George Calef
George Calef is a Canadian wildlife biologist, author and photographer, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1981 Governor General's Awards for his nature book Caribou and the Barren-Lands. George Calef was born in Los Angeles, California and educated at the University of British Columbia, Calef worked as a wildlife biology researcher in the Canadian Arctic, studying caribou for the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories. In 1977, he testified before the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry on the potential impact of the pipeline development on caribou habitat.
George Calef
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- George Calef
- Occupation
- biologist, writer
- Born
- 1944
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- University of British Columbia
- Honours
- Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction
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George Calef is a Canadian wildlife biologist, author and photographer, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1981 Governor General's Awards for his nature book Caribou and the Barren-Lands. George Calef was born in Los Angeles, California and educated at the University of British Columbia, Calef worked as a wildlife biology researcher in the Canadian Arctic, studying caribou for the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories. In 1977, he testified before the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry on the potential impact of the pipeline development on caribou habitat.
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In the 1990s, he was a co-owner of Oldsquaw Lodge, a wilderness lodge off the Canol Road near the Northwest Territories-Yukon border.
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• Name — George Calef • Occupation — biologist, writer • Period — 1970s-1990s • Notable Works — Caribou and the Barren-Lands
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- 1."Gallant's collection of short stories takes fiction prize". The Globe and Mail, May 18, 1982.
- 2.Past GGBooks winners and finalists. Governor General's Literary Awards.
- 3."Pipeline called caribou threat". The Globe and Mail, March 2, 1977.
- 4."Heli-hiking in the NWT wilderness". The Globe and Mail, March 25, 1995.
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