AU Press is proud to present our Spring 2024 catalogue featuring four exciting new titles, including an addition to our popular Issues in Distance Education series. From investigating border zones…
The new CBC series Workin’ Moms has premiered to both praise and criticism, proving that the conversation surrounding women, children, and paid employment is ongoing and filled with tension. In an…
“Odia literature is a treasure trove for translators, but not many venture into this field.” The work of the women writers of Odisha, India contributes to an ongoing dialogue concerning…
Image: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 – 1890 ), Farmhouse in Provence, 1888, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection 1970.17.34 In the upcoming publication from AU Press, Reading Vincent…
In 2010, five magnificent Blackfoot shirts, now owned by the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum, were brought to Alberta to be exhibited at the Glenbow Museum, in Calgary, and…
In preparation for Labour Day, labour experts Bob Barnetson and Jason Foster join us on the blog to answer some questions about their new book Health and Safety in Canadian…
If you’re new to open education jargon, you might be wondering what all the talk around OERs is about. As an open-access publisher with a stake in the OER game,…
National Aboriginal Day is tomorrow, June 21, and Edmonton will be bustling with activities and events that celebrate our indigenous population. You will want to get out to Borden Park…
If you have been anywhere near a university in the past decade, you will know that technology mediates student life wherever you turn: students answer questions using iClickers or their smartphones,…
The latest publication from Athabasca University Press, Learning in Virtual Worlds edited by Sue Gregory, Mark J.W. Lee, Barney Dalgarno, and Belinda Tynan, is an important collection of articles concerning the…