UNBC Students Publish Book On Local History
May 24, 2001 For Immediate Release
University of Northern British Columbia students from Quesnel have published a book on local history and will be officially launching their work next week.
University of Northern British Columbia students from Quesnel have published a book on local history and will be officially launching their work next week.
The book is comprised of essays the students wrote for their fourth-year
UNBC History class about the
history of women in Canada. To earn credits for the course, each student
was required to conduct interviews with Quesnel women and use them as
the basis for writing a major research paper. The book is entitled Expanding
Boundaries: Historical Essays on Northern Rural Women in BC and
includes the writings of seven students.
The Quesnel Museum will be hosting a book launch and reception for
Expanding Boundaries on May 30th at 7pm, at which time the students
will give a brief reading, formally donate their interview tapes and
transcripts, and offer their books for sale. The cost is $15 per book.
"This book is the latest realization of a growing partnership
between the University's History program and the Quesnel and District
Museum and Archives. We're both dedicated to the preservation and documentation
of northern BC's history," says UNBC History professor Theresa
Healy. "Last year, two of our students completed an internship
at the Museum, compiling and collating information for a new Downtown
Historical Walking Tour booklet. This year, the book and oral history
tapes will be a good addition to the Museum's research library."
This fall, UNBC courses in Quesnel are expected to include offerings
in Anthropology, Chemistry, English, First Nations Studies, History,
Math, and Political Science. For more information, contact the Quesnel
regional campus at 991-7540.