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Books of 2009: Youth

By Julie Laurin | Published: January 2, 2010

For the past two years, I’ve had the great pleasure of giving a lecture as part of a mini-course in Communications for youth at the University of Ottawa. When I was thinking about creating this book list for 2009, I thought it would be a good idea to ask a couple of former students to [...]

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Books of 2009: Politicians

By Julie Laurin | Published: January 1, 2010

Here’s the first post in my series of “Books of 2009″ where I asked a variety of Canadians to share with us the best book that they read in 2009.  Tonight’s edition presents you with picks chosen by our political leaders.  Enjoy! Paul Dewar, MP Ottawa Centre (NDP) Book of 2009: The Book Of Negroes [...]

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…of the day: One thing leads to another!

By Julie Laurin | Published: December 23, 2009

A few days ago, I received an email from a literacy organization from Sudbury who had found my name and contact info from a volunteer site that I had registered with years ago. Unfortunately, I don’t live in Sudbury anymore but it got me thinking about the topic of literacy because it’s something that I [...]

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