I have an Eastern Orthodox friend over at theooze whose screen name is Seraphim after this old Russian monk named Saint Seraphim. Seraphim mentioned that Seraphim met some bears or something so I asked him about it. Turns out St Seraphim must have been a pretty decent guy because he would feed bears by hand.
However, if you feed bears by hand in Jasper or anywhere else, this makes you not a decent person in any way. Bears don't need you to feed them, they are plenty capable of cooking for themselves. So many times driving through the Park you see very foolish people feeding bears from their cars. This is dangerous to you, but more importantly, it is dangerous to the bears. They get accustomed to humans and start invading towns looking for handouts. Sometimes Wildlife officers can shoo them out of town, sometimes they have to be tranquilized and transported far away, and sometimes they wind up being destroyed, which is to say, shot and killed. So don't aid and abet in the killing of my buddies, please. Leave the bears alone. If you must feed a bear, feed me. I'm always hungry. Thank you.