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Posts by Eric M. Adams

Banner image celebrating Once Upon this Land and Challenging Exile as finalists for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes

Banner image celebrating Once Upon this Land and Challenging Exile as finalists for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes

We’re grateful that two UBC Press books are finalists for the 2026 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, awarded by @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social!

Good luck to the shortlisted authors and publishers!

Read more: bcyukonbookprizes.com/2026/04/14/a...

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It's my pleasure to announce the 2026 shortlist for the Canadian Law and Society Association's W. Wesley Pue Book Prize. Thanks to everyone who served on the committee. And congratulations to the authors!

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Winners & Finalists - BC and Yukon Book Prizes

Honoured that our book, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution has been shortlisted for one of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes! Congratulations to the field of terrific nominees. Buy a book from a local bookstore!

bcyukonbookprizes.com/winners-fina...

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Canada’s exile of Japanese Canadian citizens: A shameful 80-year anniversary few remember Canada’s expulsion of thousands of Japanese Canadians 80 years ago offers lessons in a world of sharpening borders, insecurity and talk of who does and does not belong in a national community.

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Thrilled that my book with Jordan Stanger-Ross, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, has been named one of the 100 best books of 2025.

Order here: www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...

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Challenging Exile is essential reading for history buffs The book tells the story of Japanese Canadians who were deported to Japan after the end of the Second World War

Beyond thrilled for this rave review from @johnibbitson.bsky.social in the @theglobeandmail.com for our book, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution. Now available @ubcpress.bsky.social and fine bookstores.

www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

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Book launch of “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution.”

Book launch of “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution.”

If you’re in the national capital region tonight, join us for the book launch of “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution” by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross.

www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

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Launch of the book “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution” by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross.

Launch of the book “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution” by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross.

On November 12, join us in Ottawa for the launch of “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution” by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross, an illuminating book on rights, democracy and Canadian history.

Reserve your spot:
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

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BC Book Recommendations From the People Who Make Them Get to know the work of our BC Independent publishers through this curated guide of top picks from the bookmakers themselves.

www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/22/i...

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🚨EVENT REMINDER🚨

A reminder that next week is our book launch for "Challenging Exile" with co-author @ericadams99.bsky.social! Join us for discussions of this compelling legal-historical analysis of the internment of Japanese Canadians after WWII.

Register here: bit.ly/3KLktsp

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Tickets are still available for our book launch for "Challenging Exile" with co-author @ericadams99.bsky.social. Join us on October 21 as we discuss Profs Adams and Stanger-Ross' legal-historical analysis of the internment/displacement of Japanese Canadians after WWII. Register here: bit.ly/3KLktsp

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We're excited to announce that we'll be hosting a book launch for "Challenging Exile," a new legal-historical analysis by Eric Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross on the internment/displacement of Japanese Canadians after WWII. To register, go here: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/events/book-...

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Pleased to have a chapter on the early professional life of Justice Abella in this open access collection. Congratulations to the editors on this important contribution to judicial biography in Canada.

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Challenging Exile Challenging Exile - Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution; Challenging Exile delves into the origins, experience, and aftermath of a shameful moment in Canada’s past: the government’s attemp...

Now available for pre-order, my forthcoming book with Jordan Stanger-Ross, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, a shocking story of Canada's attempt to exile over 10,000 Japanese Canadians after the Second World War ended.

www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...

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View of The Constitutionality of Prorogation

You may hear a lot about prorogation in the coming days. My refresher here: journals.library.ualberta.ca/constitution...

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