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Jean Barman

Jean Barman, professor emeritus, has published more than twenty books, including On the Cusp of Contact: Gender, Space and Race in the Colonization of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing, 2020) and the winner of the 2006 City of Vancouver Book Award, Stanley Park’s Secret (Harbour Publishing, 2005). Her lifelong pursuit to enrich the history of BC has earned her such honours as a Governor General’s Award, a George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, a Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing and a position as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She lives in Vancouver, BC.

Books by Jean Barman

Raincoast Chronicles Fifth Five

Fifth Five

by (author) Rick James, Judith Williams, Jean Barman & David R. Conn
foreword by Howard White

British Columbia in the Balance

1846–1871

by (author) Jean Barman

On the Cusp of Contact

Gender, Space and Race in the Colonization of British Columbia

by (author) Jean Barman
introduction by Margery Fee

Invisible Generations

Living between Indigenous and White in the Fraser Valley

by (author) Jean Barman

Maria Mahoi of the Islands

by (author) Jean Barman

The Literary Storefront: The Glory Years

Vancouver's Literary Centre 1978-1985

by (author) Trevor Carolan
foreword by Jean Barman

French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest

by (author) Jean Barman

Good Intentions Gone Awry

Emma Crosby and the Methodist Mission on the Northwest Coast

by (author) Jan Hare & Jean Barman

Indian Education in Canada, Volume 1

The Legacy

edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hébert & Don McCaskill

First Nations Education in Canada

The Circle Unfolds

edited by Marie Battiste & Jean Barman

Growing Up British in British Columbia

Boys in Private School

by (author) Jean Barman

Indigenous Women and Feminism

Politics, Activism, Culture

edited by Cheryl Suzack, Shari M. Huhndorf, Jeanne Perreault & Jean Barman

British Columbia

Spirit of the People

by (author) Jean Barman

The West Beyond the West

A History of British Columbia

by (author) Jean Barman

Stanley Park's Secret

The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch, and Brockton Point

by (author) Jean Barman

Sojourning Sisters

The Lives and Letters of Jessie and Annie McQueen

by (author) Jean Barman

The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey

by (author) Jean Barman

Children, Teachers and Schools in the History of British Columbia

In the History of British Columbia

edited by Jean Barman & Mona Gleason

Constance Lindsay Skinner

Writing on the Frontier

by (author) Jean Barman

Judge's Wife, The

Memoirs of a BC Pioneer

by (author) Eunice M.L. Harrison
foreword by Jean Barman

Indian Education in Canada, Volume 2

The Challenge

edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hébert & Don McCaskill