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
- Alex Pierce reads at LaHave River BooksThursday, September 12, 2019, 7pm
- Ottawa: Book reading and discussion for Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters, organized by the Shkawbewisag Student Law Society. Details to be confirmed.Friday, February 14, 2020, 1pm
- Literary CocktailsWednesday, April 29, 2020, 4pm
