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Service on the Skeena: Horace Wrinch, Frontier Physician
Although both Horace C. Wrinch and his wife Alice are featured in Eldon Lee’s Scalpels and Buggywhips (1997), Horace Wrinch is little known, despite his extraordinary contributions to British Columbia society. Geoff Mynett, a retired lawyer...
BC Studies no. 207 Autumn 2020 | Page(s) 143-144
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Talking Back to the Indian Act: Critical Readings in Settler Colonial Histories
History as an academic discipline recognizes that how we understand the past is no more than that. It is how we understand the past, and not necessarily what actually transpired in distant times that we...
BC Studies no. 206 Summer 2020 | Page(s) 133-134
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New Ground: A Memoir of Art and Activism in BC’s Interior
New Ground: A Memoir of Art and Activism in BC’s Interior is more than just a memoir about Ann Kujundzic’s life — it is a beautifully crafted encounter with Kujundzic and all of the histories that...
BC Studies no. 206 Summer 2020 | Page(s) 126-127
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When Days Are Long: Nurse in the North
In this book, first published upon her retirement in 1965, Amy Wilson presents a biographical history of her career as a public health nurse in Northern British Columbia and the Yukon during the 1950s and...
BC Studies no. 206 Summer 2020 | Page(s) 125-126
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Indigenous Repatriation Handbook
The First Peoples of the Pacific Coast are at the forefront of Indigenous Museology and Repatriation Scholarship. While some communities might be just starting to tangle with the complex politics and strategies of claiming back...
BC Studies no. 206 Summer 2020 | Page(s) 134-135
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Voices from the Skeena: An Illustrated Oral History
Many familiar with Imbert Orchard’s CBC radio interviews from the 1960s will welcome this publication of transcriptions of oral interviews relating to the history of the Skeena River together with forty illustrations executed by the...
BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 123-124
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Vancouverism
It’s best to start any study with a clear, concise, and irrefutable sentence. But “Vancouver is a place” is taking that axiom too far. And, as anyone who knows horses will tell you, a place...
BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 114-117
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Captive Audience: How Corporations Invaded our Schools
Corporate involvement in Canadian schools is an emotional topic. There are alarmists, like some of the teachers’ federations. They long for public education’s halcyon days and warn vaguely of nefarious “neoliberals” set to “privatize.” There...
BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 113-114
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Shared Histories: Witsuwit’en-Settler Relations in Smithers, British Columbia, 1913-1973
Geographer Tyler McCreary’s book about Witsuwit’en-settler relations in Smithers is a valuable new addition to research and writing on histories of place in settler-colonial contexts. Shared Histories demonstrates how academic work can be integrated with local...
BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 124-126
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Working Towards Equity: Disability Rights Activism and Employment in Late Twentieth-Century Canada
Working Towards Equity examines the intersection of the contested nature of disability movements and activism and decision maker actions related to labour market activity in late 20thcentury Canada. Galer’s argument is that advances in labour...
BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 223-224
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Outside In: A Political Memoir
Outside In can be read and enjoyed as a straightforward memoir of Libby Davies’ remarkable career as an activist and elected official. It traces her path from her early days working for housing justice in Vancouver’s...
BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 117-118
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Sonny Assu: A Selective History
This comprehensive survey of Sonny Assu’s work is prefaced by four incisive essays by prominent indigenous scholars and curators. This beautifully designed and thoughtfully organized book covers significant phases in the Kwakwaka’ wakw artist’s career,...
BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 207
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On The Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement
On The Line is an account of BC trade unions by the BC Labour Heritage Centre (an offshoot of the BC Federation of Labour) written by retired Vancouver Sun labour reporter Rod Mickleburgh. In a well-illustrated...
BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 205-206
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Return of the Wolf: Conflict and Coexistence
In his famous study Of Wolves and Men (1978), Barry Lopez pertinently noted that ‘the wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you.’ Paula...
BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 209-210
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Apples, etc. An Artist’s Memoir
Apples, etc. An Artist’s Memoir by Gathie Falk, edited by Robin Laurence, is an account of the acclaimed Vancouver-based artist’s life that offers new insight into her tenacious experimentation with the ordinary. Like a grocery list...
BC Studies no. 203 Autumn 2019 | Page(s) 163-165
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Following the Curve of Time: The Untold Story of Capi Blanchet
Cathy Converse’s Following the Curve of Time: The Untold Story of Capi Blanchet is a companion piece to Blanchet’s coastal travelogue The Curve of Time and one that enriches its reading. Both monographs offer detailed accounts of...
BC Studies no. 203 Autumn 2019 | Page(s) 153-154
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Searching for Tao Canyon
Searching for Tao Canyon, the outcome of decades of exploring previously uncharted slot canyons in the American Southwest, is dedicated to the accomplished photographer, glacier geologist, and conservationist Art Twomey, who was instrumental in the...
BC Studies no. 203 Autumn 2019 | Page(s) 149-150
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Woo, The Monkey Who Inspired Emily Carr: a Biography
“Monkey Business: Emily Carr’s Woo” In 1923 Emily Carr sent her maid, Pearl, to Lucy Cowie’s pet shop in downtown Victoria. She gave the owner thirty dollars and one of Carr’s Griffon dogs in exchange...