Communicate

The written word – published works
The spoken word – videos

 “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”

Anton Chekhov

HIGHWAY to the SKY: An Aviator’s Journey

HIGHWAY to the SKY: An Aviator’s Journey

CBC MEDIA INTERVIEWS I am astonished, delighted, and deeply grateful for the media interest regarding my memoir, Highway to the Sky, and women in aviation. My book transcends genres, blends personal challenges with professional aspirations and is a mix of aviation...

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Trek the Akshayuk Pass

Trek the Akshayuk Pass

Glacier Lake, Akshayuk Pass, Looking toward Mount Asgard Join us on Monday, September 20th, 2021 for Trek the Akshayuk Pass, Lola Reid Allin's personally-narrated, photographic chronicle of her challenging 10-day, 98-km trek through snow-covered mountain passes and...

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Published Work

A visit to Kathmandu
Grapevine Magazine, Spring 2024, pp. 70-73. 
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Women in Aviation
Grapevine Magazine (Pp. 26-29, Fall 2023)
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Women in Aviation
Skies Magazine (5-part article, Sept 14-18, 2020)

 Notes from the field
 Realities of the profession
 Landmark cases
 The facts, ma’am, just the facts
 Hope on the horizon

The Ancient Maya: End of a Cycle, Rebirth of the Spirit
Infinity Magazine Winter 2012
Gear UP! and GO! Verge Magazine: Travel with Purpose (Storyboard Contest May 16, 2011)

Cultural awareness or…”How-To” Homestay
Verge Magazine (Storyboard Contest April, 2011)

The Slow Travel Movement
Verge Magazine (Storyboard Contest March 28, 2011)

Go—get lost!: The perils and possibilities
Verge Magazine (Storyboard Contest March 7, 2011)

“Do you like to sleep alone?” 
The Globe & Mail (Nov 8, 2008)

The Cult of Maximon 
Mundo Maya, Year 7, No. 20 (1998)

Modern Maya Religious Beliefs 
Mexican Board of Tourism (1996)

Valeria’s Story (article & photographs)
Mundo Maya, Year 5, No.10 (1996)

The Written Word About Lola

Canadian Women in the Sky: 100 Years of Flight
Elizabeth Gillan Muir (Dundurn Press, 2015)
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The Sky’s the Limit: Canadian Women Bush Pilots
Joyce Spring (Natural Heritage Books, 2006)
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“Lola Reid Allin. Fierce. Flying. Female.”
Jeff Keary, Grapevine Magazine (Pp. 36-39, Winter 2022)
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Videos

Lola Reid Allin is a dynamic, engaging, and experienced educator and passionate speaker who tailors each presentation to the group in front of her. 

She loves sharing her travel adventures spiced with personal anecdotes and insider tips via PowerPoint photographs and maps.

As a professional pilot, Lola encountered opposition to her non-traditional career choice.  Now. she acts as a role model for girls and young women —you can’t be what you can’t see— and enjoys speaking to children and adults about the lesser-known achievements of women in aviation history. 

Since her presentation uses power point, Lola will bring her laptop, but requires that the school/organization provide a projector, smart board, or screen, and a microphone (dependant upon audience size).

Each presentation is approximately 1 hour, including time allowed for audience Q&A.