Toula Drimonis

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Toula Drimonis
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Occupation(s)Journalist and author
Notable workWe, the Others (2022 book)

Toula Drimonis is a Canadian journalist and author of the 2022 book We, the Others.

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Early life

Drimonis was born to a parents who emigrated from Greece to Quebec in the 1960s. [1] [2] [3]

Career

Drimonis is a journalist and social commentator. [1] She is the author of We, the Others which was described in The Halifax Examiner as "part memoir, part history, part manifesto". [4] The book is about the political discourse in Canada around immigration. [4] The book was released in September 2022. [1]

Personal life

Drimonis lives in Montreal. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dunlevy: In first book, Toula Drimonis looks at belonging in Quebec". montrealgazette. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. Noakes, Taylor C. (2022-12-05). "We spoke to Toula Drimonis about why her book "We, the Others" is striking a chord in Quebec". Cult MTL. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  3. Cohen, Mike (5 Nov 2022). "Local Authors: Toula Drimonis' We The Others paints a very disturbing picture". The Suburban Newspaper. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  4. 1 2 3 Moscovitch, Philip (2022-10-04). "We, the Others: How the political discourse around immigration gets so much wrong". Halifax Examiner. Retrieved 2022-12-12.