Awards

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.

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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.

Awards

2023, Runner-up - Lieutenant Governor’s Historical Writing Awards

2023, Winner - Clio Prize (British Columbia), Canadian Historical Association

  • Copyright year: 2022
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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.

Awards

2023, Shortlisted - Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing

  • Copyright year: 2022
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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.

Awards

2023, Joint winner - AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show: Scholarly Illustrated

2023, Shortlisted - WILLA Literary Award, Scholarly Non-Fiction

  • Copyright year: 2022
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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.

Awards

2023, Winner - Clio Prize (The Prairies), Canadian Historical Association

  • Copyright year: 2022
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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.

Awards

2023, Commended -

Canadian Sociology Book Award, Canadian Sociological Association

2023, Winner - Best Book Award, Canadian Studies Network

  • Copyright year: 2022
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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.

Awards

2023, Winner - Heritage Toronto Book Award

  • Copyright year: 2022
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