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A stunning backdrop : Alberta in the movies, 1917-1960

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25734
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Graham, Mary
Publisher
Calgary, AB : Bighorn Books, an imprint of University of Calgary Press
Call Number
06.3 G76a
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Author
Graham, Mary
Publisher
Calgary, AB : Bighorn Books, an imprint of University of Calgary Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
xi, 401 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Film making
Canadian Rockies
History of Alberta
History-Canada
Indigenous
Abstract
The unconventional, untold story of Alberta's film history, defined by the terrible beautify of its pristine landscape, surprisingly important to Hollywood, and recaptured in lost or ignored Indigenous perspectives and stories. Alberta's magnificent landscape has served as a popular location for filmmakers since the dawn of the movie industry. For film pioneers, Alberta embodied the myth of the Great Northwest, a primeval mountain wilderness and the last western frontier. In turn, Canadian entrepreneurs were eager for American studios to drape Alberta landscape across the backdrop of their movies, an advertisement without equal. A Stunning Backdrop is the untold story of six rollicking decades of filmmaking in Alberta. Mary Graham draws on twelve years of exhaustive research to reveal a film history like no other, illuminating the deep importance of the province to Hollywood. She explores the often friendly partnerships between American filmmakers and Indigenous communities, particularly the Stoney Nakoda, that provided economic opportunities and, in many cases, allowed them to retain religious and cultural practices banned by the Canadian government. Beautifully illustrated with archival photography and featuring century-old set stills alongside photographs of the locations as they appear today, by Jean Becq, Solomon Chiniquay, Jeff Wallace, George Webber, and Paul Zizka, A Stunning Backdrop is the fascinating, often surprising, always unconventional story of film in a province whose rugged, compelling, multifarious, terribly beautiful landscape continues to inspire filmmakers and audiences around the world.-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Early Alberta movie landscapes today -- Into the (civilized) wilds -- Snow! snow! snow! -- A rabble rouser and a dreamer -- Father of the western -- In the shadow of Castle Mountain -- Royalty, great chiefs, ranches, and rodeos -- The joy girl and others of a gregarious nature -- Mountain men -- Building the railway, movie style -- War and propaganda -- Out of the coma -- Rodeo westerns of the atomic age -- Selling sex and nostalgia -- Making Rocky Mountain movie magic -- The power of revision -- List of movies made in Alberta, 1917-1960
Notes
Mary Graham received the Whyte Museum's Lillian Agnes Jones Fellowship, 2021-2022.
ISBN
9781773853932
Accession Number
P2023.20
Call Number
06.3 G76a
Collection
Archives Library
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Hamish MacInnes : the fox of Glencoe

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25653
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
MacInnes, Hamish
Publisher
Scotland : Scottish Mountaineering Press
Call Number
01.2 M26h
  1 website  
Author
MacInnes, Hamish
Responsibility
Edited by Deziree Wilson
Publisher
Scotland : Scottish Mountaineering Press
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
367 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Scotland
Biographies
Abstract
From a youthful solo of the Matterhorn, through historic first ascents, hunting for treasure, inventing equipment and pioneering mountain rescue, Hamish MacInnes recalls a lifetime of epic adventures in this eclectic selection of tales. His restless curiosity and pragmatic approach to risk and loss are vivdly rendered with wry, elegant style, offering unique insight into the mind of one of the greatest mountaineers of our time. -- From back cover
ISBN
9781907233395
Accession Number
P2022.14
Call Number
01.2 M26h
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Mountain Literature (Non Fiction) The Jon Whyte Award 2022 Winner
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Native air : a novel

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25656
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Howland, Jonathan
Publisher
Brattleboro, Vermont : Green Writers Press
Call Number
05.2 H84n
  1 website  
Author
Howland, Jonathan
Publisher
Brattleboro, Vermont : Green Writers Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Fiction
Mountaineering
Abstract
In a debut novel from Green Writers Press by Jonathan Howland, the austere beauty and high exposure of mountain adventure provide the context and the measure for what it means to be alive for climbing partners Joe Holland and Pete Hunter--until one of them isn’t. When the book opens, it’s the mid-80s. Joe Holland, the novel’s narrator, is a climber and a seeker, but mostly he’s Pete Hunter’s shadow. The two meet in college and spend the next ten years living at the base of any rock that appears scalable, most of them near Yosemite and California’s High Sierra. The joys and strains of their friendship comprise the novel’s first half. In the second, the bare bones--obsession, grief, love, and repair--come into stark relief when Pete’s grown son Will calls Joe back into climbing, into the past, and into breathless vitality -- Front dust jacket flap
ISBN
9781950584901
Accession Number
P2022.14
Call Number
05.2 H84n
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Banff Mountain Book Competition Grand Prize Winner, 2022
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Revision and resistance : mistiko^siwak (Wooden Boat People) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25281
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Monkman, Kent
Publisher
Toronto, ON : Art Canada Institute
Call Number
06.1 M74r
  1 website  
Author
Monkman, Kent
Responsibility
Kent Monkman
Publisher
Toronto, ON : Art Canada Institute
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
127 pages (2 folded) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Art galleries
Artists
First Nations
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibitions
Abstract
This book explores mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) by the internationally renowned artist Kent Monkman. Commissioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the epic diptych exhibited in The Met’s Great Hall revisits iconic works of art, notably the famed painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze. Monkman—featured in mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) as his time-travelling, shape-shifting, gender-fluid alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle—reverses the colonial gaze of American and European art history through an Indigenous lens to present a powerful vision for the future. Revision and Resistance: mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the definitive documentation on Monkman, his practice, and two of the most important paintings of our times. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction from the Met / by Randall Griffey -- Introduction from ACI / by Sara Angel -- Introducing Miss Chief Eagle Testickle / by Shirley Madill -- Inside Kent Monkman's Studio / by Jami Powell -- Revisioning History: An Index, Part I / by Ruth Phillips & Mark Phillips -- Welcoming the Newcomers by Ruth Phillips & Mark Phillips -- Revisioning History: An Index, Part II / by Sasha Suda -- Resurgence of the People / by Sasha Suda -- Waves of History / by Nick Estes.
ISBN
9781487102258
Call Number
06.1 M74r
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Hope matters : why changing the way we think is critical to solving the environmental crisis

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25274
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Kelsey, Elin
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books
Call Number
04 K27h
  1 website  
Author
Kelsey, Elin
Responsibility
Elin Kelsey
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
229 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Environment
Conservation
Climate change
Abstract
We are at an inflection point: today, more people than ever before recognize that climate change and biodiversity loss are urgent and existential threats. Yet constant reports of climate doom are fueling an epidemic of eco-anxiety, leaving many of us feeling hopeless and powerless—and hampering our ability to address the very real challenges we face. Hope Matters boldly breaks through the narrative of doom and gloom that has overtaken conversations about our future to show why hope, not fear, is our most powerful tool for tackling the planetary crisis. Award-winning author, scholar, and educator Elin Kelsey reveals the collateral damage of despair—from young people who honestly believe they have no future to the link between climate anxiety and hyper-consumerism—and argues that the catastrophic environmental news that dominates the media tells only part of the story. She describes effective campaigns to support ocean conservation, species resilience, and rewilding, demonstrating how digital conservation is helping scientists target specific problems with impressive results. And she shows how we can build on these positive trends and harness all our emotions about the changing environment—anger and sadness as well as hope—into effective personal and political action. Timely, evidence-based, and persuasive, Hope Matters is an argument for the place of hope in our lives and a celebration of the turn toward solutions in the face of the environmental crisis. (from publisher's website)
Contents
The power of expectation and belief -- The collateral damage of doom and gloom -- Hope is contagious -- Stories change -- The age of personalization -- We are not the only ones actively responding -- The strength of empathy, kindness, and compassion -- Trending hopeful.
Notes
Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
ISBN
9781771647779
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
04 K27h
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Mercer, George
Publisher
[Canada] : George Mercer,
Call Number
05.2 M46h
  1 website  
Author
Mercer, George
Responsibility
George Mercer
Publisher
[Canada] : George Mercer,
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
282 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Fiction
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Abstract
After her parents’ divorce and the discovery of a series of cryptic notes left behind after her father is killed in an avalanche, Harking Thompson struggles to come to her own understanding of love, loss and what really matters. Caught up in a battle to save a mother grizzly bear and her cubs, Harking’s fight to protect the wildlife and wild places she loves teaches her a brutal truth: sometimes saving a life might mean losing another you love even more (from Good Reads website)
ISBN
9780987975485
Call Number
05.2 M46h
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Indigenous identity formation in post-secondary institutions : I found myself in the most unlikely place

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Barnes, Barbara G.
Voyageur, Cora J.
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
Call Number
07.2 B26i
  1 website  
Author
Barnes, Barbara G.
Voyageur, Cora J.
Responsibility
Barbara G. Barnes
Cora J. Voyageur
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
132 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Anthropology
First Nations
History
Abstract
This book presents a study conducted between 2005 and 2010 of 60 self-declared Indigenous university students from western Canada. The study explored Indigenous identity formation among these students through these central research questions:
Do conventional definitions of identity, and conventional identity formation theories, offer ways to understand the identity of these Indigenous students?
What role, if any, does postsecondary education play in the formation and/or confirmation of the identity of Indigenous students as Indigenous individuals? The study is unique for two reasons. First, little scholarly attention has been paid to Indigenous individuals’ sense of identity. While the literature and research on identity is diverse, it mostly focuses on Eurocentric definitions of identity. Second, this study emphasizes Indigenous identity formation in postsecondary institutions. This book moves beyond a simple understanding of Indigenous students’ concept of identity and delves into determining the role a university education can play in the development of an Indigenous individual’s identity (from publisher's website)
Contents
Preface and dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Find the self: a history of defining Indigenous identity in Canada
Conventional and Indigenous concepts of identity
A history of Indigenous education in Canada
Who were the participants?
Identity and Blumer's symbolic interactionism: definitions and participant responses
Identity and Mihesuah's Native identity development theory: definition and participant responses
The university experience
Building on Mihesuah: a Canadian Indigenous identity formation model
References
About the authors
ISBN
9781550598544
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
07.2 B26i
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Five little Indians

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25242
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Good, Michelle
Publisher
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Harper Perennial
Edition
First
Call Number
05.2 G59f
  1 website  
Author
Good, Michelle
Responsibility
Michelle Good
Edition
First
Publisher
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Harper Perennial
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
293 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Fiction
First Nations
Racism
Abstract
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn't want them. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or at least forget, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission. Fuelled by rage and furious with God, Clara finds her way into the dangerous, highly charged world of the American Indian Movement. Maisie internalizes her pain and continually places herself in dangerous situations. Famous for his daring escapes from the school, Kenny can't stop running and moves restlessly from job to job - through fishing grounds, orchards and logging camps - trying to outrun his memories and his addiction. Lucy finds peace in motherhood and nurtures a secret compulsive disorder as she waits for Kenny to return to the life they once hoped to share together. After almost beating one of his tormentors to death, Howie serves time in prison, then tries once again to re-enter society and begin life anew. With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward. (from publisher's website)
ISBN
9781443459181
Accession Number
P2020.7
Call Number
05.2 G59f
Collection
Archives Library
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Howdy, I'm John Ware : and this is the story of my cowboy life

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25246
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Clough, Ayesha
Rookwood, Hugh
Publisher
Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
Call Number
08.1 C62h
  1 website  
Author
Clough, Ayesha
Rookwood, Hugh
Responsibility
Ayesha Clough (author)
Hugh Rookwood (illustrator)
Publisher
Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
39 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, colour maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
History-Canada
Canada
Racism
Cowboys
Ranching
Horses
Biography
Abstract
Howdy, I’m John Ware is a children's book about Canada's legendary Black cowboy. The story, ideal for ages 6-12, brings the real-life legend to a new generation of kids. Despite experiencing enslavement, war and discrimination, this gifted horseman blazed a trail of kindness, becoming one of Alberta’s most loved and respected pioneer ranchers. (From publisher's website)
ISBN
9781999108786
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08.1 C62h
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Our trip around the world

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25248
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Belczyk, Renate
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Call Number
02 B41o
  1 website  
Author
Belczyk, Renate
Responsibility
Renate Belczyk
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
208 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Women
Biography
Abstract
A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary. Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War. Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight. Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children. Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel – mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling – was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Early Years -- Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56 -- July 1955 -- September 1955 -- October 1955 -- November 1955 -- December 1955 -- January 1956 -- February 1956 -- March 1956 -- April 1956 -- May 1956 -- June-July 1956 -- Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57 -- July 1956 -- August 1956 -- September 1956 -- Winter 1956-57 -- Spring 1957 -- May 1957 -- Chapter 4: Japan, 1957 -- May to October, 1957 -- June 1957 -- July 1957 -- Photo Section -- September 1957 -- October 1957 -- Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58 October 1957 -- November 1957 -- December 1957 -- January 1958 -- Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958 -- February 1958 -- March 1958 -- April 1958 -- May 1958 -- Afterword: A Life of Travel
ISBN
9781771603775
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
02 B41o
Collection
Archives Library
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Raven's witness : the Alaska life of Richard K. Nelson

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25252
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Lentfer, Hank
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
08 L46r
  1 website  
Author
Lentfer, Hank
Responsibility
Hank Lentfer
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
251 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
History-United States
Alaska
Biography
First Nations
Inuit
Abstract
Before his death in 2019, cultural anthropologist, author, and radio producer Richard K. Nelson's work focused primarily on the indigenous cultures of Alaska and, more generally, on the relationships between people and nature. Nelson lived for extended periods in Athabaskan and Alaskan Eskimo villages, experiences which inspired his earliest written works, including "Hunters of the Northern Ice." In "Raven's Witness," Lentfer tells Nelson's story--from his midwestern childhood to his first experiences with Native culture in Alaska through his own lifelong passion for the land where he so belonged (From publisher's website)
Contents
Foreword / Barry Lopez -- Prologue: Solid Ground -- Part I: Niglik -- Part II: Making Prayers -- Part III: Island Years -- Part IV: True Wealth -- Afterword: Wings
Notes
2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Grand Prize
2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Mountain Literature
ISBN
9781680513073
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08 L46r
Collection
Archives Library
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What bears teach us

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25253
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Elmeligi, Sarah
Marriott, John E.
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Edition
First
Call Number
04.2 El6w
  1 website  
Author
Elmeligi, Sarah
Marriott, John E.
Responsibility
Sarah Elmeligi (author)
John E. Marriott (photographer)
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
223 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Ecology
Abstract
A lavishly illustrated book that explores the complex behavioural characteristics of North America’s largest land carnivores by examining the bear–human relationship from the bear’s perspective. From the first moment Sarah Elmeligi came eye to eye with a grizzly bear, her life changed. In a moment that lasted mere seconds, she began to question everything she thought she knew about bears. How could this docile creature be the same one with a fearsome reputation for vicious attacks? Through years of research, Elmeligi grew to appreciate that bears are so much more than data points, stunning photos, and sensational online stories. Elmeligi expertly weaves the science of bear behaviour with her passionate account of personal encounters. Dive into the life of a bear biologist as Sarah’s colleagues recount their own “stories from the field” – intimate moments with bears where they were connected to an animal with personality, decision-making capabilities, and a host of engaging behaviours. Join Elmeligi and Marriott on a journey that examines and shares the behaviour of black, grizzly, and polar bears in North America in a way you’ve never seen before. What Bears Teach Us will surprise you, inspire you, foster your curiosity, and teach you something new about bears and maybe even yourself. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bears and People in North America: An Ever-Evolving Dynamic -- Chapter 1: Patience and Tolerance -- Seafood or Berries for Dinner? -- Life on the British Columbia Coast -- Life in Alberta's Mountains -- Management Conundrums -- Stories from the Field: Mating Season in the Khutz -- Chapter 2: Adaptation and Coexistence -- Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bear? It Depends... -- Predictability as the Mother of Adaptation -- Coexistence -- Stories from the Field: There's a Bear in My Parking Lot! A Human Perspective by Courtney Hughes, PhD -- Chapter 3: Knowing When to Walk Away -- Bears That Stand Their Ground -- The Role People Play -- What We Learn -- Stories from the Field: A Quiet Run-In by Dan Rafla -- Chapter 4: Resilience -- Arctic Living -- Resilience in the Face of Climate Change -- What, Where and When to Eat -- Human-Bear Conflict -- A Future for Polar Bears -- Stories from the Field: Arctic Non-Adventures by Andrew Derocher -- Chapter 5: Living in the Present Based on Lessons from the Past -- How Bears Learn -- Lessons Learned From and Around People -- The Story of Bear 148 Stories from the Field: Personality Shapes Who You Are by Sydney R. Stephens -- Chapter 6: Just Being Yourself -- Stories from the Field: Swimming is for the Birds, not the Bears -- Being Born Different -The Story of Booboo and Yogi by Julia McKay -- Bibliography -- Notes
ISBN
9781771603935
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
04.2 El6w
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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Stories of ice : adventure, commerce and creativity on Canada's glaciers

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25254
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Edition
First
Call Number
03.4 M36s
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
336 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color), color map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ice
Ice climbing
Glaciers
Hydrology
Abstract
With the state of global ice constantly in the news, one mountain journalist examines Canadian glaciers to uncover their secrets and their future. From a mother/daughter duo who spent five months skiing across icefields from Vancouver to Alaska, to scientists discovering biofilms deep inside glacier caverns, to protesters camping for weeks to protect their beloved local glacier, western Canada's glaciers are dynamic, enigmatic, exquisitely beautiful, sometimes dangerous environments where people play, work, run businesses, explore, and create art every single day. Author Lynn Martel is one of them. With gorgeous images by some of the country's best outdoor photographers, Stories of Ice shares the excitement, the mystery, and the wonder of Canada's glaciers and poses questions about their future. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Photographers
Prologue
Born to meld
Adventure on ice
Commerce from ice
Study of ice
Inspiration in ice
Spiritual ice
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
ISBN
9781771603898
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.4 M36s
Collection
Archives Library
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Brushes with climate change - Rockies Repeat project explores the intersection between conservation, art, history, and culture

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25227
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Campbell, Brooke
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Campbell, Brooke
Responsibility
Brooke Campbell
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
p. 12 - 13
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Women
First Nations
Climate
Climate change
Photography
Abstract
Pertains to the Rockies Repeat Project which involves a group of women travelling to specific locations and re-creating the paintings of Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte with the end result of creating a documentary, exhibition and digital storytelling capsule
Notes
In Canada's History, Vol. 101, No.2 (April-May)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Vertical reference : the life of legendary mountain helicopter rescue pilot Jim Davies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25228
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Calvert, Kathy
Publisher
[Canada] : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
08.5 C11v
  1 website  
Author
Calvert, Kathy
Responsibility
Kathy Calvert
Publisher
[Canada] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
xiv, 304 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Helicopter Skiing
Helicopters
Davies, Jim
Banff
Bugaboos
Transportation
Abstract
An exciting and heart-pounding look at one of Western Canada’s most adventurous individuals, known as a pioneer pilot of the heli-ski industry and as the first mountain-rescue pilot in the Canadian National Parks system. Jim Davies is an icon of competence and courage as the first heli-skiing pilot in Canada. But it is his groundbreaking work as a helicopter rescue pilot for Parks Canada that made him a legend to all who worked with him. His stellar career as a pilot overshadowed his other talents as a ski racer and artist. Jim received several awards for his work in mountain rescue, including the Helicopter Association International – Pilot Safety Award of Excellence, the Alberta Achievement Award for excellence in helicopter flying, the Summit of Excellence Award at the Banff Film and Book Festival, and the Robert E. Trimble Memorial Award for “distinguished performance in helicopter mountain flying.” He is now retired and living in Banff, pursuing his love of painting and photography. (From Rocky Mountain Books)
Contents
Foreward
Acknowledgements
Growing up
A glimpse of the world
Birth of heli-skiiling in the Bugaboos
Changes: from Bugaboos to Banff
Permission or forgiveness
Development of the public safety program
Eclectice use of the helicopter
The contract
No lack of work
The coast and home again
Appendix: public safety in parks today
Endnotes
Bibliography
ISBN
9781771604154
Accession Number
2021.05
Call Number
08.5 C11v
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Ed and Dorothy : Rocky Mountain romance

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25229
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Storry, Lea
Carleton, Brian
Carleton, Mike
Carleton, Terry
Publisher
Alberta : Family Lines Publishing
Call Number
08.3 F21e
  1 website  
Author
Storry, Lea
Carleton, Brian
Carleton, Mike
Carleton, Terry
Responsibility
Lea Storry
Brian Carleton
Mike Carleton
Terry Carleton
Publisher
Alberta : Family Lines Publishing
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
307 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
History of Alberta
Biography
Wardens
Banff
Banff (residents)
Abstract
The book is a testament to three sons’ love for their parents, Ed and Dorothy. Ed and Dorothy were kind and caring people and raised their family with those values. This book is also a testament to a family’s love of community, the community of Banff National Park.I hope when you read this book, you’ll be immersed in a bygone era that includes the Second World, to the backcountry of Canada’s oldest national park. I hope you will see a way of life that can never be recreated in a place that is ever-changing but will always be home to Ed and Dorothy. (Edited down from Our Family Lines website)
Contents
Foreward
Introduction
Chapter One: Edmond Clarence Carleton
Chapter Two: Calgary Highlanders
Chapter Three: Dorothy Eileen (nee Sweetzer) Fowler
Chapter Four: Exercising War
Chapter Five: Looking Towards the Future
Chapter Six: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carleton
Chapter Seven: "Home" in Banff
Chapter Eight: This is backcountry living
Chapter Nine: Nature reels
Chapter Ten: Tragedies and changes
Chapter Eleven: A time capsule, royalty and lots of wildlife
Chapter Twelve: A year in the life of a warden and his family
Chapter Thirteen: Conservation and concerns
Chapter Fourteen: Making new memories while remembering the old
Chapter Fifteen: Life moves on
Endnotes
Acknowledgements
Sources
ISBN
9780991707522
Accession Number
2021.06
Call Number
08.3 F21e
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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With the Maligne herd gone ... Jasper's caribou crisis deepens

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25214
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Responsibility
Carolyn Campbell
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
pg. 7 - 8
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Caribou
Maligne Lake
Jasper National Park
Wildlife
Wildlife corridors
Wildlife management
Foothills
Parks Canada
Abstract
Pertains to the extirpation of the Maligne caribou herd in Jasper National Park. Outlines the ongoing issues leading to extirpation and calls for immediate action to stop extinction
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Digital copy available
Websites
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Alberta caribou work continues while B.C. puts agreements in place

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25215
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Responsibility
Carolyn Campbell
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
pg. 12
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Caribou
Wildlife
Wildlife corridors
Wildlife management
First Nations
Alberta
British Columbia
Abstract
Pertains to updates on agreements Alberta and British Columbia are creating to protect extirpated caribou herds in both provinces and legal cases put forward by environmental groups and First Nations including Ecojustice, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Mikisew Cree First Nation, David Suzuki Foundation. Other communities involved with caribou management plans including Cold Lake First Nation, Saulteau First Nations, West Moberly First Nations
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Alberta and the three bears

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25216
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Urquhart, Ian
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Urquhart, Ian
Responsibility
Ian Urquhart
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
pg. 13 - 15
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife management
Alberta
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Cochrane
Abstract
Pertains to current restrictions in Alberta around the rehabilitation of orphaned grizzly bear cubs. Outlines various arguements for and against with supporting data and introduces a new grizzly bear rehabilitation facility recently constructed at the Cochrane Ecological Institute which can only be utlized if the Alberta government ends the prohibition on grizzly cub rehabitiltation in the province.
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Skoki : the long and longer life of a marvelous bear - 33 years this coming winter

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25217
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Campbell, Colleen
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Campbell, Colleen
Responsibility
Colleen Campbell
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
pg. 16 - 18
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife management
Alberta
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Zoology--Alberta
Zoology
Abstract
Pertains to the story of Skoki (GB#16) the grizzly bear who has resided at the Calgary Zoo since 1996 after his removal from Banff National Park at age eight due to human contact
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Digital copy available
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