Current Issue:
BC Studies #166 (Summer 2010)
Includes articles by Frank Leonard, Troy V. Lee, David Vogt and David Alexander Gamble, and Michael A. Ekers and Brendan Sweeney.
Welcome to BC Studies!
Established in 1969, BC Studies is dedicated to the exploration of British Columbia's cultural, economic, and political life; past and present. Each issue offers articles on a wide range of topics, in-depth reviews of current books, and a bibliography of recent publications. With a solid national and international reputation for its authoritative and informative content, BC Studies is read by academics and general readers alike.
On this website, you can learn more about BC Studies, look through the table of contents for our current and back issues, find subscription information, see our submission guidelines, or send us a note.
Publication of BC Studies is supported by the Social Sciences and and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the University of Victoria.
Recent News:
Open Access Book Reviews and Case Comments
July 6, 2010
In recognition of the value of open, web-based access to intellectual content, we have posted some of our material online. Upcoming and recently published book reviews and review essays will be freely accessible at www.bcstudies.com/reviews. Visit the “Book Reviews” tab on our website for upcoming reviews, and individual issue pages for those recently published.
Contributions appearing in our Case comments section of the journal are also available: www.bcstudies.com/casecomments.
CALL for papers
March 31, 2010
PLEASE NOTE CONFERENCE DATE CHANGE
The University of British Columbia Okanagan is proud to host an international conference in association with BC Studies on:
Sustainability and Change: Studies in B C's Past, Present & Future Communities
May 5 to 7, 2011
We invite scholars in all disciplines to explore this theme. We welcome panels, sessions and individual papers in the traditional areas of BC Studies. We especially encourage our colleagues in fields as diverse as water quality, agriculture, forestry, tourism, ecology, immigration, and land use to submit proposals related to broadly defined community sustainability issues in B C. Other colleagues may consider examining directions in BC's social, health, industrial, and environmental policy. Further, studies from, and about First Nations' communities are particularly encouraged. Finally, proposals that place British Columbia within transnational or comparative contexts are welcome.
Deadline for Proposals
Panels and sessions: Proposals should include a short description (150 words) of the theme for the panel or session, as well as abstracts for any papers and the academic or professional affiliation for each participant. While we strongly encourage panel and session proposals, the committee reserves the right to rearrange them.
Deadline: October 14, 2010
Papers: Individual paper proposals should include an abstract (150 words maximum) and the academic or professional affiliation of the proposer.
Deadline: February 18, 2011
Posters: The conference will also organize a poster session. Proposals for posters should indicate the theme and should include the academic or professional affiliation of the proposer.
Deadline: February 18, 2011
Proposals from graduate students are particularly welcome.
Proposals can be submitted electronically to bcstudies2011@gmail.com or by mail to:
B.C. Studies Program Committee
c/o Faculty of Arts and Science
The University of British Columbia Okanagan
3333 University Way, Kelowna, B C V1V 1V7
Correspondence may be in either English or French.
Call for Submissions - Case Comments
April 9, 2009
BC Studies welcomes submissions of case comments that seek to interpret, in relatively few words and clear prose, the significance and importance of recent legal decisions affecting British Columbia.
Case comments should focus on one decision from any level of court or administrative tribunal and should aim to situate that decision in a broader historical, social, political, or economic context. They should be written in a manner that is accessible to an informed, general audience.
Case comments should be no more than 3,000 words. Manuscripts must be double spaced and Text and footnote style of non-legal sources should follow The Chicago Manual of Style. Citations of legal sources should follow the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 6th Edition (the McGill Guide).
BC Studies accepts manuscript submissions online through the Open Journal System (OJS).
To submit a case comment, please visit: http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies
For more information on case comments please contact:
Dr. Douglas C. Harris , Associate Editor Case Comments, harris@law.ubc.ca
Fraser River Mining Landscapes
March 3, 2009
To accompany his article in this special issue, Mike Kennedy has created a photo collection of more than 50 contemporary images of selected sites in the study area View them here:
Special Theme Issue - Now available!
February 26, 2009
The Middle Fraser: Lives, Livelihoods and Arguments
Guest edited by Cole Harris, this issue focuses on land and livelihoods along the middle reaches of Fraser River, British Columbia's most defining river, which Simon Fraser descended in 1808 and miners converged upon fifty years later. The first article describes the large pit-house villages that flourished on terraces along the middle Fraser a thousand and more years ago, and evaluates current interpretations of them. The second describes, maps, and interprets the many remains of placer mining along this same stretch of the river. The third deals with ranching on the grasslands along the river, and particularly with the ranchers' response to two pests: grasshoppers and wild horses. A final article assesses current land use options for the grasslands in relation to the often-conflicting agendas of ranchers, environmentalists, and First Nations. Overall, the issue commemorates a place rather than the events that opened it to the outside world.
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