Winners of the Jeanne Clarke Awards announced
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PRINCE GEORGE — The Prince George Public Library (PGPL) Board announced the two winners of the 37th annual Jeanne Clarke Awards.
Kym Gouchie took home the 2022 Jeanne Clarke Service Award. Gouchie is an Indigenous musician, visual artist, and playwright. The PGPL Board says she uses her talents to tell the stories, struggles and strengths of her ancestors, bringing awareness to northern B.C. and the world through her songs and spoken words. The Board says she’s used her gifts by creating interactive videos, in partnership with School District 57, that help preserve Lheidli T’enneh history, culture, Dakelh language and music.
The 2022 publication award went to Wendy Proverbs for her novel Aggie and Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children. The novel focuses not on the two sisters’ experience in residential school, but on the harrowing 1,600-kilometre expedition that took the sisters from their home in Daylu (Lower Post) to Lejac Residential School.
The Jeanne Clarke Local History Award was established in 1985 in memory of former library chair Jeanne Clarke to recognize individuals or groups for outstanding contributions in the preservation and promotion of local and regional history.
