Vistas of the West

Editor Larry Kapustka PhD is is an emeritus senior ecologist. He marvels at the intricacies of social-ecological systems and understands that we must be humble about what we think we know. Larry lives near Diamond Valley, Alberta.

Lorene Shyba PhD is publisher at Durvile & UpRoute Books and series editor of the Durvile True Cases series. She is co-editor, with Raymond Yakeleya, of the Indigenous Spirit of Nature Series.

Foreword writer and featured poet is Doris Daley. Doris' love of wordsmithing has made her one of North America’s favourite western poets, emcees and western humorists. Born and raised on a family ranch in the foothills of Alberta, Doris’ authentic, sparkling poetry has taken her to campfires large and small, to highways, roundabouts and gravel roads throughout the West, and to concert appearances with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the Saskatchewan Opera Company. Other poets in the collection are: Reneltta Arluk, Nancy Bell, Cori Brewster, Jan Burney, Neall Calvert, RJJ Dallas, Kris Demeanor, Della Dickie, Steve Foote, Patricia Frolander, Karen Gimbel, DW Groethe, Trudy Grienauer, Rayanne Haines, John Wort Hannam, Jonathan Locke Hart, Barbara Janusz, Lawrence Kapustka, Susan Kristoferson, Chief Stacey Laforme, Neil Liske, Phil Lister, Alice Major, Janice McCrum, Pamela Medland, Doc Mehl, Chad Okrusch, BJ Smith, Ferdinando Spino, Eugene Stickland, Lorene Shyba, Neal Whitman, Erica Witbeck, and Elizabeth Yakeleya. Anna Burger-Martindale, Billie Rae Busby, Dawn Candy, Steve Coffey, Linda Cote, Cindy Delpart, Jim Etzkorn, Ken Froese, Helena Hadala, John Heerema, Brad Keys, Eveline Kolijn, Susan Kristoferson, Chester Lees, Neil Liske, Deborah Lougheed Sinclair, Jennifer Mack, Bruce Park, Julia Reimer, Tyler Rock, Erin Ross, Cindy Skrukwa, Justina Smith, Mady Thiel-Kopstein, Karin Thorsteinson, Verna Vogal, Sharon Lynn Williams, and Simon Wroot.

Lorene Shyba PhD is publisher at Durvile & UpRoute Books and series editor of the Durvile True Cases series. She is co-editor, with Raymond Yakeleya, of the Indigenous Spirit of Nature Series.