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ARCHIVE MATTERS
Check out our new blog feature by Angie Bain, Lower Nicola Indian Band: http://www.bcstudies.com/?q=blog/archive-matters-begin Most research starts with a simple question, but as we learn more about archival collections and the communities and people that make use of...
January 6, 2017 | News
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New Directions in Transpacific Cultural Research
New Directions in Transpacific Cultural Research A Public Symposium Organized by the Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research Feb 9-10, 2017 Harbour Centre 1400, Segal Centre Room SFU Vancouver, 555 West Hastings Free and open to...
November 25, 2016 | News
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Call For SOUNDS
BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly is seeking sound clips, soundscapes, or other types of audio accompanied by a written component (article, essay, poem, story, etc.). Contributions will be peer reviewed and published online and...
November 22, 2016 | News
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Call for SOUNDS
BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly is seeking sound clips, soundscapes, or other types of audio accompanied by a written component (article, essay, poem, story, etc.). Contributions will be peer reviewed and published online and...
November 22, 2016 | News
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BC Studies Conference CFP
(Un)Settling British Columbia **SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15, 2016** BC Studies Conference – Vancouver Island University, on the territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, Nanaimo, British Columbia – May 4-6, 2017 In the prize-winning...
October 31, 2016 | News
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CALL FOR APPLICANTS – BC STUDIES BLOG CURATOR
CALL FOR APPLICANTS – BC STUDIES BLOG CURATOR BC Studies is seeking an early career scholar (ideally a doctoral student) to curate the BC Studies Blog. www.bcstudies.com/blog The BCS blog, like the journal, focuses on...
September 30, 2016 | News
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CALL FOR PAPERS
CALL FOR PAPERS BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly BC Studies publishes original, peer-reviewed articles on British Columbia’s social, cultural, political, and economic life, past and present. Articles represent research by a diverse group of...
September 28, 2016 | News
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ANNOUNCING THE NEW EDITOR OF BC STUDIES: Leslie Robertson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UBC.
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Leslie Robertson to the position of Editor, BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly. We would like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of the out-going Editor, Graeme Wynn....
September 8, 2016 | News
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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 “the flood waters of colonialism are, at long last, receding€ (223). Nonetheless, the arrival and settlement of...
August 26, 2016 | News
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BCS author Richard McCandless on Hydro-pricing
BC Studies author Richard McCandless has collaborated with Dr. Harry Swain on an opinion piece in the Victoria Times-Colonist entitled “Hydro pricing: What the minister didn’t tell us.” For the full article, see:http://www.timescolonist.com/comment-hydro-pricing-what-the-minister-didn-t-tell-us-1.2328377#sthash.s4kOyShn.dpuf Thank you...
August 23, 2016 | News
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Sono Nis Press Warehouse Fire
BC Studies extends its deep condolences to veteran independent publisher Sono Nis Press of Winlaw, BC, the publishing arm of Morriss Printing of Victoria, which printed BC Studies for many years. A fire on 4...
August 23, 2016 | News
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Wishing Graeme Wynn farewell!
Today we bid farewell to Graeme Wynn who is retiring from UBC and stepping down as the Editor of BC Studies after a remarkable eight years. During his tenure, Graeme moved BC Studies from a...
June 30, 2016 | News
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National Aboriginal Day
Happy Aboriginal Day from the BC Studies blog! Check out some of the amazing events and celebrations going on across BC. Below is link to the events happening today in Prince George, at Lheidlt T’enneh...
June 21, 2016 | News
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BCHF Historical Writing Competition Winners
The British Columbia Historical Federation (BCHF) announced the winners for the Annual Historical Writing Competition at the BCHF Annual Conference on May 28th. Many of the titles have been reviewed in BC Studies. The Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing...
June 2, 2016 | News
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RECURRENT VOICES: Veronica (Nikki) Strong-Boag
Every One A ‘Woman Worthy’ [1]: Commemoration on Canadian Currency Because it’s 2018, or soon will be—in other words, a hundred years after Ottawa deigned to enfranchise most but not all Canadian women in the...
May 25, 2016 | News
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Call for Papers: UVIC Faculty of Law and History
First Nations, Land, and James Douglas: Indigenous and Treaty Rights in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1849-1864 The Songhees Nation and the University of Victoria Faculty of Law and History Department invite...
May 17, 2016 | News
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Minnesota Seaside Station
As a nice compliment to Erik A. Moore and Rebecca Toov’s photo essay on “The Minnesota Seaside Station near Port Renfrew, British Columbia,€ BC Studies no. 187 check out Hakai Magazine’s video “Out of This...
May 12, 2016 | News
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Congratulations Nancy Turner
BC Studies congratulates Nancy Turner on her winning of the 2016 Canada Prize in the Social Sciences by The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences for her book, Ancient Patheways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom...
April 13, 2016 | News
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BC Studies Prize announcement!
It is our pleasure to announce the winner and runner up of the inaugural BC Studies Prize. This award is for the article deemed to have made the greatest contribution to understanding British Columbia in the...
April 7, 2016 | News
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BC Studies at the Legislative Assembly
BC Studies was mentioned in the BC Legislature when Adrian Dix spoke during the second reading of the bill to make changes to the Insurance Corporation of BC. Mr Dix was referencing Rick McCandless’s article in...
March 22, 2016 | News
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Congratulations Graeme!
The journal Historical Geography (Volume 43, 2015) contains five articles assessing BC Studies editor Graeme Wynn’s major contributions over the last forty years to historical geography, environmental history and Canadian studies generally. See the Historical...
January 26, 2016 | News
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Film Review: Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World is a documentary that beautifully pairs the breathtaking landscape of Haida Gwaii with insightful and inspiring commentary from the people that live there. Producers Charles Wilkinson and...
January 15, 2016 | News
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Welcome to the new BC Studies blog!
This is a venue to share interesting information on a diverse array of BC related topics. We hope that this venue offers an engaging way to regularly share research and ideas across BC, as well...
January 15, 2016 | News
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NEW BCS BLOG!
Join us in welcoming Alex Lausanne as our new Blog Curator! To view posts visit www.bcstudies.com/blog
January 15, 2016 | News