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Jun 15, 2021

5 Nonfiction Books to Read this Indigenous History Month

…or any month — I’m going to begin with a caveat: I am 1) not Indigenous and 2) not an expert on this topic. However, I was born in Canada and I move freely on the traditional lands of many Indigenous nations. I’m also curious, and that curiosity led me to books, like it…

Indigenous

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5 Nonfiction Books to Read this Indigenous History Month
5 Nonfiction Books to Read this Indigenous History Month
Indigenous

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May 9, 2021

Five Things I Learned Last Week

Sheikh Jarrah, The FOLD, etc. — It has been a long time since I’ve written one of these. It’s not that I’ve stopped learning. It’s just that between trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to make things happen, and everything feeling very much “the same” all the time, I didn’t really feel like publishing. Peer pressure brought me back. …

Palestine

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Five Things I Learned Last Week
Five Things I Learned Last Week
Palestine

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Dec 14, 2020

Children’s Picture Books by Black Canadian Writers

After returning to writing and delving into publishing this fall, I started looking for community. I realized I didn’t know many Black Canadian writers, or children’s books that dealt with the experience of living in Canada. Since it’s gift-buying season for many people, I thought I’d put together a list…

Black Writers

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Children’s Picture Books by Black Canadian Writers
Children’s Picture Books by Black Canadian Writers
Black Writers

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Dec 12, 2020

Five Things I Learned This Week

French Caribbean Shattas, Framing Canada, etc. — Before getting into it this week, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who wrote me with interesting new things to explore/learn about/check out. Usually I get to the weekend and I’m squeezing out this writing, slowly and painfully. This week, my cup runneth over, so thank…

Caribbean

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Five Things I Learned this Week
Five Things I Learned this Week
Caribbean

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Dec 5, 2020

Five Things I Learned This Week

On NOTAmazon, Soy vs. Soya, Poisoned Antilles, Pero de Buen Rollo & Some Guy Named Audubon — Not-Amazon.ca It’s not Amazon, and it’s ingenious. Some brilliant soul created www.not-amazon.ca — a local guide to small businesses in Toronto, Halifax and Calgary. The landing page for the Toronto section says: “Everyone in here is a very important and very dreamy small business in Toronto and the GTA offering…

Amazon

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Five Things I Learned This Week
Five Things I Learned This Week
Amazon

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Nov 29, 2020

Five Things I Learned this Week

On Copyright, Black Books, The Big Five, Somali Skincare & Indigenous Art — 1. Copyright is Automatic under Law As I’ve been working towards publishing my first children’s book, I’ve learned a fair bit about what goes into bringing a book to market (I mentioned one of those things in my last Five Things post). One day I’ll write about all the things I’ve learned in one post, but…

Publishing

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Five Things I Learned this Week
Five Things I Learned this Week
Publishing

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Nov 20, 2020

Five Things I Learned this Week

On First Nations, French, Diamonds, ISBNs & Roasting — 1. Wasaya Airways: Indigenous owned and operated I returned to Canada from Colombia in July, and in August, I decided that my fall reading would be focused on the First Nations and their (coughcolonialcough) relationship with the Canadian government. The books I’ve read so far are Understanding First Nations by Ed Whitcomb, A Mind Spread Out on…

Isbn

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Five Things I Learned this Week
Five Things I Learned this Week
Isbn

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Jun 6, 2020

Books for Trying Times

Some years ago, I worked with someone I knew from our days at university together. Truthfully, I didn’t know him very well when he joined the team, but by the time I left, I considered him to be a close friend. Our friendship developed over a series of lunches. We’d…

Books

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Books for Trying Times
Books for Trying Times
Books

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Jan 26, 2020

The Case for Cali

As the world’s travel radar expands to include Colombia, I keep seeing the same cities pop up on these “Where to Go” and “What to See” lists. Many tourists looking for a short trip opt for Cartagena and its beaches up along the Caribbean coast. …

Travel

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The Case for Cali
The Case for Cali
Travel

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Oct 1, 2019

Diary of a 1 Month Vegetarian

My one month vegetarian challenge began like most of my challenges do –with me running off my mouth. I was chatting with a coworker/friend at a work mixer. He was a nose-ring-and-visible-tattoo-having, former-vegan-turned-vegetarian, and the topic was food. We joked that vegans and vegetarians had a look, and he pointed…

Vegan

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Diary of a 1 Month Vegetarian
Diary of a 1 Month Vegetarian
Vegan

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I’m a writer and teacher from Toronto, with roots abroad and interests everywhere. alisonisaac.com

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