Wilfrid Laurier University Press

11/14/2025

We're wrapping up University Press Week for another year. For a closer look at the gallery of featured titles and this year's blog tour check the link in the comments.

11/14/2025

Join acclaimed local authors James Cairns, Tanis MacDonald, and Mariam Pirbhai for an afternoon of thoughtful conversation exploring how we find meaning - and a sense of home - in a changing world. Through essays that span topics from personal and political crises to the simple act of walking or gardening, these writers invite readers to consider how we move through spaces both inner and outer: the landscapes we inhabit, the communities we build, and the stories that root us. Together, they’ll discuss their latest works and the intersections between self, place, and resilience that run through them all. A book signing and opportunity to purchase copies will follow the discussion.

📆 Saturday, November 29
⏰2:00 to 3:00 pm
📍Eastside Branch

11/13/2025

In a new episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna interviews Maha Bali about her edited collection Open at the Margins and the ways open education is not always already equitable. Maha discusses intentionally equitable hospitality, being a scholar outside the dominant discursive frame, and the complexities of consent in the classroom. Maha invites us to consider our values and the challenges in upholding them. Listen on your favourite platform or at the link in the comments.

Maha Bali is Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo. She is co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org (a grassroots movement that challenges academic gatekeeping at conferences) and co-facilitator of Equity Unbound (an equity-focused, open, connected intercultural learning curriculum). She writes and speaks frequently about social justice, critical pedagogy, and open and online education.

11/11/2025

Theo Dombrowski reviews The Taking of Vimy Ridge in The British Columbia Review, calling it "an evocative insight into a momentous point in history—and the role photography played in it." Link in the comments.

11/07/2025

Join Laurier faculty members and authors James Cairns, Tanis MacDonald, and Mariam Pirbhai for an afternoon of thoughtful conversation exploring how we find meaning - and a sense of home - in a changing world. Saturday, November 29 at 2pm at the Eastside Branch of the Waterloo Public Library.

For Adults

11/05/2025

November 2-8, 2025, marks Treaties Recognition Week.

Deyohahá:ge:, “two roads or paths” in Cayuga language, evokes the Covenant Chain-Two Row Wampum, known as the “grandfather of the treaties.” Famously, this Haudenosaunee wampum agreement showed how Indigenous people and newcomers could build peace and friendship by respecting each other’s cultures, beliefs, and laws as they shared the river of life.

Written by members of Six Nations and their neighbours, this book introduces readers not only to the 17th-century history of how the Dutch and British joined the wampum agreement, but also to how it might restore good relations today.

10/31/2025

Catch Ep 447 of podcast
In the final episode of this four-part series, Paul db Watkins, Professor of English at Vancouver Island University and author of Soundin’ Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship, reflects on the power of remixing: https://ow.ly/bCws50Xk1e2 Wilfrid Laurier University Press

10/24/2025

Catch Ep 446 of podcast.
In the third episode of this four-part series, Paul db Watkins, Professor of English at Vancouver Island University and author of Soundin’ Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship, discusses themes of citizenship and multiculturalism examined in his book: https://ow.ly/sJW650XgvBo Wilfrid Laurier University Press

10/23/2025

New Episode of Community of Practice! Brenna and Dave unpack “trickle-down clamping down,” making space for curiosity, and the importance of being surprised in the classroom, and Dave confesses that he’s tired of learning. Stream on your favourite podcast platform or listen at the link in the comments.

10/22/2025

Congratulations to Elysia French and Amanda White, editors of Ecologies in Practice: Environmentally Engaged Arts in Canada, winner of a UAAC-AAUC Book Award from the Universities Art Association of Canada!

10/17/2025

Join Amplify Podcast Network in celebration of the release of Brenna Clarke Gray's new podcast, Community of Praxis! Monday, October 27 Noon PDT/3pm EDT FREE to Register

Join us for a virtual launch party to celebrate the release of Brenna Clarke Gray's new podcast, Community of Praxis!

10/17/2025

Catch Ep 445 of podcast.
In the second episode of this four-part series, Paul db Watkins, Professor of English at Vancouver Island University and author of Soundin’ Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship, expands on the writing process of his book .https://ow.ly/Fxjv50Xe5Q7 Wilfrid Laurier University Press