Short List Announced
The Union is please to announce the short list of nominees for the 29th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award.
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Ruth Ohi
Children’s Book Writer and Illustrator
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Ruth DyckFehderau
Ruth DyckFehderau and her James Bay Cree colleagues (Elders, storytellers) have won the Electa Quinney Award for Published Indigenous Stories (Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures) for their 2023 book E nâtamukw miyeyimuwin: Residential School Recovery Stories of the James Bay…
