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Truth and Conviction
Donald Marshall Jr. and the Mi’kmaw Quest for Justice
A passionate account of how one man’s fight against racism and injustice transformed the criminal justice system and galvanized the Mi’kmaw Nation’s struggle for self-determination, forever changing the landscape of Indigenous rights in Canada and around the world.
2020, Winner - Atlantic Book Awards, Atlantic Book Awards and Festival
- Copyright year: 2018
Our Voices Must Be Heard
Women and the Vote in Ontario
Our Voices Must Be Heard examines the ideals and failings of Ontario’s suffrage history, its daring supporters and thunderous enemies, and its blind spots on matters of race and class.
2018, Winner - Alison Prentice Award for Best Book in Ontario Women's and Gender History, Ontario Historical Society
- Copyright year: 2018
Incorporating Culture
How Indigenous People Are Reshaping the Northwest Coast Art Industry
Incorporating Culture examines what happens when Indigenous people assert control over the commercialization of their art by instilling the market with their communities’ values.
2019, Shortlisted - Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, UBC Library
2019, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing, UBC Press
2020, Shortlisted - Society for Economic Anthropology Book Prize, Society for Economic Anthropology
2020, Commended - Council for Museum Anthropology Book Award, Council for Museum Anthropology
- Copyright year: 2018
The Last Suffragist Standing
The Life and Times of Laura Marshall Jamieson
The Last Suffragist Standing is an unprecedented study of a pioneering Canadian suffragist and politician and an illuminating work on the history of feminism, socialism, internationalism, and activism in Canada.
2019, Shortlisted - Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing, BC Historical Federation
- Copyright year: 2018
A Family Matter
Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy
A Family Matter investigates the implications for immigrants and refugees of the Canadian government’s definition of what constitutes “family.”
2020, Commended - Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award, American Political Science Association
2019, Shortlisted - Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association
- Copyright year: 2018
Breaching the Peace
The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro
Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox recounts the prolonged battle, led by farmers and First Nations, to stop the cripplingly expensive and environmentally irresponsible Site C dam.
2019, Winner - Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, BC Book Prizes
2019, Shortlisted - Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, Writers’ Trust of Canada
- Copyright year: 2018