Research Resources from The Real Thing: the natural history of Ian McTaggart Cowan

Monday September 19, 2016 12:00pm-1:00pm

The Old Church (on the corner of First Avenue and King Street) - Smithers, BC

About this seminar:

The Cowan Biography Project has brought 60 years of journals kept by Ian McTaggart Cowan to light. These now transcribed and digitized journals provide windows into pre-industrialized landscapes of British Columbia from the Ootsa, Peace and Kootenay Rivers and Mackenzie Delta to the Rockies and Driftwood Valley. The seminar will provide an overview of the biography, the project and resources made available in collaboration with the University of Victoria Special Collections.

About Briony Penn:

Briony Penn is an adjunct professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria and award winning writer. She recently won the Roderick Haig Brown BC Book Award for her biography on Ian McTaggart Cowan.