Wendy Wickwire

BC Bestseller, eight weeks running.
“BC Top Seller” —BC Bookworld

Winner of the Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences ‘Canada Prize’ for the best scholarly book in the humanities/social sciences published in Canada in 2019

Shortlisted for the Ryga Award for social awareness, as well as other awards

Every once in a while, an important historical figure makes an appearance, makes a difference, and then disappears from the public record. James Teit (1864–1922) was such a figure. A prolific ethnographer and tireless Indian rights activist, Teit spent four decades helping British Columbia’s Indigenous peoples in their challenge of the settler-colonial assault on their lives and territories. Yet his story is little known. Read more