{"id":43791,"date":"2021-03-04T19:37:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=43791"},"modified":"2021-03-05T00:01:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T05:01:57","slug":"pgpl-award-expanding-their-definition-of-history-in-jeanne-clarke-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/pgpl-award-expanding-their-definition-of-history-in-jeanne-clarke-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"PGPL expanding their definition of &#8216;history&#8217; for Jeanne Clarke Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/pgpl.ca\">Prince George Public Library<\/a> celebrates contributions to the preservation of local and regional history through the Jeanne Clarke Local History Awards presented on Feb 21, 2021. In the past few years, the Local History Committee has expanded the criteria for consideration to include a broader region and a more holistic interpretation of what constitutes history.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43793\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43793\" class=\" wp-image-43793\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amy-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"Library staff posing on a staircase\" width=\"201\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amy-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amy-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amy-161x215.jpg 161w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amy.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-43793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Dhanjal of the PGPL speaks to the importance of the Jeanne Clarke Awards. Photo courtesy of A. Dhanjal.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re not just looking at history books here. We\u2019re looking at a range of fiction and nonfiction; even historical fiction was considered this year\u201d said Amy Dhanjal, Manager of Communications and Engagement for the PGPL. Oral histories, newspaper articles, and other formats traditionally excluded from history from a broad section of northern BC are also considered by the committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere was a strategic push to eliminate [Lheidli T\u2019enneh] culture and history and pull it away from the land. What we can do to make sure this doesn\u2019t happen again is knowledge and information\u201d, said Dayi Clay Pountney to open the ceremony which was broadcast on CKPG and is <a href=\"https:\/\/ckpgtoday.ca\/2021\/02\/26\/2021-jeanne-clarke-awards\/\">now available for online viewing<\/a>. The service award this year was granted to the Prince George Native Friendship Centre for their child care centre, one of the first in the province to incorporate Indigenous teaching practices into early childhood education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winners of the publication award for 2021 are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Service on the Skeena: Horace Wrinch, Frontier Physician by Geoff Mynett and\u00a0 Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa'xaid by Cecil Paul, as told to Briony Penn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the interview on CFUR-FM:<\/strong><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-43791-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210303-Amy-Dhanjal-Jeanne-Clarke-Award.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210303-Amy-Dhanjal-Jeanne-Clarke-Award.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210303-Amy-Dhanjal-Jeanne-Clarke-Award.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prince George Public Library celebrates contributions to the preservation of local and regional history through the Jeanne Clarke Local History Awards presented on Feb 21, 2021. 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