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Though we may be missing Congress, we won't be missing these five UBC Press books! ...more

In May 2013, having just finished my first year as an Assistant Professor at the American University in Cairo, I received a grant to spend the summer months exploring archives in Montréal and Québec City as part of the research that would eventually turn into the book Moments of Crisis: Religion and National Identity in Québec. ...more

This important book explores an arts-based therapeutic approach to mental health care, bringing to light the journeys of contemporary military veterans as they adjust to civilian life post-deployment. ...more

Go behind the scenes with Shauna Labman, author of "Crossing Law's Border." ...more

Author David Webster tells us the story of the excellent, and fitting, cover for "Challenge the Strong Wind." ...more

Larry Beasley summarizes his 2019 book, "Vancouverism." ...more

"Coordinating an edited book is tasking! Way more than I thought when I first started out on the idea - try coordinating writers on twelve chapters!" ...more

Infants experience income-related food insecurity most notably through its effect on infant feeding practices. Infancy, as opposed to other childhood stages, suffers from the highest rate of child poverty in Canada – also a time when poverty has its greatest health impact. We now know that the first 1,000 days from conception to two years is the most crucial time for opti­mizing growth and development. The focus of my new book "Out of Milk: Infant Food Insecurity in a Rich Nation" exposes infant food insecurity as an urgent social justice, health equity and public policy issue that until now, has been largely ignored as a social problem. ...more

"The Geography of British Columbia: People and Landscapes in Transition" was written as a text book mainly for university students, but it is much more than a text book and very readable by anyone interested in the development of British Columbia. ...more