Michale Lang interprets and tells stories in an enjoyable, engaging and exciting manner. Her knowledge of history and interpretation are deep and diverse. She is a life-long learner who has a passion for stories. Michale has more than 20 years’ experience as a researcher and interpretive writer.
UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
2016: Chapter on Sid Unwin in The Frontier of Patriotism: Alberta and the First World War, University of Calgary Press
2016: Chapter in Imagine this Valley, Rocky Mountain Books
RECENT PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
2012: Mary Schäffer Adventures in the Canadian Rockies, (Children’s Book) Summerthought Publishing
2012: Co-authored Yellowstone to Yukon: The Journey of Wildlife and Art, Fulcrum Publishing
2011: An Adventurous Woman Abroad: The Selected Lantern Slides of Mary T. S. Schäffer, Rocky
Mountain Books
2010: Bears: Tracks through Time, Rocky Mountain Books
2010: Painting the Parks, pp. 204 – 205, National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of
Canada
Michale has been involved in interpretive projects ranging from research, interpretive planning, and writing to supervision of production and project management. She has been the manager, curator and interpreter of projects including:
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB
• Gateway to the Rockies
• Yellowstone to Yukon: The Journey of Wildlife and Art
• Adventurous Women in the Rockies
• Grizzly!
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
• Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta,
Michale wrote interpretive text for the following exhibitions:
- Canmore’s Floods (Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre, temporary exhibit, 2014-15)
- In Visible Borders (Juniper Hotel, Banff, AB, temporary exhibition for Exposure Photography Festival, 2013)
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB
• Gateway to the Rockies (permanent cultural history exhibition opened May 12, 2012) includes a companion book that will be released in May, 2014
• Yellowstone to Yukon: The Journey of Wildlife and Art (travelling exhibition opened at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, came to Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies June 16 – November 15, 2012), co-authored exhibition catalogue
• Kathleen Daly and the Canmore Coal Mines, 2011
• Women of Fibre: Mary Garnham Andrews and Articulation, 2011 – 2012
• Norman Yates: The Space Between, 2011
• Adventurous Women in the Rockies, 2011
• Nicholas Morant, 2011
• Spirit of the Land and People, 2010
• Let it Snow featuring Pierre Lemire, 2010 to 2011
• Grizzly!, 2010
• Robert Sinclair: Dust of Days, 2010
• High Fashion in the Rockies, 2009
• Whyte Winter Wonderland featuring Mountains in Winter by Takao Tanabe, 2009 – 2010
• A Way of Life, A Legacy to Protect: 100 Years of the Warden Service, 2009
• Group of Seven to Takao Tanabe… Inspiring Landscape, 2008
Michale also writes for radio and magazines:
• Horses For Hire, Experience the Mountain Parks, 2012
• Painting the Parks, pp. 204 – 205, National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of Canada (National Geographic, 2010)
•Alberta Mavericks: Weekly column on CBC Calgary Wildrose Country (2007 – 2010) – (researched and wrote weekly column that I also presented live on air) Alberta Mavericks Column, CBC Radio One, 2008
• Wrote majority of articles for Cairn Magazine (Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, 2007 – 2012)
• Presentations on Alberta history for Calgary Public Library, Canmore Seniors Lifelong Learning series, Association for International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), Rotary Club and others (2002 – 2012)
Michale is a Professional Interpreter, accredited by the Interpretive Guides Association
Michale develops and delivers interpretive programming:
2008 – 2011: Developed and Guided Curator-led Art Hikes: Lake O’Hara, Bow Lake, Banff townsite, AB
2000: Family Public Programmer, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Developed and delivered family programs
1996-1999: Coordinator, Programs, Olympic Hall of Fame and Museum, Calgary, AB
Developed and delivered curriculum-based school programming for Grades 1 – 6, introduced Campus Calgary program
1994 – 1995: Public Programmer/Curator, Fort Calgary Historic Park, Calgary, AB
Developed and supervised curriculum-based school programming for all grades