Lucy Payette
February 16, 2021 by Lucy Payette | 6 Comments on Developing the Next Generation of Canadian Readers
My son’s middle-school language arts teacher initiated a reading project earlier this year. The task was simple: choose a book to read with an adult and talk about it. I’m on board with the assignment. Despite my efforts, there are a few entertainment systems vying for my son’s attention. When he chose me as the […]
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Heidi Waechtler
August 7, 2018 by Heidi Waechtler | 4 Comments on On Community and Citizenship: How the Claudette Upton Scholarship Helped Bring My Career Into Focus
I received the Claudette Upton Scholarship* in 2012 at a critical point in my career path: I was nearing the completion of my Master of Publishing coursework at Simon Fraser University and preparing to move from Vancouver to Toronto to take on a summer editorial internship at McClelland & Stewart. Looking back, six years later, […]
