Have You Met: Robert Sandford in Conversation with Pamela Knott
- whytemuseum
- Mar 1
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 2
In honour of the 2025 United Nations International Year of Glaciers' Preservation, we are pleased to share the Have You Met: Bob Sandford in Conversation with Pamela Knott , an interview which was recorded at The Whyte on July 7, 2022.
Robert William (Bob) Sandford is the EPCOR Chair for Water and Climate Security at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health. He is the co-author of the UN’s Water in the World We Want report on post-2015 global sustainable development goals relating to water. He is also the author of some 30 books on the history, heritage, and landscape of the Canadian Rockies, including Cold Matters: The State & Fate of Canada’s Snow and Ice; The Columbia River Treaty: A Primer; and Our Vanishing Glaciers: The Snows of Yesteryear and the Future Climate of the Mountain West. He began his work with UN-linked initiatives as chair of the United Nations International Year of Mountains in 2002. He also chaired the United Nations International Year of Fresh Water and Wonder of Water Initiative in Canada in 2003/04. These celebrations focused on the growing importance of water to ecological and cultural heritage in Canada. The Whyte has enjoyed a long history of working with Bob over the years, through his research in the Archives and participation in various exhibitions. The Archives Library is proud to hold a significant number of his publications in its collection.
The Have You Met oral history series was created by Digital Content Manager Ciara Linteau as part of the Oral History Program of the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation. Since 1967 the Whyte has had a tradition of producing oral histories of local personalities by various staff members. This expanded to the live audience Fireside Chat series in 2012, hosted by Chic Scott. In 2022, the Have You Met Series, hosted by Pamela Knott was created for interviewees who were unable to do an interview with a live audience.