![]() She also does a wonderful job of showing people’s complexity and the effect of bad systems on the land and the people on it. ![]() Beaton does a great job of conveying her naivety and subsequent disillusionment. The lack of work in Cape Breton and the need to pay back her student loans so she can devote herself to art leads her to head out to Alberta, where she knows she can get the best pay. Her nuanced portrayal and personal story really bring home the complexity of the situation, along with the damage it causes on multiple fronts. ![]() I got Maclean’s for a long time (back when it was weekly!) so I have a good base knowledge about the oil sands and their attendant environmental and social problems. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is a graphic memoir that covers two years that Beaton spent working in the Albertan oil sands. I’ve been waiting several years to read this as Kate Beaton has been working on it and I’m super happy to say that this was well worth the wait. ![]()
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