The University of Ottawa Press (french: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa) is a

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located in

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. It publishes approximately 25-30 books annually in both

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and

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. The UOP is the only fully bilingual university publishing house in

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. Like other university presses, the

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program at the ''University of Ottawa Press'' includes scholarly works,

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s and, on occasion, books of general interest. While the UOP publishes volumes on a broad variety of subjects, it specializes in four main subject areas: social and cultural studies,

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and interpretation, political and international affairs, and

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and the arts.

History

In 1930, professors from the faculty of

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and

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at the

University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (french: Université d'Ottawa), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ottawa ...

decided to publish a periodical that would "favour the development of higher culture". The first edition, titled ''La revue de l'Université d'Ottawa'', appeared in January 1931.
The 1930s brought about a rapid increase in scholarly output from professors, who are frequently pressured to " publish or perish." As a result, the University of Ottawa decided that other avenues for publishing were required to help its professors disseminate their research. To meet this need, the university created ''Les Éditions de l'Université d'Ottawa'' in the fall of 1936, the first

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university press in Canada.
The UOP's first volume appeared in 1937: ''Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville'' by Father Louis LeJeune. During the next 8 years, ''Les Éditions'' published 51 books. The first English title, ''Ottawa, Old and New'' by Lucien Brault, a

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professor, was published in 1946. Forty years later, ''Les Éditions de l'Université d'Ottawa'' became the ''University of Ottawa Press (Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa)''. Since its founding, the UOP has published over 750 titles, of which some 400 are still in print.

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