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BC VOICES: “Men Want to Hog Everything”
November 15, 2016
“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 31, 2016
(Un)Settling British Columbia **SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15, 2016** BC Studies Conference – Vancouver Island University, on the...
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BC VOICES: Science week at Koeye Camp with Raincoast Conservation Foundation
October 26, 2016
Science week at Koeye Camp with Raincoast Conservation Foundation by Sara Wickham The invitation couldn’t...
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BC VOICES: Pivot Legal Society – Reinstatement of the Heroin Assisted Treatment Program
October 22, 2016
by Katrina Pacey – Executive Director, Pivot Legal Society After a three-year legal battle, we are thrilled to announce...
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BC VOICES: PACIFIC WILD – UPDATE: 2+2+2=6 Steps Toward Protection of the Great Bear Sea
October 6, 2016
by Diana Chan Over the last three months, there have been several developments that could help to advance marine...
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PLACES OF BC: Field & The Burgess Shale
October 2, 2016
Field, BC & The Burgess Shale By Alex Lausanne Nestled in the Rocky Mountains in Yoho National...
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CALL FOR APPLICANTS – BC STUDIES BLOG CURATOR
September 30, 2016
CALL FOR APPLICANTS – BC STUDIES BLOG CURATOR BC Studies is seeking an early career scholar (ideally a doctoral...
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September 28, 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly BC Studies publishes original, peer-reviewed articles on British Columbia’s social,...
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CURRENT FINDINGS IN BC: One Ring to Bind Them All
September 22, 2016
One Ring to Bind Them All By Kira Hoffman A dendrochronologist counts her millionth tree...
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BC VOICES: Call for Papers – BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly
September 20, 2016
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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BC VOICES: Call for Papers – (Un)Settling British Columbia: BC Studies 2017
September 15, 2016
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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ANNOUNCING THE NEW EDITOR OF BC STUDIES: Leslie Robertson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UBC.
September 8, 2016
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Leslie Robertson to the position of Editor, BC Studies: The British...
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BC VOICES: The 100 Islands Research Program
September 7, 2016
The 100 Islands Research Program by Sara Wickham The leaves outside of my office window...
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PLACES OF BC: Wells & ArtsWells Music Festival
August 29, 2016
By Alex Lausanne As a follow-up on the earlier post about “Wells, BC: Cariboo Counterculture,” by...
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CALL FOR PAPERS – (Un)Settling British Columbia: BC Studies 2017
August 26, 2016
In the prize-winning book Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call, Arthur Manuel strikes a hopeful note by suggesting that “the...
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BC VOICES: Why Canada needs “Campaign Zero” just as much as the U.S.A.
August 25, 2016
by Douglas King, Pivot Legal Last month “We The Protestors”, one of the originators of the Black Lives Matter...
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BCS author Richard McCandless on Hydro-pricing
August 23, 2016
BC Studies author Richard McCandless has collaborated with Dr. Harry Swain on an opinion piece in the Victoria Times-Colonist...
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August 23, 2016
BC Studies extends its deep condolences to veteran independent publisher Sono Nis Press of Winlaw, BC, the publishing arm...
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RECURRENT VOICES: Anxiety, Racism and the Right Kind of Citizen
August 16, 2016
by Dr. Jonathan Swainger Recently, my research on crime history and community identity reacquainted me with the historical scholarship...
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CURRENT FINDINGS IN BC: Hakai Magazine on Tsunami Threat
August 11, 2016
In relation to the recent posts series “Evolving perspectives on the Pacific-North American plate boundary near Haida Gwaii, BC”...
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BC MUSEUMS & GALLERIES: The Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre
August 10, 2016
By Alex Lausanne “The uprooting, internment and dispossession of Japanese Canadians is this experience that was shared by thousands...
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RECURRENT VOICES: PART 2 – Reading Referendums: From Brexit in the U.K. to Women Suffrage in B.C.
August 1, 2016
In honour of BC Day, BC Studies would like to share a post on the important historical milestone of...
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RECURRENT VOICES: Vancouver Island Separatism
July 28, 2016
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...