Dania Tomlinson

(She, Her, Hers)

Marketing and Communications Specialist

Communications

Email: dania.tomlinson@ubc.ca

In September we asked students for their book recommendations for a collaborative book shelf activity. UBC Okanagan Library has compiled that list. Here are the 2025 Student Recs! Explore the list below and click on the link to learn how to borrow a copy to read over the winter break.

I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman; translated from the French by Ros Schwartz	Paul takes the form of a mortal girl by Andrea Lawlor
Fourth wing by Rebecca Yarros	Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Keeper’n me by Richard Wagamese	They both die at the end by Adam Silvera
I’m glad my mom died by Jennette McCurdy	Sheine Lende: a prequel to Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger; illustrated by Rovina Cai

Feature Fantasy

Six of crows by Leigh Bardugo

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Beastly by Alex Flinn

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

The poppy war by R. F. Kuang

Paul takes the form of a mortal girl by Andrea Lawlor

Fourth wing by Rebecca Yarros

Iron widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Feature Classics

Little women by Louisa May Alcott

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas; revised translation

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach; photographs by Russell Munson

The stranger by Albert Camus, translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert

Passage to India by E.M. Foster

The yellow wallpaper, and other writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

For whom the bell tolls by Ernest Hemingway

On the road by Jack Kerouac

Feature Non-Fiction

One day, everyone will have always been against this by Omar El Akkad

The making of a human bomb: an ethnography of Palestinian resistance by Nasser Abufarha

The serviceberry: abundance and reciprocity in the natural world by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Following the last wild wolves by Ian McAllister

Invisible women: data bias in a world designed for men by Caroline Criado Perez

The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma by Bessel A. van der Kolk

Dreams in a time of war: a childhood memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The Complete List

Go ask Alice: author anonymous

The making of a human bomb: an ethnography of Palestinian resistance by Nasser Abufarha

One day, everyone will have always been against this by Omar El Akkad

The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom

Little women by Louisa May Alcott

Eurocentrism: modernity, religion, and democracy: a critique of Eurocentrism and culturalism by Samir Amin; translated by Russell Moore and James Membrez

The handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach; photographs by Russell Munson

Six of crows by Leigh Bardugo

The idiot by Elif Batuman

The Holy Bible; Old and New Testaments in the King James version

The glutton by A. K. Blakemore

The stranger by Albert Camus, translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

2001, a space odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

The city and the stars by Arthur C. Clarke

House of leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

No longer human by Osamu Dazai; Translated by Donald Keene

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas; revised translation

Beastly by Alex Flinn

Passage to India by E.M. Foster

John Steinbeck’s The grapes of wrath by Frank Galati

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

The yellow wallpaper, and other writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Memoirs of a geisha by Arthur Golden

Functional design and architecture by Alexander Granin

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Hbr’s 10 must reads on managing yourself and your career 6-volume collection: Harvard Business Review

I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman; translated from the French by Ros Schwartz

A brief history of time by Stephen Hawking

For whom the bell tolls by Ernest Hemingway

A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini

Brave new world by Aldous Huxley

If cats disappeared from the world by Genki Kawamura; translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland

On the road by Jack Kerouac

The hundred years’ war on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism and resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi

Darius the Great is not okay by Adib Khorram

The secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The serviceberry: abundance and reciprocity in the natural world by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma by Bessel A. van der Kolk

Babel, or, The necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators’ revolution by R.F. Kuang

The poppy war by R. F. Kuang

Code name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

Paul takes the form of a mortal girl by Andrea Lawlor

Sheine Lende: a prequel to Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger; illustrated by Rovina Cai

The three-body problem by Cixin Liu ; translated by Ken Liu

The road by Cormac McCarthy

The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse by Charlie Mackesy

A game of thrones by George R. R. Martin

Throne of glass by Sarah J. Maas

Prisoners of geography: ten maps that explain everything about the world by Tim Marshall

Following the last wild wolves by Ian McAllister

The song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel García Márquez; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa

The night circus by Erin Morgenstern

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Norwegian wood by Haruki Murakami; translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin

I’m glad my mom died by Jennette McCurdy

The sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

One piece story and art by Eiichiro Oda

The memory police by Yoko Ogawa ; translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Invisible women: data bias in a world designed for men by Caroline Criado Perez

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

The overstory by Richard Powers

The Westing game by Ellen Raskin

Reality is not what it seems: the journey to quantum gravity by Carlo Rovelli; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre

Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone by J.K. Rowling

They both die at the end by Adam Silvera

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo; translated by Douglas J. Weatherford

The little prince written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; translated from the French by Richard Howard

The goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Dreams in a time of war: a childhood memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Fire weather: a true story from a hotter world by John Vaillant

Keeper’n me by Richard Wagamese

The color purple by Alice Walker

Tipping the velvet by Sarah Waters

All systems red by Martha Wells

Educated: a memoir by Tara Westover

In memoriam by Alice Winn

Red China blues: my long march from mao to now by Jan Wong

Fourth wing by Rebecca Yarros

A little life by Hanya Yanagihara

Iron widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

The book thief by Markus Zusak

Posted in Booklist, News, Uncategorized | Tagged Book list, reading

December 3 is International Day for Persons with Disabilities and the theme for 2025 is Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress.

UBC Okanagan Library has put together a display in the library and curated a list of books to help recognize this important day and promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.

Browse the list below and click on the links to borrow each item listed through UBC Library.

The Queen of Distraction: How Women with ADHD Can Conquer Chaos, Find Focus, and Get More Done by Terry Matlen

True biz: a novel by Sara Nović

A freshman survival guide for college students with autism spectrum disorders : the stuff nobody tells you about! by Haley Moss

Disability visibility: first-person stories from the Twenty-first century edited by Alice Wong

Divergent mind: thriving in a world that wasn’t designed for you by Jenara Nerenberg

A freshman survival guide for college students with autism spectrum disorders : the stuff nobody tells you about! by Haley Moss

Ableism in education: rethinking school practices and policies by Gillian Parekh

Accessibility in the laboratory edited by Ellen Sweet, Wendy Strobel Gower, Carl E. Heltzel

Adults on the autism spectrum leave the nest: achieving supported independence by Nancy Perry

Against technoableism: rethinking who needs improvement by Ashley Shew

Be a revolution : how everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world-and how you can, too by Ijeoma Oluo

Beauty is a verb: the new poetry of disability edited by Jennifer Bartlett, Sheila Black, & Michael Northen

Becoming a great inclusive educator edited by Scot Danforth

Camouflage : the hidden lives of autistic women by Sarah Bargiela; art by Sophie Standing

Choosing Down syndrome: ethics and new prenatal testing technologies by Chris Kaposy

Concerto for the left hand: disability and the defamiliar body by Michael Davidson

Constructing the (m)other: narratives of disability, motherhood, and the politics of normal edited by Priya Lalvani

Contours of ableism: the production of disability and abledness by Fiona Kumari Campbell

Crip times: disability, globalization, and resistance by Robert McRuer

Defying disability: the lives and legacies of nine disabled leaders by Mary Wilkinson

Disability and mothering : liminal spaces of embodied knowledge edited by Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson and Jen Cellio

Disability politics and theory by A.J. Withers

Disability politics in a global economy: essays in honour of Marta Russell edited by Ravi Malhotra

Disability rights by Deborah Stienstra

Disability studies: an interdisciplinary by Dan Goodley

Disability visibility: first-person stories from the Twenty-first century edited by Alice Wong

Disability, public space performance and spectatorship: unconscious performers by Bree Hadley

DisAppearing : encounters in disability studies edited by Tanya Titchkosky, Elaine Cagulada, and Madeleine DeWelles, with Efrat Gold.

Divergent mind: thriving in a world that wasn’t designed for you by Jenara Nerenberg

Eliminating inequities for women with disabilities: an agenda for health and wellness
by Miles-Cohen, Shari E; Signore, Caroline

Enacting disability critical race theory: from the personal to the global edited by Beth A. Ferri, David J. Connor, and Subini A. Annamma

Exploring disability identity and disability rights through narratives: finding a voice of their own by Ravi Malhotra and Morgan Rowe

Fall down 7 times get up 8: a young man’s voice from the silence of autism by Naoki Higashida; translated by K.A. Yoshida and David Mitchell

From disability to diversity: college success for students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder by Lynne C. Shea, Linda Hecker, and Adam R. Lalor

Helping Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Express their Thoughts and Knowledge in Writing: Tips and Exercises for Developing Writing Skills by Elise Geither and Lisa Meeks

Independence, Social, and Study Strategies for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The BASICS College Curriculum by Michelle Rigler, Amy Rutherford and Emily Quinn

Know the night: a memoir of survival in the small hours by Maria Mutch

Living with chronic illness and disability: principles for nursing practice edited by Esther Chang, Amanda Johnson.

Parties, Dorms and Social Norms: A Crash Course in Safe Living for Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum by Lisa M. Meeks and Tracy Loye Masterson

Pathways to inclusion: building a new story with people and communities by John Lord, Peggy Hutchison

Positive behavior supports for adults with disabilities in employment, community, and residential settings : practical strategies that work by Keith Storey

Sex and disability edited by Robert McRuer and Anna Mollow

Social work with disadvantaged and marginalised people by Jonathan Parker, Sara Ashencaen Crabtree

Swimming up Niagara Falls! : the battle to get disability rights added to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  by M. David Lepofsky

The myth of normal: trauma, illness and healing in a toxic culture by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté

The Queen of Distraction: How Women with ADHD Can Conquer Chaos, Find Focus, and Get More Done by Terry Matlen

The road ahead: transition to adult life for persons with disabilities edited by Keith Storey, Paul Bates, Dawn Hunter.

Disability and social policy in Canada edited by Mary Ann McColl and Lyn Jongbloed

The short bus: a journey beyond normal by Jonathan Mooney

True biz: a novel by Sara Nović

Posted in Booklist, News | Tagged Book list, disability

Felix Amoh Siaw Writing consultant in the Centre for scholarly communication

Felix Amoh Siaw is a Writing Consultant in the Centre for Scholarly Communication and a PhD candidate in the faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies (Global Studies), researching Sub-Saharan African politics, external interventions, armed conflicts, genocides, UN peace operations, neocolonialism, and bespoke anti-neocolonialism.

Through the CSC, Felix provides one-on-one consultations to graduate and post-doctoral researchers at UBC Okanagan who are writing journal articles, grant proposals, theses, and dissertations or preparing conference presentations.

During a writing consultation, Felix empowers his clients by reminding them that there’s no one who understands their research better than them. His goal isn’t to teach clients how to write but to help them identify what they might be missing.

“Writing is challenging, and when you’re deeply involved in the process, it’s easy to overlook mistakes in your analysis, grammar, arguments, and more. Having someone else review your work can help identify those gaps.”
– Felix Amoh Siaw

Book a Consultation

Posted in Centre for Scholarly Communication, News | Tagged Scholarship, Writing

November 20 is Trans Day of Remembrance in Canada. It is a time to honour those lost to violence, those who live through violence and transphobia, and to recognize the need to disrupt the violence and oppression that trans people continue to face.

To help expand our knowledge on this important topic, UBC Okanagan Library has put together a virtual list and physical display of books that centre the voices and experiences of trans individuals.

Click on each book link to learn how you can borrow the book from UBC Okanagan Library.

Learn more about Trans Day of Remembrance and how you can take part.

Mahtab

Mahtab Matin is a Writing & Academic Communication Consultant in the Centre for Scholarly Communication (CSC) and a PhD candidate in the school of Nursing, researching infant sleep, gut microbiome, and infant feeding.

CSC

Through the CSC, Mahtab provides one-on-one consultations to graduate and post-doctoral researchers at UBC Okanagan who are writing journal articles, grant proposals, theses, and dissertations or preparing conference presentations.

Get writing support

During a consultation, Mahtab can help her clients:

Develop clear research questions.
Refine research methodology.
Organize data.
Structure papers or theses.
Ensure arguments are coherent and supported by evidence.
Improve clarity, flow, and academic tone.
Check for proper citation and adherence to style guidelines.
Help interpret qualitative or quantitative results using related software or applications.
Help translate complex findings into accessible, well-written narratives.

Consultations

“A common misconception about academic writing and data management is that they are purely technical tasks rather than integral parts of the research process. Many believe data management simply means storing files or backing up data, when in fact it involves organizing, documenting, and preserving information to ensure transparency and reproducibility. Similarly, academic writing is often seen as the final step after research is complete but it’s actually a continuous process that helps researchers think critically, clarify ideas, and communicate findings effectively. Both academic writing and research data management are ongoing practices that strengthen research integrity and impact.”
–Mahtab Matin

Learn more about Research Data Management

Posted in Centre for Scholarly Communication, News | Tagged Writing support

No matter what your citation style is, we can help!

Instant response through AskAway Chat
In-person support at the Library Service Desk
Citation style guides
Librarian consultations

You’re super into: Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, and Nursing.

Your vibe: You’re trying to make ‘et al.’ happen but you’re a bit micro-managey and even finnicky with your Italics (and) spacing. You Call It Like It Is: your references are References.

Your style guide

MLA

You’re super into: English, Languages, and Cultural Studies.

Your vibe: You are thorough and careful to make sure that we’re on the right page, even when it’s not a direct quotation. But honestly, you’re a little self-obsessed. Does your name really need to be on every page? You’re grandiose, from tweets to classics everything is a “Work Cited” to you.

Your style guide

Chicago

You’re super into: History, Fine Arts, Political Science, and Philosophy.

Your vibe: Sometimes called Turabian, you’re the Gemini of the group and your twin versions couldn’t be more different. One is fancified with footnotes and bibliography while the other keeps it classy with author/date. Both are a bit obsessed with Oxford commas, double-spacing, and nitpicking.

Your style guide

ACS

You’re super into: Chemistry.

Your vibe: You’re often bold and focused, but you use so many abbreviations that we need to ask CASSI what you’re saying.

Your style guide

IEEE

You’re super into: Engineering.

Your vibe: You’re the Libra. You like balance, often preferring two columns per page. Some say you’re a [square] with your abstract and index terms but the way you disregard the alphabet in your reference list is rebellious.

Your style guide

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Citation, research

Naeem Nedaee is a Writing and Academic Communication Consultant in the Centre for Scholarly Communication (CSC) and supports researchers with English language development, writing, and academic communication. Naeem Nedaee is a PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies, studying posthumanism, visual culture, and literary studies.

CENTRE FOR SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION

Through the CSC, Naeem provides one-on-one consultations to graduate and post-doctoral researchers at UBC Okanagan who are writing journal articles, grant proposals, theses, and dissertations or who want to practice their academic and conversational English skills.

Get support

Naeem helps writers build clarity and momentum by approaching writing as a processual and open act where ideas take shape through engagement and revision. He views writing as an invitation to curiosity, experimentation, and reflection. Naeem believes that a common misconception about academic writing is that you have to read a lot before you can start writing.

“In reality, thinking often happens through writing. It’s an active, sometimes messy process of discovery.”

Consultations

Posted in Centre for Scholarly Communication | Tagged Scholarly Communication, Writing support

OSC display window

Climate Action Week in the Archives

Okanagan Special Collections & Archives collects and provides access to materials that document the history of the Okanagan and surrounding regions. This exhibit includes archival materials depicting historical changes to land and climate as well as several examples of local climate action.

Materials on display:

Walter G. Hardwick and J. Lewis Robinson. British Columbia: One Hundred Years of Geographical Change, 1973
Contacts from Joe Harris collection (OSC ARC 1.3-7)
Marilyn James and Taress Alexis. Not Extinct: keeping the Sinixt Way, 2021 (with accompanying map)
Eva Durance, with annotations by Gayle Cornish. Vanishing Desert, 1992 (OSC ARC 13)
Photograph taken by Gayle Cornish of Herman Solivards of the Similkameen Band with hand-carved flute, 1994 (OSC ARC 13)
Interview with Jane Stelkia, [1992] (OSC ARC 13)
James C. Anderson. Our beautiful Redlich Pond is in serious difficulty, 2018 (OSC ARC 10)

Climate Action Week film and book display and virtual list

Every year, the BC Library Association partners with libraries on Climate Action Week, from November 1 to 7. To help acknowledge this initiative, UBC Okanagan Library has curated a selection of books and films to expand our understanding of climate change and inspire action. All of the items below are available through UBC Okanagan Library.

The end of this world: climate justice in so-called Canada by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman & Bronwen Tucker

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Miriam Aczel

A warmer world: from polar bears to butterflies, how global warming is changing lives by Caroline Arnold, illustrated by Jamie Hogan

David Suzuki by Terry Barber

Extinction Rebellion and Climate Change Activism: Breaking the Law to Change the World by Oscar Berglund and Daniel Schmidt

This Crazy Time: Living our Environmental Challenge by Tzeporah Berman and Mark Leiren-Young

The carbon footprint of everything by Mike Berners-Lee

I Know This to Be True: Greta Thunberg on truth, courage & saving our planet by Geoff Blackwell

Why Women will save the planet by Bloomsbury Publishing

Negotiating climate change in crisis edited by Steffen Böhm and Sian Sullivan

Stopping Oil: Climate Justice and Hope (ONLINE): by S. Bond, Amanda Thomas, Gradon Diprose

Climate Action Planning: A Guide to Creating Low-Carbon, Resilient Communities by Michael Boswell; Adrienne Greve; Tammy Seale

One Garden Against the World: In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate by Kate Bradbury

Better: the everyday art of sustainable living by Nicole Caldwell

New Woman Ecologies: From Arts and Crafts Through the Great War and Beyond by Alicia Carroll

An Unreal Estate: Sustainability & Freedom in an Evolving Community by Lucinda Carspecken

How we know what we know about our changing climate: Scientists and kids explore global warming by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch

Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The political economy of saving the planet by Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin

The new possible : visions of our world beyond crisis edited by Philip Clayton, Kelli M. Archie, Jonah Sachs, and Evan Steiner

What climate justice means and why we should care by Elizabeth Cripps

Grassroots rising: a call to action on climate, farming, food, and a green new deal by Ronnie Cummins

Climate change adaptation : an Earth Institute sustainability primer by Lisa Dale

Greta Thunberg: Climate crisis activist by Matt Doeden

Changing planet, changing health : how the climate crisis threatens our health and what we can do about it by Paul R. Epstein and Dan Ferber

Sustainable nation : urban design patterns for the future by Douglas Farr

The Future We Choose: The stubborn optimist’s guide to the climate crisis by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac

The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth by Tim Flannery

The Earth transformed: an untold history by Peter Frankopan

How to avoid a climate disaster : the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need by Bill Gates

David Suzuki : doing battle with climate change by Suzy Gazlay

Climate Hope: Stories of Action in the Age of Global Crisis by David Geselbracht

The politics of climate change by Anthony Giddens

More Powerful Together: Conversations with Climate Activists and Indigenous Land Defenders by Jen Gobby

An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming by Al Gore

Asserting native resilience: Pacific rim indigenous nations face the climate crisis edited by Zoltán Grossman and Alan Parker

Inside the world of climate change skeptics by Kristin Haltinner & Dilshani Sarathchandra

Zen and the art of saving the planet by Thich Nhat Hanh

Food in a Just World : compassionate eating in a time of climate change by Tracey Harris & Terry Gibbs

Saving Us: a climate scientist’s case for hope and healing in a divided world by Katharine Hayhoe

The carbon crunch : how we’re getting climate change wrong–and how to fix it by Dieter Helm

The economics and politics of climate change edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn

Fresh banana leaves : healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science by Jessica Hernandez

Educating for Hope in Troubled Times: Climate Change and the Transition to a Post-Carbon Future by David Hicks

Transition in action : Totnes and district 2030, an energy descent action plan scripted & edited by Jacqi Hodgson with Rob Hopkins

Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society: reclaiming the future edited by Päivi Honkatukia

Promoting Sustainable Living: Sustainability as an Object of Desire by Justyna Karakiewicz

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the climate by Naomi Klein

A good war : mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency by Seth Klein

Universities and the sustainable development future by Peter H. Koehn and Juha I. Uitto

Under a white sky : the nature of the future by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Winona LaDuke chronicles: stories from the front lines in the battle for environmental justice by by Winona LaDuke

Global warming : the Greenpeace report edited by Jeremy Leggett

Our fragile moment: How lessons from Earth’s past can help us survive the climate crisis by Michael E. Mann

The future is now : solving the climate crisis with today’s technologies by Bob McDonald

The Climate Change Counter Movement : How the Fossil Fuel Industry Sought to Delay Climate Action by Ruth McKie

Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change by Susanne Moser, Lisa Dilling

A bigger picture: my fight to bring a new African voice to the climate crisis by Vanessa Nakate

Resilient Cities: Overcoming fossil fuel dependence by Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, and Heather Boyer

The climate casino: risk, uncertainty, and economics for a warming world by William Nordhaus

Hope is an Imperative by David W. Orr

Climate Justice and Participatory Research: Building Climate Resilient Commons by Patricia Perkins

Billion dollar burger: inside big tech’s race for the future of food by Chase Purdy

A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet by Sarah Jaquette Ray

Not the end of the world : how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet by Hannah Ritchie

Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future by Mary Robinson and Caitriona Palmer

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

Media and Transnational Climate Justice: Indigenous Activism and Climate Politics by Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg

The quickening : creation and community at the ends of the Earth by Elizabeth Rush

Against Catastrophism: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Hope for the Future by Cosimo Schinaia

Not too late: Changing the climate story from despair to possibility edited by Rebecca Solnit & Thelma Young Lutunatabua with illustrations by David Solnit

Quiet Activism: Climate Action at the Local Scale by Wendy Steele, Jean Hillier, Diana MacCallum, and others

Imagining the future of climate change : world-making through science fiction and activism by Shelley Streeby

The big picture: reflections on science, humanity, and a quickly changing planet by David Suzuki and Dave Robert Taylor

You are the earth : know your world so you can make it better by David Suzuki and Kathy Vanderlinden; art by Wallace Edwards

The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering our place in nature by David Suzuki, Adrienne Mason, and Amanda McConnell

David Suzuki’s green guide by David Suzuki & David R. Boyd

Everything under the Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet by David Suzuki and Ian Hanington

Just cool it!: the climate crisis and what we can do | a post-Paris Agreement game plan by David Suzuki & Ian Hanington

Dear earth : art and hope in a time of crisis curated by Rachel Thomas

The Climate Book by created by Greta Thunberg

The Winona LaDuke chronicles : stories from the front lines in the battle for environmental justice by Blaire Kristine Topash-Caldwell

How to be a climate optimist : blueprints for a better world by Chris Turner

Fire weather: a true story from a hotter world by John Vaillant

All we can save: truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson

Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis: Wisdom and Action in the Long Emergency by John Wiseman

Confronting climate crisis through education: Reading our way forward by Rebecca L. Young

Films

There once was an island = Te henua e nnoho by an On the Level production, directed by Briar March

Everything’s cool directed by Daniel B. Gold

An inconvenient sequel : truth to power directed by Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk

Rising waters: Global warming and the fate of the Pacific Islands directed & written by Andrea Torrice

Chasing ice directed and produced by Jeff Orlowski

Do the +math produced and directed by Kelly Nyks & Jared P. Scott

The age of stupid presented by Spanner Films in association with Passion Pictures

Global warming : the signs and the science directed by Michael Taylor

The great global warming swindle written & directed by Martin Durkin

The great warming a Stonehaven production in association with Discovery Channel Canada

An inconvenient truth directed by Davis Guggenheim

Meltdown : a global warming journey directed by Jonathan Renouf

The vanishing ice written and directed by Rachel Gauk

Climate change I : an uncertain future directed, photographed and produced by Leonard Gilday

Sun come up directed by Jennifer Redfearn

Posted in Booklist, News, Uncategorized | Tagged Climate action

Managing a large amount of physical records in a limited space is a challenge. Okanagan Records Management (ORM) can help!   

ORM offers secured storage for a department or unit’s paper records at our storage facilities in the Commons building. We can schedule pickup, delivery, storage and retrieval of the boxes until they have met their scheduled retention—after which point, we can facilitate the destruction of the records via a bonded destruction agency, or the transfer of applicable records into the Okanagan University Archives.  

ORM is located within the Okanagan Special Collections and Archives complex, at COM004 on the ground floor of The Commons.

As with all services provided by Okanagan Records Management, this is provided to UBCO campus units free of charge! To view details regarding transferring your materials to records storage, please see our Records Storage Program webpage, or contact us directly. 

Records Management Services

Posted in Records Management | Tagged Records management

To help celebrate Women’s History Month and spooky season, we’ve curated a selection of feminist horror books and films. Discover the contributions of feminism to the horror genre through film and literature.

An Ordinary Violence book club

An Ordinary Violence
by Adriana Chartrand

“Creepy and unsettling, this assured debut addresses the ways violence, grief, and unprocessed trauma reverberate over years, keeping fractured psyches and relationships from mending.” —Booklist

Bloody women book cover

Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror
Edited by Victoria McCollum and Aislinn Clarke

“More than just another academic reading of pop culture, Clarke and McCollum have offered a gift to fans and a love letter to the women who shaped the genre.”
—W. Scott Poole, Department of History, College of Charleston

The Writing Retreat

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

“Julia Bartz’s shrewd, suspenseful debut takes the typical writer’s anxieties and obsessions and transforms them into a pulse-pounding, impossible to put down thriller.” —Layne Fargo, author of They Never Learn

Rebecca book cover

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

“Rebecca is a masterpiece in which du Maurier pulls off several spectacular high-wire acts that many great writers wouldn’t attempt.”
—Jim Crace, Guardian

Non-Fiction

Alien legacies : the evolution of the franchise / edited by Nathan Abrams and Gregory Frame

Gothic forms of feminine fictions / Susanne Becker

Attack of the Leading Ladies : Gender, sexuality, and spectatorship in classic horror cinema / Rhona J. Berenstein

Searching for Sycorax: Black women’s hauntings of contemporary horror / Kinitra D. Brooks

Killing women : the visual culture of gender and violence / Annette Burfoot and Susan Lord, editors

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: gender in the modern horror film / Carol J. Clover

The Twilight of the Gothic?: Vampire fiction and the rise of the paranormal romance / Joseph Crawford

The monstrous-feminine: Film, feminism, psychoanalysis / Barbara Creed

Return of the monstrous-feminine: Feminist new wave cinema / Barbara Creed

The female vampire in Hispanic literature: a critical anthology of turn-of-the-twentieth-century gothic-inspired tales / edited and translated by Megan DeVirgilis

The female investigator in literature, film, and popular culture / Lisa M. Dresner