Media Release
For immediate release
December 15, 2005
Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre to receive
King Albert Mountain Award
Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre has been named as one of five recipients of the 2006 King Albert Mountain Award. This prestigious award, administered by the King Albert I Memorial Foundation, honours “individuals or institutions who have distinguished themselves through exceptional achievements in the mountain world.” In its announcement, the Foundation acknowledged Mountain Culture for its “broad and worldwide known mountain programs and… Bernadette McDonald and Leslie Taylor for their outstanding leadership of this unique mountain institution.”
The King Albert Mountain Award will be presented to McDonald and Taylor (respectively vice president and associate director of Mountain Culture) at a ceremony in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in September 2006. Established in 1993, the King Albert Mountain Award commemorates the mountaineering and humanitarian achievements of King Albert I, king of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934. Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre is the first Canadian institution to receive the award.
The Centre’s Mountain Culture programming promotes understanding and appreciation of the world’s mountain places by creating opportunities for people to share and find inspiration in mountain experiences, ideas, and visions. Activities include the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festivals and Photography Competition, Banff Mountain Summits, Mountain Communities Conferences, and mountain grants and archives programs.
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More information on Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre
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Jill Sawyer Media and Communications Officer The Banff Centre 403.762.6475 |
Pam Challoner
Writer/Editor The Banff Centre 403-762-6707 |
