![]() ![]() Being one of the few women among thousands of men, the culture shock is palpable. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, what the journey will actually cost Katie will be far more than she anticipates.Īrriving in Fort McMurray, Katie finds work in the lucrative camps owned and operated by the world's largest oil companies. MAīefore there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant fame, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles and gaelic folk songs.Īfter university, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush, part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. An unsettling and humane experience to look at Beaton’s whimsical art while reading about the weathering of female and male bodies who worked the oil sands. ![]()
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