Company
The University of Alberta Press (UAP) is an academic unit of Learning Services, reporting to the Vice-Provost (Learning Services) and Chief Librarian.
UAP contributes substantively to the University of Alberta’s mission, its national and international reputation, and the impact of its research and teaching by means of a diverse and far-ranging scholarly publishing program that is recognized annually with a host of awards for excellence in both scholarship and publishing.
UAP is a contemporary university press, staffed by resourceful and accomplished publishing professionals with a diverse range of expertise in academic publishing. It has a reputation for publishing books that have scholarly impact, demonstrate publishing innovation, and achieve creative distinction. UAP and its staff are fully engaged with the unprecedented range of opportunities and challenges offered by twenty-first-century publishing.
UAP and its activities are funded by a combination of federal and provincial culture and research support grants, project funds, sales of books, licensing fees and international distribution rights, and institutional support.
Events
- UAlberta Press @ Congress 2019Friday, May 31, 2019
- Therese Greenwood at Limestone Genre ExpoKingston Public Library, Kingston, Ontario
Saturday, June 1, 2019, 10am - ACCUTE / Congress book launch for The Creation of iGiselleBUCH 141, UBC campus
Monday, June 3, 2019, 12pm - Alan Brownoff presents at SaskBooks conference.Friday, June 7, 2019
- UAlberta Press staff attend AUPresses professional development meeting in Detroit.Tuesday, June 11, 2019
- Nora Foster Stovel speaks at the Jewish Community Centre, on The Creation of iGiselle.Jewish Community Centre, Edmonton
Thursday, June 20, 2019, 12pm - "Tiny Lights for Travellers" Launch in CalgaryTuesday, June 25, 2019, 7pm
- Sandra Semchuk launches "The Stories Were Not Told" in North BattlefordFriday, July 12, 2019, 7pm
