Lexicons of Early Modern English now includes over 713,000 word-entries!

13 March 2015 UTP News

Lexicons of Early Modern English now includes over 713,000 word-entries! Lexicons of Early Modern English is a growing historical database offering scholars unprecedented access to early books and manuscripts documenting the growth and development of the English language. With the recent additions of the immense Latin-English text, Ortus Vocabulorum, White Kennett’s very detailed etymological work, […]

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First issue of the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health is now online and open access!

9 March 2015 In the News

The Canadian Institute for Military & Veteran Health Research and the University of Toronto Press are pleased to announce the first issue of the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health (JMVFH) is now online. The Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health (JMVFH), edited by Alice Aiken and Stéphanie Bélanger, and managed by Mike […]

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What is Metadata?

27 January 2015 Metadata

Welcome to the first of a series of blog posts on metadata and why it is important. The information in these posts is great for authors and editors alike, so please read, share, and send us your thoughts. These posts are derived from a presentation done by UTP’s Production Manager, Antonia Pop. Antonia spoke on […]

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Launch of a new journal —Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health

21 January 2015 In the News

The Canadian Institute for Military & Veteran Health Research and the University of Toronto Press is pleased to announce the launch of the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health (JMVFH). The aim of this new open-access journal is to maximize the health and social well being of military personnel, Veterans, and their families by […]

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Canadian Journal of Women and the Law Author Denise Brunsdon Explains Choice of Gun Control for Book Review

19 January 2015 Contributor Blog

Written by guest blogger, Denise Brunsdon I have been a spokesperson for the Canadian Coalition for Gun Control for many years now. Though working with the organization is immensely satisfying, there are days when it seems like the Harper Government is dismantling every aspect of gun control progress ever made. But historians have a way […]

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Taking Nonviolence Seriously By guest contributor Roger Ivar Lohmann

5 January 2015 Contributor Blog

By guest contributor Roger Ivar Lohmann, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Trent University Roger Lohmann in 2007 discussing Asabano arrows, formerly used in warfare, with elders Kafko and Bledalo during his ethnographic research in Papua New Guinea. (Photo by D. R. Garrett) Imagine yourself living in a tiny village in central New Guinea to study the […]

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IJCS Author Jatinder Mann discusses the Research behind his Article “Anglo-Conformity”: Assimilation Policy in Canada, 1890s-1970s”

29 December 2014 Contributor Blog

Written by guest blogger, Jatinder Mann. In the late nineteenth century Canada started to receive large waves of non-British migrants for the very first time in its history. These new settlers arrived in a country that saw itself very much as a British society. English-speaking Canadians considered themselves a core part of a worldwide British […]

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IJCS Author Cara Des Granges Reveals Quebec’s Alternate Interpretation of Canada’s Confederation and its Role in the Seperatist Movement

26 December 2014 Uncategorized

Written by guest blogger, Cara Des Granges. Questions of nationalism and debates over sovereignty are not new to Canada and often spark strong emotive polarized responses. It is important however to take a step back and examine where feelings of nationalism emerge. Many have and continue to write about the various understanding of key events […]

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IJCS authors, Richard Nimijean and Anne Trépanier, reveal the inspiration behind the new issue’s articles on Quebec in Canadian Studies.

23 December 2014 Contributor Blog

Written by guest bloggers, Richard Nimijean and Anne Trépanier. The articles in this issue come mostly from a conference we organized called “Where is Québec in Canadian Studies?” We chose this theme for a few reasons. First, while the rise of Canadian Studies as a discipline was intimately linked to national debates exploring Québec’s role […]

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Richard Nimijean et Anne Trépanier, collaborateurs à la RIEC, nous révèlent ce qui a inspiré le nouveau numéro à propos du Québec au sein des études canadiennes

23 December 2014 Contributor Blog

Written by guest bloggers, Richard Nimijean and Anne Trépanier. Bien que l’essor de la discipline des études canadiennes soit intimement lié aux débats concernant le rôle du Québec dans la Confédération, il est apparent pour plusieurs contributeurs à cette publication que, cinquante ans après le fameux «What does Québec want?» et les efforts d’une trentaine […]

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