Blog — ...as both knowers and producers of knowledge. Finished reading… The University of Alberta Press publishes the annual Henry Kreisel Lecture series along with the Canadian Literature Centre. Last year’s lecture,...
Blog — ...entries from 1962 and 1950 followed by 1938. A lot of her diary is very cryptic. She protects people’s identities. For example, she uses people’s names when it’s something positive,...
Blog — ...distance education universities. Such an appropriation and integration of new learning technologies (e.g., online collaborative apps, social media, virtual reality, artificial intelligence ) are redefining the way contemporary universities are...
Blog — ...successful? What successes would be useful to other public deliberation exercises? Political leadership really matters. Having an elected official who was an advocate for this helped make it happen. It...
Blog — ...United States. It will now be important for these disruptive strategies to be partnered with constructive noncooperative actions that provide workable and sustainable alternatives. What are some additional resources readers...
— ...pamela.holway@athabascau.ca Acquiring in political economy, social history, neocolonialism, Indigenous history and culture, labour studies, sociology, legal studies, oral history and memoir, literature, communication studies Connor Houlihan Associate Editor, Acquisitions connor.houlihan@athabascau.ca...
Blog — ...story. Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada edited by Meenal Shrivastava and Lorna Stefanick Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada sets out to test...
Blog — The current political climate of confrontation between Islamist regimes and Western governments has resulted in the proliferation of essentialist perceptions of Iran and Iranians in the West. After the recent...
Blog — ...released in August. More than an anthology, this book illustrates Brown’s exceptional skill in the close study of texts—including oral documents, images, artifacts, and other cultural expressions—and elucidates the scholarly...
Blog — ...recounts the escape of a prominent Jewish family from Nazi Germany through Russia to Japan. You can read an excerpt here. Media My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of...