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Shelley Wright is the recipient of this year’s George Ryga Award for Social Awareness.
The award will be presented June 11, 2015, at the Vancouver Public Library. This event is open to the public.
From the BC Bookworld website:
Formerly Okanagan-based and hosted by Okanagan College and George Ryga House in Summerland, one of the province’s foremost literary awards has been elevated to a larger stage this year.
With the dissolution of the George Ryga Society, the Ryga Prize has been rescued and enhanced with a cash award for the winner. It will now be presented in tandem with the province’s most illustrious literary prize, the $5,000 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, on June 11, at 7 pm, at the main branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
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Replete with Shelley Wright’s recollections and photos, this absorbing exposé of the legacies of exploration and intervention in Canada’s north has been selected as the first presented-in-Vancouver winner from more than forty entries.
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Through an examination of Inuit history and culture, alongside the experiences of newcomers to the Arctic seeking land, wealth, adventure, and power, Our Ice Is Vanishing describes the legacies of exploration, intervention, and resilience. Combining scientific and legal information with political and individual perspectives, Shelley Wright follows the history of the Canadian presence in the Arctic and shares her own journey in recollections and photographs, presenting the far North as few people have seen it.
The Arctic is ruled by ice. For Inuit, it is a highway, a hunting ground, and the platform on which life is lived. While the international community argues about sovereignty, security, and resource development at the top of the world, the Inuit remind us that they are the original inhabitants of this magnificent place – and that it is undergoing a dangerous transformation. The Arctic ice is melting at an alarming rate and Inuit have become the direct witnesses and messengers of climate change.
“Wright’s book is an academic study that is nonetheless deeply moving, clearly written, and suitable for general readers. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to learn about how ‘humans are inextricably connected to the chain of life on this planet.’ Tackling global warming rests on us recognizing this deceptively simple fact.” Publisher’s Weekly
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