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Traveller, photographer, writer and researcher, France Rivet is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, and founder of Polar Horizons, an enterprise that is dedicated to making the Arctic, its nature, people and history better known.

Her book “In the Footsteps of Abraham Urikab” reveals the results of her four-year research to demystify the events surrounding the death, in Europe in 1880–1881, of eight Labrador Inuit who were being exhibited in ethnographical shows.

Her work is featured in the documentary “Trapped in a Human Zoo” (2016), which aired in Canada on CBC’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki.

France has been nominated by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for the 2017 Barbara Sears Award for Best Editori ...more

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How long have you been involved with the RCGS? My cousin was very involved, along with my grandmother, back in the 1960s and 1970s when it was brand-spanking new. Their names were SHEILA ROWE and GERTRUDE ("Dougie") DOUGLAS. Just wondering. Hope you are well and writing like mad!!

France Rivet Hello Linda! How nice to hear from you. I hope you are doing well. To answer your question, I was elected to the RCGS college of Fellows in 2014, than…moreHello Linda! How nice to hear from you. I hope you are doing well. To answer your question, I was elected to the RCGS college of Fellows in 2014, thanks to my research on the Labrador Inuit. Last year I was involved in doing some image research for Canadian Geographic's 2019 Quizz special issue as well as for a documentary sponsored by the RCGS on the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic. It was a lot of fun. Here's where you can actually watch the documentary (http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/docume...). Unfortunately, I haven't been writing much lately, but I've been busy preparing the second edition of the book "Voyage with the Labrador Eskimos, 1880-1881" which complements the book "In the Footsteps of Abraham Ulrikab". It is going from less than 90 pages to over 290! I haven't been back in the Sharbot Lake area yet. Hopefully this summer! Take care! Thanks again for getting in touch.
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Loved the article about you and your book in "The Frontenac News". I live in Sharbot Lake and am pretty much a shut-in. Is there anywhere on line I can order your book? All the very best in future endeavours. From a new fan, Linda MacDonald

France Rivet Hello Linda! Thank you so much for your kind words. Last time I went kayaking was on Sharbot Lake with a friend who lives near Westport. Such a beauti…moreHello Linda! Thank you so much for your kind words. Last time I went kayaking was on Sharbot Lake with a friend who lives near Westport. Such a beautiful lake! The book is available online through major retailers such as Amazon or Chapters-Indigo. If you have trouble finding it, let me know. Thanks again for your interest in Abraham's story. If you haven't seen the documentary "Trapped in a Human Zoo", which is based on the book, it's accessible on the website of CBC's The Nature of Things with David Suzuki.
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Labrador’s World War 1 hero, Lance Corporal John Shiwak to be commemorated in Masnières, France

On Friday June 30, 2023, after a three-year delay due to the pandemic, the commemorative plaque for Labrador’s World War 1 hero, Lance Corporal John Shiwak, will be unveiled in Masnières, France.