Louise Abbott Explained

Louise Abbott (born 1950)^[1] is a Canadian non-fiction writer, photographer, and filmmaker living in Quebec's Eastern Townships.

Life and work

Abbott graduated from McGill University in 1972.^[2]

Her work has appeared in the Montreal Gazette, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Canadian Heritage and Photo Life.^[3]

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)^[2]
• 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^[4]
• Ayer's Cliff Fair

Awards

• 2002 Canadian Journalism Foundation Greg Clark Internship Award^[5]
• 2002: Professional Writers Association of Canada's Norman Kucharsky Award for Cultural and Artistic Journalism^[6]
• 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^[6]
• 2014: Winner, Jasper Short Film Festival Best Film by an Established Filmmaker award for her documentary Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story^[7]

External links

• Rural Route Communications
• Studio Georgeville

Notes and References

1. Web site: Louise Abbott. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181114153626/http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=7. 14 November 2018. Clara: Database of Women Artists.
2. Web site: Curran. Peggy. McGill alums Louise Abbott, Niels Jensen and tales of the Cree. Montreal Gazette. 2017-04-30. 24 November 2010.
3. Book: Holmes. Gillian. Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999–2000. 1999. University of Toronto Press. Toronto. 0-920966-55-1. 4.
4. Web site: 2023-08-03. Crux: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer. Regards Hybrides.
5. Web site: Greg Clark. Louise Abbott – 2002 Award Recipient. The Canadian Journalism Foundation. 25 October 2014.
6. Web site: Member Profiles. The Writer's Union of Canada. 14 September 2015.
7. Web site: Chloë bellande. Jasper Short Film Festival reviewed. Montreal Times. 25 October 2014.