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Ian McAllister
British Columbia
Ian McAllister,  British Columbia

Ian McAllister is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker, and a founding director of both the Raincoast Conservation Society and Pacific Wild. He lives with his family on an island in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, a setting that inspires his writing and photography. His latest book, The Sea Wolves, is a study of a highly social, fiercely intelligent and genetically distinct strain of wolves—one that swims and fishes in the Great Bear Rainforest on British Columbia's rugged west coast. Read more

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Waterfront Theatre
$17 / $8.50 for student groups

Founding director of Pacific Wild, photographer and filmmaker Ian McAllister has spent 20 years working for and living in the Great Bear Rainforest in BC. He chronicles the life of grizzlies, black bears and spirit bears that also live in this unique region, dependent on the abundance of salmon to survive and thrive. Based on his book The Salmon Bears, his visual presentation of the four seasons and how the bears fish, track and live in community is gorgeous. Readers will come away with renewed awe for the urgent need to preserve this environment and the creatures that inhabit it.

Suitable for grades 3 to 5

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The Bear Facts

Founding director of Pacific Wild, photographer and filmmaker Ian McAllister has spent 20 years working for and living in the Great Bear Rainforest in BC. He chronicles the life of grizzlies, black bears and spirit bears that also live in this unique region, dependent on the abundance of salmon to survive and thrive. Based on his book The Salmon Bears, his visual presentation of the four seasons and how the bears fish, track and live in community is gorgeous. Readers will come away with renewed awe for the urgent need to preserve this environment and the creatures that inhabit it.

Curriculum Connection:
• environmental responsibility
• sustainability
• learning about the power of words in various forms of media

Activities:
1. Dive deeper into the Great Bear Rainforest, and enjoy beautiful photographs at this site. Find out what you can do to make a difference.
http://www.pacificwild.org/

2. The Rainforest Solutions Project. News articles, background information, photos, maps and links to the three organizations that are doing their best to save the Great Bear
Rainforest. http://www.savethegreatbear.org/
The Sierra Club of British Columbia, http://www.sierraclub.bc.ca/great-bear-rainforest/what-you-can-do
Coastal First Nations
The Coastal First Nations is an alliance of First Nations on British Columbia’s North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii.
http://coastalfirstnations.ca/

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