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| Parent company | University of British Columbia |
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| Founded | 1971[1] |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| Headquarters location | Vancouver,British Columbia |
| Distribution | UTP Distribution (Canada) University of Chicago Press (USA) Combined Academic Publishers (EMEA) East-West Export Books (Asia Pacific) Special Book Services (South America)[2] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
TheUniversity of British Columbia Press (UBC Press) is auniversity press that is part of theUniversity of British Columbia. It is a mid-sized scholarly publisher,[3] and the largest in Western Canada.[4]
The press is based inVancouver,British Columbia, Canada, and has editorial offices inKelowna, British Columbia, andToronto,Ontario. It was established in 1971, and was the third Canadian university press to be founded.[1][5]
UBC Press is primarily asocial sciences publisher. It publishes books of original scholarship that draws on and reflects current research. Each year UBC Press publishes about 70 new titles in a number of fields,[4] includingAboriginal studies,Asian studies,Canadian history,environmental studies,gender and women's studies, health andfood studies,geography,law,media andcommunications,military andsecurity studies,planning andurban studies, andpolitical science.
The press is a member of the Canadian Association of University Presses (CAUP), theAssociation of University Presses (AUP), theAssociation of Canadian University Presses (ACUP), the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP), the International Association of Scholarly Publishers (IASP), and the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia.
They have partnered with Indigenous people and other organizations to createRavenspace, a media-rich platform that emphasizes respect for Indigenous ways of sharing information.[6][7]
RavenSpace was founded by UBC Press and developed with the participation and contributions of our partners. RavenSpace is dedicated to a model of publishing that embraces collaboration, respects Indigenous protocols, and uses digital tools in imaginative ways to make knowledge accessible and shareable across communities and generations.
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