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Lessons in Legitimacy
Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia
Lessons in Legitimacy examines the relationship between settler capitalism, state schooling, and the making of British Columbia.
2023, Runner-up - Lieutenant Governor’s Historical Writing Awards
2023, Winner - Clio Prize (British Columbia), Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2022
The Solidarity Encounter
Women, Activism, and Creating Non-Colonizing Relations
This compassionate yet unflinching exposé of the pitfalls of Indigenous–non-Indigenous solidarity work offers a constructive framework for non-colonizing solidarity that can be applied in any context of unequal power.
2023, Shortlisted - Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing
- Copyright year: 2022
Rare Merit
Women in Photography in Canada, 1840–1940
Rare Merit illuminates the impact of women as portraitists, travel documentarians, photojournalists, fine artists, hobbyists, and printers in the early years of photography in Canada.
2023, Joint winner - AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show: Scholarly Illustrated
2023, Shortlisted - WILLA Literary Award, Scholarly Non-Fiction
- Copyright year: 2022
A Legacy of Exploitation
Early Capitalism in the Red River Colony, 1763–1821
A Legacy of Exploitation recasts the Hudson’s Bay Company’s experiment at Red River as a reaction to Indigenous peoples’ autonomy, challenging collective historical fantasies of Canada as a glorious nation of adventurers.
2023, Winner - Clio Prize (The Prairies), Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2022
Screening Out
HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience
A critical, compassionate, and highly readable narrative-driven analysis, this is the first-ever inquiry into how the Canadian immigration medical program works in practice to screen out people with HIV.
2023, Commended -
Canadian Sociology Book Award, Canadian Sociological Association
2023, Winner - Best Book Award, Canadian Studies Network
- Copyright year: 2022
The Heart of Toronto
Corporate Power, Civic Activism, and the Remaking of Downtown Yonge Street
From the sidewalk to City Hall, in the corporate boardroom, and around the kitchen table, The Heart of Toronto traces the power dynamics and projects that have transformed downtown Toronto.
2023, Winner - Heritage Toronto Book Award
- Copyright year: 2022