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Canada’s leading social sciences publisher. Established in 1971.

Cover image for “Azmapu: A Philosophy of Care”—a bright yellow with a red Mapuche emblem. The book title, Azmapu, is in teal across the front, with the author and translator names in green above and below. Beside the cover, text denotes the time and location of the meet-and-greet event.
A person stands smiling behind a University of British Columbia (UBC) Press display table at an indoor event. The table is covered with books, brochures, and promotional materials, with several featured titles displayed upright, a vase of flowers on the left, and a sign for a book giveaway on the right. Two large UBC Press banners hang across the front of the table. Large windows behind the display overlook trees, a grassy area, and people walking outside on a rainy day.
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Cover: Research with Refugee Children and Families: Ethical Dilemmas and Methodological Insights, edited by Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali. Photo: a painting on a stack of square wooden blocks. The stack is four blocks wide and five blocks high. The impressionistic brushstrokes of thick yellow paint depict a man, woman, and child standing. Beside the cover, text reads: New in Paperback.
Cover: Foreign Affairs in the Canadian Constitution, by H. Scott Fairley. Illustration: a portion of the Canadian flag is visible behind a wash of red. Beside the cover, text reads: New in Paperback.
Congratulatory banner includes a 3D depiction of the book “A Culture of Justification” alongside text acknowledging its second place Walter Owen Book Prize. Cover: A Culture of Justification: Vavilov and the Future of Administrative Law, by Paul Daly. Illustration: light blue scribbles concentrated at the top left of the cover, on a dark blue background.
Book cover for The Working Class and Politics in Canada displayed on a tablet. Cover: The Working Class and Politics in Canada, edited by Jacob Robbins-Kanter, Royce Koop, and Daniel Troup. Illustration: within the dramatic blocky letters of the title are semi-transparent images of a server with a notepad, construction scaffolding, logging activity, and a welder in a helmet. Beside the tablet, text reads: Open Access Edition.
Cover: Renegotiating the Bargain: The Formation of Power-Sharing Arrangements within Canadian Political Parties, by Rob Currie-Wood. Illustration: two pairs of hands on a red background. The upper pair forms a handshake, while the lower pair moves toward one. The hands are rendered with black dots, in halftone style. Beside the cover, text reads: New in Paperback.
Cover: Organizing Sanctuary: Migrant Justice and Abolitionist Activism in Canadian Cities, by Karl Gardner. Illustration: a diverse crowd of activists holds open a door. Inside the door is a city with a hospital, school, other buildings, and a city bus. Beside the cover, text reads: Now Available.
Cover: Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross. Black-and-white photo: Eight Asian men are crowded together in front of an exterior colonial-style window. Before them is a flat surface where papers and small booklets lay. A white man in an RCMP uniform and cap rests one hand on some papers and reaches with the other. Beside the book cover, text congratulates the authors on winning the W. Wesley Pue Book Prize.
Cover: The New Politics of Western Canada: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures, edited by Charles Smith and Tom McIntosh. Illustration: a geometric design in the shape of white light diffracting into four colours of red, reddish brown, pale green and greyish blue. Beside the book cover, text reads: New in Paperback.
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Book cover 3D mockup: Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance: Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure, by Amy Janzwood. Photo: a split shot of black liquid. The bottom half of the image is below the surface, while the top half is above, with a textured white background. A few bubbles float on top. The words of the title alternate between black and red type. Beside the book, text congratulates the author for winning the 2026 Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize.
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Cover: Greyscale Legality: The Diverse Landscape of Intellectual Property Law Enforcement in China, by Qiaoling He. Illustration: hundreds of squares and rectangles are arranged in a grid. They are cool shades of blue and grey, and set on a white background. Beside the cover, text reads: New in Paperback.
Cover: Girlhoods in the Traumascape: Sexual Violence in the Everyday Lives of Young Indigenous and White Women, by Mythili Rajiva. Photo: three bracelet strings of white beads against a blue textured background. Each bead contains a letter, and together they spell out the title. In the spaces between words are decorative beads of blues and greens. Beside the cover, text reads: Now Available.
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Two men pose together in front of a large UBC-branded backdrop. The man on the left, wearing glasses and a dark blazer, holds a framed certificate recognizing scholarly publishing. The man on the right, dressed in a gray suit and tie, holds a copy of “What Could a University Be? Revolutionary Ideas for the Future.” Both are smiling at the camera.
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Cover: From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada, by Nicolette Little. Photo: a red dress hanging from the bare branches of a tree billows in the wind. In the background is a pond and more bare trees along the opposite shore. Beside the cover, white text on a grey background reads: Now Available, with a white UBC Press logo in the bottom right corner.
A person stands behind a UBC Press book display table, reading from a copy of Raven’s Echo. The table is covered with books and promotional materials, including titles on Indigenous studies, education, and literature, with a large UBC Press banner hanging at the front.
Cover: Belonging with Indigenous Lands: Reciprocity, Resurgence, and Environmental Stewardship in the Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks, edited by John Reid-Hresko. Photo: a mountainous coastal landscape. In the foreground is a sprawling sandy beach with numerous people on the sand and in the water. Beside the cover, text reads: Now Available.
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Cover: Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi: A Canadian-Emerati Collaboration for Sustainable Urbanism, edited by Larry Beasley and Michael White. Photo: a mangrove forest. In the distance, on the other side of a body of water, is an urban skyline at dusk. The sun reflects off glassy towers amid a hazy, pastel sky. Beside the cover, a quote from Deborah Morrison, CEO, Canadian Institute of Planners: Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi is a fascinating journey into the complex world of urban design and place-making.
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Cover: Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now, by George Abbott. Illustration: a black-and-white photo of a body of water with trees and a rugged mountain rising above in the distance. Six wavy rays of pale yellow cross the image horizontally. Beside the cover, text acknowledges that the book has been shortlisted for the 2026 George Ryga Award.
Banner congratulating two books shortlisted for the 2026 Donald Smiley Prize.
Cover: Canada, Apartheid, and the Defence of the Liberal Order, by Daniel Manulak. Photo: Brian Mulroney and Nelson Mandela walk on a road, smiling. They look to something at left. In the background, a racially diverse audience faces this same direction. Besides the book cover, text reads: Now Available.
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Banner image celebrating Once Upon this Land and Challenging Exile as finalists for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes
Book cover for The Working Class and Politics in Canada, edited by Jacob Robbins-Kanter, Royce Koop, and Daniel Troup. Illustration: within the dramatic blocky letters of the title are semi-transparent images of a server with a notepad, construction scaffolding, logging activity, and a welder in a helmet. Beside the book cover, text reads New in Paperback.
Promotional image for Online Book Launch shows the cover for Gateways to Trade. Gateways to Trade: Global Value Chains and Governance in Canadian Cities, by Dorval Brunelle, Claudia De Fuentes, Peter Hall, and Jean Michel Montsion. Illustration: a five-tiered stack of shipping containers. Four of the containers are yellow, green, red, and blue, respectively, while the others are grey. A dramatic geometric pattern is created through the fall of light and shadow.
Cover: A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North, by Tina Adcock. Photo: a lone, early twentieth-century vehicle is driven on a snow-packed road in an Arctic landscape. In the background, a range of snow-covered mountains. Beside the cover, text reads New in Paperback.
Cover: Artificial Democracy: The Impact of Big Data on Politics, Policy, and Polity, edited by Cecilia Biancalana and Eric Montigny. Illustration: a geometric design of identical ballot boxes arranged in six rows of four or five boxes over a slate-grey background. Each ballot box has a three-dimensional appearance; each is white with grey shadow on one side and a lid with orange edges. Beside the cover, text reads New in Paperback.
Cover: A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North, by Tina Adcock. Photo: a lone, early twentieth-century vehicle is driven on a snow-packed road in an Arctic landscape. In the background, a range of snow-covered mountains. Beside the cover, text congratulates the author for being shortlisted for the Best (English-Language Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize).
3D depiction of a standing book. Book Cover: Tender Labour: Migrant Care Work, Filipina/o Young People, and Family Life across Borders, by Jennifer E. Shaw. Painting: two faint handprints in brushed layers of blues, whites, and greens. Beside the book, text reads Open Access Edition with the Open Access logo, an orange open lock.
Banner congratulating the books shortlisted for the 2026 Canada Prizes.
Promotional image for Online Book Launch shows the cover for Gateways to Trade. Gateways to Trade: Global Value Chains and Governance in Canadian Cities, by Dorval Brunelle, Claudia De Fuentes, Peter Hall, and Jean Michel Montsion. Illustration: a five-tiered stack of shipping containers. Four of the containers are yellow, green, red, and blue, respectively, while the others are grey. A dramatic geometric pattern is created through the fall of light and shadow.
The book “Barefoot Gringo” by George Bowering on a blue and white placemat, next to a teal blue teapot. Book cover: Branches of a coconut tree with green and yellow coconuts lie on the ground. Beside these, a machete rests on a weathered upright log, its blade sunk slightly into the edge. Behind is a pink textured wall.
Cover: The Forgotten Realities of Men: Critical Reflections on Masculinity in Contemporary Society, edited by Marc Lafrance, Jean-Martin Deslauriers, Gilles Tremblay, and Pauline Hoebanx. Illustration: a graphite drawing of a man from behind. His head, bare shoulders and upper back are visible. Beside the cover, white text reads: New in Paperback.
Cover: The Civil Sphere in Canada, edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander and Mervyn Horgan. Illustration: against a background of pale green, three semi-transparent circles, filled with faintly clouded blue sky, are stacked vertically on the right and overlap slightly. Below them, a wash of blue sky suggests a fourth circle was once there but has since dissipated. Beside the cover, text reads “New in Paperback.”
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Logo for the Association for Asian Studies annual conference shows a colourful depiction of the Vancouver skyline.
Text graphic congratulating the book Geographies of the Heart for winning a cultural diversity award.
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Cover: Forest Economics: Revised and Expanded Edition, by Daowei Zhang and Peter H. Pearse. Photo: a forest shrouded in cloud, with only the tops of conifers and deciduous trees visible. Beside the cover, it reads: Now Available.
Cover: The Debt of a Nation: Land and the Financing of the Canadian Settler State, 1820–73, by Angela C. Tozer. Photo: The title, in red, is superimposed over a background of scuffed linen-textured paper. At the bottom, the remains of tape are visible. The final N of Nation appears to drip, evoking blood. Beside the cover, text congratulations the author for being named a finalist for the 2025 Wilson Book Prize.
Cover: Age and Immigration Policy in Canada: Toward an Equitable Approach, by Christina Clark-Kazak. Illustration: text appears in red, set inside boxes of various sizes with red borders. The background has the colour and texture of old paper. Beside the cover, in thin red text, it reads Open Access Edition with an orange open lock logo.
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Promotional image is a purple background with decorative text that reads: The UBC Press 55th Birthday Flash Sale, February 3-17, 2026. Yellow callout graphics read 55% off and 55 Books.
Cover: The Scramble for the Teenage Dollar: Creating the Youth Market in Mid-Century Canada, by Katharine Rollwagen. Illustration: several young white women pose in print dresses and low heels. At top, four women are visible from the hips down. At bottom left is a woman in a hat. To the right, two women smile at a man in a suit standing between them. Beside the cover, in white text, it reads: New in Paperback.
Cover: Aging Playfully: Reimagining the Possibilities of Age-Friendly Community Planning, by Maxwell Hartt. Graphic: multicoloured typeface of varying character weights against a black background. Beside the cover, it reads: Now Available.
Promotional image is a purple background with decorative text that reads: The UBC Press 55th Birthday Flash Sale, February 3-17, 2026.” Yellow callout graphics read 55% off and 55 Books.
Cover: Watching the Bear: Canadian Intelligence Assessments of the Soviet Threat to North America, 1946–64, by Alan Barnes. Illustration: against a gold background, a red missile with a small gold star strikes; bold red lines suggest its explosive impact. To the left of the missile is the black silhouette of a bomber aircraft. Beside the cover, text reads: New in Paperback.
Cover: Tender Labour: Migrant Care Work, Filipina/o Young People, and Family Life across Borders, by Jennifer E. Shaw. Painting: two faint handprints in brushed layers of blues, whites, and greens. Beside the cover, in white text against a grey background it reads, "New in Paperback"