Louise Abbott

Louise Abbott (born 1950){{Cite web|title=Louise Abbott|url=http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=7|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114153626/http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=7|archive-date=14 November 2018|website=Clara: Database of Women Artists}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Curran|first1=Peggy|title=McGill alums Louise Abbott, Niels Jensen and tales of the Cree|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-alums-louise-abbott-niels-jensen-and-tales-of-the-cree|website=Montreal Gazette|accessdate=2017-04-30|date=24 November 2010}}

Her work has appeared in the Montreal Gazette, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Canadian Heritage and Photo Life.{{cite book|last1=Holmes|first1=Gillian|title=Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999–2000|date=1999|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=0-920966-55-1|page=4}}

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)
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{{citation|title=The Sugarmakers|url=https://video.wned.org/video/the-sugarmakers-r9blcs/|date=3 August 2023|website=WNED-TV}}
Niels Jensen, Cabinetmaker (2019) – short documentary{{citation|title=Niels Jensen, Cabinetmaker|url=https://video.wned.org/show/niels-jensen-cabinetmaker/|date=3 August 2023|website=WNED-TV}}
The Ahiarmiut: Out-of-the-Way Dwellers (2020) – documentary
CRUX: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer (2021) – short documentary{{cite web|access-date=2023-08-03|title=Crux: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer|url=https://collection.regardshybrides.com/en/collection/crux-the-transformation-of-anne-bruce-falconer-en|website=Regards Hybrides}}
Ayer's Cliff Fair{{citation|title=Ayer's Cliff Fair: Then and Now|url=https://video.wned.org/video/ayers-cliff-fair-then-and-now-eovs6z/|date=3 August 2023|website=WNED-TV}}

Awards

2002 Canadian Journalism Foundation Greg Clark Internship Award{{cite web|author1=Greg Clark|title=Louise Abbott – 2002 Award Recipient|url=http://cjf-fjc.ca/awards/louise-abbott-2002-award-recipient|website=The Canadian Journalism Foundation|accessdate=25 October 2014}}
2002: Professional Writers Association of Canada's Norman Kucharsky Award for Cultural and Artistic Journalism{{cite web|title=Member Profiles|url=http://www.writersunion.ca/member/louise-abbott|publisher=The Writer's Union of Canada|accessdate=14 September 2015}}
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
2014: Winner, Jasper Short Film Festival Best Film by an Established Filmmaker award for her documentary Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story{{cite web|author1=Chloë bellande|title=Jasper Short Film Festival reviewed|url=http://mtltimes.ca/social-life/entertainment/jasper-short-film-festival-reviewed/|website=Montreal Times|accessdate=25 October 2014}}