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Leigh McAdam is an outdoor travel and adventure addict. She is not a “hang off the cliff by your fingernails” sort of adventurer, at least for the most part, but she does love the thrill of the odd wildly epic day.
She has traveled extensively, having visited over 50 countries, always on a mission to do something active. Here’s a sampling: renting donkeys and a donkey driver to do the Alpa Mayo circuit in the Peruvian Andes, hiking around Mount Manaslu in Nepal, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, kayaking in HaLong Bay in Vietnam and cycling from Tanzania to Botswana. It gives her an excellent background to pass judgment about relative experiences in Canada.
Since 2009, she has been feeding her addiction for the outdoors and relating her adventures in her well-followed travel blog: HikeBikeTravel.com. She has built a large following of kindred spirits, vicarious travellers and increasingly, admirers of her fine photographic skills. She has broadened this platform through an expertise in social media including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Google Plus.
Her appreciation for outdoor adventures grew with a move to Boulder, Colorado where she lived for 10 years. Now in Calgary, she’s happy to have the Rocky Mountains as a playground.
Jan Krijff was born in the Netherlands in 1947 and immigrated to Calgary in 1968. After obtaining his B.A. in Economics, he graduated from the University of Leiden with a Masters degree in History. In 1993, Jan published 100 Years Ago, Dutch Immigration to Manitoba in 1893 and in 2003, Een Aengenaeme Vrientschap (An Amicable Friendship). Greetings from Canada: Postcards from Dutch Immigrants to the Netherlands 1884 1915 was published by Granville Island Publishing in the spring of 2013. He currently lives in the Netherlands with his wife, Karen Green.
Herman Ganzevoort is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Calgary. His publications include Letters of Willem de Gelder 1910-13: A Dutch homesteader on the prairies; Dutch Immigration to North America; A Bittersweet Land, The Dutch Experience in Canada, 1890-1980; The Last Illusion, Letters from Dutch immigrants in the Land of opportunity 1924-1930.
Steve Floris was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1920. Miraculously reunited with his pre-war love Eva after WWII, he marries her and they flee to Austria. Eventually they escape to Canada and move to Vancouver where they owned and operated the famous Ferguson Point Tea House. Steve now divides his time between Vancouver, Toronto and California.
Brett Hayward lives with his wife, Deborah, on Vancouver Island. He has spent a lifetime with animals as a veterinarian and otherwise, learning and wondering about life, death and the existential questions in between. Brett is an activist for social issues, particularly homelessness, mental health and drug addiction, and has worked abroad with a missionary organization. Existence is his first published book.
Sally Rogow has a keen interest in stories of heroism. Her experience working with children with disabilities gave her many opportunities to witness the courage of young people facing adversity. She has written books and articles on language development, literacy, play and social development as well as books for children and adolescents, such as “Lillian Wald: The Nurse In Blue” and “Rosa Minoka Hill, Native Woman Physician.” Sally has a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, an M.A. from Columbia University, an M.A. from Michigan State and an Ed.D. from the University of British Columbia. She is a native of New York, but now makes her home in Vancouver, B.C.
Kathryn Iredale enjoyed a long and happy family life with her husband, Rand. She worked alongside him for many years, and has a keen understanding of the architectural profession and of Rands professional practice. Their careful cataloguing of materials laid the foundation for her pursuit of this ambitious project. Kathryn lives in Vancouver, BC.
Bruno Huber was born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland.
He immigrated and settled in Canada, and ended up in Gibsons, near Vancouver, B.C. where he still lives with his wife Elizabeth.
He was the winner of the Höhnharter Wanderpreis, a German literary prize with a subsequent book of short stories, published by Ullstein.
He owned and operated, Coast Books in Gibsons as well as an iconic French restaurant in Vancouver’s West End. FOLLY BISTRO is his humorous account of that adventure.
For the past twenty-five years he has been a lighting technician in Vancouver’s film industry.
You can follow his blog at: www.brunospointofview.com
Pnina Granirer was born in Romania and immigrated to Israel in 1950. She studied at the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem and came to Canada in 1965, settling in Vancouver where she has lived ever since. Her works are displayed in private and public galleries and museum collections in Canada, the US, Chile, Europe and Israel. An extensive archive of documentation on her work and life can be found in the British Columbia Artists’ Archives at the University of Victoria, BC.
Granirer has always followed her own vision, taking risks by disregarding the trends and fashions of the art world. In 1993 Granirer co-founded Artists in Our Midst, the first annual Studio Tour in Vancouver, BC. For six years she organized and hosted discussions about art via Philosopher Art Cafes sponsored by Simon Fraser University. She has been featured in several films, including Pnina Granirer: Portrait of an Artist (1989) and The Trials of Eve (1992).
In 2014 the artist was included in the encyclopedia of International Surrealism by Arturo Schwarz, Il Surrealismo—Ieri e Oggi (Italy) and in a five-page chapter of José Miguel Pérez Corrales’s Anthology, Surrealismo: El Oro del Tiempo (Spain).
A visual artist for over 60 years, Granirer has also written verse since her childhood. Garden of Words contains musings that both reflect and illuminate her paintings. The sculpted stones in the Gulf Islands, the joy of watching dancers’ bodies in movement, the shadow of a new plague, and the contemplation of being human in a complex world—all are an expression of Granirer’s wish “to plant a garden of words in [her] field of colours.”
You’re invited to visit her website: www.pninagranirer.com
Charles Clapham is a retired mathematician who hikes for a hobby. He enjoys exploring to find ways to link short walks into a continuous stretch—from Horseshoe Bay to the Peace Arch, from Langdale to Sechelt, or from Swartz Bay to the Empress in Victoria. In this way, his little walks become great walks and he does his marathons 100 metres at a time. He did all the hikes in the book with his wife—alas, no more—and continues to explore on his own or with a companion.
Jan Krijff was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to Canada in 1968. He has a BA in Economics and a Master’s degree in History. Jan has previously published 100 Years Ago: Dutch Immigration to Manitoba in 1893, Een Aangename Vriendschap (An Amicable Friendship) and Greetings from Canada: Postcards from Dutch Immigrants to the Netherlands 1884-1915. The latter received an honourable mention for history in the Indie Fab awards.
