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<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I am pleased to announce that<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="https://www.ubcpress.ca/from-red-dresses-to-memory-stones" style="color:rgb(150,96,125)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">From
Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none"> </span></span></a></i>is available for pre-order via UBC Press, and
officially out June 1.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:20.700001px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks to the support of an open access grant -- and in order to reach change makers, as well as scholars and policymakers -- the book is being offered at an affordable
price ($29.95).</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:20.700001px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">About the Book:<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">From
Red Dresses to Memory Stones</span></i><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">explores
five vibrant multimedia projects: the<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box">REDress Project,</em><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>which pairs donated red dresses with digital elements to draw attention
to Canada’s crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; the<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Disposable Red Woman</em><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>mixed-media installation,
with the same goal; a digital memorialization of murdered Ontario women each anniversary of the Montreal Massacre; the documentary<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Slut or Nut,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>covering
one activist’s journey through a rape trial; and the Memory Stones Project, in which beach stones are painted with anti-violence messages, then shared over social media for maximum impact. Interviews with numerous activists offer insights into their creative,
daring, participatory, and commemorative ways of addressing GBV and the discourses that normalize it. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>The Goal:</b><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><b> </b>In</span></span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> addition
to engaging with this contribution yourselves,<b><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I’m hoping some of you will:<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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Red Dresses to Memory Stones</i><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">for your courses</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please reach out if you have any questions. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14.666667px">You can learn more about the book </span><a href="https://www.ubcpress.ca/from-red-dresses-to-memory-stones" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14.666667px">here</a>.</p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Reviews from UBC's website (</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.866667px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scholarly,
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<i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">“This kind of trauma-aware, activist-driven media scholarship not only enriches academic scholarship, but also offers practical insights for future research and on-the-ground
advocacy work. An original and deeply engaging work, From Red Dresses to Memory Stones will make a significant impact on the study of media activism, feminist methodologies, and gender-based violence prevention in Canada and beyond.”
</font><font color="#666666">–<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></span></i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Brianna I. Wiens, Department of English, University of Waterloo</font></span><font color="#000000" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span></font></p>
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<i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“</span></i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">From Red Dresses to Memory Stones</font><i><font color="#000000"> shines a light
on the ongoing efforts to create systemic change. It is an essential, timely resource for advocates, policy makers, and anyone seeking to understand and advance the fight against gender-based violence.”
</font><font color="#666666">–<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></i></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Pam Damoff, former MP and CEO of the Pearson Centre</font></span><font color="#000000" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span></font></p>
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<i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“Through detailed personal stories – from red dresses hanging in trees to memory stones placed on beaches and tweets commemorating femicide victims – Nicolette Little reveals
how everyday media can become tools of resistance, remembrance, and healing. This is a powerful and well-researched book that has been written in a sensitive manner to share the stories and struggles related to gender-based violence in Canada. This book honours
the voices of survivors and mourning families and also challenges us to rethink how we engage with trauma, activism, and public memory. It is an essential read for anyone committed to justice and change.”</span></i><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>–<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Carol
Todd, Founder of Amanda Todd Legacy Society</span></font><font color="#000000" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span></font></p>
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<font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><b>Nicolette Little, PhD </b>(she/her)</font></p>
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<font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Media and Technology Studies & Women's and Gender Studies</font></p>
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<font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><a href="https://www.ubcpress.ca/from-red-dresses-to-memory-stones" target="_blank"><i>From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada</i>
</a>can be pre-ordered from your local bookstore or UBC Press.</font></font></p>
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<a href="https://theconversation.com/features-like-iphones-and-facebooks-memories-can-retraumatize-survivors-of-abuse-231897" style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif" target="_blank">Features like iPhone’s and Facebook’s ‘Memories’ can retraumatize survivors
of abuse</a> (<span style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif">Conversation Canada, 2025).</span></p>
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<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2149593" style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif" target="_blank">Memorial-tweeting Ontario's femicides: The use of twitter (X) in gender-based violence-related activism</a> (<span style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif">Canadian
Journal of Communication, 2024). </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2149593" target="_blank">The unsolicited algorithm: Revealing gendered harms and (non)consent in Apple iOS features.</a> (Journal of Gender Studies, 2024).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14680777.2022.2149593" target="_blank">Social media ghosts: How facebook memories complicates healing for survivors of intimate partner violence</a> (</span><span style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif">Feminist
Media Studies, 2023).</span></p>
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