Can Geo Talks Presents: Trina Moyles - Black Bear
Watch TRINA’S KEYNOTE PRESENTATION ON HUMAN-BEAR COEXISTENCE
Bestselling author and journalist Trina Moyles shares insights into her newest book, Black Bear, a deeply personal reflection on relationships — between parents, children, siblings, humans, bears, and the nature of which we are all inextricably a part.
A version of this talk was presented live in the Alex Trebek Theatre at Canada's Centre for Geography and Exploration on January 29, 2026.
This studio recording includes Trina's photographs and videos.
About Trina Moyles and Black Bear
Trina Moyles is a Yukon-based environmental journalist, author, and filmmaker. The daughter of a wildlife biologist in northwestern Alberta, she learned early to coexist with black bears, wolves, lynx, moose, and woodland caribou. A former fire tower lookout, Moyles draws deeply from her lived experiences in the northern wilderness. Her non-fiction debut, Women Who Dig: Farming, Feminism, and the Fight to Feed the World, explored global connections between gender and food sovereignty. A finalist for the High Plains Literary Awards, it has been adapted into a forthcoming 2026 documentary. Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest, a memoir recounting seven seasons in Alberta’s fire towers, won the National Outdoor Book Award (2021) and Alberta Memoir Award (2022).
Moyles’s most recent book, Black Bear, offers an intimate portrait of human-bear coexistence and the shifting ethics of wildlife management, drawing from Indigenous knowledge. Interwoven is a reflection on the Alberta oil sands and their toll on people and ecosystems — including her brother, whom she lost to the mental health crisis in 2022.
