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University of Alberta Press
@ualbertapress.bsky.social
University of Alberta Press is a contemporary, award-winning publisher of scholarly and creative books distinguished by their editorial care, exceptional design, and global reach. https://ualbertapress.ca/
SHELTER IN TEXT: ESSAYS ON DWELLING AND REFUGE 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? ##HousingCrisis #CanLit #SpaceAndPlace
https://bit.ly/4p4eXQ4
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA features 17 scholars at different career levels and ranging in geopolitical and cultural affiliation from Parsi, Indo Caribbean, North India, Bengal, Pakistan, South India, Bangladesh, and Hakka Chinese.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##Decolonization #AntiRacism
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
For anyone interested in advancing anti-colonial processes—both within academia and beyond—TERRITORIES OF LIFE is essential reading. It fosters necessary conversations and supports action where collectives are struggling.
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew ##PoliticalEcology #Ethnography #Geography #Ethnography
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A "Living Portraits" initiative at Edmonton City Hall as part of Black History Month invites visitors to engage with local Black artists. This public art and augmented reality display celebrates Black artists in Edmonton and runs until June 16.
https://bit.ly/4rsOdKK
##BHM #YEG
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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The Karen Gansel Short Fiction Award is here.
Writers across Canada are invited to submit original fiction, 3,500–5,000 words.
Blind judged. Cash prizes. National exposure.

Register here: https://ow.ly/fRa150YaQEz
#KarenGanselAward #CanLit #CAA105 #WritingContest #CAA #CanadianAuthorsAssociation
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Join Sharmin Sadequee, the editor of SECULARISM, RACE, AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA, and a panel of experts at a virtual event this Friday at 9 am MT / 11 am ET.
Host: CASIM
Panelists: Dr. Jahangeer, Nakita Valerio, Dr. Jackson-Best, and Dr. Diab.

Registration: https://bit.ly/4rptLdJ
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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As we observe the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, this is your yearly reminder to be clear in teaching the kids who established it, and why. #tellthemwhatwedid

Don't know the history? Here you go: asalh.org/black-histor... #bhm100 #bhmat100

They can't take what they didn't give.
ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month | About the 2026 Black History Month
93rd Annual Black History Luncheon - February 16, 2019, Washington, DC. It’s the premier event and hottest ticket in the Nation’s Capital in the month of February. And, YOU don’t want to miss it.
asalh.org
February 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
"The concept of 'territories of life' highlights the struggles of collectives to sustain themselves within liberal settler colonial societies where a modern ontology relies on a separation between the human and nature." Juanita Sundberg, UBC
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
##PoliticalEcology #Geography
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
UNMASKING ACADEMIA explores how faculty and students managed increasing demands for EDI committee labor, coinciding with the pandemic's weight and continued exposure to racialized violence. Who belongs, and who is tasked with fixing the system?
https://bit.ly/3M7SJPe
##RacialJustice #HigherEd
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
One of our heroes, Margaret Atwood, talks about why intellectual freedom depends on public libraries.
https://bit.ly/3YSZjfR

Learn more: www.intellectualfreedom.ca

[Did you know that February is National Library Lovers' Month? Let's bring the love!]
##library #reading #books #freedomtoread
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February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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We were pleased to discuss the increased interest in Pride Tape thanks to the global Heated Rivalry phenomenon. 💫

Pride Tape is possible because of you!
Happy 10th anniversary.

Keep wrapping your sticks. Visibility does make a difference. 🏒🌈

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Pride Tape celebrating 10 years, new interest ignited by ‘Heated Rivalry’ show
Demand for Pride Tape, the rainbow-coloured sports tape created in Edmonton, has never been higher than now in its 10th year thanks to the popular new TV show Heated Rivalry.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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"Sarah Boon and a student alone on an Arctic glacier, hours from help, the student repeating “I don’t want to die.” In such remote places a small misstep can rapidly become life threatening."
albertaviews.ca/meltdown-sar...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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thanks much! i should mention, of course, that copies are still available via @ualbertapress.bsky.social (and through me, of course, : ualbertapress.ca/978177212769...
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Open to all Afro-Canadian poets or Black poets in contiguous locations, such as the United States, invested in winter imaginaries of Canadian life/Black diaspora.

olongoafrica.com/call-for-poe...
Call for Poetry Anthology Contribution - Olongo Africa
Download as PDFSeasonality dictates the character of Canadian life, its tone, texture, and the pulses of its resilience. It tells its history ruthlessly and informs us of the roots of traditions that ...
olongoafrica.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Congratulations! A spectacular achievement.
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Edmonton's High Level Bridge will be lit gold and green (our campus colours) for Alexander Cameron Rutherford’s birthday.
Cool related fact? Our offices are in Rutherford Library South, a beautiful older building on campus.
https://bit.ly/46M0lM2
February 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Margaret Christakos has won the 2025 Nelson Ball Award for THAT AUDIBLE SLIPPAGE. Congratulations, Margaret!

The judges' citations and a conversation with Margaret are found here:
https://bit.ly/4qfLiEf
##poetry #awards #books
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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🌟Help advance solutions to Canada’s most pressing questions.

At the Big Thinking Summit: Inflection Point, you can explore new possibilities for Canada at the crossroads. From June 9 – 11, 2026, in Edmonton, the Summit brings the HSS to the forefront, giving your ideas a stage to spark change.
January 20, 2026 at 6:59 PM
A comprehensive post on our blog about FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA where you can read a review, view photos from the launch, and listen to interviews about the book on radio and TV. Enjoy!
https://bit.ly/4qixau4
##birds #ornithology #history #Alberta #books
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Time for fun! Just a day late for Library Shelfie Day.
Acquisitions Editor Kay Rollans agreed to be the "face" of the Press this time around.
##shelfie #selfie #books #libraries #librarians #readers #booksky
January 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
For the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia, we bring your attention to these books on our list.
https://bit.ly/4q5c8yC
##Islam
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Are you a cycling enthusiast? An armchair traveller?
We are following the journey of our author, Tony Robinson-Smith. He and his wife, Nadya, are 56 days into their trans-Euro bike tour from Turkey to England.
Read their blog: https://bit.ly/3M4sLfU
See his travel books: https://bit.ly/4q0nCU9
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
These three books bring the Holocaust into focus in various ways. We are grateful to the authors for their work.

Canada.ca site: https://bit.ly/4h7Vpqy

@aaronkreuter.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
SHELTER IN TEXT weaves poetry, nonfiction, and essays to show the commonalities, contradictions, and tensions between finding physical refuge and creating narrative safe harbor. A vital read for anyone interested in how we dwell and what we read.
https://bit.ly/4p4eXQ4
##Literature #HigherEd
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM