Kenneth Wayne Dryden is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender and executive. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011 and Minister of Social Development from 2004 to 2006. In 2017, the league counted him in history's 100 Greatest NHL Players. He received the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2020.
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is a Ukrainian-Canadian children's writer who currently lives in Brantford, Ontario.
Kathy Stinson is a Canadian children's writer.
Reginald Joseph Leach is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, California Golden Seals, Philadelphia Flyers, and Detroit Red Wings between 1970 and 1983. He is best known for his time in Philadelphia, winning a Stanley Cup with the Flyers in 1975 and being a member of the LCB line.
We All Fall Down is a novel by Canadian author Eric Walters, published in 2006 by Random House of Canada. The story follows Will, a ninth-grade student, spending a day with his father at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. It was awarded the Red Maple Award in 2007 and was an honor book for the 2008 Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award. A sequel, United We Stand, was released in 2009.
Paul Hollingsworth is a Canadian sports reporter and author based out of Nova Scotia, currently working as the Atlantic Canada Bureau Reporter for TSN's flagship sports news program, SportsCentre. He was also a general assignment reporter and anchor for CTV Atlantic and he is Now A Halifax Reporter for CTV National News.
Iain Lawrence is a bestselling Canadian author for children and young adults. In 2007 he won a Governor General’s Literary Award in Children’s Literature for Gemini Summer, and in 2011, he was presented with the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People.
Kristin Butcher is a Canadian writer and reviewer of young adult and juvenile fiction. She was born in Winnipeg, but moved to Victoria, BC, at the age of 5. Her first novel, The Runaways, was published in 1997 and went on to be a regional Silver Birch Award winner. Since then she has published 25 other books, including two biographies for primary readers and 10 titles in the successful Soundings and Currents series from Orca Books, of which Zee’s Way and Zack & Zoe Bully and the Beagle won the 2006 and 2011 Chocolate Lily Awards, respectively. She has twice toured for the Canadian Children's Book Week and given book talks at libraries and schools. Butcher is also an artist and illustrator. Butcher started as a teacher in Victoria and two years previous to that, she had met her husband Rob Butcher.
Andrew Podnieks is a Canadian author and ice hockey historian. He has written more than 45 books about hockey. He also has contributed extensively to international hockey research at the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Hockey Hall of Fame, Hockey Canada, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Some of his books have been translated into French and Swedish. He is also a frequent contributor to www.IIHF.com, the official website of international hockey.
Gayle Friesen is a Canadian author of young adult novels. She was raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia. She is married with two children.
An open textbook is a textbook licensed under an open license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public. Many open textbooks are distributed in either print, e-book, or audio formats that may be downloaded or purchased at little or no cost.
Simon Rose is a Canadian author of books for children and young adults, best known for his science fiction and fantasy novels.
William Andrew "Bill" Waiser is a Canadian historian and author specializing in western and northern Canadian history.
Diane Swanson was a Canadian writer of science books for children.
Celia Barker Lottridge is a Canadian children's writer.
Outset Media Corporation is a Canadian company that develops and distributes family entertainment products, specializing in board games, party games, card games, and jigsaw puzzles. In addition to developing its own games, Outset Media also distributes games and puzzles in Canada for United States-based companies.
Janet McNaughton is a Canadian writer from Newfoundland and Labrador. She wrote the coming of age novel, An Earthly Knight, published in 2003.
Gordon William Gavin Penrose CM, nicknamed the Zany Dr. Zed, was a Canadian scientist, educator, and author of children's science books. His works have been featured in OWL magazine and ChickaDEE magazine, and he played the role of Dr. Zed for the children's television show OWL/TV.
Anne Laurel Carter is a Canadian author with eighteen published books, mostly for young adults and children.
Indigenous librarianship is a distinct field of librarianship that brings Indigenous approaches to areas such as knowledge organization, collection development, library and information services, language and cultural practices, and education. The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences states that Indigenous librarianship emerged as a "distinct field of practice and an arena for international scholarship in the late twentieth century bolstered by a global recognition of the value and vulnerability of Indigenous knowledge systems, and of the right of Indigenous peoples to control them."
