Louise Abbott
Louise Abbott (born 1950) is a Canadian non-fiction writer, photographer, and filmmaker living in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
Louise Abbott
- Born
- 1950. · Montreal.
- Nationality
- Canada.
- Occupation
- photojournalist, journalist and photographer.
- Education
- McGill University.
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Louise Abbott (born 1950) is a Canadian non-fiction writer, photographer, and filmmaker living in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
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Louise Abbott (born 1950) is a Canadian journalist, photographer and photojournalist. The journalist was born in Montreal. Louise Abbott studied at McGill University. Works by the journalist are held at Canada Council Art Bank, McCord Stewart Museum and Musée de la civilisation, among others.
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Abbott graduated from McGill University in 1972. Her work has appeared in the Montreal Gazette, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Canadian Heritage and Photo Life.
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1950
Louise Abbott was born on 1 January 1950.
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) • 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 • Niels Jensen, Cabinetmaker (2019) – short documentary • The Ahiarmiut: Out-of-the-Way Dwellers (2020) – documentary • CRUX: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer (2021) – short documentary • Ayer's Cliff Fair
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Awards
• 2002 Canadian Journalism Foundation Greg Clark Internship Award • 2002: Professional Writers Association of Canada's Norman Kucharsky Award for Cultural and Artistic Journalism • 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 • 2014: Winner, Jasper Short Film Festival Best Film by an Established Filmmaker award for her documentary Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story
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- 1.Louise Abbott. Clara: Database of Women Artists.
- 2.Curran, Peggy. McGill alums Louise Abbott, Niels Jensen and tales of the Cree. Montreal Gazette. 24 November 2010.
- 3.Holmes, Gillian. Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999–2000. University of Toronto Press. 4. 1999. 0-920966-55-1.
- 4.The Sugarmakers. WNED-TV. 3 August 2023.
- 5.Niels Jensen, Cabinetmaker. WNED-TV. 3 August 2023.
- 6.Crux: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer. Regards Hybrides.
- 7.Ayer's Cliff Fair: Then and Now. WNED-TV. 3 August 2023.
- 8.Louise Abbott – 2002 Award Recipient. The Canadian Journalism Foundation.
- 9.The Writer's Union of Canada. Member Profiles.
- 10.Jasper Short Film Festival reviewed. Montreal Times.
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