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After warm months of summer bliss, September brings the annual back-to-school frenzy for students across the country. In honour of this return to the classroom, we’ve complied a reading list of recently-published books examining higher education in Canada and beyond.  From historical studies to contemporary issues in university governance, these titles remind us to actively … Read More >

In Cecilia Morgan’s forthcoming book, Sweet Canadian Girls Abroad, the little-known lives of late-nineteenth-century Canadian actresses take center stage. In this era, many Canadian women left their homes at young ages with hopes of becoming successful in the theatre circuits of the United States, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. While only a handful of … Read More >

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’ve compiled a reading list of recently published and forthcoming books.  These titles, all written or edited by women, showcase the diversity of women’s experiences in Canada and Internationally.

Wendat Women’s Arts

By Annette W. de Stecher

Breaking new ground in Indigenous art histories, Wendat Women’s Arts is the first … Read More >

In University Women: A History of Women and Higher Education in Canada, Sara Z. MacDonald describes women’s entrance into universities and colleges in Canada, beginning in 1870. From the beginning women fought for coeducation, which would give them access to the same universities, degrees, and classrooms as men – and the campaigns were successful. … Read More >

In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we have compiled a list highlighting some new and forthcoming titles by a few of MQUP’s outstanding women authors.

Exploring important topics ranging from the nineteenth-century study of female hysteria; to the #MeToo movement and the myths of rape culture; to the important contributions of … Read More >

Congratulations to Mary Anne Poutanen for winning the Prix Lionel-Groulx 2016 for her book Beyond Brutal Passions: Prostitution in Early Nineteenth-Century Montreal. Awarded by the Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française, the prize recognizes the best scholarly book on the history of French America. Mary Anne joins MQUP author Brian Young, whose book Patrician Families and the … Read More >