Industry Narratives

Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues
University of British Columbia

Kathy McKay, MA student, Dept. of History gave, a paper on "Icons in Aspic: The Depiction of British Columbia through Salmon Can Labels, 1880-1950" in the session entitled "Selling British Columbia."

Claudia Lorenz, History in Art student, presented a paper on “Selling Salmon: Salmon Can Labels and the History of Printing and Lithography in BC,” at the 27th annual Qualicum History Conference, Qualicum Beach, BC, January 2002.

Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site of Canada

On June 13, 2002, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery proudly unveiled its 6th annual art show, entitled "Trademarks and Salmon Art: A brand new perspective." This captivating exhibit showcased the work of eight artists who merged academic research and salmon label specimens with their own contemporary artwork to offer a new perspective to the fascinating world of historic salmon labels.

Participating Artists:

• Laura Babak-Nagy (Port Coquitlam)
• Penny Lim (Vancouver)
• Lea Price (Delta)
• Darcy Paterson (Vancouver)
• Jaqueline Peck (Richmond)
• Robert Randall (Victoria)
• Loraine Wellman (Richmond)
• Tania Willard (Vancouver)