The latest book from AU Press, How Canadians Communicate VI: Food Promotion, Consumption, and Controversy, discusses how food is represented, regulated, and consumed in Canada. Canadians make food choices every…
“Sports are about identity and belonging, about our place in the world and how we see ourselves,” says David Taras in the introductory chapter to How Canadians Communicate V: Sports,…
On February 22, 2016, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) released a white paper on the future of publishing in Canada. The report, titled “Canadian Universities and Sustainable Publishing,”…
AU Press’s most recent publication, Scaling Up, is a community-focused book that features case studies of the social economies of Alberta and British Columbia. The social economy is developed when citizens…
What is happening in Canadian media? From layoffs to strikes, from the end of a paper published since 1874 to more layoffs, it seems as though our news sources have…
At AU Press’ most recent editorial committee meeting, the discussion turned to Indigenous scholarship and a committee member noted that she had recently read a number of interesting articles that…
Fearful of losing her family’s history and her father’s memories about Jewish life during World War II in Iran, Farideh Goldin asked Baba, as she called her father, to write…
If your New Year’s resolution is to be more informed about our world, you should start the New Year by reviewing what happened in 2015. We have rounded up four…
The Teacher and the Superintendent follows the lives of two eager individuals whose misguided efforts to assimilate the Alaska Natives reflect the motives of both the church and the government….
Merry December to everyone! It is almost the time for the seasonal exchange of gifts. If you are looking to expand your loved ones’ bookshelves with some new and…