The University of British Columbia Press is Canada’s leading social sciences publisher. With an international reputation for publishing high-quality works of original scholarship, our books draw on and reflect cutting-edge research, pushing the boundaries of academic discourse in innovative directions. Each year UBC Press publishes seventy new titles in a number of fields, including Aboriginal studies, Asian studies, Canadian history, environmental studies, gender and women’s studies, health and food studies, geography, law, media and communications, military and security studies, planning and urban studies, and political science.
The Debt of a Nation
Land and the Financing of the Canadian Settler State, 1820–73
- Copyright year: 2025
A Cold Colonialism
Modern Exploration and the Canadian North
A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise – one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert control over northern peoples and their lands.
- Copyright year: 2025
The Scramble for the Teenage Dollar
Creating the Youth Market in Mid-Century Canada
The Scramble for the Teenage Dollar explores how mid-century marketers and advertisers created the concept of the teenager as model consumer, an idea that has driven our culture ever since.
- Copyright year: 2025
Blue Skies over Wuhan
The Evolution of Environmental Protection Policy in Hubei, 1970s–80s
Blue Skies over Wuhan traces the development of environmental protection policy in China through a case study of Hubei Province, where an environmental agenda dominated by economic growth priorities gradually gave way to more mature, state-led governance.
- Copyright year: 2025
Times of Transformation
The 1921 Canadian General Election
Uniquely focused on Canada’s 1921 federal election, Times of Transformation recounts the many firsts that made this a watershed event and situates these within the global zeitgeist of post–Great War disillusionment and hope.
- Copyright year: 2025
The Civil Sphere in Canada
The Civil Sphere in Canada shows why a socially just, inclusive society hinges on a robust and dynamic civil sphere.
- Copyright year: 2025
Sufism in Canada
Weaving Islamic Practice and Contemporary Spirituality
Sufism in Canada considers how Sufism informs Islam and popular spirituality, opening new avenues of understanding about religiosity and Muslim identities in this country.
- Copyright year: 2025
After Redress
Japanese Canadian and Indigenous Struggles for Justice
After Redress is an innovative and critical examination of continuing calls for justice in the wake of state redress and reconciliation agreements.
- Copyright year: 2025
Chiang Kai-shek's Critical Years, 1935–50
Chiang Kai-shek’s Critical Years analyzes an enigmatic figure at the peak of his influence, revealing an improvisational approach to political problems that brought remarkable successes alongside ultimate defeat.
- Copyright year: 2025
Artificial Democracy
The Impact of Big Data on Politics, Policy, and Polity
Artificial Democracy examines the multiple ways in which big data, analytics, and AI are transforming contemporary democracies.
- Copyright year: 2025
Tender Labour
Migrant Care Work, Filipina/o Young People, and Family Life across Borders
Tender Labour investigates the paid and unpaid labour that young migrants from the Philippines engage in to hold their families together and build a better life.
- Copyright year: 2025