Reading List
The following books provide background on the natural history, people, places, and events of Haida Gwaii:
All That We Say is Ours: Guujaaw and the Reawakening of the Haida Nationby Ian Gill. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2009.
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed by John Vaillant. Toronto: Random House, 2005.
Plants of Haida Gwaii. by Nancy J. Turner. Winlaw, BC: Sononis Press, 2004.
Haida Gwaii: Human History and Environment from the Time of Loon to the Time of the Iron People,edited by Daryl W. Fedje and Rolf W. Mathewes. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005.
Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida Artby Daina Augaitis, Lucille Bell, Nika Collison, Vince Collison, Robert Davidson, Jacqueline Gijssen, Guujaaw, Marianne Jones, Peter Macnair, Bill Reid, Isabel Rorick, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, and Don Yeomans. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery and Douglas & McIntyre, 2006.
Solitary Raven: The Essential Writings of Bill Reid, edited by Robert Bringhurst. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2000.
The Ancient Murrelet: A Natural History in the Queen Charlotte Islandsby Anthony J. Gaston. London: T & AD Poyser, 1992.
Cedar by Hilary Stewart. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1984.
Paradise Won: The Struggle for South Moresby by Elizabeth May. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990.
“The Haida Gwaii Semester represents a tremendous opportunity for students to learn actively about a community, its surrounding forest, and their interdependence. UBC is pleased to be involved in this endeavour.”
~ Peter Marshall, Associate Dean, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
