Feature photo by Owen Byrne from Mountain View, USA (Encounter) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons The following excerpt is from Michael R. W. Dawson’s latest book, Connectionist Representations of…
Issues of sustainability are top of mind for officials at public institutions and governments. But how does an institution develop policies and then integrate them into their procedures and how…
Jason Foster’s new book, Defying Expectations, is an account of the resilient United Food and Commercials Workers Local 401, a union that defied the odds in Alberta, a province that…
A wicked problem has nothing to do with witches of the west or evils that may lurk in the world (fantastical or otherwise). It’s a difficult or maybe even impossible…
Ian Bullock’s latest book, Under Siege: The Independent Labour Party in Interwar Britain examines the ideological battles within the Independent Labour Party during the tumultuous interwar period. By combing through…
Ethnohistory is not just a congeries of research tools or methods. It also affords a common ground where kindred spirits can meet and communicate, not only to share findings but…
In Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Basin: Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments, volume editor Brian Ronaghan, discusses the impact that oil sands development has on a crucial part of our environment: archaeological resources. Oil…
The Wolves at My Shadow is the latest title in AU Press’s “Our Lives” series. In 1946, as a twenty-two year old, Ingelore Rothschild sits down to write of…
The new CBC series Workin’ Moms has premiered to both praise and criticism, proving that the conversation surrounding women, children, and paid employment is ongoing and filled with tension. In an…
We’ve had some exceptionally cold days this Edmonton winter and while we love the snow, we sometimes need a reminder that warmer days are on their way. Luckily, our spring…