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Indigenous Healing as Paradox
Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony
ISBN: 9781772125740
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 9, 2025
208 Pages
A social history of the ways Indigenous Peoples have engaged and navigated the welfare state to promote survival and well-being amidst Canadian settler colonialism.
Stories Left in Stone
Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain
ISBN: 9781772127744
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 1, 2024
328 Pages
Stories Left in Stone explores Cáceres and Extremadura, Spain, by immersing the reader in local histories, food, art, and conversation.
Of Canoes and Crocodiles
Paddling the Sepik in Papua New Guinea
ISBN: 9781772127348
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: June 13, 2024
240 Pages
Accompanied by local guides, two Canadians paddle dugout canoes down the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, one of the world's great jungle rivers.
Half-Light
Westbound on a Hot Planet
ISBN: 9781772127409
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: May 30, 2024
248 Pages
Braiding together personal, collective, and historical explorations of what it means to “go west,” Half-Light offers deep reflections on the meaning of life, middle age, and climate catastrophe.
For the Public Good
Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities
ISBN: 9781772127423
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: May 17, 2024
312 Pages
A vision for reforming arts graduate education to deliver many of Canada’s public good needs.
The Riel Problem
Canada, the Métis, and a Resistant Hero
ISBN: 9781772127331
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: March 28, 2024
344 Pages
Albert Braz examines how Louis Riel has been commemorated since 1967, charting his transformation from traitor to Canadian hero.
Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities
Colonial Extractivism and Wet’suwet’en Resistance
ISBN: 9781772127041
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: February 29, 2024
376 Pages
McCreary explores how colonial forces seek to control Indigenous claims, and how the Wet'suwet'en resist.
The Word and Wax, second edition
A Medical Folk Ritual Among Ukrainians in Alberta
ISBN: 9781894865678
Publisher: CIUS Press
Publication date: January 16, 2024
124 Pages
Explores the fascinating medical folk ritual of wax pouring as a means of driving away fear and curing minor ailments.
Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question of Palestine
ISBN: 9781772126853
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 25, 2023
352 Pages
Thirteen contributors look at Canada-Palestine relations through a settler colonial lens.
The Elephant Has Two Sets of Teeth
Bhutanese Refugees and Humanitarian Governance
ISBN: 9781772127034
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 2, 2023
264 Pages
This ethnography shows how the language of compassion is used to oppress Bhutanese refugees.
Indigenous Healing as Paradox
Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony
ISBN: 9781772125740
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 9, 2025
208 Pages
Stories Left in Stone
Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain
ISBN: 9781772127744
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 1, 2024
328 Pages
Stories Left in Stone explores Cáceres and Extremadura, Spain, by immersing the reader in local histories, food, art, and conversation.
Of Canoes and Crocodiles
Paddling the Sepik in Papua New Guinea
ISBN: 9781772127348
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: June 13, 2024
240 Pages
Half-Light
Westbound on a Hot Planet
ISBN: 9781772127409
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: May 30, 2024
248 Pages
For the Public Good
Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities
ISBN: 9781772127423
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: May 17, 2024
312 Pages
The Riel Problem
Canada, the Métis, and a Resistant Hero
ISBN: 9781772127331
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: March 28, 2024
344 Pages
Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities
Colonial Extractivism and Wet’suwet’en Resistance
ISBN: 9781772127041
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: February 29, 2024
376 Pages
The Word and Wax, second edition
A Medical Folk Ritual Among Ukrainians in Alberta
ISBN: 9781894865678
Publisher: CIUS Press
Publication date: January 16, 2024
124 Pages
Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question of Palestine
ISBN: 9781772126853
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 25, 2023
352 Pages
The Elephant Has Two Sets of Teeth
Bhutanese Refugees and Humanitarian Governance
ISBN: 9781772127034
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 2, 2023
264 Pages
