{{Short description|Canadian writer and filmmaker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} '''Louise Abbott''' (born 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Louise Abbott|url=http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=7|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114153626/http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=7|archive-date=14 November 2018|website=Clara: Database of Women Artists}}</ref> is a Canadian non-fiction writer, photographer, and filmmaker living in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
==Life and work== Abbott graduated from McGill University in 1972.<ref name="Curran 2010">{{cite web|last1=Curran|first1=Peggy|title=McGill alums Louise Abbott, Niels Jensen and tales of the Cree|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-alums-louise-abbott-niels-jensen-and-tales-of-the-cree|website=Montreal Gazette|accessdate=2017-04-30|date=24 November 2010}}</ref>
Her work has appeared in the ''Montreal Gazette'', ''The Globe and Mail'', ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', ''Canadian Heritage'' and ''Photo Life''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmes|first1=Gillian|title=Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999–2000|date=1999|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=0-920966-55-1|page=4}}</ref>
==Publications== * ''The Coast Way: a Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore of the St Lawrence'' (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988) * ''The French Shore: Newfoundland's Port-au-Port Peninsula''. Waterous. * ''A Country So Wild and Grand'' * ''The Heart of the Farm: a History of Barns and Fences in the Eastern Townships of Quebec''. With Niels Jensen. * ''Eeyou Istchee: Land of the Cree/Terre des Cris'' (COTA, 2010)<ref name="Curran 2010"/> * ''Memphrémagog: An Illustrated History: Une Histoire Illustrée (Volume 1)'' * ''Memphrémagog: An Illustrated History: Une Histoire Illustrée (Volume 2)''
==Films== * ''The Pinnacle and the Poet'' * ''Alexander Walbridge: The Visionary of Mystic'' * ''Giving Shelter'' * ''Crisscrossing Space and Time'' * ''A Journey to Remember'' * ''Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story'' * ''The Sugarmakers''<ref>{{citation|title=The Sugarmakers|url=https://video.wned.org/video/the-sugarmakers-r9blcs/|date=3 August 2023|website=WNED-TV}}</ref> * ''Niels Jensen, Cabinetmaker'' (2019) – short documentary<ref>{{citation|title=Niels Jensen, Cabinetmaker|url=https://video.wned.org/show/niels-jensen-cabinetmaker/|date=3 August 2023|website=WNED-TV}}</ref> * ''The Ahiarmiut: Out-of-the-Way Dwellers'' (2020) – documentary * ''CRUX: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer'' (2021) – short documentary<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-08-03|title=Crux: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer|url=https://collection.regardshybrides.com/en/collection/crux-the-transformation-of-anne-bruce-falconer-en|website=Regards Hybrides}}</ref> * ''Ayer's Cliff Fair''<ref>{{citation|title=Ayer's Cliff Fair: Then and Now|url=https://video.wned.org/video/ayers-cliff-fair-then-and-now-eovs6z/|date=3 August 2023|website=WNED-TV}}</ref>
==Awards== *2002 Canadian Journalism Foundation ''Greg Clark Internship Award''<ref>{{cite web|author1=Greg Clark|title=Louise Abbott – 2002 Award Recipient|url=http://cjf-fjc.ca/awards/louise-abbott-2002-award-recipient|website=The Canadian Journalism Foundation|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> *2002: Professional Writers Association of Canada's ''Norman Kucharsky Award for Cultural and Artistic Journalism''<ref name="writersunion">{{cite web|title=Member Profiles|url=http://www.writersunion.ca/member/louise-abbott|publisher=The Writer's Union of Canada|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> *1989: Finalist, QSPELL Award (Quebec Society for the Promotion of English-Language Literature, now the Quebec Writers' Federation) for ''The Coast Way: A Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore of the St. Lawrence''<ref name="writersunion"/> *2014: Winner, Jasper Short Film Festival ''Best Film by an Established Filmmaker'' award for her documentary ''Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story''<ref>{{cite web|author1=Chloë bellande|title=Jasper Short Film Festival reviewed|url=http://mtltimes.ca/social-life/entertainment/jasper-short-film-festival-reviewed/|website=Montreal Times|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.ruralroutecommunications.com Rural Route Communications] * [http://www.studiogeorgeville.com Studio Georgeville]
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