Athabasca University Press

You may have heard us waxing poetic about accessible ebooks, but what does that really mean? Check out this handy guide from Read Alberta for a breakdown of all the cool features that an accessible ebook can offer! readalberta.ca/accessible-pub…

Technique and Control: Jacques Ellul’s Sociology reintroduces Ellul’s powerful analysis of technology, propaganda, and modern society for today’s readers. What shapes our choices in a technological world? 🔗aupress.ca/books/120339-t… #Sociology #Technology #OpenAccess #Ellul

Purchase (or download) MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, via @au_press—(free PDF): aupress.ca/books/120337-m…

The Wikimedia Movement in Canada explores how Canadians are shaping the world’s largest free encyclopedia—from identity and representation to digital and algorithmic literacies. Discover how collaboration is transforming knowledge: 🔗aupress.ca/books/120341-t… #OpenAccess

New release! Jacques Ellul was a brilliant sociologist whose work on technological society and propaganda remains relevant today. Frank W. Elwell re-introduces Ellul’s main body of work to readers curious about technology and social life. aupress.ca/books/120339-t…

New release! A rich, multifaceted examination of open culture in practice, this volume offers a rigorous exploration of how collaboration and knowledge-sharing shape Canada’s evolving digital landscape. aupress.ca/books/120341-t… #OpenAccess #Wikimedia #Canada

"A comprehensive and innovative contribution to digital education scholarship. One of the most detailed efforts to apply feminist pedagogical ideas to online teaching." New review of Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online in Education Review! edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER/a…

#OTD: On April 27, 1966, hundreds of mostly women workers walked off the job in a wildcat strike at Lenkurt Electric and were subsequently fired. This event marked a turning point in BC labour history and is captured in The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213. aupress.ca/books/120306-t…

Today is Canadian Indie Bookstore Day! We are grateful for the support that indies across Canada provide for our authors through displays, events, and personalized recommendations. Edmontonians, check out the Edmonton Indie Bookstore Day Extravaganza! yegindiebookstores.ca

Excerpt from MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY—(Day 16 of Poetry Month):

What does labour history look like when we recognize we continually participate in creating our own history? Explore Working Canadians, co-published with the Canadian Committee on Labour History. 🔗 aupress.ca/blog/2026/03/3… #LabourHistory #OpenAccess

Tonight! Join Jun-long Lee, author of Abode, at Shelf Life Books for a special poetry month edition of The Single Onion! With readings from Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Ian Fitzgerald, Jun-Long Lee, and Conner Levi, it's sure to be a wonderful evening. writersguild.ca/single-onion-2…

Join the editors of Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online over on Substack where they highlight chapters from the book each week and share resources on how to integrate feminist pedagogy into online, hybrid, and traditional learning experiences. feministsteach.substack.com

New review of Women and Leadership in Distance Education in Canada in the Canadian Journal of Higher Education! Reviewer Dianne Conrad suggests that you "add this collection to your 'must-read' list." cjhe-rces.ca/cjhe/index.php…

"Inner landscapes are important for me—ones turned inside out by memory—as are places of pure language." Read more about Jun-long Lee's creative practice at On Creative Writing. oncreativewriting.com/post/poet-jun-…

By examining the Lenkurt strike and its aftermath, this book reveals the contested terrain of left-wing activism and international union intervention in the postwar electrical trades. aupress.ca/books/120306-t… #LabourHistory #CanadianHistory

AU Press author Ian McDonald discusses his new book and the 1966 Lenkurt strike with BC Labour Heritage Centre's On the Line podcast. Tune in for a special song about the infamous wildcat strike written especially for this episode! labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/len…

A detailed case study of IBEW Local 213 to explore the intersections of Communist leadership, workplace militancy, and union discipline in mid-twentieth-century Canada. #LabourStudies aupress.ca/books/120306-t…

Drawing on archival and oral sources, this study situates Les McDonald’s union activism within the broader history of postwar labour militancy and institutional conflict in Canada. #LabourHistory #CanadianHistory aupress.ca/books/120306-t…

The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213 offers a rare case study of a single construction trade union local and its post-World War II experience with Communist leadership, well-known work-site militancy, and interventions by the IBEW’s International Office. aupress.ca/books/120306-t…

Drawing on meeting minutes, news articles, collected correspondence, and oral history, this study reconstructs a pivotal moment in postwar labour conflict. The story centres around a wildcat strike that led to the imprisonment of four union leaders. #WorkingClassHistory

Les McDonald is known for establishing triathlon in the Olympics, but his story began in the labour struggles of Vancouver’s IBEW Local 213. This new book uncovers his role in the 1966 Lenkurt Strike and the “red” activism that shaped a generation of union politics.