Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands: One of Barack Obama’s Favourite Books of 2022

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Ducks by Kate Beaton review – bad boys from the blackstuff

In 2016, this landscape prompted another news story when huge wildfires closed the town of Fort McMurray, which serviced the camps, underlining a bigger issue of environmental breakdown to which the oilfields contribute. But Beaton holds her focus on the two years she spent there, when her mettle was tested up to, and beyond, its limits by the more local threat of social and behavioural breakdown, which landed her in many difficult situations. Any person who thinks these scenarios that women have endured are “made-up” or embellished are either delusional or very sheltered. I think Beaton goes out of her way to note that many of the men didn't behave awfully and to rationalize the behavior of the rest by pointing out factors like the environment, the economy, mental health issues, and substance abuse, but some men are just shits looking for the opportunity to be shitty is the real takeaway. They will be hosted by Ali Hassan and will be broadcast on CBC Radio One, CBC TV, CBC Gem and on CBC Books.The oil sands operate on stolen lands. Their pollution, work camps, and ever-growing settler populations continue to have serious social, economic, cultural, environmental, and health consequences for the indigenous communities in the region. The book won the 2023 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Mattea Roach. [10] Awards [ edit ]

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I've had so many cool opportunities come across my desk as a result of Jeopardy!, things I could have never really imagined," they said. "I feel like my life is still in the process of changing because of Jeopardy!" Milligan, Mercedes (17 March 2022). "Trailer: Kate Beaton's 'Pinecone & Pony' Charges to Apple TV+". There has been a lot of support since the book came out, since it's my autobiography. But I am also representing where I am from. So I always hope that I would do a good job of that, that I would represent my community and where I am from in an honest way and a way that will make people feel seen and heard, Beaton told Tom Power on Q. Holy shit, what a book!! I've been reading Kate Beaton's work online since the livejournal days, starting in roughly 2009, just after the events which this memoir recounts. It's humbling to sit with the narrative of what was happening in the real life of an author I knew for her humorous history jokes in Hark! A Vagrant.We all know these are bad times. Sometimes the forces buffeting the world–capitalism, globalism, white supremacy–seem like faceless unstoppable powers; other times the faces inflicting monstrous violence are all too human. They are the faces of politicians and CEOs, but also uncles and neighbors. It often feels like there are only two options: to tolerate the intolerable, or to be overwhelmed by anger and hate. Either option I move toward, something precious inside me gets lost. P.S., Another reviewer, Seth T., notes that this book was expanded from a much shorter prototype originally published on Tumblr. Here is the URL if you are curious: Kate Beaton and I are the same age, and we hit the indy comics scene at roughly the same time. Like everyone else in the world I became a fan of her work - the funny historical stuff and the (also funny, but serious too) autobio stuff. We made friends, another one of those weird internet friendships that feels both intangible and invaluable. Sadly, I don't know a single woman currently over the age of 25 who could read this graphic novel without shaking her head in sadness or groaning with a great sense of solidarity and understanding of the circumstances described here. Concerns about oil extraction's environmental pollution and impact on indigenous people are also brought up, but more as side notes needing more exploration.

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Well, I had no difficultly, whatsoever, in believing what went on in these locations, particularly because I've heard almost everything that was said to Kate Beaton or in front of Kate Beaton at some point, or another, in my own lifetime. The highway, which links the Edmonton area to the oil sands plants north of Fort McMurray, has become infamous because of the high number of injuries and deaths on the narrow but busy roadway”. Beaton, Kate (28 February 2011). "My eulogy is, of course, contingent on the will". The New Yorker. The Canada Reads debates will take place on March 27-30. This year, we are looking for one book to shift your perspective. The true heartache of this book lies in Kate’s struggles to keep her head above water amid financial woes, trauma and a never-ending battle with her conscience. Although she experienced conflict with several who drifted in and out of her life, she spoke highly of many of the relationships she forged with those who held her best interests in mind and helped her along the way.She wonders whether, if her father had needed to support his family by working on the oil sands, he would have found himself resocialized into one of the leering men who surround her, or whether he would have been one of the quiet ones who keeps his head down and says nothing. Given the right stimulus, it could probably have happened to almost anyone, she thinks. The great Canadian book debate will take place on March 27-30. This year, we are looking for one book to shift your perspective. First, advertising dollars go up and down with the economy. We often only know a few months out what our advertising revenue will be, which makes it hard to plan ahead. The worst part for me about being harassed here isn’t that people say shitty things…The worst thing is that your heart breaks.’ The Princess and the Pony (New York, NY: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2015, ISBN 978-0545637084)