Hobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine
Rival Images of a New World in 1930s Vancouver
Remembering the Samsui Women
Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China
A study of the Samsui women who migrated from China to Singapore, where they have been commemorated as nation-builders.
Immigration Canada
Evolving Realities and Emerging Challenges in a Postnational World
An essential primer for readers interested in tracing the development and dynamics of Canada’s immigration program and understanding the impact of recent federal reforms on Canadian society.
Acquired Tastes
Why Families Eat the Way They Do
Interviews with Canadian families reveal that our daily food choices reflect individual tastes and preferences but also our economic, social, and geographical place in the world.
Demarginalizing Voices
Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research
By openly discussing the challenges of adopting innovative research methods, scholars of marginalized populations bring discussions of methodology from the fringes to the centre of debate in the social sciences.
Mixed Race Amnesia
Resisting the Romanticization of Multiraciality
Mixed Race Amnesia explores how contemporary “progressive” attitudes toward multiraciality actually serve to obscure complex diasporic family histories while reinforcing colonialism.
Co-operative Canada
Empowering Communities and Sustainable Businesses
A comprehensive look at how Canadians are responding to the forces of globalization through collectively owned enterprises.
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.
Tracking the Great Bear
How Environmentalists Recreated British Columbia’s Coastal Rainforest
A detailed account of the complex and contested process that resulted in the establishment of the Great Bear Rainforest in coastal British Columbia.
Cultivating Connections
The Making of Chinese Prairie Canada
The voices of Chinese immigrants who settled in the pre-1950s Canadian prairies come alive in this extraordinary record of migration, settlement, and community life.
Welcome to Resisterville
American Dissidents in British Columbia
A compelling, highly readable study of American migration to the West Kootenays and of the counterculture values that created a vibrant society in the Canadian wilderness.
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.
The Public Sociology Debate
Ethics and Engagement
Leading Canadian experts discuss when – and if – sociologists should intervene in public debates and engage in social activism.
Oral History at the Crossroads
Sharing Life Stories of Survival and Displacement
Drawing on a collaborative research project, this book provides an alternative model for how oral and public histories should be recorded and curated.