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What's Brewing (CAMRA Canada) issues

Sub-series consists issues of CAMRA Canada's newsletter, What's Brewing. The run is large (31 issues) but not complete; it starts at volume 2, number 1 (Summer 1983) and runs to volume 8, number 1 (1992), with some issues missing in between. The sub-series is arranged into a file for each volume, and files are arranged chronologically.

Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Canada

What's Brewing (BC) Magazine records

Sub-series consists of business records relating to the planning and management of What Brewing Magazine during the period of Dave Smith's editorship. Records include correspondence, planning documents, meeting agendas, as well as three artefacts (magazine holder stands).

What's Brewing (BC) Magazine issues

Sub-series consists of print copies of individual issues of What's Brewing, from Smith's relaunch of the magazine in 2015 (vol. 25, no. 1) to the last print edition of December 2020 (vol. 30, no. 4). Note that two issues from 2016 (vol. 26, nos. 1 and 4) are full-colour proof copies; the remaining are follow the normal format of colour cover with black-and-white content. No print editions have been issued after 2020, when the magazine shifted to an entirely online presence.

Life Events

Sub-series consists of information regarding significant life events for Sharon Thesen, including the major historical Kelowna Wildfire of 2003. Materials include newspapers and clippings, correspondence, and an introductory speech for a reading.

Ephemera

Sub-series consists of promotional material for art events. Materials include correspondence, posters, flyers, postcards, invitations, a pin, and other materials.

Personal Photos

Sub-series consists of photographs from an event in 1973 taken by Robin Blaser, personal/family photographs taken by unknown persons, and author photos. Materials include black and white photographs, color prints, contact sheets and film negatives

Financial Records

Sub-series consists of personal financial records from Thesen's life. Materials include correspondence, a writ of summons, invoices, premium statements, a tax return, pay stubs and other materials. Includes unopened mail.

Reviews, Interviews & Articles

Sub-series consists of reviews of Thesen's work, articles on her as an author, and miscellaneous clippings on a variety of topics. Materials include correspondence, handwritten notes, magazines, newspaper magazines, photocopies, posters, journals, and magazine & newspaper clippings.

Typescripts

Sub-series consists of typescripts written by other authors and sent to Thesen. Materials includes poems, handwritten notes, annotated typescripts, a thesis chapter, book chapters, and other published and unpublished materials.

Awards: Judging & Nominations

Sub-series consists of materials relating to prizes for which Sharon Thesen was either nominated or acted as judge. Materials include correspondence, a review, newspaper clippings, articles and photocopied articles, a newspaper, a list of submissions, handwritten notes, a small map and an awards booklet.

Reviews & Interviews

Sub-series consists of reviews and an interview written by Thesen. Materials include handwritten notes, drafts, articles, reviews, an interview, edits and other textual materials.

Drafts, Edits & Typescripts

Sub-series consists of drafts, edits, typescripts, and notes written by Thesen. Materials include handwritten notes, drafts, unpublished works, edited poems, prose, typescripts/manuscripts, correspondence, book cover proofs, research materials, notebooks, cassette tapes, and other materials.

Reports

This sub-series contains reports prepared for the Valhalla Society by Richard M. Caniell. These reports highlight writings of Robert L. Smith and George Fitchett aimed against environmental movement.

Clippings

This sub-series contains newspaper clippings related to environmental issues that VWS was concern with including forestry, pulp-mill and logging industry, recreational industry, parks, watersheds, biodiversity, etc.

Other publications

This sub-series contains various publications, magazine, newsletters, articles, conference materials, reports, brochure and papers related to environmental issues and protection of ecosystems. The publications include: New Catalyst, Wild Rockies Networker, Watershed Sentinel, Reach for Unbleached, Friends of Ecological Reserves, Friends of Clayoquot Sound, and Global Biodiversity magazine

Valhalla publications

This sub-series contains various publication created by Valhalla Wilderness Society and its closely affiliated organizations to provide information and highlight environmental issues in the province of British Columbia as well as to highlight various campaigns to protect the wilderness that Valhalla organized. The publications were created by Valhalla Wilderness Society, Canada’s Future Forests Alliance, Citizens for Environmentally Responsible Government and Perry Ridge Water Users Association. The material includes bulletins, newsletters, flyers, brochures and newspaper format.

General records

This sub-series contains records related to Valhalla organizational activities in relation to Colleen McCrory work, including presentation, contact lists, memos, and general matters.

Correspondence

This sub-series contains general correspondence with various groups and individuals as well as accompanying records. The sub-series includes correspondence with various international environmental groups.

Jumbo Glacier Resort

This sub-series contains records related to the proposed ski development of Jumbo Glacier Resort in the Jumbo Creek Valley located west of Invermere in the Purcell Mountains of the Kootenays and opposition to the project by various wilderness protection organizations, including the VWS and Jumbo Creek Conservation Society. Colleen McCrory played key role in leading this campaign. Some records relate to the Gizzly bear protection in the area of the proposed development. The records were created by the project developers (Pheidias Project Management Corp.), government agencies, and wilderness protection organizations.

Singing forest

This sub-series contains records related to campaign to protect the old growth forest in West Kootenay, located at the East side of the Tenise Creek and a portion of Howser Creek that local people call “Singing forest”.

Forest certification and stewardship

This sub-series documents the development and creation of the Forest Stewardship program and Forest Stewardship Council, including analysis of all the necessary practices for creation of sustainable forestry and certification requirements, including CFL -Community Forest Licenses and CFA -Community Forest Agreements. Valhalla advocated true forest stewardship and creating sustainability and potential for the implementation of a community eco-system based plan. The sub-series includes records on tree farm licenses, data on jobs in forestry industry forest renewal, and logging regulation, etc. Some records pertain to situation in Canada and some describe international conditions.

Taiga Rescue Network

This sub-series contains records related to the Taiga Rescue Network, an international organization formed with the help of Colleen McCrory, aimed to protect boreal forest across the world. The sub-series documents international campaign to preserve boreal and rainforest around the world. It contains records related to formation of the organization, its mandate, and its membership. This sub-series contains material related to the Canada’s Future Forest Alliance.

Clayoquot Sound

This sub-series contains records related to land use, resource management and protection of rainforest of Clayoquot Sound area on Vancouver Island. The records document interaction of Valhalla Society, agencies of the provincial government of BC, CORE, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribe, The Friends of Clayoquot Sound group and other involved groups.

Kootenay Boundary Land Use

This sub-series contains records related to work of the Commission on Resources and Environment (CORE) with a mandate to develop strategy for land use and resource management across the province with focus on specific regions and with the protection of forest ecosystems and watershed in mind. The formation of CORE was influenced by the high public profile of the Endangered Wilderness campaign created by Valhalla. That campaign highlighted the speed of wilderness areas loss in the province and the need for protection and creation of parks. This sub-series documents CORE work on Kootenay-Boundary region land use plans and the opposition to CORE recommendations by some groups. It includes reports and recommendations as well as correspondence of the CORE representative with Valhalla Society and other involved groups. This sub-series also contains Kootenay-Boundary Land Use Plan documentation and implementation strategies prepared by the Kootenay Inter-Agency Management Committee.

Valhalla Park

This sub-series contains material related to the establishment of the Valhalla Provincial Park, a result of McCrory’s first campaign to save the Valhalla forests and mountains. The records include a draft of master plan, maps and plans for subsequent developments in the vicinity of the Park. This sub-series also includes 1984 Slocan Valley Development Guidelines prepared by the Province of BC.

Canada's Future Forest Alliance

This sub-series contains records of the Canada’s Future Forest Alliance (CFFA) organization formed by Colleen McCrory in 1991 during her cross-country journey to mobilize grassroot movement to protect boreal forests. This organization brought together the network of environmentalists, Indigenous peoples, labor and community groups and individuals interested in the reform of forest policy and practices. The records contain organization’s mission statement, correspondence, memos, press releases, notes, lists of organizations, and other records.

Share and hate/general groups

This sub-series contains records related to Share groups or Share societies of BC that formed in response to the forest preservation movements and formation of the parks. Share societies aimed at the protection of working land and use of the forest for their livelihood. In addition, this sub-series contains records related to the anti-environmental groups, religious/cult groups, wise use movement group, forest and pulp mill industry sympathizers and other similar groups and movements that opposed the protection of forests. Some materials related to the matters of racism, human rights and free speech.

Governement - NDP

This sub-series contains records related to the National Democratic Party (NDP) as political party of BC and as the Government of British Columbia as well as the major party at the federal level. This sub-series documents NDP policies focused on the environmental protection and the forestry industry of British Columbia and Canada. Some files refer to the individual NDP members as party candidates or as elected representatives: Don Carlett, Corky Evans, Lois Boone, Jim Fulton, and Mike Hartcourt. This sub-series contains correspondence, reports, analysis, promotional material, clippings, press releases, articles, minutes and other records.

United States groups

This sub-series contains records related to the United States’ organization involved in environment protection, and forest industry and forestry products trade, including workers’ unions involved in forestry. Many records refer to the forest issues existing in Canada and in other places in the world.

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