Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

An autobiographical graphic novel, in the style of Guy Delisle, about Beaton’s time working in Alberta’s (Canada) oil sands to pay off student debt. This is a book about sexual harassment and misogyny. About women working in a men’s world.

A MUST read for all, especially men.

Named after a disaster where hundreds of ducks died in toxic tailings ponds, “the book draws devastating parallels between environmental and human degradation”.

It also provides a window into the imbalances of the Canadian economy and one of it’s most profitable sectors.

Barack Obama named it a favourite of 2022.