January 25, 2018
From Lib-Lab to Lib-Fem: British Columbia’s First Woman MLA, Mary Ellen Spear Smith (1863-1933) [1] By Veronica Strong-Boag, Phd.,...
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October 19, 2017
BC VOICES: Dr. Wendy Wickwire – Advice for First Year History Students
In this short clip, Dr. Wendy Wickwire gives her perspective on the most important thing first year students can...
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June 20, 2017
“She Named It Canada Because that’s What It Was Called”: Language and Justice in Canada 2017+ by Veronica...
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November 15, 2016
BC VOICES: “Men Want to Hog Everything”
“Men Want to Hog Everything”[1] by Veronica Strong-Boag In 1949 Agnes Macphail, Canada’s first female MP (as of 1921),...
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October 26, 2016
BC VOICES: Science week at Koeye Camp with Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Science week at Koeye Camp with Raincoast Conservation Foundation by Sara Wickham The invitation couldn’t...
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October 22, 2016
BC VOICES: Pivot Legal Society – Reinstatement of the Heroin Assisted Treatment Program
by Katrina Pacey – Executive Director, Pivot Legal Society After a three-year legal battle, we are thrilled to announce...
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October 6, 2016
BC VOICES: PACIFIC WILD – UPDATE: 2+2+2=6 Steps Toward Protection of the Great Bear Sea
by Diana Chan Over the last three months, there have been several developments that could help to advance marine...
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October 2, 2016
PLACES OF BC: Field & The Burgess Shale
Field, BC & The Burgess Shale By Alex Lausanne Nestled in the Rocky Mountains in Yoho National...
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September 22, 2016
CURRENT FINDINGS IN BC: One Ring to Bind Them All
One Ring to Bind Them All By Kira Hoffman A dendrochronologist counts her millionth tree...
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September 20, 2016
BC VOICES: Call for Papers – BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly
Call for PapersBC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly BC Studies publishes original, peer-reviewed articles on British Columbia’s social, cultural,...
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September 15, 2016
BC VOICES: Call for Papers – (Un)Settling British Columbia: BC Studies 2017
In the prize-winning book Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call, Arthur Manuel strikes a hopeful note by suggesting that...
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September 7, 2016
BC VOICES: The 100 Islands Research Program
The 100 Islands Research Program by Sara Wickham The leaves outside of my office window...
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August 29, 2016
PLACES OF BC: Wells & ArtsWells Music Festival
By Alex Lausanne As a follow-up on the earlier post about “Wells, BC: Cariboo Counterculture,” by...
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August 25, 2016
BC VOICES: Why Canada needs “Campaign Zero” just as much as the U.S.A.
by Douglas King, Pivot Legal Last month “We The Protestors”, one of the originators of the Black Lives Matter...
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August 16, 2016
RECURRENT VOICES: Anxiety, Racism and the Right Kind of Citizen
by Dr. Jonathan Swainger Recently, my research on crime history and community identity reacquainted me with the historical scholarship...
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August 11, 2016
CURRENT FINDINGS IN BC: Hakai Magazine on Tsunami Threat
In relation to the recent posts series “Evolving perspectives on the Pacific-North American plate boundary near Haida Gwaii, BC”...
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August 1, 2016
RECURRENT VOICES: PART 2 – Reading Referendums: From Brexit in the U.K. to Women Suffrage in B.C.
In honour of BC Day, BC Studies would like to share a post on the important historical milestone of...
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July 28, 2016
RECURRENT VOICES: Vancouver Island Separatism
Vancouver Island Separatism July 28, 2016 by Patrick A. Dunae Vancouver Island separatists are on the...
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July 26, 2016
***See Parts 2 & 3 for figures 2 – 4*** Offshore Fault-Zone Mapping Provides Insights and...
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July 20, 2016
RECURRENT VOICES: PART 1 – Reading Referendums: From Brexit in the U.K. to Women Suffrage in B.C.
July 20, 2016 by Veronica Strong-Boag The entrails of the 23 June 2016 Brexit Referendum on the UK’s exit...
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July 14, 2016
BC VOICES: The Return of the Midden!
The Return of the Midden! by Jacob Earnshaw, President of the Archaeological Society of British Columbia (ASBC)...
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July 11, 2016
Tsunami and coseismic events By Sean Mullan Shortly after the 2012 Haida Gwaii quake, the...
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July 7, 2016
CURRENT FINDINGS IN BC: Archaeological Prospection on the Pacific Northwest Coast (Quadra Island)
By Alex Lausanne Archaeological prospecting is inhibited by many factors on the Pacific Northwest coast. Changing...
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