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REMEMBERING
THE REAL
WINNIE

THE WORLD'S MOST
FAMOUS BEAR TURNS 100

Selected Additional Resources

Exhibition Brochure

Remembering the Real Winnie: The World's Most Famous Bear Turns 100.  Toronto: Ryerson Image Centre, 2014. Pdf version

Video

The Bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh (2:11 min), Zoological Society of London (2014)

Winnie, (1:00 min), Heritage Minute, Historica Canada 

Remembering the Real Winnie: The world's most famous bear turns 100, (5:26 min) Michael Davidson and David Johns (2014)

Winnie the Pooh's Canadian Connections (5:44 min), CBC Digital Archives

Books

Appleby, M.A.  Winnie the Bear. Winnipeg: Dominion Street Press, 2011. Print. (Available at the Ryerson University Library)

Shushkewich, Val.  The real Winnie : a one-of-a-kind bear.  Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, c2003. Print. (Available at the Ryerson University Library)

Shushkewich, Val. The real Winnie: a one-of-a-kind bear.  Toronto: Dundurn, c2003.  Electronic.

Websites

Canadian War Museum Archives.

Lt. Harry Colebourn And Winnie-the-Bear, The Fort Garry Horse Museum and Archives.

Provincial Archives of Manitoba, Individuals' Private Papers, Microfilm reel M621.

Remembering the Real Winnie (interactive website), Ryerson University