A Healthy Future
Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis
This riveting insider’s account of how the COVID-19 pandemic unfurled in one of Canada’s hardest-hit provinces draws on the lessons learned to provide a hopeful vision for building a healthier future.
- Publication year: 2023
Canadian Labour Policy and Politics
Canadian Labour Policy and Politics is essential reading for students seeking to understand the politics of inequality in Canada’s labour market and the policy agenda needed for greater economic equality and a sustainable green recovery.
- Publication year: 2022
A Sales Tax for Alberta
Why and How
In this collection, Alberta scholars and policy experts map out why and how a provincial sales tax should and can be implemented as the days of buoyant capital investment, jobs, and wealth are passing Alberta by.
- Publication year: 2021
The High North
Cannabis in Canada
The High North brings together, for the first time, activists, advocates, and academics to evaluate the opaque origins and muddled legacy of cannabis legalization in Canada.
- Publication year: 2022
Reconciling Truths
Reimagining Public Inquiries in Canada
Reconciling Truths is a forthright examination of commissions of inquiry that demonstrates the need for astute leadership and an engaging process if they are to lead to meaningful change.
- Publication year: 2022
Globalization, Poverty, and Income Inequality
Insights from Indonesia
Globalization, Poverty, and Income Inequality uses diverse empirical approaches to reveal the sometimes unexpected effects of trade and globalization on poverty and inequality.
- Publication year: 2021
Behind Closed Doors
The Law and Politics of Cabinet Secrecy
Behind Closed Doors asks – and answers – whether the doctrine of Cabinet secrecy still has a role in the Westminster parliamentary system.
- Publication year: 2021
Assisted Suicide in Canada
Moral, Legal, and Policy Considerations
Assisted Suicide in Canada provides an accessible, up-to-date introduction to this vitally important topic of ongoing public debate.
- Publication year: 2021
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism reveals the commission’s impact on the high politics of federal-provincial relations and its legacy for Canadian federalism today.
- Publication year: 2021
Bead by Bead
Constitutional Rights and Métis Community
Bead by Bead lays bare the failure of judicial doctrine and government policy to address Métis rights, and offers constructive insights on ways to advance reconciliation.
- Publication year: 2021
Quietly Shrinking Cities
Canadian Urban Population Loss in an Age of Growth
The first major study of its kind in Canada, Quietly Shrinking Cities examines the conceptual and empirical evolution of Canadian urban population loss.
- Publication year: 2021
The Monsanto Papers
Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice
- Publication year: 2021
At the Pleasure of the Crown
The Politics of Bureaucratic Appointments
At the Pleasure of the Crown reveals that although the qualities that Canadian governments look for in senior public servants are subject to change, the political nature of bureaucratic appointments is enduring.
- Publication year: 2020
Big Promises, Small Government
Doing Less with Less in the BC Liberal New Era
Big Promises, Small Government tells the inside story of what happened when Gordon Campbell’s government dramatically cut taxes, demonstrating the need to understand the consequences before taking political action.
- Publication year: 2020
Nested Federalism and Inuit Governance in the Canadian Arctic
Nested Federalism and Inuit Governance in the Canadian Arctic explores how three northern regions are reformulating the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state, and transforming Canadian federalism in the process.
- Publication year: 2020
Métis Politics and Governance in Canada
This timely book offers a novel, practical guide for understanding who the Métis are and the challenges they face on the path to self-government.
- Publication year: 2019
Delivering Policy
The Contested Politics of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Canada
Delivering Policy explores how the tension between science and politics shaped the long and fraught path to Canada’s Assisted Human Reproduction Act.
- Publication year: 2019
Postsecondary Education in British Columbia
Public Policy and Structural Development, 1960–2015
Postsecondary Education in British Columbia is a thoughtful critical analysis of the role of social justice, human capital, and the market in the development of institutions and public policy in BC education since 1960.
- Publication year: 2018
A Family Matter
Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy
A Family Matter investigates the implications for immigrants and refugees of the Canadian government’s definition of what constitutes “family.”
- Publication year: 2018