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Dawber, Diane, 1946-
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Diane Elizabeth Dawber, B.A., M.Ed. (Queen's University) was born in Belleville, ON. She is a published poet and author of children's literature, anthologies, and books for health conscious adults. Dawber has worked as teacher of students from Junior Kindergarten to the post-graduate level; as a curriculum consultant, performer of her own work, and as researcher and advocate of nutritional medicine. She won the Banff Centre Pilot Project in Writing, 1980 as well as the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario Writers Award, 1982, 1987 and 1991. In 1990, she helped to found the Health Pursuits Group with teachers and nurses, later named Health Pursuits Reading and Research: MEND. Selected works include "Cankerville"(Borealis, 1984), "Oatmeal Mittens" (Borealis,1987), "Writers on Writing" (Grolier, 1989), "My Underwear's Inside Out" (Quarry Press, 1991), "How Do You Wrestle a Goldfish?" (Borealis Press, 1997), "Lifting the Bull: Back Pain, Fibromyalgia and Environmental Illness" (Quarry Press, 1999), and "The Nutrient Scent Test (Health Pursuits Reading and Research: MEND, 2017).
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Created 2024-06-10 by Ken Hernden
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LC control no.: n 87816700
LCCN Permalink https://lccn.loc.gov/n87816700
From her book, Cankerville, 1984