# Event Details - **Event Name**: BOOK LAUNCH & FILM SCREENING - Black Bear by Trina Moyles, Grizzly Consensus by Allan Code - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for an evening of art and storytelling about human-bear coexistence. Author Trina Moyles is launching her new book, Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival (Knopf Canada, 2026). Filmmaker, Allan Code, will screen "Grizzly Consensus", a short documentary film about Yukon salmon and grizzlies, featuring bear guide, Phil Timpany, shot at Bear Cave Mountain. Author/poet, Joanna Lilley, will be hosting an engaging conversation with Trina Moyles, Allan Code, and Phil Timpany, on the themes of human-bear coexistence, art, writing, climate change, conservation, and more. This is a free event, everyone welcome! DOORS OPEN AT 6:45 PM LIGHT REFRESHMENTS BOOKS FOR SALE BLACK BEAR: A STORY OF SIBLINGHOOD AND SURVIVAL (Knopf Canada, January 6, 2026): When Trina Moyles was five years old, her father, a wildlife biologist known in Peace River as “the bear guy,” brought home an orphaned black bear cub for a night before sending it to the Calgary Zoo. This brief but unforgettable encounter spurred Trina’s lifelong fascination with Ursus americanus—the most populous bear on the northern landscape, often considered a nuisance to human society. As a child roaming the shores of the Peace in the footsteps of her beloved older brother, she understood bears to be invisible entities: always present but mostly hidden and worthy of respect. Growing up during the oil boom of the 1990s, the threats in the siblings’ hard-drinking resource town were more human, dividing them from a natural reverence for the land, and eventually, from each other. After years of working for human rights organizations, Trina returned to northern Alberta for a job as a fire tower lookout, while her brother worked in the oil sands, vulnerable to a boom-and-bust economy and substance addiction. When she was assigned to a tower in a wildlife corridor, bears were alarmingly visible and plentiful, wandering metres away on the other side of an electrified fence surrounding the tower. Over four summers, Trina begins to move beyond fear and observe the extraordinary essence of the maligned black bear—a keystone species who is as subject to the environmental consequences of the oil economy as humans. At the same time, she searches for common ground with her brother on the land that bonded them. Impassioned and eloquent, Black Bear is a story of grief and a vision of peaceful coexistence in a divided world. It captures the fragility of our relationships with human and nonhuman species alike, and the imperative to protect the wild—along with the people we hold closest. To PRE-ORDER a book, or learn more, please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/742032/black-bear-by-trina-moyles/9781039010161 Learn more about Allan Code's work, please visit: https://www.nahho.ca/about FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT TRINA AT 587.988.0850, OR TREEN.MOYLES@GMAIL.COM - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/whitehorse/book-launch-and-film-screening-black-bear-by-trina-moyles-grizzly-consensus-by-allan-code/200029373832151 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, literary-art, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 143 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/742032/black-bear-by-trina-moyles/9781039010161?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=whitehorse-events ## Event venue details - **city**: Whitehorse - **state**: YT - **country**: Canada - **location**: Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre - **lat**: 60.708891943673 - **long**: -135.0793504715 - **full address**: Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse, Canada ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: BOOK LAUNCH & FILM SCREENING - Black Bear by Trina Moyles, Grizzly Consensus by Allan Code - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/16d3a7579c089d54d32acbeb10d9c77c6522626ceb4a6d8ccdabd3efc734fc39-rimg-w1200-h1600-dcffffff-gmir?v=1767741664 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is BOOK LAUNCH & FILM SCREENING - Black Bear by Trina Moyles, Grizzly Consensus by Allan Code being held? - **A:** BOOK LAUNCH & FILM SCREENING - Black Bear by Trina Moyles, Grizzly Consensus by Allan Code takes place on Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse, Canada. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** BOOK LAUNCH & FILM SCREENING - Black Bear by Trina Moyles, Grizzly Consensus by Allan Code is ideal for party-goers, social butterflies, and anyone looking for a great night out with music, drinks, and good vibes. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Whitehorse, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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