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Call for Papers – Proposed Special Issue: British Columbia Incarcerated
August 19, 2026
Title: British Columbia Incarcerated Guest Editors: Dr Kirsten McIlveen (Capilano University) & Dr. Michelle Rhodes (independent researcher; project consultant,...
Call for Soundworks: Sound Pieces on the Theme of Air, Wildfire, Water
August 8, 2026
Call for Submissions: This Soundworks call for submissions invites sound and text pieces that explore the conditions of air, wildfire and...
Announcing the 2025 BC Studies Prize Winner: JP Catungal and May Farrales!
May 6, 2026
We are pleased to award the annual BC Studies Prize to JP Catungal and May Farrales for their article...
April 21, 2026
Do you have BC-focused scholarly research or digital media work that you are passionate about? Are you interested in...
Call For Papers – Special Issue
April 7, 2026
Politics of Sikh Art/ Activism and Material: Cultural Production in the Diaspora Guest Editors: Davina Bhandar (UVIC) and...
Case Comment: The Cowichan Decision Explained
February 17, 2026
Case Comment: The Cowichan Decision Explained by James Hickling Case Comment: The Cowichan Decision Explained This case comment explains...
Case Comment: Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd. v. Huson [Dsta’hyl]
September 9, 2025
BC Studies Summer 2025 is coming soon! Meanwhile, here is a sneak peak at one of the featured pieces...
Call for Soundworks: Sound Pieces on the Theme of Listening to the Land
September 9, 2025
Call for Submissions: This Soundworks call for submissions invites sound pieces that explore listening to and sound making in...
BC Studies Welcomes New Associate Editor, Podcasts – Judith Burr!
August 1, 2025
Judith (Judee) Burr studies the history of living with fire and governing wildfire risk in western North America. Her...
Jesse Robertson wins CHA Best Article Prize in Labour History!
June 24, 2025
Canadian Historical Association – Best Article Prize in Labour History (2025) Congratulations to Jesse Robertson! “Lightkeepers on Huu-ay-aht Shores:...
Announcing the 2024 BC Studies Prize Winner: Shianna McAllister!
June 24, 2025
We are pleased to award the annual BC Studies Prize to Shianna McAllister for her article “Damming Colonial Evasion:...
Place and Power: BC Studies Conference 2025
April 30, 2025
It’s almost here! The 2025 BC Studies Conference on Place and Power starts this weekend on May 2nd on...
Place and Power: BC Studies Conference 2025 Registration
March 18, 2025
Place and Power: BC Studies Conference 2025 For many decades, the BC Studies Conference has played an important role...
The Mount Polley Mine Disaster: Root Causes and Reparative Futures Panel
March 17, 2025
2024 marked ten years since the Mount Polley Mine disaster, which spilled 25 million cubic metres of mining waste...
BC Studies author Mayana Slobodian featured in The Tyee
February 5, 2025
Mayana Slobodian’s research and work, including her article, “The Kitsilano Scandal: The Destruction of Sen̓áḵw As Told in Local...
BC Studies 21st annual online auction Nov 20 – 27!
November 20, 2024
The wait is over! The annual BC Studies auction runs November 20-27, 2024! Bid on a huge selection of...
Call for Papers – Place & Power: BC Studies Conference 2025
August 12, 2024
The biennial, international, and multi-disciplinary BC Studies Conference will be held from 2-4 May 2025 on the unceded ancestral territory of...
June 25, 2024
BC Studies is excited to congratulate Sarah Hunt / Tłaliłila’ogwa, the recent winner of the BC Studies Prize 2023,...
BCS 2023 Prize Runner-up, Dorota Kupis, wins the TRI-U History PhD Essay Prize, 2024
May 29, 2024
Congratulations to Dorota Kupis for winning the TRI-U History PhD Essay Prize, 2024 for the article, “The Political Struggle Behind...
Announcing the Winner of the 2023 BC Studies Prize
May 23, 2024
CONGRATULATIONS! Sarah Hunt, “Looking for Lucy Homiskanis, Confronting Emily Carr: Restorying Nature, Gender, and Belonging on the Northwest Coast,” ...
Review: Scenes from the Nanaimo Indian Hospital, by Bill Holdom
March 5, 2024
Scenes from the Nanaimo Indian Hospital: Reawakening Hul’q’umin’um’, Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwak’wala Languages A play by Laura Cranmer Witnessing the two...
BC Studies 20th Annual Auction starts November 22nd!
November 16, 2023
The Countdown is on! The BC Studies 20th Annual Online Fundraiser Auction will commence on November 22nd at 12PM...
May 3, 2023
BC Studies is proud to award an annual prize to the author of the best paper published in the...
BC Studies Featured in Amplified Podcast
April 18, 2023
The Sounds of BC Studies Past and Present with Paige Raibmon and Jenni Schine “Amplified is an audio blog series...
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