Celebrate Canada Day with UBC Press! Until July 31, the paperback edition of these exceptional books about the Canadian experience will be on sale for only $20.19. No discount code required.
Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the Twentieth Century

This multi-award-winning book is one of the first to trace the development of Canadian wildlife conservation from its social, political, and historical roots.

Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada

Unsettling the Settler Within is a powerful call to action that lays bare the myth of the peacemaking settler and points the way toward a meaningful reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians grappling with the legacy of the Indian residential school system.

The Future of Canada's Water
Edited by Karen Bakker

The country’s top water experts discusses our most pressing water issues.

New Essays on Women, Gender, Work, and Nation

This new collection of original research demonstrates the continued relevance of the feminist history project in Canada.

Leading young scholars of Canadian political behaviour explore long- and short-term influences on voting behaviour and reveal the nuances and challenges of understanding election results in Canada and other modern democracies.

Race, Empire, and the Transpacific

A hard-hitting reconsideration of Canadian foreign policy, Orienting Canada meticulously documents the dynamics of race and empire in the Transpacific from the 1907 race riots to Canada’s early involvement in Vietnam.

National Security as Sexual Regulation

The Canadian War on Queers shows how the Canadian state used the ideology of national security to wage war on gays and lesbians.

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