50 alumni submitted publications for ¶ˇĎăÔ°AV’s 2024 Celebration of Authors
¶ˇĎăÔ°AV alumni were busy publishing in 2024, and their hard work has been acknowledged through the Celebration of Authors event on March 26, 2025.
¶ˇĎăÔ°AV Library’s Celebration of Authors is a university-wide event that publicly acknowledges and honours community members—including alumni—who have authored or co-authored a publication, or its equivalent, within a calendar year.
Types of work considered for submission included books, book chapters, musical compositions, audio recordings, film/video recordings and more. The event is an opportunity to encourage academic dialogue and ensure that works by ¶ˇĎăÔ°AV authors are available to the ¶ˇĎăÔ°AV community through the Library's collection.
Below is a list of alumni who have submitted their works to the Celebration of Authors event who have authored or co-authored a publication, or its equivalent, within 2024. The list was extracted from the on the ¶ˇĎăÔ°AV Library’s website.
Janna M. Andronowski | Alum., Criminology
- Andronowski, Janna M., et al. “Skeletal Collections for Histological and Imaging Research.” Bone Histology: A Biological Anthropological Perspective, edited by Sam D. Stout and Christian Crowder, CRC Press, 2024, pp. 365–392.
- Cooper, David M. L., et al. “Three-Dimensional Microstructural Imaging of Bone: Technological Developments and Anthropological Applications.” Bone Histology: A Biological Anthropological Perspective, edited by Sam D. Stout and Christian Crowder, CRC Press, 2024, pp. 393–441.
Brian Antonson | Alum.
- Antonson, Rick, et al. Slumach’s Gold in Search of a Legend—and a Curse. Heritage House Publishing, 2024.
Rick Antonson | Alum.
- Antonson, Rick, et al. Slumach’s Gold in Search of a Legend—and a Curse. Heritage House Publishing, 2024.
Faye Ellen Arcand | Alum., Criminology
- Arcand, Faye. Inside Outside: A Novel. Blue Robin Books, 2024.
Gurjinder Basran | Alum., The Writer’s Studio
- Basran, Gurjinder. The Wedding. Douglas & McIntyre, 2024.
Beverley Best | Alum., Communication
- Best, Beverley. The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx’s Capital. Verso Books, 2024.
Andrew Boden | Staff and Alum.
- Boden, Andrew. When We Were Ashes. Goose Lane Editions, 2024.
Janie Chang | Alum., The Writer’s Studio
- Quinn, Kate, and Janie Chang. The Phoenix Crown: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2024.
Charlie Cooper | Alum., Contemporary Arts
- Cooper, Charlie. teeth hammered teeth. Bandcamp, 2024.
Fes de Scally | Alum., Geography
- de Scally, Fes. Letters from Pakistan: A Himalayan Memoir. Boot Tread Books, 2024.
Antoinetta DeWit | Alum., Canadian Studies
- DeWit, Antoinetta. Journaling the Journey. Austin Macauley Publishers, 2024.
Tessie DiChupa | Alum., Graduate Liberal Studies
- DiChupa, Tessie, et al. Women Who Write: Celebrating Ten Years Together. Friesen Publishers, 2024.
George Dutch | Alum., Communication
- Bouchard, Charley, and George Dutch. Beauty Will Save the World, 9th Hour Theatre Company 2024. https://www. beautywillsavetheworld.ca/
Marc Edge | Alum.
- Edge, Marc. Tomorrow’s News: How to Fix Canada’s Media. New Star Books, 2024.
Paula Ford | Alum., Graduate Liberal Studies
- DiChupa, Tessie, et al. Women Who Write: Celebrating Ten Years Together. Friesen Publishers, 2024.
Adam C. France | Alum., Communication
- France, Adam C. Fighting for Loose Change. ACF, 2024.
- France, Adam C. House on the Lake: Of Love and Running. ACF, 2024.
- France, Adam C. The World Hovering Around Me. ACF, 2024.
Thomas Girard | Alum., Graduate Liberal Studies
- Girard, Thomas. Son of Greg Girard. Self-published, 2024.
Shane Goodridge | Alum., Archaeology, History & Education
- Goodridge, Shane M. American Education Policy and the World That Changed It. Cognella Academic Publishing, 2024.
Nora Grove | Alum., Graduate Liberal Studies
- DiChupa, Tessie, et al. Women Who Write: Celebrating Ten Years Together. Friesen Publishers, 2024.
Taslim Jaffer | Alum.
- Jaffer, Taslim, and Omar Mouallem, editors. Back Where I Came from: On Culture, Identity, and Home. Book*hug Press, 2024.
Michele Elishka Kalous | Alum., English & Humanities
- Kalous, M. E. Dawning of the Sun. FriesenPress, 2024.
Gary Karlsen | Alum.
- Karlsen, Gary H. Bosun: Ship of Ghosts. Self-published, 2024.
Kathy Mak | Alum., Beedie School of Business
- Mak, Kathy. 雜Musings. Self-published, 2024.
Valerie M. Malla | Alum., Communication
- Malla, Valerie M. Invisible: A Society of Prisons. Poppy Publishing, 2023.
Richard D. McGrath | Alum., English
- Mcgrath, Rick. Unauthorised Departures. Terminal Press, 2024.
Iain McKenzie | Adjunct & Alum., Chemistry
- Fleming, Donald G., et al. Muon Spin Spectroscopy: Methods and Applications in Chemistry and Materials Science. Wiley VCH, 2024.
Brenda McNeill | Alum., Graduate Liberal Studies
- DiChupa, Tessie, et al. Women Who Write: Celebrating Ten Years Together. Friesen Publishers, 2024.
Vivienne Megas | Alum., Graduate Liberal Studies
- DiChupa, Tessie, et al. Women Who Write: Celebrating Ten Years Together. Friesen Publishers, 2024.
Darsey Meredith | Alum., Contemporary Arts
- Meredith, Darsey, and Sharon Sutherland. “The Macro FixIt: Practicing Activism through Fan Fiction.” Fix-It Fics: Challenging the Status Quo through Fan Fiction, edited by Kaitlin Tonti, Vernon Press, 2024, pp. 53–70.
Sebastian Moraga | Alum., Mathematics
- Adcock, Ben, et al. “Learning Smooth Functions in High Dimensions: From Sparse Polynomials to Deep Neural Networks.” Numerical Analysis Meets Machine Learning, edited by Siddhartha Mishra and Alex Townsend, North Holland, 2024, pp. 1–52.
- Adcock Ben, et al. On Efficient Algorithms for Computing NearBest Polynomial Approximations to High-Dimensional, HilbertValued Functions from Limited Samples. EMS Press, 2024.
Richard Morrison | Alum., Business Administration
- Morrison, Richard. F*ck Rent! Epic House Hacking Real Estate: House Hacking in Canada, How to Invest in Real Estate, Loopholes of Real Estate and Real Estate Investing for Beginners, Even with No Money Down. Morrison Wealth Publishing, 2024.
Reese Muntean | Alum., Interactive Arts and Technology
- sun, prOphecy, and Reese Muntean. “New Forms of Digital, Temporal, and Auditory Poiesis.” Resistant Practices in Communities of Sound, edited by Deanna Fong and Cole Mash, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024, pp. 118–135.
- sun, prOphecy, et al. “Soundwalking: Three Acts of Attunement, Motion and Breath.” The Routledge Handbook of Sound Design, edited by Michael Filimowicz, Routledge, 2024, pp. 157–167.
Christina Myers | Alum., The Writer’s Studio
- Myers, Christina. Halfway Home: Thoughts from Midlife. Anansi, 2024.
Donna Nanson | Alum., Graduate Liberal Studies
- DiChupa, Tessie, et al. Women Who Write: Celebrating Ten Years Together. Friesen Publishers, 2024.
Elizabeth Alta Olson | Alum., Education
- Olson, Eliza, and Seppideh Saatchi. Gardener’s Guide to Saving the Planet. Peatlands Protection Society, 2024.
Loghan Paylor | Alum., The Writer’s Studio
- Paylor, Loghan. The Cure for Drowning. Random House Canada, 2024.
Karen E. Poirier | Alum., The Writer’s Studio
- Poirier, Karen E. One Thousand Days. Independently published, 2024.
Anton Schweighofer | Alum., Psychology
- Piché, Lyne, and Anton Schweighofer. Working with Offenders Who View Online Child Sexual Exploitation Images. Routledge, 2023.
Ken Seigneurie | Alum., World Language & Literatures
- Seigneurie, Ken, and Andranik Tagēsean, editors. How My Days Passed: An Armenian Picaresque. Haigazian University Press, 2024.
Jane Shi | Alum., The Writer’s Studio
- Shi, Jane. Echolalia Echolalia. Brick Books, 2024.
Leslee Silverman | Alum., Graduate Liberal Studies
- DiChupa, Tessie, et al. Women Who Write: Celebrating Ten Years Together. Friesen Publishers, 2024.
Manisha Singh | Alum., Communication
- Singh, Manisha. If Trees Could Wave: A Children’s Book About Appreciating Nature. Independently published, 2023.
- Singh, Manisha. The Ocean in Your Hair: A Children’s Rhyme Book for Embracing Curls, illustrated by Violetta Itskova, Library and Archives Canada, 2023.
Kevin Spenst | Instructor, The Writer’s Studio; Alum., English
- Spenst, Kevin. A Bouquet Brought Back from Space: Poems. Anvil Press, 2024.
Roy Edward Spires (B.R. Bentley) Alum., Criminology
- Bentley, B. R. The Blood Labyrinth. FriesenPress, 2024.
prOphecy sun | Alum., Interactive Arts and Technology
- sun, prOphecy, and Monique Motut-Firth. “Collaborative and Integrated Feminist Approaches to Sound Design.” The Routledge Handbook of Sound Design, edited by Michael Filimowicz, Routledge, 2024, pp. 121–138.
- sun, prOphecy, and Reese Muntean. “New Forms of Digital, Temporal, and Auditory Poiesis.” Resistant Practices in Communities of Sound, edited by Deanna Fong and Cole Mash, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024, pp. 118–135.
- sun, prOphecy. “Concentrated Fragmentations.” Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities, vol. 5, no. 1, 2024, pp. 39–40.
- sun, prOphecy, et al. Mitochondrial Ontologies: Deep Time and the Digital. criticalmediartstudio, 2024.
- sun, prOphecy, et al. “Soundwalking: Three Acts of Attunement, Motion and Breath.” The Routledge Handbook of Sound Design, edited by Michael Filimowicz, Routledge, 2024, pp. 157–167.
- sun, prOphecy. “Grief Ecologies.” Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities, vol. 5, no. 2, 2024, pp. 81–82.
Mary Trainer | Alum.
- Antonson, Rick, et al. Slumach’s Gold in Search of a Legend—and a Curse. Heritage House Publishing, 2024.
Stephanie C. Watterson | Alum., Continuing Education
- Watterson, Stephanie C. Septopus, illustrated by Doha Koma, Tellwell Talent, 2024.
Jean Whitred | Alum., Gerontology
- Whitred, Jean. Spirit Teaches a Simple Seeker BOUNDARIES: Yours, Mine, and Ours. Balboa Press, 2024.
Andy Yan | Alum. Director, City Program, ¶ˇĎăÔ°AV Learning
- Yan, Andy. “Census Making and City Building: Data Perspectives on the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots and the Development of Vancouver.” White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver, edited by Henry Tsang, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2023, pp. 149–166.
Marian Kay Yaremy | Alum., Graduate Liberal Studies
- DiChupa, Tessie, et al. Women Who Write: Celebrating Ten Years Together. Friesen Publishers, 2024.
Isaac Yuen | Alum., Environmental Science
- Isaac Yuen. Utter, Earth: Advice on Living in a More-than-Human World. West Virginia University Press, 2024.
To download the booklet listing all publications from 2024, please visit the