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Davis, Editor Justin Trudeau, Foreword</strong></span> <p style="text-align:center;"><span class="catalog_font"><strong></strong></span><span class="catalog_font">978-0-88864-477-0</span><span class="catalog_font"> </span> <hr/></div> </li> </ul> </div>  <div class="narrowcolumnwrapper"><div class="narrowcolumn"> <div class="content"> <div class="post hentry category-mountain-cairns category-tourism category-travel category-books tag-books tag-cafe-mondo tag-counterclockwise-emporium tag-culturing-wilderness tag-culturing-wilderness-in-jasper-national-park tag-excelsior-coffee tag-jasper tag-kate-walker tag-mapper-of-mountains tag-mountain tag-mountain-studies tag-road-trip tag-rockies tag-rocky-mountains tag-this-wild-spirit" id="post-215"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/pit-stop-jasper-towns-wilderness-culture/" rel="bookmark" title="Pit Stop: Jasper Town’s Wilderness Culture">Pit Stop: Jasper Town’s Wilderness Culture</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">August 12, 2008</span> by lcameron </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><strong>Q: When is a pit stop on a road trip more than a necessities break?</strong></p> <p><strong>A: When travels take you to Jasper and a visit to the <a title="Café Mondo locator on Canpages" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.canpages.ca/page/AB/jasper/cafe-mondo/3391366.html" target="_blank">Café Mondo</a>.</strong></p> <p>It is especially great if you time your visit to coincide with the arrival out of the oven of a blueberry rhubarb pie, ready to be served. Add a scoop of vanilla gelato and a <a title="Excelsior brand Coffee Beans" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.excelsiorfoods.com/excelsiorbeans.html" target="_blank">flavourful coffee</a>, and life seems near perfect.</p> <p>After a satisfying repast (calories don’t count when you’re on holidays, right?) a stroll through the <a title="Counterclockwise Emporium at Jasper Marketplace" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.jaspermarketplace.com/" target="_blank">Counterclockwise Emporium</a> proved equally satisfying when I discovered three <a title="The University of Alberta Press main page" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/" target="_blank">University of Alberta Press</a> titles prominently displayed at the front of the store: <a title="Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=712" target="_blank"><em><strong>Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park</strong></em></a>; <a title="This Wild Spirit Women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada at The University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=645" target="_blank"><em><strong>This Wild Spirit</strong></em></a>; and <a title="Mapper of Mountains at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=651" target="_blank"><em><strong>Mapper of Mountains</strong></em></a>. Even after all these years as a publisher (over 20 and counting), I still get a thrill when I see books I’ve published available in bookstores. In the case of the three titles mentioned it is especially encouraging to see the books displayed and available for sale in such an appropriate location. Thank you to our <a title="Kate Walker & Company book publishers' sales agency and representation" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.katewalker.com/" target="_blank">Kate Walker & Company</a> sales reps, Maryann Bredin and Susan Toy, for ensuring the store owners in Jasper know about these Jasper-related and mountain-relevant books and make them available in their stores.</p> <p>~ <a title="Linda Cameron, Director, UAP" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=12" target="_blank">Linda</a></p> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/mountain-cairns/" title="View all posts in Mountain Cairns" rel="category tag">Mountain Cairns</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/tourism/" title="View all posts in Tourism" rel="category tag">Tourism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/travel/" title="View all posts in Travel" rel="category tag">Travel</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/books/" title="View all posts in books" rel="category tag">books</a> | Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/books/" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/cafe-mondo/" rel="tag">Cafe Mondo</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/counterclockwise-emporium/" rel="tag">Counterclockwise Emporium</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/culturing-wilderness/" rel="tag">Culturing Wilderness</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/culturing-wilderness-in-jasper-national-park/" rel="tag">Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/excelsior-coffee/" rel="tag">Excelsior Coffee</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/jasper/" rel="tag">Jasper</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/kate-walker/" rel="tag">Kate Walker</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/mapper-of-mountains/" rel="tag">Mapper of Mountains</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/mountain/" rel="tag">mountain</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/mountain-studies/" rel="tag">Mountain Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/road-trip/" rel="tag">road trip</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/rockies/" rel="tag">Rockies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/rocky-mountains/" rel="tag">Rocky Mountains</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/this-wild-spirit/" rel="tag">This Wild Spirit</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/pit-stop-jasper-towns-wilderness-culture/#respond" title="Comment on Pit Stop: Jasper Town’s Wilderness Culture">No Comments »</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-thank-you tag-add-new-tag tag-alberta-foundation-for-the-arts tag-lois-hole tag-mark-lisac tag-lois-hole-hospital-for-women tag-lois-hole-library-legacy-program tag-lois-hole-speaks-words-that-matter tag-alberta-historic-resources-foundation tag-canada-council-for-the-arts tag-book-publishing-industry-development-program tag-canadian-heritage" id="post-187"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/pay-special-attention-to-your-sisters/" rel="bookmark" title="Pay special attention to your sisters">Pay special attention to your sisters</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">July 28, 2008</span> by lcameron </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><a title="Lois Hole Speaks book at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=730" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-139 alignleft" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/0888644884loisholespeaks.jpg?w=155&h=233" alt="Lois Hole Speaks by Lois Hole" width="155" height="233"/></a></p> <p>Recently I received a forwarded email from a friend. It was one of those motivational emails some folks enjoy spamming their family and loved ones with. I rarely open those kinds of messages; however, for some reason I peeked at this one. It was about a mother giving unasked-for advice to her recently married daughter and—as my daughter is about to be married—it spoke to me. The essence of the advice was, <em><strong>pay special attention to your sisters</strong></em>, with “sisters” defined as girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, mothers, grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family.</p> <p>When I read the message I thought of all the women in my life who have played significant and/or supporting roles and I was reminded of one woman in particular, the late <strong>Lieutenant Governor Lois Hole</strong>, who continues to play an important role in women’s lives through the legacy of the <a title="Lois Hole Hospital for Women Homepage" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.loisholehospital.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Lois Hole Hospital for Women</strong></a>, which is scheduled to open later this year.</p> <p>However, Mrs. Hole’s good will and good works was not limited to the female of the species and the <a title="Lois Hole Library Legacy Program" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://visityourlibrary.net/lhllp/index.html" target="_blank"><strong>Lois Hole Library Legacy Program</strong></a> is a reflection of her unstinting advocacy of education and literacy. This special program will help perpetuate Mrs. Hole’s exemplary support of libraries across Alberta by encouraging like-minded individuals to approach a participating library of their choice and tailor a donation to best benefit the community.</p> <p><a title="Staff at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=12" target="_blank"><strong>The University of Alberta Press team</strong></a> holds a special place in their hearts for Lois Hole and we were, therefore, delighted earlier this year to publish <a title="Words that Matter at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=730" target="_blank"><em><strong>Lois Hole Speaks: Words that Matter</strong></em></a>. The book has been on the <em><a title="Edmonton Journal web page" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/index.html" target="_blank">Edmonton Journal’s</a></em> best seller list for weeks and we want to say a great big <em>thank-you</em> to everyone who made the publication possible: <strong>The Hole family</strong>, <strong>Sandra Kereliuk</strong> and <strong>Bruce Keith</strong> provided key insights and details into Mrs. Hole’s speeches and stories; and, <strong>Mark Lisac</strong> provided an enlightening and thoughtful introduction setting Mrs. Hole’s words into context. A special thank you to our sponsors: the <a title="Alberta Historical Resources Foundation" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://culture.alberta.ca/heritage/resourcemanagement/contact/ahrf.aspx" target="_blank"><strong>Alberta Historic Resources Foundation</strong></a>; the <a title="Alberta Foundation for the Arts" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.affta.ab.ca/index.shtml" target="_blank"><strong>Alberta Foundation for the Arts</strong></a>; the <a title="Canada Council for the Arts" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/" target="_blank"><strong>Canada Council for the Arts</strong></a>; and <strong>Canadian Heritage</strong> through the <a title="Canadian Heritage's Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP)" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ac-ca/progs/padie-bpidp/index_e.cfm" target="_blank"><strong>Book Publishing Industry Development Program</strong></a>. We couldn’t do it without you!</p> <p>And a special thank-you to all you readers, we know Mrs. Hole would want to hug each and every one of you. Your overwhelming response to <em><strong>Lois Hole Speaks: Words that Matter</strong></em> is a testament to how beloved a “sister” Mrs. Hole was to us all.</p> <p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/afa_logo-clrrgb-300px.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-199" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/afa_logo-clrrgb-300px.jpg?w=132&h=39" alt="" width="132" height="39"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cc_logo_e_l-300px.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-200" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cc_logo_e_l-300px.jpg?w=132&h=30" alt="" width="132" height="30"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/canadawordmark_col-300px.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-201" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/canadawordmark_col-300px.jpg?w=132&h=31" alt="" width="132" height="31"/></a></p> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/thank-you/" title="View all posts in Thank you" rel="category tag">Thank you</a> | Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/add-new-tag/" rel="tag">Add new tag</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/alberta-foundation-for-the-arts/" rel="tag">Alberta Foundation for the Arts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/lois-hole/" rel="tag">Lois Hole</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/mark-lisac/" rel="tag">Mark Lisac</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/lois-hole-hospital-for-women/" rel="tag">Lois Hole Hospital for Women</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/lois-hole-library-legacy-program/" rel="tag">Lois Hole Library Legacy Program</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/lois-hole-speaks-words-that-matter/" rel="tag">Lois Hole Speaks: Words that Matter</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/alberta-historic-resources-foundation/" rel="tag">Alberta Historic Resources Foundation</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/canada-council-for-the-arts/" rel="tag">Canada Council for the Arts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/book-publishing-industry-development-program/" rel="tag">Book Publishing Industry Development Program</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/canadian-heritage/" rel="tag">Canadian Heritage</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/pay-special-attention-to-your-sisters/#respond" title="Comment on Pay special attention to your sisters">No Comments »</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-new-books tag-advance-directive tag-advance-health-care-directive tag-dianne-godkin tag-fox tag-laura-linney tag-living-will tag-philip-bosco tag-philip-seymour-hoffman tag-searchlight tag-tamara-jenkins tag-the-savages" id="post-160"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/nothing-savage-about-planning-an-advance-directive/" rel="bookmark" title="Nothing savage about planning an advance directive…">Nothing savage about planning an advance directive…</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">July 22, 2008</span> by lcameron </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p>Sometimes you see a movie that resonates with life. I recently saw such a movie, <a title="The Savages from Fox Searchlight" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thesavages/" target="_blank"><em><strong>The Savages</strong></em></a>, directed by <strong>Tamara Jenkins</strong> and starring <strong>Laura Linney</strong> as Wendy, <strong>Philip Seymour Hoffman</strong> as her brother, Jon, and <strong>Philip Bosco</strong> and their elderly father, Lenny, who is descending into the bottomless pit of dementia.</p> <p>The family was never a happy one and Wendy and Jon have both gone their separate ways and have not seen their abusive father for years when they are called upon to deal with his sudden homelessness (his aged girlfriend dies). Despite their unresolved anger toward their father for his earlier treatment, they take on the burden of care, which in this case is placing him in a nursing home.</p> <div id="attachment_164" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 165px"><a title="Dianne Godkin's Living Will, Living Well at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=566" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-164" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/233.jpg?w=155&h=233" alt="Reflections on Preparing an Advance Directive by Dianne Godkin" width="155" height="233"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Living Will, Living Well: Reflections on Preparing an Advance Directive by Dianne Godkin</p></div> <p>I found one scene in the film particularly poignant. It takes place in a diner where Wendy and Jon are attempting to have a conversation with Lenny about an <a title="advance health care directive on Wikipedia" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_directive" target="_blank"><strong>advance directive</strong></a> (living will). Wendy is struggling with the conversation and is confusing Lenny as she is reluctant to ask direct questions: <em>what do you want us to do with your body when you die and do you want to be maintained on life support?</em> Jon has much less trouble expressing himself, and when he sees Lenny does not understand Wendy’s approach he says something like <em>Do you want us to pull the plug?</em></p> <p>These are real issues for real people and through our work with clinical ethicist Dianne Godkin we are trying to help people deal with these emotional topics. While the University of Alberta Press was preparing to publish her book, <a title="Dianne Godkin's Living Will, Living Well at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=566" target="_blank"><em><strong>Living Will, Living Well: Reflections on Preparing an Advance Directive</strong></em></a>, I sat with Dianne and we talked about her motivation for writing the book.</p> <p>She said that one of the most difficult aspects of her work and those of other medical professionals is dealing with family when there have not been any conversations prior to either life-support decisions or death for a cherished family member. Everyone is in a highly emotional state and it is tough to make important decisions. Often, in addition to grief, there is anger and hurt feelings just when people need each other the most. However, there is a way to mitigate the stress: <strong>Communication among family members in advance</strong> can help to ensure a person’s wishes are honoured and those left behind can feel some solace in having eased the mind of their loved one.</p> <p>There is no Hollywood happy ending in <strong><em>The Savages</em></strong>; however, there is some healing and closure. I recommend the film for its complexity, humanity, and truthfulness.</p> <p>~ <a title="Linda Cameron, Director, UAP" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=12" target="_blank">Linda</a></p> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/new-books/" title="View all posts in New Books" rel="category tag">New Books</a> | Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/advance-directive/" rel="tag">advance directive</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/advance-health-care-directive/" rel="tag">advance health care directive</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/dianne-godkin/" rel="tag">dianne godkin</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/fox/" rel="tag">Fox</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/laura-linney/" rel="tag">Laura Linney</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/living-will/" rel="tag">living will</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/philip-bosco/" rel="tag">Philip Bosco</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/philip-seymour-hoffman/" rel="tag">Philip Seymour Hoffman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/searchlight/" rel="tag">Searchlight</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/tamara-jenkins/" rel="tag">Tamara Jenkins</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/the-savages/" rel="tag">The Savages</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/nothing-savage-about-planning-an-advance-directive/#respond" title="Comment on Nothing savage about planning an advance directive…">No Comments »</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-news tag-dressed-to-rule tag-fu-shiang-chia tag-airs-of-the-states tag-9789574452392 tag-bookman-books tag-chinese-poetry tag-chinese-english-poetry tag-shi-jing tag-mactaggart tag-brilliant-strokes tag-algal-bowl tag-cultural-eutrophication tag-ka-bo-tsang tag-john-vollmer tag-david-schindler tag-john-vallentyne tag-limnology tag-nutrient-pollution tag-lyric-poetry tag-museum tag-university-of-alberta-museums tag-%e2%80%9cairs-of-the-states%e2%80%9d-from-the-shi-jing-a-new-trili" id="post-156"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/a-visit-and-a-book-from-a-good-friend-of-the-press/" rel="bookmark" title="A visit and a book from a good friend of the Press">A visit and a book from a good friend of the Press</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">July 14, 2008</span> by lcameron </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><div id="attachment_157" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 136px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.bookman.com.tw/BookDetail.aspx?bokno=10008218" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-157" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/airsofthestates9789574452392.jpg?w=126&h=177" alt="A New Trilingual Translation of the World’s Oldest Collection of Lyric Poetry" width="126" height="177"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fu-Shiang Chia's “Airs of the States” from the Shi Jing: A New Trilingual Translation of the World’s Oldest Collection of Lyric Poetry</p></div> <p>Today I had the pleasure of a visit from <strong>Fu-Shiang Chia</strong>, professor emeritus of biology, University of Alberta, who presented me with an autographed copy of his new book <a title="A New Trilingual Translation of the World’s Oldest Collection of Lyric Poetry" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.bookman.com.tw/BookDetail.aspx?bokno=10008218" target="_blank"><strong><em>“Airs of the States” from the </em>Shi Jing<em>: A New Trilingual Translation of the World’s Oldest Collection of Lyric Poetry</em></strong></a>.</p> <p>I first met Professor Chia several years ago shortly after <strong>Cécile</strong> and <strong>Sandy Mactaggart</strong> presented the University of Alberta with <a title="The Mactaggart Art Collection" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.museums.mactaggart.ualberta.ca/mac/index.aspx" target="_blank">an astonishing collection of East Asian art and textiles</a>, the single most costly gift to the University of Alberta, ever. The University of Alberta Press in collaboration with U of A Museums has published <a title="18th Century Court Attire in the Mactaggart Art Collection by John Vollmer at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=770" target="_blank"><em><strong>Dressed to Rule: 18th Century Court Attire in the Mactaggart Art Collection</strong></em></a> by <strong>John Vollmer</strong> and will publish later this year <a title="Chinese Paintings from the Mactaggart Art Collection by Ka Bo Tsang at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=771" target="_blank"><em><strong>Brilliant Strokes: Chinese Paintings from the Mactaggart Art Collection</strong></em></a> by <strong>Ka Bo Tsang</strong>.</p> <p>Fu-Shiang is a close friend of the Mactaggarts, and he has generously volunteered his time to assist the University of Alberta to promote the collection; also, he has been a strong advocate for a “world-class museum” at the University. In 2006 I was privileged to be invited to visit Fu-Shiang and his artist-wife, Sharon, at their lovely hilltop home on Salt Spring Island. It is easy to see how Fu-Shiang could be inspired to interpret and translate <em><strong>“Airs of the States”</strong></em> from that location.</p> <p>Fu-Shiang has been working on the translation for many years and found great joy in interpreting the 3,000 year old poems in modern Chinese and English. It is a fabulous gift to contemporary Chinese people and to westerners to have access to the poems in this manner.</p> <p>In the preface Fu-Shiang refers to the great sage, <em>Rien-Yu</em>, who centuries ago told his students the <a title="Shi Jing defined at Wikipedia" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Jing" target="_blank"><em>Shi Jing</em></a> has three functions:</p> <ol> <li><em>to help us to think, to observe, to live with others and to make good judgments;</em></li> <li><em>to help us to respect our parents and the state; and,</em></li> <li><em>to help us to learn the names of birds, beasts, grasses and trees.</em></li> </ol> <p>In particular Fu-Shiang hopes to ensure his interpretation will accomplish the first two of the <em>Shi Jing</em> functions and revitalize our interest in the third function, “to help us to learn the names of birds, beasts, grasses and trees.” Why is this so important? Because as Fu-Shiang tells us “…there is almost no art which can be divorced from the natural world…. We need biodiversity. Nature’s creatures are necessary for humanity’s survival, and birds, beasts, grasses and trees are our soul, as they are the soul of the <em>Shi Jing</em> and the blood of 3,000 years of literature.”</p> <div id="attachment_158" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 136px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=635" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-158" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/algalbowl126.jpg?w=126&h=189" alt="Overfertilization of the World’s Freshwaters and Estuaries by David W. Schindler and John R. Vallentyne" width="126" height="189"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Algal Bowl: Overfertilization of the World’s Freshwaters and Estuaries by David W. Schindler and John R. Vallentyne</p></div> <p>These sentiments are important and poignant today as we hear daily about the precariousness of our world due to environmental issues of land, sea and sky. The University of Alberta Press will soon release an important book concerning the threat to water quality worldwide, entitled <a title="Overfertilization of the World’s Freshwaters and Estuaries by David W. Schindler and John R. Vallentyne at the University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=635" target="_blank"><em><strong>The Algal Bowl: Overfertilization of the World’s Freshwaters and Estuaries</strong></em></a> by outspoken professor of ecology at the University of Alberta, <strong>David W. Schindler</strong>, and the late senior scientist, <strong>John R. Vallentyne</strong>.</p> <p>Reading Fu-Shiang’s translation of <em><strong>“Airs of the State,”</strong></em> the distance between poetry and nature and survival of the human species seems obvious to me.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">~ <a title="Linda Cameron, Director, UAP" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=12" target="_blank">Linda</a></p> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/news/" title="View all posts in news" rel="category tag">news</a> | Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/dressed-to-rule/" rel="tag">Dressed to Rule</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/fu-shiang-chia/" rel="tag">Fu-Shiang Chia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/airs-of-the-states/" rel="tag">airs of the states</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/9789574452392/" rel="tag">9789574452392</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/bookman-books/" rel="tag">bookman books</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/chinese-poetry/" rel="tag">chinese poetry</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/chinese-english-poetry/" rel="tag">chinese-english poetry</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/shi-jing/" rel="tag">shi jing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/mactaggart/" rel="tag">mactaggart</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/brilliant-strokes/" rel="tag">Brilliant Strokes</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/algal-bowl/" rel="tag">Algal Bowl</a>, <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/museum/" rel="tag">museum</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/university-of-alberta-museums/" rel="tag">University of Alberta Museums</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/%e2%80%9cairs-of-the-states%e2%80%9d-from-the-shi-jing-a-new-trili/" rel="tag">“Airs of the States” from the Shi Jing: A New Trili</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/a-visit-and-a-book-from-a-good-friend-of-the-press/#respond" title="Comment on A visit and a book from a good friend of the Press">No Comments »</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-new-books category-events category-news tag-linda-cameron tag-carl-amrhein tag-illuminating-the-alberta-order-of-excellence tag-alberta-order-of-excellence tag-gutteridge-books tag-government-house tag-lieutenant-governor tag-norman-kwong tag-peter-lougheed tag-book-launch tag-robert-westbury tag-aoe tag-alberta-community-development tag-cora-healy-tobin tag-allison-sivak" id="post-145"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/a-garden-party-turned-indoors/" rel="bookmark" title="A Garden Party Turned Indoors">A Garden Party Turned Indoors</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">June 24, 2008</span> by lcameron </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><h3 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#003300;">The Launch of <em>Illuminating The Alberta Order of Excellence</em></span></h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/redcarpettea0022edjow500.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-151" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/redcarpettea0022edjow500.jpg?w=468&h=572" alt="" width="468" height="572"/></a></p> <h6 style="text-align:center;">Alberta Order of Excellence member and former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed with his wife, Jeanne Lougheed, celebrate the launch of <em>Illuminating the Alberta Order of Excellence</em> with UAP Director Linda Cameron and Bruce McCollum.<br/> Photo by <span>Walter Tychnowicz/Edmonton Journal</span></h6> <p><strong>Government House, Edmonton:</strong></p> <p>Under some circumstances a garden party turned indoors due to rain might be disappointing. Such was not the case on Sunday, June 22, when the celebration to launch the University of Alberta Press, Gutteridge Books imprint book <a title="Illuminating the Alberta Order of Excellence, a UAP Gutteridge Book" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=789" target="_blank"><em>Illuminating the Alberta Order of Excellence</em></a> took shelter in <a title="Alberta's Government House located in Edmonton" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/lt-gov/house.htm" target="_blank">Government House</a>. Master of Ceremonies and Chair of the Alberta Order of Excellence, Dr. Robert Westbury, welcomed the Lieutenant Governor, <a title="Alberta's Lieutenant Governor, The Honourable Norman L. Kwong" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/" target="_blank">The Honourable Norman L. Kwong</a>, and his wife, Mary, and special guests, recipients of the Alberta Order of Excellence. The Alberta Order of Excellence is the highest honour the Province of Alberta can bestow on a citizen.</p> <p>Members of the Alberta Order of Excellence come from all walks of life. Their careers range from medicine, science, engineering, law, and business to politics, education, agriculture and the arts. The one thing all members have in common is that they have made an outstanding provincial, national, or international impact.</p> <p><a title="The Alberta Order of Excellence online" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/aoe/" target="_blank">The Alberta Order of Excellence</a> is about more than simply doing one’s job well. It’s about Albertans who have made a difference, who have served fellow Albertans with excellence and distinction, and whose contributions will stand the test of time.</p> <p>Also in attendance were <a title="Cora Healy-Tobin's bio on the University of Alberta Press website" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=42&bookid=789" target="_blank">Cora Healy-Tobin</a> whose artistry adorns each of the personalized scrolls presented to AOE awardees and which is featured in the book, and Allison Sivak whose essay about Healy-Tobin appears in the book. Dr. Carl Amrhein, Provost and Vice-President (Academic) delivered greetings and congratulations on behalf of the University.</p> <p>It was a thrill to be among so many Albertans who have, through the example of their lives and work, made this province a special place.</p> <p>Publication of <a title="Purchase Illuminating the Alberta Order of Excellence online" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/order/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=789" target="_blank"><em>Illuminating the Alberta Order of Excellence</em></a> was made possible in part through the generosity of <a title="Alberta Community Development at Alberta Heritage" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.albertaheritage.net/directory/acd_cultural.html" target="_blank">Alberta Community Development</a> (2005) which agreed to purchase copies of the book for all public libraries within the province.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/illuminatingtheaoecoverspread1600pxw.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-153" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/illuminatingtheaoecoverspread1600pxw.jpg?w=468&h=212" alt="Illuminating The Alberta Order of Excellence cover spread" width="468" height="212"/></a></p> <p>To view more photographs of this stunning event, please visit <a title="Illuminating the Alberta Order of Excellence launch photos at The Edmonton Journal" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/photogalleries/largetemplate.html?topic=orderexcellence08&g=0" target="_blank">the gallery at The Edmonton Journal site</a>.</p> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/new-books/" title="View all posts in New Books" rel="category tag">New Books</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/events/" title="View all posts in events" rel="category tag">events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/news/" title="View all posts in news" rel="category tag">news</a> | Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/linda-cameron/" rel="tag">Linda Cameron</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/carl-amrhein/" rel="tag">Carl Amrhein</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/illuminating-the-alberta-order-of-excellence/" rel="tag">Illuminating the Alberta Order of Excellence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/alberta-order-of-excellence/" rel="tag">Alberta Order of Excellence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/gutteridge-books/" rel="tag">Gutteridge Books</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/government-house/" rel="tag">Government House</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/lieutenant-governor/" rel="tag">Lieutenant Governor</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/norman-kwong/" rel="tag">Norman Kwong</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/peter-lougheed/" rel="tag">Peter Lougheed</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/book-launch/" rel="tag">Book Launch</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/robert-westbury/" rel="tag">Robert Westbury</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/aoe/" rel="tag">AOE</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/alberta-community-development/" rel="tag">Alberta Community Development</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/cora-healy-tobin/" rel="tag">Cora Healy-Tobin</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/allison-sivak/" rel="tag">Allison Sivak</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/a-garden-party-turned-indoors/#respond" title="Comment on A Garden Party Turned Indoors">No Comments »</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-129"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/dot-middlemass-rep-of-the-year-award/" rel="bookmark" title="Dot Middlemass: Rep of the Year Award">Dot Middlemass: Rep of the Year Award</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">June 23, 2008</span> by Cathie </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dsc00452.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dsc00452.jpg?w=266&h=300" alt="Vibrant, red-head Dot with colleagues at a 2005 sales conference." width="266" height="300"/></a>Dot Middlemass is one of our marvellous sales representatives. We’re not the only ones who think she is tops: she’s just won Sales Representative of the Year from the <a title="Libris Awards" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.cbabook.org/awards/default.asp" target="_blank">Canadian Booksellers Association</a>. She has been with <a title="Kate Walker & Company home page" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.katewalker.com/" target="_blank">Kate Walker & Company</a> as a trade sales rep for 15 years, working with booksellers and librarians in BC and the Yukon.</p> <p>Some of Dot’s passion for reading and books shines through in this email she sent to me shortly after UAP published <em>Reading Writers Reading</em> (Schaub): “<span>I have just finished having a wander through <a title="Reading Writers Reading by Danielle Schaub" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=680" target="_blank"><em>Reading Writers Reading</em></a>. I am at a loss for words… This is such a wonderful, encouraging, uplifting, joyous ode to reading and books. This is a book you want to keep on your coffee table and your night table, a book to have close by when you only have a couple of minutes to read but want to be affirmed in how wonderful the written word can be. Everyone and anyone could take something memorable away from this fantastic book.” </span></p> <p>What a treat it is to work with Dot and her wonderful colleagues.</p> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/dot-middlemass-rep-of-the-year-award/#respond" title="Comment on Dot Middlemass: Rep of the Year Award">No Comments »</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-events tag-colleague tag-event" id="post-93"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/jean-wilson-celebrating-40-years-in-scholarly-publishing/" rel="bookmark" title="Jean Wilson: Celebrating 40 Years in Scholarly Publishing">Jean Wilson: Celebrating 40 Years in Scholarly Publishing</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">June 20, 2008</span> by Cathie </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">June 4</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Jean Wilson is retiring after 40 years as an editor of scholarly books. Authors and colleagues name her as friend and mentor as well as one of Canada’s finest scholarly editors.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">I met Jean in my first year with the University of Alberta Press, some 10 years ago. She came to Edmonton as part of the ACP’s* mentorship program, and spent two days explaining her view of the acquisitions and editorial process and answering a myriad of questions. Jean’s graciousness and warmth were in evidence, along with her experience. Fortunately, she named herself “godmother” of the press during a long period without a director, and came to visit us regularly when family or work brought her to Edmonton.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Jean’s work with UBC Press, from 1988 to 2008, saw that publishing house move from a place of near-extinction to its current position as one of Canada’s top scholarly presses. It was a pleasure to hear authors, administrators, and colleagues talk of Jean’s contributions, whether as “Young Wilson” at the University of Toronto Press, where she began work at the tender age of 21, to today.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Jean noted that she has helped guide thousands of authors bring their scholarship and insights into print. It’s been a remarkable career to date, distinguished by both intelligence and heart.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Thank you to Peter Milroy, director, and the staff of UBC Press for giving me and colleagues Peter Midgley and Michael Luski an opportunity celebrate Jean’s contributions.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">*Association of Canadian Publishers</span></p> <p></p> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/events/" title="View all posts in events" rel="category tag">events</a> | Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/colleague/" rel="tag">colleague</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/event/" rel="tag">event</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/jean-wilson-celebrating-40-years-in-scholarly-publishing/#respond" title="Comment on Jean Wilson: Celebrating 40 Years in Scholarly Publishing">No Comments »</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-news tag-access-copyright tag-copyright tag-digital-rights-management tag-drm tag-license tag-linda-cameron tag-reprographic tag-reprography tag-royalty tag-technical-protection-measures tag-tpm" id="post-122"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/access-copyright-in-a-digital-world/" rel="bookmark" title="Access Copyright in a digital world">Access Copyright in a digital world</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">June 16, 2008</span> by lcameron </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p>I’ve just returned from several days of <a title="The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.accesscopyright.ca/" target="_blank">Access Copyright</a> meetings in Toronto. The work of Access Copyright is licensing reprographic rights, collecting royalties for those licenses and distributing the royalties to the copyright owners, creators and publishers.</p> <p>Access Copyright has been licensing reprography rights since the 1980s and is entering its 20th year. Access Copyright works with copyright owners across Canada and around the world. Basically, Access Copyright offers two kinds of licenses: Transactional licenses for one-time use, and Comprehensive licenses which provide advance permission for most copying needs. Comprehensive licenses are ideal for institutional use of copyright protected works by governments, schools, libraries, businesses and associations.</p> <p>Access Copyright has been doing a reasonable job of collecting and distributing reprographic royalties to rightsholders: that is authors and publishers; however, the world is going digital. Licenses are behind the technology. <a title="Digital rights management (DRM) on wikipedia" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management" target="_blank">Digital rights management</a> (DRM) tools help us to identify and catalogue rights and <a title="Technical protection measures (TPMs) on wikipedia" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_Management#Note_on_terminology" target="_blank">technical protection measures</a> (TPMs) can be put into place. Access Copyright is exploring and testing new mechanisms to identify and license digital uses and distribute royalties in an equitable manner.</p> <p>If you are a Canadian publisher or creator and register your works with Access Copyright you will be eligible for royalties. Visit <a title="Becoming an Affiliate with Access Copyright" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.accesscopyright.ca/Default.aspx?id=3" target="_blank">Access Copyright</a> for information how on you can register.</p> <p>Linda Cameron, Director</p> <hr/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/acp_agm_2008.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-124" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402im_/http://holeinthebucket.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/acp_agm_2008.jpg?w=468&h=351" alt="Pat Touchie, Beth Bruder, Kirk Howard, Linda Cameron, Grant Lovig, Frieda Lovig, Alvin Schrader, Rodger Touchie" width="468" height="351"/></a></p> <h6>Clockwise from front left: Pat Touchie; Beth Bruder, Vice-President, Sales & Marketing, the <a title="The Dundurn Group" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.dundurn.com/" target="_blank">Dundurn Group</a>; Kirk Howard, President & Publisher the <a title="The Dundurn Group" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.dundurn.com/" target="_blank">Dundurn Group</a>, 2004 - 2006 President of the Association of Canadian Publishers; Linda Cameron, Director, <a title="The University of Alberta Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/" target="_blank">University of Alberta Press</a>, 2002 - 2004 President of the Association of Canadian Publishers; Grant Lovig, President, <a title="Company's Coming Publishing Limited" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.companyscoming.com/" target="_blank">Company’s Coming Publishing Limited</a>; Frieda Lovig; Alvin Schrader, Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, Past President, Canadian Library Association 2008-2009; Rodger Touchie, Publisher & President, <a title="The Heritage Group publishing" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.heritagehouse.ca/" target="_blank">The Heritage Group</a>, 2008 - 2010 President of the Association of Canadian Publishers</h6> <hr/> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/news/" title="View all posts in news" rel="category tag">news</a> | Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/access-copyright/" rel="tag">Access Copyright</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/copyright/" rel="tag">copyright</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/digital-rights-management/" rel="tag">digital rights management</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/drm/" rel="tag">DRM</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/license/" rel="tag">license</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/linda-cameron/" rel="tag">Linda Cameron</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/reprographic/" rel="tag">reprographic</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/reprography/" rel="tag">reprography</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/royalty/" rel="tag">royalty</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/technical-protection-measures/" rel="tag">technical protection measures</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/tpm/" rel="tag">TPM</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/access-copyright-in-a-digital-world/#respond" title="Comment on Access Copyright in a digital world">No Comments »</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-mountain-cairns category-awards category-events category-news tag-culturing-wilderness-in-jasper-national-park tag-freshwater-fishes-of-british-columbia tag-peter-midgley tag-paul-payson tag-tom-fairley-award tag-editors-association-of-canada" id="post-120"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/tom-fairley-award-editors-association-of-canada/" rel="bookmark" title="Tom Fairley Award / Editors’ Association of Canada">Tom Fairley Award / Editors’ Association of Canada</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">June 9, 2008</span> by Cathie </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p>Peter Midgley, our Acquisitions Editor, came home from Congress a day early to attend the AGM and annual awards dinner for the Editors’ Association of Canada. He joined our freelance editor, Paul Payson, as they waited to hear the results of the jury’s deliberations on the Tom Fairley Award. We were all very excited to see two of “our people” being recognized on the shortlist for this important award.</p> <p>In the end, Peter received an Honourable Mention for his work on <em>Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park</em>. Paul Payson had already won the Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence at the Alberta publishing awards gala, for honing Don McPhail’s<em> The Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia</em>. We are so pleased to see Peter and Paul’s passion and intensity rewarded by their peers. (Hey—that makes a good tongue-twister!)</p> <p>For a full article about the award, including this year’s winner, and a really nice photo of our guys, see the article on the <a title="Tom Fairley Award" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.editors.ca/tomfairley/2007/index.html" target="_blank">EAC website</a>.</p> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/mountain-cairns/" title="View all posts in Mountain Cairns" rel="category tag">Mountain Cairns</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/awards/" title="View all posts in awards" rel="category tag">awards</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/events/" title="View all posts in events" rel="category tag">events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/news/" title="View all posts in news" rel="category tag">news</a> | Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/culturing-wilderness-in-jasper-national-park/" rel="tag">Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/freshwater-fishes-of-british-columbia/" rel="tag">Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/peter-midgley/" rel="tag">Peter Midgley</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/paul-payson/" rel="tag">Paul Payson</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/tom-fairley-award/" rel="tag">Tom Fairley Award</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/editors-association-of-canada/" rel="tag">Editors' Association of Canada</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/tom-fairley-award-editors-association-of-canada/#comments" title="Comment on Tom Fairley Award / Editors’ Association of Canada">2 Comments »</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-events tag-author tag-colleagues tag-conference tag-event" id="post-94"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/congress-2008-vancouver/" rel="bookmark" title="Congress 2008, Vancouver">Congress 2008, Vancouver</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">June 5, 2008</span> by Cathie </div> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p></p> <p><span lang="EN-CA">With Congress* in Vancouver this year, we decided to have a greater presence. So, instead of simply organizing catalogues, designing order forms, producing signage, selecting books, and arranging shipping, I came to the conference for two days. This is the fourth Congress I’ve attended, and as usual, I found it a rewarding experience. I appreciate the opportunity to talk to scholars in various disciplines, to see the depth and scope of books being published, and to share ideas and stories with my peers.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">I particularly enjoyed meeting colleagues from <a title="Wilfrid Laurier University Press blog" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://nestor.wlu.ca/blog/" target="_blank">Wilfrid Laurier University Press</a> (Lisa Quinn, Leslie Macredie, and Clare Hitchens) and Canadian Scholars Press (Rick Walker). It was great to re-connect with David Carr and Cheryl Miki of the <a title="University of Manitoba Press" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.umanitoba.ca/uofmpress/" target="_blank">University of Manitoba</a>—who were celebrating 40 years of publishing—and Brian Mlazgar of Canadian Plains Research Centre.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">It was delightful to host author Gloria Mehlmann and chat over lunch at Sage Café and to meet her husband, Peter. (Boy, do I ever recommend this on-campus restaurant, despite the drilling and pounding of the contractors working one floor below.) The food, service, and view were all exemplary. Gloria was so pleased to see a mock-up of her forthcoming book on display: <a title="Gloria Mehlmann's Gifted to Learn, due out very soon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?lid=41&bookid=740" target="_blank"><em>Gifted to Learn</em></a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">I also had a chance to catch up with one of my favourite marketing associates from a few years back, Laraine Coates, who left University of Alberta Press to take a Masters in Publishing—and has stayed on in Vancouver with Pacific Educational Press. And I was fortunate to overlap for a morning with a good friend, Catherine Edwards, who I first met when we both worked for Weigl Educational Publishers in Regina. She is a gifted publisher—a triple-threat editor, administrator, and sales person—and one of the brightest people I know.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Next year, Congress will be in Ottawa. Hmm…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">*Each spring, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://www.fedcan.ca/congress2008">Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Science Annual Congress</a> acts as an umbrella for dozens of scholarly societies to come together and share conference resources; a meta-conference. While imperfect, it allows publishers and others an opportunity to interact with several thousand scholars in a wide arrange of disciplines over six to ten days of meetings.</span></p> <p></p> </div> <p class="postinfo"> Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/events/" title="View all posts in events" rel="category tag">events</a> | Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/author/" rel="tag">author</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/colleagues/" rel="tag">colleagues</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/conference/" rel="tag">conference</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://wordpress.com/tag/event/" rel="tag">event</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925135402/http://holeinthebucket.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/congress-2008-vancouver/#comments" title="Comment on 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