Louise Abbott (born 1950)[1] is a Canadian non-fiction writer, photographer, and filmmaker living in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
Life and work
Abbott graduated from McGill University in 1972.[2]
Her work has appeared in the Montreal Gazette, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Canadian Heritage and Photo Life.[3]
Publications
- The Coast Way: a Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore of the St Lawrence (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988)
- The French Shore: Newfoundland's Port-au-Port Peninsula. Waterous.
- A Country So Wild and Grand
- The Heart of the Farm: a History of Barns and Fences in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. With Niels Jensen.
- Eeyou Istchee: Land of the Cree/Terre des Cris (COTA, 2010)[2]
- Memphrémagog: An Illustrated History: Une Histoire Illustrée (Volume 1)
- Memphrémagog: An Illustrated History: Une Histoire Illustrée (Volume 2)
Films
- The Pinnacle and the Poet
- Alexander Walbridge: The Visionary of Mystic
- Giving Shelter
- Crisscrossing Space and Time
- A Journey to Remember
- Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story
- The Sugarmakers[4]
- Niels Jensen, Cabinetmaker (2019) – short documentary[5]
- The Ahiarmiut: Out-of-the-Way Dwellers (2020) – documentary
- CRUX: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer (2021) – short documentary[6]
- Ayer's Cliff Fair[7]
Awards
- 2002 Canadian Journalism Foundation Greg Clark Internship Award[8]
- 2002: Professional Writers Association of Canada's Norman Kucharsky Award for Cultural and Artistic Journalism[9]
- 1989: Finalist, QSPELL Award (Quebec Society for the Promotion of English-Language Literature, now the Quebec Writers' Federation) for The Coast Way: A Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore of the St. Lawrence[9]
- 2014: Winner, Jasper Short Film Festival Best Film by an Established Filmmaker award for her documentary Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story[10]
References
- ^ "Louise Abbott". Clara: Database of Women Artists. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018.
- ^ a b Curran, Peggy (24 November 2010). "McGill alums Louise Abbott, Niels Jensen and tales of the Cree". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ Holmes, Gillian (1999). Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999–2000. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-920966-55-1.
- ^ "The Sugarmakers", WNED-TV, 3 August 2023
- ^ "Niels Jensen, Cabinetmaker", WNED-TV, 3 August 2023
- ^ "Crux: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer". Regards Hybrides. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Ayer's Cliff Fair: Then and Now", WNED-TV, 3 August 2023
- ^ Greg Clark. "Louise Abbott – 2002 Award Recipient". The Canadian Journalism Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Member Profiles". The Writer's Union of Canada. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Chloë bellande. "Jasper Short Film Festival reviewed". Montreal Times. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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Categories:
- Canadian photojournalists
- Canadian women non-fiction writers
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Film directors from Quebec
- Journalists from Quebec
- Living people
- 1950 births
- Writers from Quebec
- McGill University alumni
- 20th-century Canadian photographers
- 21st-century Canadian photographers
- 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- Canadian women film directors
- 21st-century Canadian women journalists
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