Everett Soop
Journalist, Cartoonist, Activist
- Publisher
- The Nickle Arts Museum
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2012
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889533141
- Publish Date
- Apr 2012
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Description
This exhibition catalogue celebrates the life and work of Everett Soop (1943–2004), one of Canada's first aboriginal journalists and editorial cartoonists.Everett Soop: Journalist, Cartoonist, Activist features a foreword by Dr. Ann Davis; preface by Dr. Heather Devine; essays by Louis Soop, Hugh A. Dempsey, Dr. Cora Voyageur, Dr. Heather Devine, and Everett Soop. Born on the Blood (Kainai) Reserve in 1943, Soop attended school in Cardston before attending the Alberta College of Art, Brigham Young University and the University of Lethbridge. In 1968, he joined the Kainai News as an editorial journalist and columnist.?
About the authors
Anne Davies, PhD, has worked in most Canadian provinces, in American states, and overseas. She works with educators at every level—primary to post-secondary, as well as with parents. Anne is involved with schools and jurisdictions in multi-year projects, working closely with local educators. This allows her to help people find assessment-for-learning solutions that work in a specific context. Anne does sessions at home in the Comox Valley, and works with educators in various locations to provide workshops to meet local needs. She also works with professional development and instructional leaders. Anne has written and produced numerous multimedia resources and books, including Making Classroom Assessment Work and co-authoring the Knowing What Counts series. Her newest project is a multimedia resource titled The Facilitator's Guide to Classroom Assessment (K–12).
Heather Devine is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary. Her publications, research, and teaching specialties focus on Canadian Native History, Museum and Heritage Studies, and Western Canadian ethnic history, with a particular focus on Métis ethnohistory. She has worked in curatorial and consulting capacities with the Archaeological Survey of Alberta, the Royal Alberta Museum, the Nickle Arts Museum, and the Canadian Museum of History. She is author of The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900, winner of the Harold Adams Innis Prize for 2004-2005.
