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What Could a University Be?

Revolutionary Ideas for the Future

UBC Press, On Campus

What Could a University Be? identifies new ideas that can help refocus the university on educating its students and having a greater positive impact in society.

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Watching the Bear

Canadian Intelligence Assessments of the Soviet Threat to North America, 1946–1964

UBC Press

Watching the Bear draws on recently declassified documents to offer a wholly new perspective on Canada’s policies for the defence of North America in the decades following the Second World War.

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Unceded

Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now

UBC Press, Purich Books

Unceded reveals the BC government’s history of injustice toward First Nations, providing the context for understanding modern treaty negotiations.

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The New Politics of Western Canada

Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures

UBC Press

The New Politics of Western Canada examines the identity of “the West,” its contested political ideologies, and current economic and policy concerns to anticipate the challenges that lie ahead.

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Renegotiating the Bargain

The Formation of Power-Sharing Arrangements within Canadian Political Parties

UBC Press

Renegotiating the Bargain explores and explains a major shift in how power is shared within Canadian political parties to reveal the inner workings of party organization.

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Objects as Evidence/Agents

Curated Encounters with Domestic Objects

Dalhousie Architectural Press
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Deciding on Death

Rodriguez, Carter, and Medically Assisted Dying in Canada

UBC Press

Deciding on Death is a comprehensive analysis of the ethical debate, political controversy, and judicial and legislative developments culminating in the legalization of medically assisted dying in Canada.

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A Drunken Bee

Sunthorn Phu and the Buddhist Landscapes of Early Bangkok

University of Hawaii Press
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Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema

University of Florida Press

Through an analysis of twenty-first-century films created in Latin America, this book makes the case that contemporary filmmakers are using the figure of the father as a metaphor for political leadership and that their work reflects a growing rejection of predatory and coercive authority in the region.

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