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Mcdonald, Bernadette
Bernadette Valerie (Kelly) McDonald was born in 1951 in the town of Biggar, Saskatchewan. It was in 1967 that McDonald traveled to Tacoma, Washington to study at the Pacific Lutheran University. By 1972, Bernadette had earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English as well as a Bachelor of Music Degree. While working with Parks Canada, she met and married Alan McDonald. McDonald has written three books, edited books, directed festivals, and climbed mountains. After their marriage they moved to Banff, and for two decades beginning in 1988, she was the Banff Mountain Film Festival Director and expanded the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour to international audiences. She was one of the inaugural founders of the Banff Mountain Book Festival.
Her book, Brotherhood of the Rope: The Biography of Charles Houston was the finalist for the 2007 Boardman Tasker prize. She was recipient of the King Albert Award, the Queen's Golden Jubilee 2001Medal and the Alberta 2009 Order of Excellence. for promoting mountaineering culture and mountain conservation. McDonald was presented with the Himalayan Club 2008 award, the Kekoo Naoroji 2009 award for Mountain Literature as well as the Summit of Excellence Award. During the 2001 International Year of Mountain she was able to increase the awareness of Banff, the Canadian Rockies and of mountain culture by speaking at the United Nations.
The Government of Alberta Lieutenant General's office quotes her as saying its "doing the best you can at something that you are passionate about…it's pulling together like-minded people with common passions and values and making something happen."
"The Banff Centre: Communications :: 2008 :: July". The Banff Centre. 2009 05 21. http://www.banffcentre.info/blogs/communications/2009/05/21/bernadette-mcdonald-awarded-alberta-order-of-excellence/comment-page-1/. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
"Biography: Bernadette McDonald - Summit of Excellence Award - Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre". The Banff Centre. 2009. http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/excellence/bio/mcdonald.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
"Bernadette McDonald, Biography - Read How You Want". Accessible Publishing Systems Pty Ltd. 2007-2009. http://www.readhowyouwant.com/catalog/author-detail.aspx?author-id=2516. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
"Bernadette McDonald - 2008 Banff Mountain Festivals Speakers". The Banff Centre. 2009. http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/festivals/2008/speakers/mcdonald.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-26. "BookLounge.ca". Random House of Canada Limited.. 1995-2009. http://www.booklounge.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=69462. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
McDonald, Bernadette (26 October 2009). "Keeping Everest Honest Elizabeth Hawley, arbiter of Himalayan glory and shame, calls it like she sees it". Walrus Magazine. The Walrus Foundation. http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2006.11-field-notes-climb-mt-everest/. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
Her book, Brotherhood of the Rope: The Biography of Charles Houston was the finalist for the 2007 Boardman Tasker prize. She was recipient of the King Albert Award, the Queen's Golden Jubilee 2001Medal and the Alberta 2009 Order of Excellence. for promoting mountaineering culture and mountain conservation. McDonald was presented with the Himalayan Club 2008 award, the Kekoo Naoroji 2009 award for Mountain Literature as well as the Summit of Excellence Award. During the 2001 International Year of Mountain she was able to increase the awareness of Banff, the Canadian Rockies and of mountain culture by speaking at the United Nations.
The Government of Alberta Lieutenant General's office quotes her as saying its "doing the best you can at something that you are passionate about…it's pulling together like-minded people with common passions and values and making something happen."
- Amatt, John (Nov 1 2000). Bernadette Mcdonald. ed. Voices From The Summit: The Worlds Great Mountaineers On The Future Of Climbing. National Geographic; illustrated edition editio. ISBN 10: 0792279581, 13: 978-0792279587.
- Jehl, Douglas (Oct 1 2004). Bernadette Mcdonald. ed. Whose Water Is It?: The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World. National Geographic; New edition edition. ISBN 10: 0792273753,13: 978-0792273752.
- McDonald, Bernadette (April 13 2007). Brotherhood Of the Rope: The Biography Of Charles Houston. Mountaineers Books; Pap/DVD edition (). ISBN 10: 0898869420,13: 978-0898869422. http://books.google.ca/books?id=k6axtITPD8cC&dq=Bernadette+McDonald&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=4_EojiSEjo&sig=ZjwokGKMuVxjlPzq24lkOzbUc0w&hl=en&ei=gCvmSsfVCZyPtgeNjvnLCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- McDonald, Bernadette (Aug 10 2005). I'll Call You in Kathmandu: The Elizabeth Hawley Story. Mountaineers Books; illustrated edition. ISBN 10: 0898868009,13: 978-0898868005.
- McDonald, Bernaette (May 4 2009). Tomaz Humar. Arrow; Reprint edition (). ISBN 10: 0099505096,13: 978-0099505099.
Bibliography:
"The Banff Centre: Communications :: 2008 :: July". The Banff Centre. 2009 05 21. http://www.banffcentre.info/blogs/communications/2009/05/21/bernadette-mcdonald-awarded-alberta-order-of-excellence/comment-page-1/. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
"Biography: Bernadette McDonald - Summit of Excellence Award - Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre". The Banff Centre. 2009. http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/excellence/bio/mcdonald.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
"Bernadette McDonald, Biography - Read How You Want". Accessible Publishing Systems Pty Ltd. 2007-2009. http://www.readhowyouwant.com/catalog/author-detail.aspx?author-id=2516. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
"Bernadette McDonald - 2008 Banff Mountain Festivals Speakers". The Banff Centre. 2009. http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/festivals/2008/speakers/mcdonald.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-26. "BookLounge.ca". Random House of Canada Limited.. 1995-2009. http://www.booklounge.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=69462. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
McDonald, Bernadette (26 October 2009). "Keeping Everest Honest Elizabeth Hawley, arbiter of Himalayan glory and shame, calls it like she sees it". Walrus Magazine. The Walrus Foundation. http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2006.11-field-notes-climb-mt-everest/. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
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