Author Janet Love Morrison - Reading and Outdoor Safety Awareness

Join author Janet Love Morrison for a reading and lesson about outdoor safety awareness on December 28rd at 6:00pm at Tod Mountain Café.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The safety of mountain guests is critical in all ski areas. Much like we are taught about the hazards of water, electricity and fire, we must also teach young people about the fundamentals of mountain safety. This is the intent of Radar the Rescue Dog.

In 1978 Radar was Whistler’s first avalanche rescue dog. His home was Whistler and his owner was Bruce Watt, one of the original founders of the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association (CARDA).

Love Morrison is donating two-thirds of the royalties to CARDA.

The timing is crucial as every winter there are news headlines about avalanche fatalities; thus, the immediate need to promote avalanche safety and education for young skiers and snowboarders.

The Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote the foreword. His brother Michel was tragically killed in an avalanche in November 1998. Since then the Trudeau family has participated in mountain awareness.

Radar is endorsed by the Canadian Avalanche Foundation; the Canadian Ski Patrol; the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association; Whistler Search and Rescue; and Dave Irwin and Steve Podborski of the famed Crazy Canucks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Janet Love Morrison is an award-winning author who first started skiing on Whistler Mountain in the mid-seventies and years later made the valley her home. During that time she learnt the concerns surrounding young children getting lost on a mountain; her intent is to create awareness for young skiers and snowboards about mountain safety. Today Love Morrison is a Vancouver-based author and editor. Radar the Rescue Dog is her fifth book. She is author of Canada’s Legendary Ski Team – The Crazy Canucks with a foreword by Peter Mansbridge.