History of Banff
History of Banff

Author: James Imlach

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-09-23

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 3752517700

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.

Banff
Banff

Author: Edward John Hart

Publisher:

Published: 2015-03

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781926983127

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Uplift
Uplift

Author: PearlAnn Reichwein

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2020-11-15

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0774864540

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The Banff School opened its doors in 1933 by offering a summer drama course. Since then, it has grown into a renowned cultural destination, today known as the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. As PearlAnn Reichwein and Karen Wall recount in this engaging history, over its first four decades the school produced and circulated ideals of culture and liberal democratic citizenship that were intrinsic to the development of modern Canada. Uplift traces the role of the school in shaping arts and cultural education, as reflected in its array of artistic, political, economic, and ideological interests. Situated within Banff National Park, the school and its surroundings combined stunning natural scenery and cultural capital in a symbolic national landscape. In an era of unstable cultural policy and funding, Uplift draws welcome attention to the place of fine arts, culture, and the humanities in public education and in Canada’s history.

Spirits of the Rockies
Spirits of the Rockies

Author: Courtney W. Mason

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1442626682

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The Banff–Bow Valley in western Alberta is the heart of spiritual and economic life for the Nakoda peoples. While they were displaced from the region by the reserve system and the creation of Canada's first national park, in the twentieth century the Nakoda reasserted their presence in the valley through involvement in regional tourism economies and the Banff Indian Days sporting festivals. Drawing on extensive oral testimony from the Nakoda, supplemented by detailed analysis of archival and visual records, Spirits of the Rockies is a sophisticated account of the situation that these Indigenous communities encountered when they were denied access to the Banff National Park. Courtney W. Mason examines the power relations and racial discourses that dominated the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and shows how the Nakoda strategically used the Banff Indian Days festivals to gain access to sacred lands and respond to colonial policies designed to repress their cultures.

Wilderness and Waterpower
Wilderness and Waterpower

Author: Christopher Armstrong

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781552386347

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This engaging book explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park. It is also a lively national story, involving the irrepressible and impetuous Max Aitkin (later Lord Beaverbook), R.B. Bennett (local legal advisor and later prime minister), and a series of local politicians and bureaucrats whose contributions confuse and conflate issues along the way.