George Calef

George Calef
Occupationbiologist, writer
NationalityCanadian
Period1970s-1990s
Notable worksCaribou and the Barren-Lands

George Calef is a Canadian wildlife biologist, author and photographer,[1] who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1981 Governor General's Awards for his nature book Caribou and the Barren-Lands.[1]

Born in Los Angeles, California and educated at the University of British Columbia,[2] Calef worked as a wildlife biology researcher in the Canadian Arctic, studying caribou for the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories.[2] In 1977, he testified before the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry on the potential impact of the pipeline development on caribou habitat.[2]

In the 1990s, he was a co-owner of Oldsquaw Lodge, a wilderness lodge off the Canol Road near the Northwest Territories-Yukon border.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gallant's collection of short stories takes fiction prize". The Globe and Mail, May 18, 1982.
  2. ^ a b c "Pipeline called caribou threat". The Globe and Mail, March 2, 1977.
  3. ^ "Heli-hiking in the NWT wilderness". The Globe and Mail, March 25, 1995.


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