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AWARDS

• Children’s Book Award Notable, IRA
• “The Year’s Best”, Resource Links
• The Best of Kids’ Nonfiction List, Chapters
• YALSA’s Best Books for Young Adults List finalist
• Independent Publisher’s Book Award
• Hackmatack finalist
• Red Maple Award Honor Title, OLA
• VOYA’s Nonfiction Honor List
• Information Book Award,
Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
• Red Cedar Book Award Finalist
• Stellar Award Finalist

AWARDS

• Norma Fleck Award for Non-fiction
• Notable Social Studies Trade Books,
Children’s Book Centre
• Information Book Award finalist,
Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables
• “Our Choice” List, Canadian Children’s Book Centre
• DIY Festival Book of the Year – runner up
• DIY Festival Book of the Year - Teen Catagory Winner
• Red Maple shortlist, OLA

Recent Magazine and Newspaper Articles/Columns

• "Still Short of Full Personhood," Vancouver Sun, 17 Oct. 2007

• “Breaking Up - The Best Way to Save Yourself”, Ottawa Citizen, May 2007

• “Our Bodies Don't Need Accessories”, Vancouver Sun/Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 2007

• “The Children's Ad Onslaught”, Marketing Magazine, Dec. 2006

• “Good For The Gander”, Marketing Magazine, Oct. 2006

• “More Data Needed on Implants”, Toronto Star, 30 Sep. 2005

• “Breast Roulette”, The Globe and Mail, 5 Feb. 2005

• “Promoting Obesity in Kids”, The Halifax Chronicle Herald, 19 Apr. 2005

• “The Truth About My Nose,” The Globe and Mail, 28 Oct. 2004

• "Pester Power: Marketing's New Weapon," The Globe and Mail, 29 Nov. 2003

• "Putting the Boots to Terra," Marketing Magazine, 17 Nov. 2003

• "Lastman Comment Offers 'Teachable Moment," Toronto Star, 20 Aug. 2003

Quick Links - Articles/Columns - Academic/Educational Publications
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Academic and Educational Publications
Article on advertising for The New Book of Knowledge, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2005

"The Portrayal of Women in the Media: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful," chapter in Communications in Canadian Society, 5th edition,
Ben Singer, ed., Nelson 2001

"Politicians, Journalists and the Need for Civil Dialogue,'' co-authored chapter with David Mitchell in Journalism in the New Millennium, UBC School of Journalism, 1998

"Overcoming Impossible Bodies: Using Media Literacy to Challenge Popular Culture," Emergency Librarian, January-February 1997

"Preschool Educational Television," International Encyclopedia of Education, 1996

"Violence and Sexism in the Media: Countering the Popular Curriculum," In Women’s Voices - the Journal of Women in Educational Administration Ontario, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1994

"Please Adjust Our Sets - Canadian Women Watching Television," Vol. 3 of the MediaWatch Research Series, 1994

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