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COWBOY WILD

North America’s most popular
cultural export rides tall at the
Calgary Stampede where myth,
history and spectacle collide to
create the biggest homage to
the cowboy anywhere on earth.

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WHERE FIRE SPEAKS
a visit with the Himba

A candid account of life on the
development frontier of northern
Namibia.

Winner of the BC Book Prize
for Nonfiction

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MEMORY IN THE VALLEY

A site specific instillation exploring
opposing narratives of settlement
in British Columbia

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LETTING ADA GO

The slow death of dementia has
become commonplace, but that
doesn’t mean we — those of us
fading out or those of us losing
love by degrees — have become
good at it.

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THE COMPANY OF OTHERS
stories of belonging

An intimate look at the power
of community in the lives of
those living with a disability,
mental illness or old age.

A small book that packs a big wallop.
-Dialect Magazine

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VALLEY TO THE SEA

In the lush valley that follows
the Fraser River to the sea, Sto:lo
and settlers have mingled as friends
and family since the gold rush of
1858, negotiating an uneasy
cultural divide up close and
personal.

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FOUR DAYS IN
OPPENHEIMER PARK

In the middle of a hot summer,
a tiny oasis of green in the middle
of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
becomes a site of healing.

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DAVID MEANS BELOVED

It negates too much, defining David's
life solely by disability. You can begin
to forget what is there – motion
and sound and life.

Winner National Media Award

Canadian Association for Community Living

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