University of Alberta Press
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"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
Read the review of Sarah Boon's book on @albertaviews.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4qA2Tak
@snowhydro.bsky.social #memoir #booksky
February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"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
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
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
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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
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
This is the 20th anniversary of the Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture, the flagship event hosted annually by the Centre for Literatures in Canada (CLC).
Three writers; one stage. February 27, 7 to 9 pm. Live at the Timms Centre.
More info: https://bit.ly/4cxpJeW
Tickets: https://bit.ly/4rfSJg5
Three writers; one stage. February 27, 7 to 9 pm. Live at the Timms Centre.
More info: https://bit.ly/4cxpJeW
Tickets: https://bit.ly/4rfSJg5
February 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This is the 20th anniversary of the Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture, the flagship event hosted annually by the Centre for Literatures in Canada (CLC).
Three writers; one stage. February 27, 7 to 9 pm. Live at the Timms Centre.
More info: https://bit.ly/4cxpJeW
Tickets: https://bit.ly/4rfSJg5
Three writers; one stage. February 27, 7 to 9 pm. Live at the Timms Centre.
More info: https://bit.ly/4cxpJeW
Tickets: https://bit.ly/4rfSJg5
Provocative and incisive, UNMASKING ACADEMIA moves beyond critique to offer concrete recommendations for making higher education an equitable and just space. Discover strategies for resistance and community-building in the post-secondary context.
https://bit.ly/3M7SJPe
##Equity #SocialJustice
https://bit.ly/3M7SJPe
##Equity #SocialJustice
February 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Provocative and incisive, UNMASKING ACADEMIA moves beyond critique to offer concrete recommendations for making higher education an equitable and just space. Discover strategies for resistance and community-building in the post-secondary context.
https://bit.ly/3M7SJPe
##Equity #SocialJustice
https://bit.ly/3M7SJPe
##Equity #SocialJustice
Top Ten Most Borrowed:
Such great books on the list this month, including FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA and UNMASKING ACADEMIA. These two books showcase the breadth of our list!
https://bit.ly/46NySwh
##books #libraries #readers #Top10
Such great books on the list this month, including FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA and UNMASKING ACADEMIA. These two books showcase the breadth of our list!
https://bit.ly/46NySwh
##books #libraries #readers #Top10
Top Ten Most Borrowed: January 2026 - Read Alberta
This January 2026, readers enjoyed a variety of Alberta-published content. With an Alberta library card the possibilities are endless.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Top Ten Most Borrowed:
Such great books on the list this month, including FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA and UNMASKING ACADEMIA. These two books showcase the breadth of our list!
https://bit.ly/46NySwh
##books #libraries #readers #Top10
Such great books on the list this month, including FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA and UNMASKING ACADEMIA. These two books showcase the breadth of our list!
https://bit.ly/46NySwh
##books #libraries #readers #Top10
Today's post is an excerpt from SOUTH ASIAN FEMINSMS IN DIASPORA: Critical Perspectives from Canada by Amina Jamal, Jane Ku, and Maryam Khan, eds.
"In its pages, authors from diverse South Asian backgrounds and academic disciplines share their struggles."
https://bit.ly/3ZzkILn
##AntiRacism
"In its pages, authors from diverse South Asian backgrounds and academic disciplines share their struggles."
https://bit.ly/3ZzkILn
##AntiRacism
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Today's post is an excerpt from SOUTH ASIAN FEMINSMS IN DIASPORA: Critical Perspectives from Canada by Amina Jamal, Jane Ku, and Maryam Khan, eds.
"In its pages, authors from diverse South Asian backgrounds and academic disciplines share their struggles."
https://bit.ly/3ZzkILn
##AntiRacism
"In its pages, authors from diverse South Asian backgrounds and academic disciplines share their struggles."
https://bit.ly/3ZzkILn
##AntiRacism
Here is a wonderful treat! It's the Spring 2026 Poetry Preview from @49thshelf.bsky.social.
Congratulations to Kevin Irie (EVACUATIONS), Lisa Martin (NIGHTHAWKS), and @lisarichter.bsky.social(SUBLUNARY) and the other wonderful poets on the list.
https://bit.ly/4kzjKs3
##poetry #poets #readers
Congratulations to Kevin Irie (EVACUATIONS), Lisa Martin (NIGHTHAWKS), and @lisarichter.bsky.social(SUBLUNARY) and the other wonderful poets on the list.
https://bit.ly/4kzjKs3
##poetry #poets #readers
February 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Here is a wonderful treat! It's the Spring 2026 Poetry Preview from @49thshelf.bsky.social.
Congratulations to Kevin Irie (EVACUATIONS), Lisa Martin (NIGHTHAWKS), and @lisarichter.bsky.social(SUBLUNARY) and the other wonderful poets on the list.
https://bit.ly/4kzjKs3
##poetry #poets #readers
Congratulations to Kevin Irie (EVACUATIONS), Lisa Martin (NIGHTHAWKS), and @lisarichter.bsky.social(SUBLUNARY) and the other wonderful poets on the list.
https://bit.ly/4kzjKs3
##poetry #poets #readers
“CROSSING INTO CANADA shows the courage of war resisters and the importance of collective resistance and organizing and also raises profound questions about how we might collectively respond to violence and war in the future." Jennifer Ridgley, Carleton U
https://bit.ly/4agkxLf
##History #War
https://bit.ly/4agkxLf
##History #War
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“CROSSING INTO CANADA shows the courage of war resisters and the importance of collective resistance and organizing and also raises profound questions about how we might collectively respond to violence and war in the future." Jennifer Ridgley, Carleton U
https://bit.ly/4agkxLf
##History #War
https://bit.ly/4agkxLf
##History #War
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 71 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
We are following the journey of our author, Tony Robinson-Smith. He and his wife, Nadya, are 71 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
February 12, 2026 at 6:15 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 71 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
We are following the journey of our author, Tony Robinson-Smith. He and his wife, Nadya, are 71 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
Grounded in long-term ethnographic work around the globe, TERRITORIES OF LIFE draws on research from places colonially known as Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Paraguay, and Taiwan.
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
##DecolonialStudies #IndigenousTerritories #PoliticalEcology #Geography #Collectives
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
##DecolonialStudies #IndigenousTerritories #PoliticalEcology #Geography #Collectives
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Grounded in long-term ethnographic work around the globe, TERRITORIES OF LIFE draws on research from places colonially known as Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Paraguay, and Taiwan.
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
##DecolonialStudies #IndigenousTerritories #PoliticalEcology #Geography #Collectives
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
##DecolonialStudies #IndigenousTerritories #PoliticalEcology #Geography #Collectives
Sign up for a MOOC for #BlackHistoryMonth.
Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures is an on-demand micro-course tackling anti-Black racism in Canada, co-created by W. Andy Knight, Provost Fellow of Black Excellence and Leadership.
https://bit.ly/4q35t8p ##UAlberta
Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures is an on-demand micro-course tackling anti-Black racism in Canada, co-created by W. Andy Knight, Provost Fellow of Black Excellence and Leadership.
https://bit.ly/4q35t8p ##UAlberta
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Sign up for a MOOC for #BlackHistoryMonth.
Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures is an on-demand micro-course tackling anti-Black racism in Canada, co-created by W. Andy Knight, Provost Fellow of Black Excellence and Leadership.
https://bit.ly/4q35t8p ##UAlberta
Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures is an on-demand micro-course tackling anti-Black racism in Canada, co-created by W. Andy Knight, Provost Fellow of Black Excellence and Leadership.
https://bit.ly/4q35t8p ##UAlberta
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Reading Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour by @katebeaton.bsky.social and this line hits hard about rich people writing about poor people:
“If there is no authentic representation, then all you will have are medieval drawings of elephants.”
“If there is no authentic representation, then all you will have are medieval drawings of elephants.”
June 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Reading Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour by @katebeaton.bsky.social and this line hits hard about rich people writing about poor people:
“If there is no authentic representation, then all you will have are medieval drawings of elephants.”
“If there is no authentic representation, then all you will have are medieval drawings of elephants.”
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
https://bit.ly/4p4eXQ4
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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
https://bit.ly/4p4eXQ4
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
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##Decolonization #AntiRacism
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 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
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##Decolonization #AntiRacism
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
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew ##PoliticalEcology #Ethnography #Geography #Ethnography
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 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
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew ##PoliticalEcology #Ethnography #Geography #Ethnography
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
https://bit.ly/4rsOdKK
##BHM #YEG
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 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
https://bit.ly/4rsOdKK
##BHM #YEG
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Host: CASIM
Panelists: Dr. Jahangeer, Nakita Valerio, Dr. Jackson-Best, and Dr. Diab.
Registration: https://bit.ly/4rptLdJ
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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.
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
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.
Don't know the history? Here you go: asalh.org/black-histor... #bhm100 #bhmat100
They can't take what they didn't give.
"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
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
##PoliticalEcology #Geography
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 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
https://bit.ly/4qXUhew
##PoliticalEcology #Geography
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
https://bit.ly/3M7SJPe
##RacialJustice #HigherEd
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 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
https://bit.ly/3M7SJPe
##RacialJustice #HigherEd
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
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
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
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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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 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
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 is possible because of you!
Happy 10th anniversary.
Keep wrapping your sticks. Visibility does make a difference. 🏒🌈
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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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...
#Booksky @ualbertapress.bsky.social @snowhydro.bsky.social
albertaviews.ca/meltdown-sar...
#Booksky @ualbertapress.bsky.social @snowhydro.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
"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...
#Booksky @ualbertapress.bsky.social @snowhydro.bsky.social
albertaviews.ca/meltdown-sar...
#Booksky @ualbertapress.bsky.social @snowhydro.bsky.social
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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
thanks much! i should mention, of course, that copies are still available via @ualbertapress.bsky.social (and through me, of course, : ualbertapress.ca/978177212769...