Native artist Bill Reid once called Haida Gwaii, home to the Haida people, the "Shining Islands." This revised edition in Raincoast's popular Journeys series shows why. Known also as "Canadaâ€™s GalÃ¡pagos," these islands are a natural marvel, featuring awesome vistas and a rich ecosystem. The islands also offer more than 400 cultural sites, including the UNESCO World Heritage village of Ninstints. Ian Gill's lively text and David Nunuk's dramatic photographs celebrate this unique, still relatively unspoiled place.

Haida Gwaii: Journeys Through the Queen Charlotte Islands

Travel

Gill, Ian

Nunuk, David

Canada

Raincoast Book Dist Ltd

Thousands of hikers take to Canada's magnificent West Coast Trail each year -- returning home with tales of adventures and epiphanies. With a revised section on the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail and updated information, this book is the definitive resource for both the armchair traveler and veteran hiker interested in venturing to the western edge of British Columbia's Vancouver Island.

Hiking on the Edge: West Coast Trail -- Juan de Fuca Trail

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Raincoast Books

Native artist Bill Reid once called Haida Gwaii, home to the Haida people, the "Shining Islands." This revised edition in Raincoast's popular Journeys series shows why. Known also as "Canada’s Galápagos," these islands are a natural marvel, featuring awesome vistas and a rich ecosystem. The islands also offer more than 400 cultural sites, including the UNESCO World Heritage village of Ninstints. Ian Gill's lively text and David Nunuk's dramatic photographs celebrate this unique, still relatively unspoiled place.

Haida Gwaii: Journeys Through the Queen Charlotte Islands (Journey Series)

Travel Writing

Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is the Galapagos of the north. Famous for their wild beauty, the islands are also the ancient homeland of the Haida Nation. Integral to Haida culture is the relationship to the land, and the Haidas have spent many years trying to protect and recover control of it. Under the leadership of Giindajin Haawasti Guujaaw, the visionary artist, drummer, and orator, the Haida blockaded loggers, joined forces with environmentalists, lobbied political leaders, and in 2004 filed suit against the Canadian government, laying claim to their entire traditional territory. Ian Gill captures the excitement of the Haida struggle and their passion for their culture. He also reveals the making of an artist and political activist: Guujaaw’s audacity, eloquence, tactical skills, and deep knowledge of his homeland place him at the heart of this riveting story, and this book reveals his extraordinary role in it.

All That We Say Is Ours: Guujaaw and the Reawakening of the Haida Nation

History

Americas

Douglas&McIntyre

Serenade Our End

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Moth Publishing

Haida Gwaii, the ancient territory of the Haida people, is a West Coast archipelago famous for its wild beauty and rich species diversity. But that natural bounty, since European contact, has also been a magnet for industry. In the mid-1970s, the Haida rallied with environmentalists to end the rapacious logging of their monumental old-growth forests--and to reassert their title and rights to their homeland. Ian Gill traces the struggle from its early days. The battle became epic, stretching from the backwoods of British Columbia to the front benches of Canada's parliament and uniting a colourful cast of characters. There were many setbacks, but also amazing victories, including the creation of Gwaii Haanas, a world-renowned protected area. Perhaps the fiercest champion of the Haida's visionary new stewardship ethic has been Guujaaw--artist, orator, strategist and four-term president of the Council of the Haida Nation. In 2004, the Haida laid claim to their entire traditional territory: the land, seabed and waters of Haida Gwaii. It was a move that set a benchmark for indigenous rights around the world. In telling this incredible story of political and cultural renaissance, Ian Gill has crafted a gripping, multilayered narrative with far-reaching reverberations.

All That We Say is Ours: Guujaaw and the Reawakening of the Haida Nation

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Canada’s media companies are melting faster than the polar ice caps, and in No News Is Bad News, Ian Gill chronicles their decline in a biting, in-depth analysis. He travels to an international journalism festival in Italy, visits the Guardian in London, and speaks to editors, reporters, entrepreneurs, investors, non-profit leaders, and news consumers from around the world to find out what’s gone wrong. Along the way he discovers that corporate concentration and clumsy adaptations to the digital age have left Canadians with a gaping hole in our public square. And yet, from the smoking ruins of Canada’s news industry, Gill sees glimmers of hope, and brings them to life with sharp prose and trenchant insights.

No News Is Bad News: Canada's Media Collapse - and What Comes Next (David Suzuki Institute)

Business & Money

Industries

Greystone Books

Hiking on the Edge will make both armchair traveler and veteran hiker alike feel the sting of sea spray and hear the thunder of surf as if they too had been hurled breathless onto the rim of the continent.

Hiking on the Edge: Canada's West Coast Trail (Henderson Book)

Searching for Billie: A Journalist’s Quest to Understand His Mother’s Past Leads Him to Discover a Vanished China

Parenting & Relationships

Blacksmith Books

Cricket Journal

Sports & Outdoors

Other Team Sports

Independently published

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