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Documenting the Sparsely Populated Canadian West
A "visual sociologist" photographs dozens of small towns and their struggle to stay relevant in the 21st century.
What is the Canadian West? Perhaps even Canadians don't know.
Kyler Zeleny, a visual sociologist with a background in political science and photography, is from one of the country's many sparsely populated western towns. And he's concerned those towns are not only losing population but also their heritage—or the chance to even create one.