Recent News

The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity is being held in Montreal, from December 7 to 19th, 2022. In light of this, and the greater discussion around protecting the environment, we have put together a reading list of recent titles in Environmental Studies. … Read More >

In this week’s blog post, MQUP author Jennifer Grubbs looks back to the tragic murder of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, shedding light on the troubled and hostile nature of the current American political climate. Through her contextualization of recent civil unrest in America, Grubbs explores the consequences of white nationalism and the … Read More >

“Can humans transcend the view ingrained in them for more than two millennia that they have dominion over nature? The question burns because if even the plight of birds is ignored, what hope is there that humans will move to protect the rest of nature?” Flight from Grace

While the world’s attention remains … Read More >

Aside from a wonderful 2012 edition of William Kirby’s Le Chien d’or, McGill-Queen’s University Press has not published many books about the beloved animal that resides in a third of all Canadian homes. Fortunately, our Fall 2019 catalogue returned dogs to the literary spotlight. Three vastly different books employed … Read More >

In honour of 27 September 2019’s momentous World Climate Strike we have compiled a reading list that explores the human-environmental relationship and the resulting challenges we’re currently facing, from an array of perspectives and disciplines.

The Democracy of Suffering
Life on the Edge of Catastrophe, Philosophy in the Anthropocene

By Todd Dufresne

Uncovering … Read More >

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – On 8 December 2016, newspapers across the world announced that the giraffe is at risk of extinction. As a result of illegal hunting and loss of habitat, the giraffe population has shrunk by forty percent over the past three decades, and the mammals are now categorized as a “vulnerable” species. As … Read More >

We’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of George Cartwright’s Labrador Companion in order to do this blog post! Edited by Marianne P. Stopp, this fascinating book presents several newly discovered Cartwright manuscripts that document his experiences operating a series of merchant stations in southern Labrador between 1770 and 1786.

Although his focus is firmly on instruction in … Read More >

Our Fall 2016 catalogue is here! Lots of exciting books and authors this Fall, as well as a brand new series: Rethinking Canada In The World.

To view the Fall 2016 titles, have a browse through the PDF flipbook, or view them on our site as part of our online book catalogue.

Some highlights from the new catalogue include:

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In honour of Earth Day this year (April 22), we have put together a suggested reading list of Earth Day-friendly environmental studies books. For those who wish to be extra environmentally friendly, all these titles are also available as ebooks!

Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge
Winner of the 2016 Canada Prize in the Social Sciences
Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom … Read More >

We are delighted to announce that three MQUP titles have been awarded a 2016 Canada Prize! 

“These books are representative of the tremendous scholarship produced in our country,” said Stephen Toope, President of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Two of this year’s winners examine Québec’s history—one looking at how two prominent … Read More >