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Thanks to the generous support and dedication of our contributors and champions, the George Bowering Collection and Reading Room in Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) at UBC Library has become a reality! Project planning and construction is set to begin in the coming weeks, and the space is expected to be completed and open by late 2025.
As one of Canada’s most broadly influential writers, George Bowering is a two-time winner of the Governor General’s Award, a short-listed finalist for the Griffin Prize for Poetry, BC Book Prize, Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, and the BC National Non-Fiction Prize, and he is the author of more than 100 books and chapbooks. In 2002, he was named as Canada’s inaugural Parliamentary Poet Laureate and an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Located on UBC Vancouver campus in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC), the George Bowering Reading Room will offer an immersive experience for readers, writers, undergraduate and graduate students, and academic researchers by providing a unique opportunity to explore the depth of Canadian and international literature through George’s legacy. It will be a remarkable space for learning, discovery and inspiration for years to come. George has described the Bowering Collections as his personal library, including all of the books that “defined [his] writing life (not counting journalistic and baseball pursuits).” Students and researchers will be surrounded by the inspiring works of many writers and artists, as George was in his days at UBC.
“We hope that that being surrounded by the authors that influenced George, and those who were inspired by him in turn, will provide a rich and inspirational learning space for students at UBC and a point of connection to the Canadian Literature community for years to come,” says Katherine Kalsbeek, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Thank you to everyone who championed this project! While we’ve reached our initial goal, continued support will help us enhance the George Bowering Reading Room further and provide support for the library’s many ongoing initiatives. Consider making a donation to UBC Library today. If you are interested in supporting ongoing initiatives in enhancing UBC’s rare books and special collections, please contact Elaine Fung, Senior Director of Development, UBC Library, (elaine.fung@ubc.ca).
Discover the latest additions to our collection! This month’s new arrivals include a wide selection of children’s books and education resources to support teaching, learning, and literacy. Whether you’re exploring stories for young readers or searching for professional resources, there’s something for everyone.
Click on the book cover to visit the Google Books page for more details and previews. Clicking on the title will take you to the item’s UBC Library catalogue page to check availability or place a hold.
Happy reading!
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Upon investigation, it appears there is linking issues with ebooks from the LWW Health Library – Premium Basic Sciences collection. Either the link is not working or the link is going to an international version of the ebook and seeing an “Unauthorized access” error message.
Some of the books that don’t have linking are:
Please use the LWW Health Library resource page to access the collection.
When on the LWW Health Library site, please select Premium Basic Sciences, then select “Texts” to see the list of available ebooks. If you are looking for an older version of some of these ebooks, you can find them by looking to the left navigation list, scrolling down, and selecting “Text archive”.
We are working to correct the linking for this collection of ebooks.
Blog written by Rachael Huegerich
February 27, 2024
Where does our food come from? Food systems include all parts of the process, from growing to caring to sharing to eating. Check out related materials for children and teachers at the seed library display at the Education Library. You can find the seed library just past the reference desk—or learn more about UBC Library’s seed lending libraries here. Feel free to “borrow” some seeds, or some of the books on display now.
The sockeye mother
By Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) ; illustrated by Natasha Donovan
QL638.S2 H87 2017
To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the sockeye salmon is more than just a source of food. Over its life cycle, it nourishes the very land and forests that the Skeena River runs through and where the Gitxsan make their home. The Sockeye Mother explores how the animals, water, soil, and seasons are all intertwined.
To market, to market
By Nikki McClure
HD9005 .M173 2011
An introduction to the concept of and products found at a farmer’s market, including how some of the foods and other items are actually produced.
Berry song
By Michaela Goade
PZ7.1.G614 Be 2022
As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.
Dumplings for Lili
By Melissa Iwai
PZ7.I9528 Du 2021
Lili loves to cook little dumplings called baos with her grandmother, but when cabbage is needed, Lili races up and down the stairs of her grandmother’s apartment building to find the ingredient and help the other grandmothers borrow ingredients for different dumplings, from Jamaican meat patties and Italian ravioli to Lebanese fatayer and more.
Summer Supper
By Rubin Pfeffer ; pictures by Mike Austin
PZ7.1.P5152 Sm 2018
Follow the creation of a family meal from the farm to the picnic table on a warm sunny day. Told entirely in words beginning with S, this lively book will help children appreciate where their food comes from.
If you want to visit a sea garden
By Kay Weisman; illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers
SH373 .W45 2020
A non-fiction picture book about sea gardens, also known as clam gardens, which have been found all along the Pacific northwest coast. Some of them are at least 2000 years old. Created by Indigenous peoples to provide a reliable food source, a number of these gardens are being restored today.
Let’s eat!: sustainable food for a hungry planet
By Kimberley Veness
S494.5.S86 V464 2017
Let’s Eat uncovers the secret lives of our groceries, exploring alternative–and sometimes bizarre–farm technology and touring gardens up high on corporate rooftops and down low in military-style bunkers beneath city streets. Packed with interesting and sometimes startling facts on agriculture around the world, Let’s Eat reveals everything from the size of the biggest farm in the world to how many pesticides are in a single grape to which insect people prefer to eat.
Eat up!: an infographic exploration of food
By Antonia Banyard & Paula Ayer; art by Belle Wuthrich
TX355 .B36 2017
Written for middle-grade readers, Eat Up! is a colorful infographic look at the many surprising and fascinating facts about food.
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In celebration of Freedom to Read Week (Feb 23–Mar 1), we highlight selections from the Education Library’s collection that have faced challenges, or even bans, in Canada. You may be surprised by some of these titles and the reasons they were contested. Share these books with your class to spark discussion on why they may have been challenged.
For a more comprehensive list of challenged books in Canada, here is a comprehensive list. Also, check out our Children’s & Young Adult Literature LibGuide, which includes a subsection on Freedom to Read Week.
Picture Books
Maxine’s Tree by Diane Leger – In 1992, an official of the woodworkers’ trade union asked for the removal of this children’s book from elementary school libraries in Sechelt, B.C. He said the book promoted an anti-logging viewpoint. The school board rejected his request.
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And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell – In 2006, a parent complained to the Calgary Catholic School District about this children’s picture book. The book is about two male penguins raising a baby penguin in a zoo. The parent objected to the theme of homosexual parenting on religious grounds. After having the book reviewed by the office of the Religious Education Department, the library removed the book.
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Asha’s Mums by Rosamund Elwin & Michele Paulse – In 1997, this children’s story and others like it were banned in Surrey, due to the fact that they positively depicted same-sex parenting. A teacher, James Chamberlain, challenged the ban in court. By 2002, the Supreme Court of Canada declared that BC’s School Act required non-discriminatory education. The ban on books containing same-sex parents could not be legally justified.
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Zeke Pippin by William Steig – In 2015, a British Columbia public library had a patron challenge this humorous children’s book. The patron claimed that it “depicted violence and was age inappropriate” and ordered for it to be removed. The library retained the book in its collection. The book, written in 1994, tells the story of a pig named Zeke who discovers a magic harmonica, and uses its hypnosis powers to get out of multiple life-threatening situations.
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Children’s Literature
How Do You Spell Abducted? by Cherylyn Stacey – In 1996, Alberta MLA Julius Yankowksi called for this book to be banned after reading a negative review by Michael Coren, a Toronto journalist. Coren claimed the novel was “hate literature against men” and the two men called for grants to be withdrawn for the publisher, Red Deer Press. The story, aimed for ages 10-12, is an account of the abduction of 3 children by their estranged father. By 1999, the novel had sold 12,000 copies.
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Trouble on Tarragon Island by Nikki Tate – In 2007, a librarian at the Elizabeth School in Kindersley, SK withdrew this children’s novel from the library’s shelves. In the novel, a girl’s grandmother joins an anti-logging group and poses semi-nude for a calendar. Several boys taunt the girl about her grandmother’s breasts, calling them “bazoongas.” The librarian objected to the bullying scene and to the word “bazoongas.” The decision to withdraw the book was ultimately reversed.
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Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville – In 1993, A parent group from Leeds-Grenville County, ON, wanted this book removed from a school library because it hinted at occultism and “New Age religion.” A review committee was set up and the book remained in place. The Harry Potter series has also been challenged in Canada for similar reasons.
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Young Adult Books
The Little Black Book for Girlz by St. Stephen’s House – In 2006, this sex education book for teen girls was challenged by the Institute for Canadian Values (ICV), a Christian organization. The ICV urged people to write to Stephen Harper so that public funding for this and other sex ed books were dropped. According to the ICV, the book, which is written by teen girls for teen girls, “encourages lesbianism, describes lesbian sex, contains obscene language and provides misleading information about safe sex.”
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Go Ask Alice by Anonymous – In 1978, Richmond and Langley school boards removed this book about a teen drug addict from their high schools. Richmond students petitioned to protest the ban, and were supported by the Richmond Teacher-Librarians’ Association. A committee of school trustees in Langley recommended the book stay in counsellors’ offices. However, these efforts failed and the bans stayed in effect.
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When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid – This book, about a genderqueer teenager’s struggles with school and relationships, received the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature in 2014. The book was immediately challenged and called a “values-void novel” by a National Post columnist. Soon after, a group of “concerned” parents, YA authors, teachers and others started an online petition to revoke the award, citing the book’s “offensive” and “inappropriate” content. However, the award was not rebuked and the petition was rejected.
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This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki – This graphic novel became the most challenged book of 2016 due to its inclusion of LGBT characters, drug use and profanity, and other mature and sexual themes. The story is about the summer vacation of two girls, one of whom has lesbian parents. One of the background characters, a teenager, becomes pregnant.
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