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BC Studies no. 211 Autumn 2021
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Book & Film Reviews
Review
Step Into Wilderness: A Pictorial History of Outdoor Exploration in and Around the Comox Valley
Drawing primarily on a photographic collection held by the Courtenay and District Museum, Step into...
Review
Always Pack a Candle: A Nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin
Marion McKinnon Crook’s Always Pack a Candle is an enlightening memoir of public health nursing...
Review
Capitals, Aristocrats, and Cougars: Victoria’s Hockey Professionals, 1911-26
Historians generally agree that hockey originated in eastern parts of Canada and later spread westward....
Review
Rivers Run Through Us: A Natural and Human History of Great Rivers of North America
Eric B. Taylor’s Rivers Run Through Us: A Natural and Human History of Great Rivers...
Review
Fool’s Gold: The Life and Legacy of Vancouver’s Official Town Fool
Once upon an acid-warped time, Vancouver had its own town fool. In the late sixties,...
Review
Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator
Most killer whale stories are sad stories. Jason Colby’s Orca is no exception. The nineteen...
Podcasts
New Media / Exhibition Review
Mission Transition: Clean Energy and Beyond (Season 1 and 2)
In 2018 and 2019, Sierra Club BC, through the leadership of Caitlyn Vernon and former...
New Media / Exhibition Review
Below the Radar: Age of Engagement
Below the Radar is the voice of Simon Fraser University’s community engagement initiative. The host,...
New Media / Exhibition Review
Below the Radar: An Engaged Knowledge Democracy
Below the Radar is a podcast that begins many episodes by reminding listeners that it...
New Media / Exhibition Review
BC Museums Association Podcast
One of the museum sector’s perennial challenges is sustaining a sense of community and connectivity,...
New Media / Exhibition Review
Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me
Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me is a monthly podcast on Japanese Canadian history and culture....
New Media / Exhibition Review
The Transect Podcast Review
The world of British Columbian archaeology is, to most, unknown and inaccessible. This is a...
Decolonization
New Media / Exhibition Review
Altering the Landscape of Our Memories: A Review of Indigenous Cities (Vancouver)
I came to x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓ as a child, not knowing her name, but knowing she had...
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News & Events
News
BC Studies 18th Annual Online Fundraising Auction Begins Today!
Today, December 1, 2021, marks the beginning of the 18th Annual BC Studies Online Fundraising Auction. Head on over to https://www.32auctions.com/BCStudies2021 to bid on a variety of items ranging from hotel stays to yoga classes,...
December 1, 2021 | News
Events
BC Studies 18th Annual Online Fundraising Auction
BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly is excited to announce our 18th Annual BC Studies Online Fundraiser Auction (December 1-8, 2021). The auction will be hosted at https://www.32auctions.com/bcstudies2021 This year’s auction features fantastic prizes from...
Events
Challenging Racist “British Columbia” – Video and Teaching Edition Launch
Join authors, producer Jessica MacVicar, and educators Carmen Rodriguez and Karine Ng for the release of the new video and teaching edition of Challenging Racist “British Columbia”: 150 Years and Counting. Together we can challenge...
News
2021 Peter Oliver Prize
BC Studies is excited to congratulate Paul Jon, who was awarded the 2021 Peter Oliver Prize for his work ‘Tenant Organizing and the Campaign for Collective Bargaining Rights in British Columbia, 1968-1975’, BC Studies, BC Studies, No 206,...
July 7, 2021 | News