Meet Ryan Meili, an award-winning family physician, MLA for Saskatoon Meewasin, founder of Upstream: Institute for a Healthy Society, candidate for the Saskatchewan NDP Leadership, and author of A Healthy Society. This book represents Meili's vision for a new approach to politics – and a new approach to building a healthier world. Brought to life through a mix of expertise and story, this book appeals beyond political lines to address our common values, arguing that health is a measure of our success as a society. ...more

Our very own James MacNevin, Senior Editor, is holding a book publishing talk at the University of Guelph on Tuesday, 28 November 2017. ...more

The Human Rights Research and Education Centre and UBC Press are pleased to invite you to the book launch, "Disabling Barriers: Social Movements, Disability History and the Law." This UBC Press collection brings together legal scholars, historians and disability studies academics. ...more

Meet author Frank Maas at the launch of his book The Price of Alliance, a book that balances high politics with military requirements in the first major reappraisal of Pierre Trudeau’s controversial defence policy. ...more

Marilyn Schuster, professor emerita in the Study of Women & Gender at Smith College, will present a reading of her new book, A Queer Love Story: The Letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bébout. ...more

Book Launch for Reluctant Warriors by Patrick Dennis. ...more

Join commentators Mireille McLaughlin and Véronique Strimelle in a discussion about Power Through Testimony. This groundbreaking volume assesses the power of residential school survivors to reframe – through memory, story, and testimony – how Canadians think about residential schools and their long-term impact on individuals, families, communities, and the nation. ...more

Meet Patrick Dennis, author of Reluctant Warriors. His book sheds new light on the success of the Military Service Act and provides fresh evidence that conscripts were good soldiers who fought valiantly and made a crucial contribution to the success of the Canadian Corps in 1918. ...more

Meet Patrick Dennis, author of Reluctant Warriors. His book sheds new light on the success of the Military Service Act and provides fresh evidence that conscripts were good soldiers who fought valiantly and made a crucial contribution to the success of the Canadian Corps in 1918. ...more

A reception and book launch for Tony Penikett's new book Hunting the Northern Character. ...more

A reception and book launch for Tony Penikett's new book Hunting the Northern Character. ...more

In this the centenary of compulsory service in Canada, “Canadian conscripts at War” will provide an overview of the principal events leading up to this historic and controversial legislation, followed by a brief examination of the vital contribution made by conscripts during the Hundred Days. The subject has long been obscured by myth and by inaccurate or incomplete history. Many of these myths will be directly addressed in this presentation. ...more

Tony Penikett, former Yukon Premier, will give a keynote address about his new book Hunting the Northern Character to the delegates at the Arctic Circle Assembly, the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic, held in Reykjavik, Iceland. ...more

Mothers & Others: The Role of Parenthood in Politics offers the first comprehensive, international investigation of what motherhood means for women’s political lives as citizens, candidates, and members of government. Join co-editor Melanee Thomas, and contributors Brenda O’Neill and L.A. Lambert as they highlight key contributions,  and discuss the broader implications from the book.  ...more

Come and learn about the experiences that shaped this revealing, forward-thinking book and about Upstream, an organization dedicated to creating a healthy society. Speakers at the event will include Dr. Vincent Lam, Max FineDay, Dr. Ritika Goel, Vivian Tam from the Canadian Federation of Medical Students and Upstream’s Executive Director, Dr. Monika Dutt. ...more

Join is for the Winnipeg launch of Unbuilt Environments by Jonathan Peyton. ...more

Join us in Ottawa for exciting, rapid-fire on campaigning by some of the most dynamic leaders in the world of politics, unions, and social change. ...more

"Columbia Village: Revelstoke's Ghost Town That Never Was" ...more

Join us in Toronto for exciting, rapid-fire talks on campaigning by some of the most dynamic leaders in the world of politics, unions, and social change. ...more

"Monuments, Markers, and Museums: Making Roadside History in Kamloops and along the Cariboo Highway." ...more