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"[... MELTDOWN] is an important, and highly recommended, contribution to understanding the distance that Canada has yet to go to fully include women in science, and make science itself inclusive." Loys Maingon, The BC Review
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
What does the future hold for libraries? This is the theme for the Li-Sci-Fi (Library Science Fiction) short story competition hosted by the International Federation of Library Associations for its 100 anniversary in 2027.
More info: https://bit.ly/4r9t0VL
#IFLA #libraries @ifla.org
FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA is "...a nuanced portrait of a man who bridged environmental conservation, politics, education and a deep love of his province." Kamila Costello, Canada's History
https://bit.ly/4fLGh2E
#ornithology #birding #birds #environment #settlement #history
COVID-19 exposed deep-seated inequities in #HigherEd. UNMASKING ACADEMIA reflects on the intensification and intersectional impacts of systemic issues like white supremacy, racism, and misogyny in the academy.
https://bit.ly/3M7SJPe
#SocialJustice #LivedExperience #HigherEd #autoethnography
Celebrating 10 years with a wonderful story about the power and purpose of Pride Tape. 🌈🏒
surreynowleader.com/2026/03/03/p...
"In the face of unprecedented socioecological crises, this collection argues for the need to think more deeply about alternative ways to live and disrupt the deadly cult of modernity." Tyler McCreary, Florida State University
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
#PoliticalEcology #Geography #DecolonialStudies
"The report sheds considerable light on the state of museology in mid-century America. It was the stated goal of McLuhan and Parker to disrupt conventional museological practices and to raise questions about the deeply held beliefs of museum officials."
—Specters of McLuhan
https://bit.ly/4rBPQGz
"CROSSING INTO CANADA conscientiously brings into focus previously unknown stories about war resistance, and helpfully juxtaposes stories from the 1960s and 1970s with those from much more recent conflicts.” Jessica Squires, Building Sanctuary
https://bit.ly/4agkxLf
#OralHistory #Politics #War
Online, March 11: How does secularism shape the racialization of Muslims?
In addition to SECULARISM, RACE, AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA, panelists will discuss UAE's disinformation campaign, the Bondi Beach attack, and the UK's Islamophobia definition.
Register: https://bit.ly/3ZSS9IX
This Friday in Ottawa, Digital Memory Agents in the Canadian Anthropocene: A Posthumanist Roundtable.
The editors of DIGITAL MEMORY AGENTS IN CANADA, Matthew Cormier and Amanda Spallacci, are taking part.
https://bit.ly/4aKtFIf
Here in Edmonton, the High Level Bridge will be lit blue, white, and pink for Alberta Francophonie.
So it is a good moment to promote TOAST FOR TWO TONGUES by Gisèle Villeneuve, coming in June. We also published her earlier volume of short stories, RISING ABRUPTLY.
https://bit.ly/4l4COyR
#CanLit
Today's blog post is an excerpt is from Conor Kerr's fabulous foreword to EVERY STORY IS A CALL TO ACTION by David A. Robertson.
https://bit.ly/4sbxMmn
@davidarobertson.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #readers #books #Kreisel #CLC
Toronto book launch news! Please join me in celebrating the launch of my third book, SUBLUNARY, coming out soon with @ualbertapress.bsky.social! Featuring readings by yours truly + two guest poets I adore, and more. Thurs. April 9th at @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. Check out sublunary.eventbrite.ca
SHELTER IN TEXT (Bloom & Van Schaik, eds.) asks crucial questions about our built world and the stories we tell. How does narrative shelter us—or leave us exposed—amid the housing emergency, encampments, and mass dislocation?
https://bit.ly/4p4eXQ4
#HousingCrisis #CanLit #SpaceAndPlace
Penelope Anthias, co-editor of TERRITORIES OF LIFE, has made two open access documentary films about struggles over territories of life, which can be viewed here:
https://bit.ly/4ae7rgk
About the book: https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
#PoliticalEcology #Ethnography #Geography #Collectives #Decolonization
CROSSING INTO CANADA complicates our understanding of Canada as a safe place of refuge for war resisters by juxtaposing the stories of resisters from the Vietnam War with stories from resisters of later wars.
https://bit.ly/4agkxLf
#History #OralHistory #Politics #War #Military #Conscription
"[The seminar gives] ideas for everyone about the museum, ways of seeing, and the importance of the under-appreciated collaboration of McLuhan and Parker.... An important and well-written book. I recommend!" Tom Cooper
https://bit.ly/4qiSxvM
#books #communications #museums
It's Pink Shirt Day.
Take a stand against bullying.
https://bit.ly/4caFt7K
Want to add more Alberta books to your own book club lineup? Read Alberta has four great suggestions to get you started.
Of course, we are delighted to see MELTDOWN on the list!
https://bit.ly/3MQS85o
@snowhydro.bsky.social @abbookpub.bsky.social @writersguildab.bsky.social
Listen to Kate Beaton's talk, BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR, on
YouTube:
https://bit.ly/3OGSBYm
Then attend the new lecture on Friday in Edmonton! Three writers. One stage.
Info for 2026 lecture: bit.ly/4cxpJeW
Tickets: bit.ly/4rfSJg5
Bob Steadward has changed sport through his work and career.
About the Steadward Paralympic Journey display: https://bit.ly/4aAUSx3
We are the proud publishers of ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, which he co-edited.
More about the book: https://bit.ly/4laOFeV
In CROSSING INTO CANADA, powerful first-hand accounts of two generations of US war resisters track their search for safe haven in Canada and the assistance of the activists who supported them.
https://bit.ly/4agkxLf
#History #OralHistory #Politics #War #Military #SocialJustice #Resisters
Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.
https://bit.ly/4rV5OLt
#reading #literacy #community #bookbanning #libraries @abbookpub.bsky.social
"2026. The Year of Kevin Irie."
KEVIN IRIE
Evacuations @ualbertapress.bsky.social
#evacuations #KevinIrie #poetry #firehorse
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Edmonton! The Kreisel Lecture, 20th Anniversary Edition, with Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Richard Van Camp, and Shani Mootoo, is on February 27 at 7 pm at the Timms Centre for the Arts. They will speak on what it means to write “in Canada” and/or “in residence.”
Learn more: https://bit.ly/45H3PC2
#writing
We are delighted to see Olajide Salawu's article in The Quad: Weather memories of a Black migrant. https://bit.ly/4tHuVmV
Jide is the first intern we have worked with to earn his PhD: a thrilling moment. We are keeping an eye on this remarkable scholar!
#cold #winter #YEG @jidesalawu.bsky.social
Tell me your winter story!!!!!!!
TERRITORIES OF LIFE highlights the ongoing struggles of collectives striving to sustain themselves within settler-colonial societies. These societies often depend on a fundamental, unsustainable separation between the human and nature.
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
#PoliticalEcology #Geography
"MELTDOWN opens with a harrowing scene. Alone with a student on an Arctic glacier, hours from help, the student repeating 'I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die.'"
Read the review of Sarah Boon's book on @albertaviews.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4qA2Tak
@snowhydro.bsky.social #memoir #booksky
TOMORROW! Online.
The @canadianpoets.bsky.social is featuring a reading by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike for #BlackHistoryMonth. There will be an open mic segment.
Registration : https://bit.ly/3NDByGd
Wednesday, February 18 | 8 pm ET, 6 pm MT
All are welcome.
#poetry #Canadianpoets