The University of Manitoba Press (UMP) is an

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based at the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749, ...

. Founded in 1967, the UMP is the first

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. Publishing 12 to 14 books a year, UMP is regarded as a leading publisher of books with a focus on Indigenous history,

Indigenous studies Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

, and

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. Editorially, the Press has given focus to such subjects as the Arctic and the North;

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and

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studies;

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;

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literary studies Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. T ...

(especially Indigenous literature); and

environmental A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...

land use Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods. Land use by humans has a long ...

, and food studies.

Organization

Its distribution is handled by UTP Distribution in Canada;

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in the US; and Eurospan Group internationally (

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, Asia-Pacific,

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, Caribbean).UMP Spring 2021 catalogue
Retrieved 2021 February 20. UMP's publishing program is supported by the federal government via the Canada Book Fund, the Council for the Arts, and the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (funded by the

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); the

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via the Department of Sport, Culture, and Heritage, the

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, and the Manitoba Book Publishing Tax Credit; and Livres Canada Books. UMP is also a member of the

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Publications

The University of Manitoba Press publishes 12 to 14 books a year, with its selection process involving a

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; all UMP books go through

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review by external experts, followed by a review by the UMP editorial board. The Press publishes various works exploring Indigenous history and studies (such as cultures of the

Inuit Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...

Anishinaabe The Anishinaabeg (adjectival: Anishinaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples present in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawat ...

, Cree, and Métis);

(such as

Canadian history The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Canada were inhabited for millennia by ...

and

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), especially the culture and history of the

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; and Canadian-immigrant cultures (such as

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, and Icelandic). In addition, it has given focus to such subjects as the Arctic and the North;

ethnic studies Ethnic studies, in the United States, is the interdisciplinary study of difference—chiefly race, ethnicity, and nation, but also sexuality, gender, and other such markings—and power, as expressed by the state, by civil society, and by indivi ...

;

(especially Indigenous literature); and

, and food studies. UMP has also published academic works, such as the

political history of Manitoba Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

and the

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of early Iceland (translated into English), the latter first published by UMP in 1980.

Book series

References

External links

University of Manitoba PressUMP Style Guide
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