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Reflections

Memoirs of personal, scholarly, institutional, or intellectual influences, networks, or communities that triggered new interpretations in a range of scholarly disciplines. These are invited essays by senior scholars who have made important contributions to understanding British Columbia. 

Results (28)

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Whiteness and BC History in the Age of COVID-19

By Adele Perry

BC Studies no. 210 Summer 2021 | Page(s) 11-20

historiography colonialism COVID-19 race and racism

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OBITUARY: William McLennan, 4 October 1948–3 July 2020, Curator Emeritus, Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver

By Anthony Alan Shelton

BC Studies no. 207 Autumn 2020 | Page(s) 121-126

Museum of Anthropology (UBC) museums aboriginal art William (Bill) McLennan

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My Transpacific Life

By Margarita James

BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 139-150

Transpacific Philippine Nuu-Chah-Nulth Vancouver Island

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The Legacy of Bob McDonald

By Lara Campbell

BC Studies no. 203 Autumn 2019 | Page(s) 11-19

historiography politics McDonald Bob

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A Canadian Jew in Berlin

By Helen Mintz

BC Studies no. 201 Spring 2019 | Page(s) 125-129

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – My Reflection of That Time

By Jeannette Armstrong

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 19-26

protest migration Syilx

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Photo Vignette – Whale Watching, Salish Style

By Lee Maracle

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 27-29

myths and stories reconciliation Sto:lo whales and whaling

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Ti wa7 szwatenem. What we know: Indigenous knowledge and learning

By Lorna Williams

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 31-44

education colonialism resistance Aboriginal languages Lil'wat

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Photo Vignette – T’łisalagi’ lakw School, ‘Yalis (Alert Bay), BC, early days

By Dara Culhane

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 45-47

education Aboriginal languages Kwakwaka'wakw Alert Bay

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Photo Vignette – People Power

By Tina Loo

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 49-51

protest housing urbanization Vancouver

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Case Comment – Our Interconnected Journey

By Louise Mandell, QC

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 53-75

aboriginal rights Indigenous worlds land claims Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Photo Vignette – Restraining the Welfare State Solidarity

By Robert McDonald

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 77-80

protest strikes and lockouts trade unions government

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Excerpt – Takin’ It Back

By Tzeporah Berman

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 81-86

logging protest conservation Vancouver Island

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Community Engagement – The Harms of Drug Prohibition: Ongoing Resistance in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

By Susan Boyd, Donald MacPherson, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 87-96

liquor and drugs social services public policy Vancouver

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Excerpt – The Killing Fields, 1997: 1,000 Crosses

By Susan Boyd, Donald MacPherson, and Bud Osborn

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 97-98

liquor and drugs social services public policy Vancouver

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Photo Vignette – Erasures

By Andrea Geiger

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 103-106

foreign workers japanese people mining Haida Gwaii

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Photo Vignette – Arrivals: Marking Time

By Davina Bhandar

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 107-110

immigration Komagata Maru race and racism

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Gyaahlaangee diinaa iijang. Here Is My Story

By Jaskwaan *

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 111-121

education Aboriginal languages Haida Indigenous worlds

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Soundwork – Streamwalkers

By Jenni Schine

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 123-124

new media conservation rivers salmon

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – New Media – Wrapped in the Cloud: An Interview with Meghann O’Brien and Conrad Sly

By Hannah Turner, Kate Hennessy, Meghann O'Brien, Conrad Sly

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 125-140

new media photography weaving and spinning aboriginal art

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Anniversary Issue Reflections – Through the Lens of the Land: Reflections from Archaeology, Ethnoecology, and Environmental Science on Collaborations with First Nations, 1970s to the Present

By Dana Lepofsky, Ken Lertzman

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 141-160

archaeology ethnobotany Aboriginal fisheries food

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Views From the Editor’s Desk – The Many Ways of Seeing British Columbia

By Jean Barman

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 161-168

publishing and publishers University of British Columbia

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Views from the Editor’s Desk – BC Studies and The Curve of Time: A Reckoning

By Graeme Wynn

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 169-185

publishing and publishers University of British Columbia

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If We Build It, They Will Come: Industrial Folly and the Fate of Northwest British Columbia

By Wade Davis

BC Studies no. 197 Spring 2018 | Page(s) 145-162

economic development northern development aboriginal people politics public policy