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Michael Layland has won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for his book In Nature’s Realm: Early Naturalists Explore Vancouver Island. The $2,500 prize, given by UBC Library and the Pacific BookWorld News Society, will be awarded at UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre later this year.
Published by Touchwood Editions, Layland’s book explores the richly diverse flora and fauna of Vancouver Island through the records of explorers, settlers, and visitors, and with due respect to the wealth of Indigenous traditional knowledge of the island’s ecosystems.
“Since moving to Vancouver Island nearly 30 years ago, I’ve been fascinated by the island’s rich history, in particular during the eras of exploration and early settlement,” says Layland, “In Nature’s Realm combines my twin passions of history and nature, and complements my two earlier books. It tells how the Island’s flora and fauna appeared to the naturalists among the explorers and early settlers. It shows how their understanding was constrained by limited time and equipment, as well as the political motivations of their sponsors. In telling the story, I pay tribute to the Island’s original naturalists, the Indigenous Peoples, whose knowledge is at last being ‘discovered’ and appreciated.”
“This masterful book is remarkable in its physical appearance, and based on consummately executed research and investigation”, says Dr. Susan E. Parker, UBC’s University Librarian. “We are thrilled, once again, to highlight the fine work of an author from British Columbia.”
Trained as an officer and mapmaker in the Royal Engineers, Michael Layland was president of the Victoria Historical Society, the Friends of the BC Archives, and is an amateur naturalist. In Nature’s Realm is a companion volume to his two previous titles: A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island and The Land of Heart’s Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island which detail the progression of European knowledge of Vancouver Island.
Shortlisted titles for the prize are:
At the Bridge: James Teit and an Anthropology of Belonging , Wendy C. Wickwire (UBC Press).
Against the Current and Into the Light: Performing History and Land in Coast Salish Territories and Vancouver’s Stanley Park, Selena Couture (McGill-Queen’s University Press).
About the Prize
The Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Book on British Columbia, sponsored by UBC Library and the Pacific BookWorld News Society, recognizes the best scholarly book published by a Canadian author on a B.C. subject. The book prize was established in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs, a bibliophile, scholar and librarian who passed away in 2012. Stuart-Stubbs’s many accomplishments included serving as the University Librarian at UBC Library and as the Director of UBC’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. Stuart-Stubbs had a leadership role in many national and regional library and publishing activities. During his exceptional career, he took particular interest in the production and distribution of Canadian books and was associated with several initiatives beneficial to authors and their readers, and to Canadian publishing.
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What is a Research Data Centre (RDC)?
Attend Introduction to the RDC (Research Data Centre)
Date: April 2, 2019
Time: 2-3pm
Location: Room B25 – Computer Lab – Woodward Library
Which citation management tool is the best for your research?
Attend Choosing the Right Citation Management Tool for Your Research (Beginner)
Date: April 4, 2019
Time: 12pm to 2pm
Location: Room 217 – Koerner Library
Explore thesis/dissertation formatting tips and more
Attend Thesis Formatting: Tips, tricks, and resources
Date: April 8, 2019
Time: 10am to 12pm
Location: Room B25 – Computer Lab – Woodward Library
Dig into Literature Reviews: Searching and Keeping Track
Attend Literature Reviews: Searching and Keeping Track
Date: April 9, 2019
Time: 11am to 1pm
Location: Room B25 – Computer Lab – Woodward Library
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Writing your thesis for UBC graduation? Confused about thesis formatting?
Next Thesis Formatting: Tips, tricks, and resources workshops are as follows:
Dates: March 11th & March 25th, 2019
Time: 10am to 12pm (same workshop held on both dates)
Location: Room 217 – Walter C. Koerner Library
Register for March 11th OR March 25th, 2019
Curious about a Lay Summary for your thesis or dissertation? Or for a journal article, etc.?
Next Lay Summaries: Writing workshop is as follows:
Date: Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
Time: 10am to 12pm
Location: Sherrington Room – Woodward Library
Register for March 13th, 2019
Wondering how to navigate and manage the publishing process for your research?
Next Scholarly Publishing & Author Rights (off-campus) workshop is as follows:
Date: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Time: 2-4pm
Location: BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals, Study and Learning Commons Computer Lab, Shaughnessy Building Room F4
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Writing your thesis for UBC graduation? Prepping for UBC 3MT 2018?
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Interested in open access? Curious about scholarly publishing? Confused about copyright, author rights and more?
If you answered “yes” to any of the questions listed above, this free UBC graduate workshop is for you!
Showcasing your Graduate Research
in UBC’s Open Access Digital Repository:
Help with Copyright and More (Graduate Pathways to Success)
presented by the cIRcle Office and Scholarly Communications and Copyright Services
Date: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Time: 12:30 to 14:00
Location: Thea Koerner House, 6371 Crescent Road
Participants will learn to:
- Describe and format their work for deposit in cIRcle, UBC’s open access digital repository
- See how to apply Creative Commons Licenses to their work
- Create presentations with good Copyright practices
- Consult one-on-one with a member of Copyright Services at UBC
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