraps Need Boots: One Tory's Lonely Fight to End Poverty in Canada. Hugh's experiences led him to defend the most economically vulnerable and champion the concept of a basic annual income. The below passage—the preface to Bootstraps Need Boots—illuminates Hugh's optimism in the face of a plethora of challenges: "But nor should this be impossible simply because it is hard." ...more

Emotions and the PhD Student Experience

Posted: August 9, 2023
Part two of our blog series with guest blogger Leela Viswanathan, author of "The Deliberate Doctorate." ...more

Why Your Values Matter on the Journey to Your PhD

Posted: August 1, 2023
Author Leela Viswanathan ("The Deliberate Doctorate") on how becoming clear about your values will help you in your PhD journey. ...more

Olivia Chow's foreword to "Putting Family First"

Posted: May 12, 2023
With Olivia Chow’s recent announcement that she’s running for Mayor of Toronto, we revisit her foreword to the 2019 collection, "Putting Family First." ...more
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