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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 1d
Join Secwépemc scholar Dr. Georgina Martin for a conversation about her book, "Drumming Our Way Home: Intergenerational Learning, Teaching, and Indigenous Ways of Knowing" with Secwépemc Elder Jean William. October 16, 4-6:30 PM. House of Learning, Rm. 190, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops BC.
Poster advertising an author talk with Dr. Georgina Martin, author of "Drumming Our Way Home."
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 1d
Tonight at 6:00 PM! George Abbott is at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops to discuss "Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now." We hope to see you there!
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 6d
Kamloops! Join George Abbott in conversation with Jeffrey Rustand and Nathan Matthew about "Unceded: Understanding British Columbia's Colonial Past and Why It Matters." Oct 7, Thompson Rivers University: Lecture Hall, Level 1, Students' Union Bldg

📘 About "Unceded": https://www.ubcpress.ca/unceded
A poster advertising an event with George Abbott in conversation with Jeffrey Rustand and Nathan Matthew.
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 2d
🔊 Tune into Ideas on CBC Radio tomorrow, October 7, for an interview with Amy Janzwood, author of "Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance"!
Cover: Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance: Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure, by Amy Janzwood. Photo: a split shot of black liquid. The bottom half of the image is below the surface, while the top half is above, with a textured white background. A few bubbles float on top. The words of the title alternate between black and red type.
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 5d
UBC Press is proud to be a Certified Canadian Publisher 🍁!

With the Certified Canadian Publisher program, the Association of Canadian Publishers has made it easier to support Canadian publishing.

Learn more and browse Canadian-published books: www.certifiedcanadianpublisher.com
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Association of Canadian Publishers @cdnpublishers.bsky.social · 6d
ACP is excited to launch the Certified Canadian Publisher program! 🍁📚

Look for the seal when you buy books and you'll:

📖Support Canadian jobs
🏆Champion Canadian talent
🏘 Strengthen communities
💰Boost our economy
🍁 Preserve Canadian stories

www.certifiedcanadianpublisher.com
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 5d
Sparwood! Wednesday, October 8, author Tom Langford will be talking about his new book, "The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out." Hosted by the Sparwood Museum, the event takes place at the Seniors Drop In Centre, 6-8 PM.

Visit https://sparwoodmuseum.ca/ for more info.
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 6d
Kamloops! Join George Abbott in conversation with Jeffrey Rustand and Nathan Matthew about "Unceded: Understanding British Columbia's Colonial Past and Why It Matters." Oct 7, Thompson Rivers University: Lecture Hall, Level 1, Students' Union Bldg

📘 About "Unceded": https://www.ubcpress.ca/unceded
A poster advertising an event with George Abbott in conversation with Jeffrey Rustand and Nathan Matthew.
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 7d
Tonight at Vancouver Public Library! Robert J. Muckle ("Once upon This Land") in conversation with Professor Eldon Yellowhorn. We hope to see you there!

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Robert J. Muckle: Archaeology in British Columbia
Today, archaeologists across B.C. are changing how archaeology is practised by working in partnership with Indigenous and other descendant communities to document important cultural sites. In his new ...
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 7d
Hooray! "Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now" by George Abbott made this week's BC Bestsellers list, alongside many other amazing BC-published books! 🎉
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Read Local BC @readlocalbc.bsky.social · 9d
Your Indie BC Bestseller list is here and features 7 Indigenous titles. Have your pick of an Indigenous author to read on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

See the list:
www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...
BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC
For the week ending September 27, 2025 Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores. Print The List Go to full post ...read...
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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 8d
Congratulations! Raymond B. Blake's Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity has won the 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 14d
“If the university exists only to warehouse knowledge and to transmit tradition, then it is doomed.”

Philosophy and religion professor Robert Gibbs reflects on what universities must do to stay relevant in an era defined by AI: thewalrus.ca/universities-in-...
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Érudit @erudit.org · 13d
🔶 For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we’re happy to spotlight the RavenSpace project (@ubcpress.bsky.social)

📚 By leveraging digital technologies, the editorial process of this platform adapts to indigenous modes of knowledge !

📌 Learn more: shorturl.at/vObqX
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 12d
Thank you to everyone joined us at Wednesday's event with George Abbott (author of "Unceded") in conversation with APTN reporter Tina House. Plus a big thank you to Vancouver Public Library for hosting!
A man and a woman standing in a courtyard with checkered flooring, smiling at the camera. George Abbott, the man on the left, is holding his book titled Unceded. Vancouver Public Library, a tall building, is lit with orange sunset light, with trees and a city skyline in the background. A man and a woman stand, smiling at the camera. The man is holding a copy of Unceded by George Abbott. Behind them, orange trees and a sunset against a city skyline. Orange chairs facing a stage. On stage, a man and a woman look towards another man standing at a podium. Also on stage, a banner with blue, red, orange, and white squares reads "VPL"
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UBC Forestry🌲🇨🇦 @forestry.ubc.ca · Sep 3
Join #UBCForestry and @landfood.ubc.ca on September 30 at 1956 Main Mall as we unite for an Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day.

Learn more: bit.ly/osd-2025
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2025 Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day |
Join Land and Food Systems and Forestry for an Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day on Sept 30.
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 13d
Many thanks, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social. It's a very strong list of books!
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 13d
📘 About the book: www.ubcpress.ca/canadas-prim...

🏆 About the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize: www.writerstrust.com/awards/shaug...
Cover: Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity, by Raymond B. Blake. Beside the cover, a quotation from the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Jury: "Raymond B. Blake's comprehensive and compelling analysis of prime ministerial storytelling in the post-war era is remarkably well-timed for this anxious geopolitical moment."
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 13d
Congratulations to Raymond B. Blake, author of "Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity" and winner of the 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing! Thank you to @writerstrust.bsky.social for the honour.
Cover: Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity, by Raymond B. Blake. Collage: Set on a light background, a grid of small, circular cutouts reveals fragments of newspaper clippings and close-ups of eight white, middle-aged men. Beside the cover, text congratulates the author for winning the 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, awarded by the Writers' Trust of Canada.
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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 14d
Raymond B. Blake wins 2025 #ShaughnessyCohen Prize for Political Writing! Sponsored by CN, the prize was awarded at the Politics & the Pen fundraiser in support of WT. To mark its 25th year anniversary, it was increased from $25K to $40K. writerstrust.com/ShaughnessyCohen @ubcpress.bsky.social
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 15d
Tomorrow! George M. Abbott, author of "Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now," in conversation with Tina House. 7:00 - 8:00 PM, Vancouver Public Library (Central Library).

Registration: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68af9...
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 19d
Join us on Wednesday, September 24, at Vancouver Public Library's central branch for George M. Abbott, author of "Unceded," in conversation with Tina House. 7:00 - 8:00 PM.

Register via VPL: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68af9...
George M. Abbott: Unceded
As a treaty commissioner and former MLA, George M. Abbott has had a front seat to some of British Columbia’s major steps toward Reconciliation in recent years. His book Unceded reveals the government’...
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 16d
Victoria! This Thursday, Sept. 25, Patricia Roy will be speaking about her forthcoming book, "John Hart: A Businessman in British Columbia Politics." Hosted by the Victoria Historical Society. James Bay New Horizons Centre, 7:30 PM. Learn more: victoriahistoricalsociety.bc.ca/presentations/
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 19d
Tina House has been a full-time Video Journalist with APTN National News in the BC bureau since July 2007. A proud Metis born in Vancouver, in 2010 she received the Amnesty International-Human Rights Journalism Award for Canada for her work on a half hour APTN Investigates story on Missing Women.
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 19d
George M. Abbott is a BC treaty commissioner, appointed in 2025. A former BC Liberal MLA and cabinet minister, he served in several prominent roles while in government, including as minister of aboriginal relations and reconciliation.
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 19d
"Unceded" reveals the BC government’s history of injustice toward First Nations, providing the context for understanding modern treaty negotiations.
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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 19d
Join us on Wednesday, September 24, at Vancouver Public Library's central branch for George M. Abbott, author of "Unceded," in conversation with Tina House. 7:00 - 8:00 PM.

Register via VPL: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68af9...
George M. Abbott: Unceded
As a treaty commissioner and former MLA, George M. Abbott has had a front seat to some of British Columbia’s major steps toward Reconciliation in recent years. His book Unceded reveals the government’...
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Sarah Smith @smithsarah.bsky.social · 20d
📕It's official, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵: 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 is now out in a free open access version and as a paperback. Spread the word!

📚Open Access: www.ubcpress.ca/asset/103563...
➡️Order paperback: www.ubcpress.ca/trading-on-art

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UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social · 20d
"Our Voices Must Be Heard" examines the ideals and failings of Ontario’s suffrage history, its daring supporters and thunderous enemies, and its blind spots on matters of race and class. bit.ly/4nyVOW1
Cover: Our Voices Must Be Heard: Women and the Vote in Ontario, by Tarah Brookfield. portrait: a blue-washed image of a white woman sitting down. Beside the cover, it reads: "New in Paperback" with the UBC Press logo in the bottom right corner.
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