Ottawa Citizen Newspaper Op-Ed piece
After my interview with Shelagh Rodgers, the Ottawa Citizen asked me to write an article for the Op-Ed ARGUMENTS page.
This wonderful mural was created by the senior intermediate students in Mrs. Suh, Mrs Mackeracher, and Mr. Rappaport's grade 7 & 8 classes at Brownridge P. S. After having read my books, they synthesized the information and created their own visual representation of the stories profiled.
Thanks to Victoria Sanita for sending the photos and to all the artists who were inspired to create such moving works of art.
My interview about 5 things literary in Eden Mills_
http://www.openbookontario.com/news/five_things_literary_eden_mills_janet_wilson
http://www.openbookontario.com/news/five_things_literary_eden_mills_janet_wilson
Attawapiskat book First Nation Communities Read 2012-2013 title selection for community reading.
http://www.sols.org/ministryprojects/firstnations/communitiesread/2012-2013/ The recommendation of this year’s First Nation Communities Read program is Janet Wilson’s Shannen and the Dream for a School (Second Story Press), about the fight to get a new school for the Northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat.
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Wilson’s account of Shannen’s story was published as part of Second Story’s Kids Power series and was selected by a six-member jury of librarians from First Nation public libraries in Ontario, with support from Southern Ontario Library Service.
For more details see the printable release below.
http://www.sols.org/ministryprojects/firstnations/communitiesread/2012-2013/ The recommendation of this year’s First Nation Communities Read program is Janet Wilson’s Shannen and the Dream for a School (Second Story Press), about the fight to get a new school for the Northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat.
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Wilson’s account of Shannen’s story was published as part of Second Story’s Kids Power series and was selected by a six-member jury of librarians from First Nation public libraries in Ontario, with support from Southern Ontario Library Service.
For more details see the printable release below.
Janet's interview on The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers talking about Shannen and Aboriginal education. April 2 and 7, 2012:
_ Last item on the show- starts at 41':30"_ http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/1221254309/ID=2217369013
_ Last item on the show- starts at 41':30"_ http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/1221254309/ID=2217369013