Sheila Baxter
Sheila Baxter (born 1933) is a Canadian anti-poverty activist who has written several books about poverty and mental illness in Canada.
Life[]
Baxter became active in the anti-poverty movement in Quebec, Canada in 1970. Baxter also co-founded Chez Doris, a drop-in centre for women living on the streets of Montreal,[1] and has more recently been active in Vancouver, British Columbia as a counsellor and at the .[2] Baxter is a poet, educator and author of five books on poverty and homelessness, and is currently active with the Vancouver City-Wide Housing Coalition.[1][3]
She read at the Vancouver Public Library.[4][5]
Awards[]
- VanCity Book Prize [6]
Works[]
- No Way to Live: Poor Women Speak Out (New Star Press, 1988) (Photos: Lori Gabrielson)
- Under the Viaduct: Homeless in Beautiful B.C. (New Star Press, 1991)
- A Child is Not a Toy: Voices of Children in Poverty (New Star Press, 1993)
- Still Raising Hell: Poverty, Activism and Other True Stories (Press Gang Publishers, 1997)
- Death in a Dumpster: A Passion Play for the Homeless (Lazara Press, 2006)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b ABCBookWorld
- ^ Lazara Press, a progressive publishing house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada » Sheila Baxter
- ^ Sheila Baxter | Authors | New Star Books Publisher, Vancouver British Columbia Canada, Newstarbooks, catalogue
- ^ Ruth Ozeki and Sheila Baxter Both at the Library
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080708211704/http://www.beyondrobson.com/theatre/2007/05/sheila_baxter_at_the_library_tonight/. Archived from the original on July 8, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2010. Missing or empty
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External links[]
Categories:
- 1933 births
- Living people
- Canadian anti-poverty activists
- Canadian non-fiction writers
- Canadian women non-fiction writers
- Canadian non-fiction writer stubs