UBC Press is proud to publish outstanding scholarly works by some of the world’s preeminent scholars. We congratulate our authors and volume editors who have been recognized with awards and citations.
French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest
This book describes how a long generation of founding French Canadians shaped the Pacific Northwest.
2015, Winner - K. D. Srivastava Prize, UBC Press
2015, Winner - The Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association
2015, Winner - Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, UBC Library
- Copyright year: 2014
Native Art of the Northwest Coast
A History of Changing Ideas
A remarkable volume that makes accessible for the first time and in one place a broad selection of more than 250 years of writing on Northwest Coast Native art.
2014, Winner - Melva J. Dwyer Award, Art Libraries Society of North America, Canada
2015, Winner - Jeanne Clarke Award for Publication, Prince George Public Library
2015, Winner - Canada Prize in the Humanities, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Copyright year: 2013
Rebel Youth
1960s Labour Unrest, Young Workers, and New Leftists in English Canada
Rebel Youth draws important connections between the stories of young workers and the youth movement in Canada, claiming a central place for labour and class in the legacy of the 1960s.
2015, Shortlisted - The Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2014
Food Will Win the War
The Politics, Culture, and Science of Food on Canada’s Home Front
A wide-ranging account of how millions of Canadians enlisted to fight on the kitchen front in order to win the war for food.
2015, Joint winner - Political History Group Book Prize, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2014
The Muslim Question in Canada
A Story of Segmented Integration
This book offers a fresh account of the socio-economic experiences of Muslims in Canada, drawing on the newest data sources available.
2015, Winner - John Porter Tradition of Excellence Prize, Canadian Sociological Association
- Copyright year: 2014
Equality Deferred
Sex Discrimination and British Columbia’s Human Rights State, 1953-84
A history of human rights law in Canada, with a focus on sex discrimination in British Columbia.
2015, Shortlisted - Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association
2015, Winner - CLIO Prize for British Columbia, Canadian Historical Association
2015, Commended - CLSA Book Award, Canadian Law and Society Association
2016, Shortlisted - Canada Prize in the Social Sciences, Federation for the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Copyright year: 2014