Books published by UBC Press

Brokering Access

UBC Press | January 1, 2013 | 400 pages
Is the business of public officials any of the public'sbusiness? Most Canadians would argue that it is - that wecitizens are entitled to enquire and get answers about ourgovernment's actions. Access to information (ATI) is widelyregarded as a fundamental right, consistent with the notion that... More Info

Fractured Homeland

UBC Press | January 1, 2013 | 344 pages
In 1992, the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan, the only federallyrecognized Algonquin reserve in Ontario, launched a comprehensive landclaim. The claim drew attention to the reality that two-thirds ofAlgonquins in Canada have never been recognized as Indian, and havetherefore had to struggle to reassert... More Info
$34.95

Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System

UBC Press | January 1, 2013 | 308 pages
Members of civil society organizations are among the most vociferouscritics of the modern food system and its crippling effect on thewell-being of people and the environment. Yet even after decades ofcampaigns, governments have failed to address health and sustainabilityissues in a systematic and... More Info

Tsawalk

By Umeek
UBC Press | February 28, 2005 | 146 pages
In Tsawalk, hereditary chief Umeek develops a theory of “Tsawalk,” meaning “one,” that views the nature of existence as an integrated and orderly whole, and thereby recognizes the intrinsic relationship between the physical and spiritual. Umeek demonstrates how Tsawalk provides a viable... More Info
$29.95

Every Inch a Woman

UBC Press | July 30, 2006 | 204 pages
What makes the textual image of a woman with a penis so compelling, malleable, and persistent? The phallic woman can be a ribald joke, a fantastical impossibility, a masculine usurper, an ultimately unthreatening sexual style, an interrogation into the I of the author, or an examination of female... More Info

Ways of Knowing

UBC Press | November 1, 1998 | 368 pages
The creative world of a northern Native community is revealed in this innovative book. Once semi-nomadic hunters and gatherers, the Dene Tha of northern Canada today live in government-built homes in the settlement of Chateh. Their lives are a distinct blend of old and new, in which more... More Info

The Many Voyages of Arthur Wellington Clah

UBC Press | January 1, 2012 | 306 pages
First-hand accounts of indigenous people’s encounters with colonialism are rare. A daily diary that extends over fifty years is unparalleled. Based on a transcription of Arthur Wellington Clah’s diaries, this book offers a riveting account of a Tsimshian man who moved in both colonial and... More Info

Transforming Law's Family

UBC Press | January 1, 2012 | 232 pages
In the past few decades, gays and lesbians, along with their families, have become more visible members of Canadian society, enjoying increasing levels of legal recognition. InTransforming Law's Family,Fiona Kelly explores the complex issues encountered by planned lesbian families as they work to... More Info