University of Alberta Press
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University of Alberta Press is a contemporary, award-winning publisher of scholarly and creative books distinguished by their editorial care, exceptional design, and global reach. https://ualbertapress.ca/
“Taking a feminist/critical approach, COLLABORATIVE METHODS challenges the notion of scholarly objectivity put forward by positivist approaches to research...” Rebecca Godderis, Wilfrid Laurier U
https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt
##HigherEd #Feminist #teachingandlearning #socialjustice #Intersectional
https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt
##HigherEd #Feminist #teachingandlearning #socialjustice #Intersectional
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Taking a feminist/critical approach, COLLABORATIVE METHODS challenges the notion of scholarly objectivity put forward by positivist approaches to research...” Rebecca Godderis, Wilfrid Laurier U
https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt
##HigherEd #Feminist #teachingandlearning #socialjustice #Intersectional
https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt
##HigherEd #Feminist #teachingandlearning #socialjustice #Intersectional
MELTDOWN traces Sarah Boon’s dual passion for scientific fieldwork and science writing as she tells her story of becoming a young scientist and reveals how women are pitted against obstacles and gender barriers.
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
MELTDOWN traces Sarah Boon’s dual passion for scientific fieldwork and science writing as she tells her story of becoming a young scientist and reveals how women are pitted against obstacles and gender barriers.
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social
From 25 November to 10 December, mark the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence. This year, the theme is “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls.”
Violence against women and girls affects 1 in 3 women. It is a global human rights emergency.
https://bit.ly/3JlBVDw
Violence against women and girls affects 1 in 3 women. It is a global human rights emergency.
https://bit.ly/3JlBVDw
16 Days of Activism 2025: End digital violence against all women and girls
1 in 3 women is affected by violence. Join the 16 Days of Activism this year to call on governments to end digital abuse and place online safety at the heart of equality.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From 25 November to 10 December, mark the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence. This year, the theme is “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls.”
Violence against women and girls affects 1 in 3 women. It is a global human rights emergency.
https://bit.ly/3JlBVDw
Violence against women and girls affects 1 in 3 women. It is a global human rights emergency.
https://bit.ly/3JlBVDw
This week at McGill, Krista Maxwell discusses INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX: Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony with a panel of scholars:
Tuyaa Montgomery (Anthropology)
Wanda Gabriel (Social Work)
Leslie Sabiston (Anthropology)
Dennis C. Wendt (Education)
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
Tuyaa Montgomery (Anthropology)
Wanda Gabriel (Social Work)
Leslie Sabiston (Anthropology)
Dennis C. Wendt (Education)
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This week at McGill, Krista Maxwell discusses INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX: Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony with a panel of scholars:
Tuyaa Montgomery (Anthropology)
Wanda Gabriel (Social Work)
Leslie Sabiston (Anthropology)
Dennis C. Wendt (Education)
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
Tuyaa Montgomery (Anthropology)
Wanda Gabriel (Social Work)
Leslie Sabiston (Anthropology)
Dennis C. Wendt (Education)
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
One of our authors, Sandeep Agrawal, brings his deep knowledge of urban and regional planning to a panel on the housing affordability crisis, alongside Murtaza Haider, James Macek, and Mary Rowe.
Toronto, Nov 26. Register for $25 (includes canapes, beverage and presentation).
https://bit.ly/3MidnMI
Toronto, Nov 26. Register for $25 (includes canapes, beverage and presentation).
https://bit.ly/3MidnMI
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
One of our authors, Sandeep Agrawal, brings his deep knowledge of urban and regional planning to a panel on the housing affordability crisis, alongside Murtaza Haider, James Macek, and Mary Rowe.
Toronto, Nov 26. Register for $25 (includes canapes, beverage and presentation).
https://bit.ly/3MidnMI
Toronto, Nov 26. Register for $25 (includes canapes, beverage and presentation).
https://bit.ly/3MidnMI
People of South Asian origin are a significant part of the Canadian (and global) population, yet many of the key issues and challenges they confront are not well known. SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA is an important resource for understanding.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##IdentityPolitics
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##IdentityPolitics
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
People of South Asian origin are a significant part of the Canadian (and global) population, yet many of the key issues and challenges they confront are not well known. SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA is an important resource for understanding.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##IdentityPolitics
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##IdentityPolitics
Edmonton friends, join us at our Open House on Wednesday, December 3 from 3 to 5 pm. We have lots to celebrate!
All are welcome.
Remarks at 4 pm.
Henderson Hall, Rutherford Library South
University of Alberta
All are welcome.
Remarks at 4 pm.
Henderson Hall, Rutherford Library South
University of Alberta
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Edmonton friends, join us at our Open House on Wednesday, December 3 from 3 to 5 pm. We have lots to celebrate!
All are welcome.
Remarks at 4 pm.
Henderson Hall, Rutherford Library South
University of Alberta
All are welcome.
Remarks at 4 pm.
Henderson Hall, Rutherford Library South
University of Alberta
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin / @lisarichter.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
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Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin
How does a poem begin? A few weeks ago, I was on the escalator in the subway on my way home from the library. In front of me the...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin / @lisarichter.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/lisa...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/lisa...
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We are losing a true publishing genius, someone who could stay focused on the thinking and writing that is our purpose, while innovating in forms and the university press break-even form of business.
Doug Armato, who has helmed the 100-year-old press for 27 years, is retiring at the end of December. His tenure saw the expansion of the press’s list and the development of strong Indigenous studies, trade, and regional publishing programs.
University of Minnesota Press Director Retires
Doug Armato, who has helmed the 100-year-old press for 27 years, is retiring at the end of December. His tenure saw the expansion of the press’s list and the development of strong Indigenous studies,…
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October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We are losing a true publishing genius, someone who could stay focused on the thinking and writing that is our purpose, while innovating in forms and the university press break-even form of business.
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Please note: none of these are university presses. Thank you.
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Please note: none of these are university presses. Thank you.
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Turn your NO-vember into a YAY-vember with these new releases from Alberta book publishers. Check out all the latest books here: buff.ly/CsMhnua @ualbertapress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @aupress.ca #ReadAlberta #LocalBooks #CanLit
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Turn your NO-vember into a YAY-vember with these new releases from Alberta book publishers. Check out all the latest books here: buff.ly/CsMhnua @ualbertapress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @aupress.ca #ReadAlberta #LocalBooks #CanLit
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"night struggles home dragging
its blanket over its head and sighing
for the sympathy of field mice"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Charts by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social) from Northerny (2024 @ualbertapress.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...
its blanket over its head and sighing
for the sympathy of field mice"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Charts by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social) from Northerny (2024 @ualbertapress.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"night struggles home dragging
its blanket over its head and sighing
for the sympathy of field mice"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Charts by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social) from Northerny (2024 @ualbertapress.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...
its blanket over its head and sighing
for the sympathy of field mice"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Charts by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social) from Northerny (2024 @ualbertapress.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...
Panel:
The authors of FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities argue that graduate programs must fundamentally change if they are to achieve their potential.
https://youtu.be/vGMgj0TQaUM
##HigherEd
@SSHRC_CRSH.bsky.social @loleenberdahl.bsky.social
The authors of FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities argue that graduate programs must fundamentally change if they are to achieve their potential.
https://youtu.be/vGMgj0TQaUM
##HigherEd
@SSHRC_CRSH.bsky.social @loleenberdahl.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Panel:
The authors of FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities argue that graduate programs must fundamentally change if they are to achieve their potential.
https://youtu.be/vGMgj0TQaUM
##HigherEd
@SSHRC_CRSH.bsky.social @loleenberdahl.bsky.social
The authors of FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities argue that graduate programs must fundamentally change if they are to achieve their potential.
https://youtu.be/vGMgj0TQaUM
##HigherEd
@SSHRC_CRSH.bsky.social @loleenberdahl.bsky.social
"CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY will be a valuable resource to researchers, members of First Nations communities, and the public.” Gerald Oetelaar, Professor Emeritus, @ucalgary.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
##books #history #maps #IndigenousKnowledge @cndhistassoc.bsky.social @historians.org
https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
##books #history #maps #IndigenousKnowledge @cndhistassoc.bsky.social @historians.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY will be a valuable resource to researchers, members of First Nations communities, and the public.” Gerald Oetelaar, Professor Emeritus, @ucalgary.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
##books #history #maps #IndigenousKnowledge @cndhistassoc.bsky.social @historians.org
https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
##books #history #maps #IndigenousKnowledge @cndhistassoc.bsky.social @historians.org
"THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN is essential reading for anyone interested in coming-of-age narratives and the afterlives of genres." Sarah L. Townsend, co-editor of The Irish Bildungsroman
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
@arnabdr.bsky.social #literature #CompLit #HigherEd
(30% off with code iH25!)
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
@arnabdr.bsky.social #literature #CompLit #HigherEd
(30% off with code iH25!)
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN is essential reading for anyone interested in coming-of-age narratives and the afterlives of genres." Sarah L. Townsend, co-editor of The Irish Bildungsroman
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
@arnabdr.bsky.social #literature #CompLit #HigherEd
(30% off with code iH25!)
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
@arnabdr.bsky.social #literature #CompLit #HigherEd
(30% off with code iH25!)
Glen Hvenegaard was interviewed on CTV Edmonton about his new biography: FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA.
Interview: https://bit.ly/4r9EJ7P
About the book: https://bit.ly/4fLGh2E
Holiday Sale: Get 30% off using code iH25 for print editions or iE25 for e-editions. Offer ends November 30.
Interview: https://bit.ly/4r9EJ7P
About the book: https://bit.ly/4fLGh2E
Holiday Sale: Get 30% off using code iH25 for print editions or iE25 for e-editions. Offer ends November 30.
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Glen Hvenegaard was interviewed on CTV Edmonton about his new biography: FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA.
Interview: https://bit.ly/4r9EJ7P
About the book: https://bit.ly/4fLGh2E
Holiday Sale: Get 30% off using code iH25 for print editions or iE25 for e-editions. Offer ends November 30.
Interview: https://bit.ly/4r9EJ7P
About the book: https://bit.ly/4fLGh2E
Holiday Sale: Get 30% off using code iH25 for print editions or iE25 for e-editions. Offer ends November 30.
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Through November 26, we are accepting applications for the Jean Wilson Diversity in Publishing Fellowship! (1/2)
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Through November 26, we are accepting applications for the Jean Wilson Diversity in Publishing Fellowship! (1/2)
Dana Hansen at Hamilton Review of Books recommends SHELTER IN TEXT, edited by Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik. So many good books on this list: check it out!
https://bit.ly/3LJKSrf
##books #booklists #Literature #CanLit
https://bit.ly/3LJKSrf
##books #booklists #Literature #CanLit
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dana Hansen at Hamilton Review of Books recommends SHELTER IN TEXT, edited by Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik. So many good books on this list: check it out!
https://bit.ly/3LJKSrf
##books #booklists #Literature #CanLit
https://bit.ly/3LJKSrf
##books #booklists #Literature #CanLit
Next week at McGill, Krista Maxwell discusses INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX: Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony with a panel of scholars:
Tuyaa Montgomery (Anthropology)
Wanda Gabriel (Social Work)
Leslie Sabiston (Anthropology)
Dennis C. Wendt (Education)
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
Tuyaa Montgomery (Anthropology)
Wanda Gabriel (Social Work)
Leslie Sabiston (Anthropology)
Dennis C. Wendt (Education)
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Next week at McGill, Krista Maxwell discusses INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX: Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony with a panel of scholars:
Tuyaa Montgomery (Anthropology)
Wanda Gabriel (Social Work)
Leslie Sabiston (Anthropology)
Dennis C. Wendt (Education)
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
Tuyaa Montgomery (Anthropology)
Wanda Gabriel (Social Work)
Leslie Sabiston (Anthropology)
Dennis C. Wendt (Education)
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
“...[Roy and Ugor] have troubled and expanded the very definition of 'postcolonial' by orchestrating dissimilar critical perspectives on literature from a range of erstwhile colonies." Ankhi Mukherjee, University of Oxford
##bildungsroman #postcolonial #literature #CompLit @arnabdr.bsky.social
##bildungsroman #postcolonial #literature #CompLit @arnabdr.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“...[Roy and Ugor] have troubled and expanded the very definition of 'postcolonial' by orchestrating dissimilar critical perspectives on literature from a range of erstwhile colonies." Ankhi Mukherjee, University of Oxford
##bildungsroman #postcolonial #literature #CompLit @arnabdr.bsky.social
##bildungsroman #postcolonial #literature #CompLit @arnabdr.bsky.social
In ALICE MUNRO AND THE ART OF TIME, clear and compelling interpretations of Munro’s stories offer insights into her writing process, her representations of character and setting, and the complexities of her narrative techniques.
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
##CanLit #AliceMunro @lauraksdavis.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
##CanLit #AliceMunro @lauraksdavis.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In ALICE MUNRO AND THE ART OF TIME, clear and compelling interpretations of Munro’s stories offer insights into her writing process, her representations of character and setting, and the complexities of her narrative techniques.
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
##CanLit #AliceMunro @lauraksdavis.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
##CanLit #AliceMunro @lauraksdavis.bsky.social
SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA and its compelling and original material will be of interest to scholars and leaders in the fields of Asian studies, critical race theory, gender studies, and Canadian history.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH ##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #IdentityPolitics
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH ##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #IdentityPolitics
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA and its compelling and original material will be of interest to scholars and leaders in the fields of Asian studies, critical race theory, gender studies, and Canadian history.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH ##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #IdentityPolitics
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH ##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #IdentityPolitics
We are delighted to announce that Kay Rollans joins us as Acquisitions Editor as of December 1. She will work alongside Michelle Lobkowicz in supporting authors and pursuing book projects that enhance the breadth and focus of our publishing program.
https://bit.ly/48cNwOL
@abbookpub.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/48cNwOL
@abbookpub.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are delighted to announce that Kay Rollans joins us as Acquisitions Editor as of December 1. She will work alongside Michelle Lobkowicz in supporting authors and pursuing book projects that enhance the breadth and focus of our publishing program.
https://bit.ly/48cNwOL
@abbookpub.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/48cNwOL
@abbookpub.bsky.social
The AU Presses' Book, Journal, and Jacket Show is on display in Edmonton.
Now 60, the show honours university publishing design and production. By recognizing achievement in design, production, and manufacture, it sparks thoughtful and creative ideas.
https://bit.ly/3XfigIZ
##ReadUP #TeamUP
Now 60, the show honours university publishing design and production. By recognizing achievement in design, production, and manufacture, it sparks thoughtful and creative ideas.
https://bit.ly/3XfigIZ
##ReadUP #TeamUP
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The AU Presses' Book, Journal, and Jacket Show is on display in Edmonton.
Now 60, the show honours university publishing design and production. By recognizing achievement in design, production, and manufacture, it sparks thoughtful and creative ideas.
https://bit.ly/3XfigIZ
##ReadUP #TeamUP
Now 60, the show honours university publishing design and production. By recognizing achievement in design, production, and manufacture, it sparks thoughtful and creative ideas.
https://bit.ly/3XfigIZ
##ReadUP #TeamUP
“Maxwell offers a critical lens on the perils of adopting reconciliation and healing discourses that focus on historic injustices and the individual in need of treatment at the expense of ongoing systemic issues." Kim Anderson, U of Guelph
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##health #biopolitics #Indigenous
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##health #biopolitics #Indigenous
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Maxwell offers a critical lens on the perils of adopting reconciliation and healing discourses that focus on historic injustices and the individual in need of treatment at the expense of ongoing systemic issues." Kim Anderson, U of Guelph
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##health #biopolitics #Indigenous
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##health #biopolitics #Indigenous